[rec.phonophon] - 5 Year Archive – Various Artists

[rec.phonophon] is a compilation accompanying the concert series Phonophon celebrating its 5th year of existence in 2014, curated by the Verein zur Förderung von Phonographie und experimenteller Musik (society for the advancement of phonography an experimental music) in Frankfurt/ Main.

Available at compilation.phonophon.de

Rub by Auris (Eric Leonardson, Julia Miller, Christopher Preissing) + Gino Robair
Public Eyesore [PE 125] (sold out) with co-release digital version on Pan Y Rosas

Eric Leonardson - Springboard, Electronics
Julia Miller - Guitar, Electronics
Christopher Preissing - Flute, Electronics
Gino Robair - Percussion, Electronics

Recorded October 2010 at Experimental Sound Studio Alex Inglizian. Mastered by Neil Jendon. Artwork by Eric Leonardson. Album notes by Lou Mallozzi. Design by Christopher Preissing.

Explorations in Sound, Vol. 4 The Sound of Live Performance - Various Artists
Furthernoise FNCD007

Featured track title: "Feedback.mono"
Net label release curated by Furthernoise editor Roger Mills. The release is a 23 track compilation of noisemakers responding to the theme of the incidental and unexpected audio consequences of live performance, and is free to download with printed sleeve from the February/March 2011 issue of Furthernoise.org.

This compilation assembles those "sound failures, the misassigned patch, unintended playing outcomes, FX overloads, calibrations and pinnacles of performative exploration" that offer sources for eclectic new material. All works licensed under Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales.

Rarebit by Steve Barsotti and Eric Leonardson
trans/mim0125

Rarebit is the culmination of a four-year project by sound artists and instrument inventors Steve Barsotti and Eric Leonardson. Taking their cues from 20th Century sound artist-inventors Luigi Russolo and Harry Partch, the self-built instruments of Barsotti and Leonardson use coil springs, eyebolts, various pieces of wood and other familiar materials that are amplified by contact microphones, skillfully producing sounds of incredible depth and texture, an amazing richness and variety given their humble origins. Their unique sounds are unlike any made with traditional Western instruments and modern electronic instruments. Given these novel sounds, their music retains human-level gestures as one expects from traditional acoustic music, yet with an emphasis on texture and timbre instead of melody or meter.

Rarebit may draw comparisons to the sounds and music of fellow instrument inventors Hal Rammel, Bob Rutman, and the late Hugh Davies. Most of the nine pieces on the CD (nine tracks, 72 minutes total) are improvised pieces and two were composed. They create streams of sound that move fluidly from scene to scene with a communicative style and a dramatic sense of presence and dynamic range: from effervescent burbling, animal-like whines and grunts, to gritty metallic drones that transform into forlorn hissing and ethereal soundscapes. Some passages are nearly silent, breathy, and tranquil.

Deep Wireless 3, Radio art double-CD compilation from the 2005 Deep Wireless Festival

"Other Music", produced and performed with Ana Friz, Evalyn Parry, and Chris Brookes for the 2005 Deep Wireless Festival, a month-long celebration of radio art including new commissions, special broadcasts, artist residencies, performances and sound installations; held annually by New Adventures In Sound Art in Toronto.