Eric Leonardson

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Rarebit, Four Releases from Mimeomeme Reviewed by Derek Morton

Rarebit CD coverThe August 2010 issue of furthernoise.org features four reviews of Mimeomeme’s new releases, including my CD, Rarebit with Steve Barsotti.

Mimeomeme is the Seattle-based label for “…unusual sound art made by an eclectic collective of artists involved with phonography, no- and low-fidelity recordings, raw digital data, plunderphonics, primitive analog synthesis, noise, infrasound, tape cut-ups and other oblique, not-yet-classified sonic epiphenomena.”

Mimeomeme header image

Rarebit is a culmination of my work with Steve Barsotti performing on our invented instruments.

“Furthernoise is an online platform for the creation, promotion, criticism and archiving of innovative cross genre music and sound art for the information & interaction of the public and artists alike.” Listen to selected tracks from the Mimeomeme label among other fascinating artists on the furthernoise.org audio player.

radio aporee ::: World Listening Day

Dear Friends,

You’re invited to participate in a special project of radio aporee and the World Listening Project for the first World Listening Day, on Sunday, July 18, 2010.

Radio aporee is an open project about the creation and exploration of public space. Its creator, Udo Noll asks you for help in creating an “audio snapshot of the world” as heard and recorded on World Listening Day. Aporee maps uses the Google maps interface to allow anyone to easily find their location on the map, then upload their audio via the web or mobile phone.

We’re inviting you to send an audio recording from your actual location, or other places of your interest on this day to the maps: http://aporee.org/maps/.

With your contributions collected on World Listening Day, Udo will then create a dedicated project page on the aporee map. As Udo says, “…besides having a nice documentation, I’m really intrigued by the idea of listening to the sounds of a particular day, around the world….” I’m very curious about what will happen, too.

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“Sounds You Might Have Heard” World Listening Project radio series on framework:afield

framework:afield imageThe first of a 4-part radio series produced by the World Listening Project aired on framework:afield on Sunday, May 23rd. Framework is a weekly radio program produced by Patrick McGinley “consecrated to field recording and its use in composition.” Framework:afield is a special sub-series curated and produced by guest artists from around the world. The theme for this edition #285 is “Sounds You Might Have Heard” and has been produced by Dave Armstrong.

Visit http://www.frameworkradio.net to listen, subscribe to the podcast, and submit your own work to framework.

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Chicago Phonography @ The Op Shop


Chicago Phonography @ The Op Shop

Originally uploaded by eleonardson
This evening’s show was quite wonderful. We played for an hour and a half, and our attentive audience all stayed for an impromptu discussion afterward. We all didn’t expect this to happen and thoroughly enjoyed it. We felt so welcome…many thanks to Laura Shaeffer and Chris Hammes for making this happen.

More info about The Op Shop is on their website: theopshop.org

Here is an excerpt from the recording of the performance.

Past performance recordings can be heard on our website: www.chicagophongraphy.org

December 21, Chicago Phonography at The Op Shop

Monday, December 21, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

The Opportunity Shop, 1613 E. 55th St., Chicago 60615 (map)chicago phongraphy poster

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Sounds of Destruction on “Giant Ear” from free103point9.org

Giant Ear))) on free103point9.orgI contributed a field recording to Mary Jey’s show on Sounds of Destruction for this month’s Giant Ear broadcast on Sunday, June 28 from 7-9pm (Eastern). Listen on free103point9.org (streamed on the net).

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Exquisite City, a City in Cardboard on Flickr photostream

My photos of last Sunday’s Chicago Phonography performance in Exquisite City are now on my Flickr photostream. (more…)

Upcoming Performances in November

Here’s an update, including three new performances added to my November schedule…

  1. 8 PM Friday, November 14 @ Elastic with Auris, plus Max Alexander, Julian Berke, and Andy Armstrong
  2. 2 - 5 PM Sunday, November 16 @ Green Mill performing solo Anaphora’s “Experimental (i)MPROVISATION” concert
  3. 8 - 10 PM, Sunday, November 16 @ Via Theatre with Chicago Phonography in “Exquisite City” exhibit
  4. 9 PM Friday, November 21 @ Enemy with Linda O’Keefe and Guillermo Gregorio

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Chicago Phonography radio broadcast on Something Else

The Chicago Phonography broadcast on Philip von Zweck’s Something Else radio program, performed live on August 3rd, 2008, has just been posted in it’s entirety on archive.org. Listen to it here:

Chicago Phonography is a loose collective of artists interested in promoting creative activity in listening by producing and broadcasting unprocessed field recordings as an ensemble in a context of live improvisation. Motivated by the maxim “nature performs and we provide the secretarial services” (R. Murray Schafer The Tuning of the World). This is a four-hour continuous performance by Chicago Phonography broadcasted live from WLUW 88.7 Independent Community Radio studios for the experimental music program Something Else hosted by Philip Von Zweck.

Performing on this evening were Todd Carter, Chad Clark, Chris Hammes, Eric Leonardson, Joshua Manchester, Patrick Scott, and Aaron Zarzutzki.

Upcoming performances in October and November 2008

I have six performances scheduled for October and November, with more being planned. Three happen in the Third Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival (CCAF3), presented in various locations from October 1—12. Look further down for my other three post-CCAF shows held at Enemy, Myopic, and Elastic. Please check the CCAF3 Schedule page and this web page in case of last-minute schedule changes. (more…)