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The new album Magnet by Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry on German label Gruenrekorder is now available in the shop.
jeremy bible & jason henry – magnet
jeremy bible & jason henry – ound – limited to 100 copies on Russian label Abgurd.
taylor deupree – weather & worn – 12k’s first vinyl release limited to 250
pimmon – curse you, evil clown – his first release since 2005
paul fiocco – torsions and drifts – beautiful cello drones from half of duo Solo Andata (hefty, 12k)
There has been growing interest and inquiry regarding a Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry / Experimedia European tour potentially summer 2010. If you have interest in having us perform in your European (or Asian) city please feel free to contact us so we can weigh how viable arranging a tour may be.
Designs for Ian Hawgood Home Normal label based out of Japan by Jeremy Bible.
SEE ALL HERE http://ping.fm/nvKok
Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry – Magnet [cd]
Processed Field Recordings & Electro-Acoustic Sound Art Collage
Preview and purchase HERE
Last Thursday while spending the week with artists Tanner Menard and Chika we received the tragic news of the death of artist and friend to many in the community… Danielle Baquet-Long (1983 – 2009) known for her solo work as Chubby Wolf, her poetry and writing, and as one half of the prolific husband-wife duo Celer. A great sadness fell upon us and our hearts have been hanging heavy since receiving the news. A devastating loss. Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with her husband and creative partner Will and their entire circle of family and friends.
Here is what Will has been sending out to friends…
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Dear friends,
With great sadness I have to announce to you, our friends, that Dani passed away yesterday, July 8. On Tuesday morning I woke to find her unconscious, and not breathing. The medics were called, and she was revived, but fell directly into a coma and didn’t wake up. She passed away yesterday at 3pm, with her family by her. All that is known to say why is that her heart stopped, for no foreseeable reason. The only relation is that her father died in the same way, of a cardiac arrest at the age of 29. She was 26.
Right now I don’t know how to express the loss and sadness I feel, knowing that someone so ultimately close to me, and such an inspiration and friend to so many other people in the world is gone. All I can say is that she won’t be forgotten, or pushed aside only because she’s gone. She’ll always be with me, as my inspiration, my love, my everything. All I can say is I miss her, every second.
Right now I won’t be able to answer many emails, as there’s only so much I can talk about this. Time will heal this, but I know the sadness will never go away. This, I’m ok with, as I never want to forget every way she changed my life, and touched my heart.
I appreciate all your support and love, and even though many of you only knew her through her poetry, or her music, I hope they are good memories. Enclosed is a favorite photo of her, taken at her beach, at home.
Also, here was her favorite quote:
“The Meaning is in the Wonder”
- Kenneth Patchen
Sincerely,
Will
Tonight @ Now Thats Class in Cleveland 10pm – Jasper TX, Anduin, @TannerMenard, CHiKA, Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry $5 goes direct to artists
Tonight on WCSB 89.3fm Cleveland – 7-9pm E Jasper TX, Anduin, @TannerMenard, Jasper TX, CHiKA, Bible & Henry online: www.wcsb.org/listen
reminder: the show is tonight
10-2
lineup:
10pm – jeremy bible & jason henry
11pm – tanner menard
12pm – jasper tx & anduin
Also…. tune in prior to the event….
Wednesday on WCSB 89.3fm Cleveland – ambient sound artists Jasper TX / Anduin / Jeremy Bible + Jason Henry / Tanner Menard / and CHiKA (motion visual artist) will be special guests on The Mysterious Black Box radio show. 7-9pm e.s.t. -
listen online: www.wcsb.org/listen
Also dont miss us at Ingenuity Fest this Saturday in playhouse square where we will be performing our sleep concert. Bring your sleeping bag and pillow and get some sleep while we perform a/v for you.
Hope to see you there.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=11213+Detroit+Ave.%2C+Cleveland%2C+OH
Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry installation @ Cleveland Museum of Art this Saturday
This Saturday June 20th at Cleveland Museum of Art’s Summer Solstice Unveiling Event will debut the first iteration of Bible & Henry’s multi-channel generative installation. A piece developed specifically for Cleveland Museum of Art’s unveiling event.
For this project sounds were collected from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s galleries and construction site. These sounds were then edited and processed into 108 audio files of varying lengths from 5 seconds to 4 minutes with corresponding silent files. During the installation these sounds will be broadcast from 10 small independent and wireless device/speaker configurations placed throughout the new gallery space. Each of these channels play the sounds in varying orders creating a generative immersive sound environment. A virtual aural eco-system.
More details regarding the installation will be posted at some point after its debut.
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Unveiled (For Ten Tiny Speakers), 2009
Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry
(Akron and Canton, Ohio)
This sound-art installation features recordings from the Cleveland Museum of Art construction site and galleries, processed for generative arrangement through ten independent speakers to create an immersive aural ecosystem.
Please visit http://jbjh.experimedia.net for more information on the piece and the artists.
Jasper TX
|| Gothenburg, Sweden || http://myspace.com/jaspertx || Miasmah, Kning Disk, Fangbomb, Fenetre, SMTG Limited
Besides being one half of the rather amazing post-rock duo De La Mancha, Jasper TX’s Dag Rosenqvist has released a number of carefully drafted and very well received solo recordings with labels such as Miasmah, Kning Disk, Fangbomb, and Lampse. His work is primarily guitar driven soundscapes covered in layers of drums, voices, organs, toy pianos, field recordings, and effects. Comparisons have been made to artists such as Fennesz, Aidan Baker, and Machinefabriek, with whom Rosenqvist has done two collaborations. In 2009, he followed 2008’s “Black Sheep” album on Miasmah with a new record titled “Singing Stones” on Fangbomb and the collaboration with Anduin on SMTG Limited. This will be Jasper TX’s first ever US dates.
Anduin
|| Richmond, Virginia || http://smtgltd.com/anduinore || SMTG Limited
Anduin’s Jonathan Lee creates dark, pulsating ambient electronics soaked in layers of synths, samples, and field recordings. He has collaborated with a number of international artists including Svarte Greiner, Jasper TX, Stephen Vitiello, Noah Saval, Xela, Gareth Davis, and his own experimental band Souvenir’s Young America. His live shows and gallery instillations include a variety of self-made sets, collected props, and hidden lights. In 2009, he has 3 new releases: a live collaboration EP with Svarte Greiner, “The Bending Of A Light” LP with Jasper TX, and a new full length titled “Abandoned In Sleep,” all of which are on SMTG Limited.
Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry
|| Ohio || http://jbjh.experimedia.net || Infraction, Gruenrekorder, Experimedia, Abgurd, Gears of Sand, Resting Bell, Smallfish, Audiobulb
Sound artists Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry collaborate to fuse elements of musique concrete, acoustic, and electronic music. By means of conceptual, experimental, and algorithmic recording and processing techniques the duo seek to expose a synergetic relationship between real world found sounds, acoustic instrumentation, and electronic sound design. The duo’s creative amalgamation of these elements have created a moody and growing body of sound works.
Tanner Menard
|| New Orleans, Louisiana || http://tannermenard.archaichorizon.com || Install, Archaic Horizon, Friendly Virus, Kafua, Experimedia, Loose Filter Music
At the age of 11, Menard composed his first works for piano. For nearly 20 years he has composed and curated experimental sound works and installations both for electronic media and orchestral ensembles. In 2002, his world was permanently altered by his experience working with Naut Humon, the well known curator and then label owner of Recombinant Media Labs in San Francisco. There Menard discovered the aesthetic world of ambient, experimental, and minimal electronica. Menard’s music has appeared on the radio, on tv, in plays, at art galleries, and in major concert halls across the world. In 2005 Menard served as an artist in residence at Arizona State University where he collaborated with Jeph Jerman, Gary Hill, and Daniel Bernard Romain for his installation, “Envyronie”. Menard is rapidly becoming known for his work as an internet artist and publisher combining blogging, music creation, conceptual art, installation, remix and international collaboration.
Original Motion Visuals by: CHiKA
|| New York, NY || http://imagima.com/ || Modul8, Korg, Experimental Television Center, Forward Motion Theater
CHiKA is a live media artist working in the international VJ and experimental music scene. Her performances vary from minimalist geometric patterns to unique compositions overflowing with a variety of forms and color. She has performed at The Museum of Modern Art, The Hammer Museum, Mutek, The Mapping Festival, Decibel festival, Platform Bohenstrasses, Theatre Maisonneuve, Asia Contemporary Week, San Francisco Art Institute, Remix Hotel Miami, Eyebeam, Monkeytown, The Issue Project, Galapagos Art Space, Tonic, Eyewash and numerous private parties, festivals, events, galleries and night clubs. She is currently resident VJ at monthly event “The Future is beautiful”. Her work was featured at Club Chroma and on Joost and Eyewash 3 DVDs by Forward Motion Theater.
Wednesday July 8th, 2009
@ Now That’s Class
Show starts at 10pm / $5 (goes directly to the artists)
11213 Detroit Ave.
Cleveland, Oh
216-221-8576
http://myspace.com/nowthatsclass
Brought to you by:
))) SMTG LIMITED (((
http://smtgltd.com
Experimedia
http://experimedia.net
Bent Crayon
http://bentcrayon.com
EVENT PAGES AND SAMPLES:
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A sound art installation piece created by Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry for the Cleveland Museum of Art’s new gallery unveiling event. The piece will be featured on “display” in the new galleries on June 20th.
Unveiled (For Ten Tiny Speakers)
Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry
Akron/Canton, OH
jbjh.experimedia.net
Recordings from the CMA construction site and galleries processed for generative arrangement through ten independent speakers to create an immersive aural eco-system.
Sommeil: A Concert for Sleep (curated by Tanner Menard)
http://tannermenard.archaichorizon.com/?page_id=510
Opening in New Orleans April 11th.
Coming Cleveland in July @ Ingenuity w/Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry & visual artist Chika.
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Akron Film Festival
April 2-5 2009 at the Akron Art Museum
http://www.akronfilmfestival.com/
Experimedia is supporting this years Akron Film Festival through contributions and volunteering.
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April Fool’s (re)vision @ Annabell’s Akron
http://tinyurl.com/dhmzm2
Wednesday April 1st 2009 10-2
Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry will present a mix of some outsider sounds between 10-11 followed by Foundsound’s Someone Else.
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Last Wednesday (re)vision @ Annabell’s Akron with Experimedia
Wednesday April 29th 2009 10-2
Every last wednesday of the month Experimedia’s Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry present an eclectic mix of outsider sounds 10-12.
e/i magazine has put posted an experimedia label profile
read it here
Ian Hawgood contributed a detailed list of his favorite albums of the year to portuguese online magazine bodyspace.net. His contribution is almost halfway down the page.
A gift of sorts. This was first heard on electronicexplorations.org podcast number 050…but I wanted to make it available on its own as well. As I mentioned we are very excited about the upcoming release schedule. Here is a little preview mix with bits from the next seven Experimedia CD releases featuring sylive walder, ian hawgood, jason/shinobu, offthesky + billy gomberg, ryonkt, jonas ruchenheaver, and carlos suárez sánchez.
Tracklisting:
00:40/ sylvie walder – the most abstract to date (expcd007)
06:40/ ian hawgood – north india in 1998 with my dad (expcd008)
11:50/ jason/shinobu – his head had beams like star beams (expcd009)
19:20/ offthesky + billy gomberg – they were at the beach (expcd010)
23:32/ ryonkt – sora [excerpt] (expcd011)
29:20/ jonas ruchenhever – birds flew here once [excerpt] (expcd012)
36:48/ carlos suárez sánchez – o discurso da diversidade (expcd013)
Wanted to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and Happy New Year. 2008 has been a great year and I wanted to thank everyone for their support. 2009 is poised to be an even better year…with a release schedule we are really excited for….the relocation of the Experimedia offices and studio…and even more time our hands to dedicate to our endeavors. Here is to a fantastic creative production 2009 for everyone. Thanks again to all those who have supported us over the years.
Along with including Experimedia in his thanks to labels who maintained a challenging dimension in his 2008 Review for TheMilkFactory, Max Schaefer also rated Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry’s album Vryashn #5 in his top 20 of the year. That also puts us in TheMilkFactory’s top 20 overall. Thanks to Max and TheMilkFactory!
San Francisco, California based record shop Aquarius Records (est.1970) has been stocking Experimedia titles as of recently and their descriptions make some very flattering comments/comparisons regarding our releases. Thanks Aquarius (Jim Haynes).
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Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry – Shpwrck [expcd005]
We’ve picked up another title from the Ohio based field recordists / audio collagists Jeremy Bible and Jason Henry, after being suitably impressed by their earlier album Vectors. The title alone to Shpwrck offers unsettled maritime references, and the lulling pace of lugubrious half melodies and creaking metal does little to alter the course down to the bottom of the ocean. The opening track is effectively simple repetition of a haunted melody, with all of the tape oxidization and murk that makes for a successful Disintegration Loop for William Basinski. Bible and Henry introduce quiet cracklings which sporadically make themselves known, sort of like embers popping in the aftermath of a fire. This combination is so effective, immediately other sublime works with seaworthy themes come to mind: Nurse With Wound’s Salt Marie Celeste, Elegi’s Sistereis, or the Philip Jeck / Gavin Bryars / Alter Ego redux of The Sinking Of The Titanic. More recognizable instrumentation comes to the forefront throughout the rest of the album, with twinkling bells and flutes contrasting next to a dystopian blurt of a post-Cosey Fanny Tutti trumpet with matching bellows from huge metallic objects being struck and then twisted into a deep, dark ambient smear. There’s even some piano which alternates between maudlin impressionist gestures and angry minor key strikes. For all of the baroque objects which litter the descent way way down, Bible and Henry coax an even surface of atmospheric shadow and tactile grit into the mix. A very fine collection of work that is also quite limited. 150 copies, we believe.
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Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry – Shpwrck [expcd005]
Jeremy Bible and Jason Henry are two Ohio based sound artists, who draw heavily from field recordings from the rust belt and obfuscate them into seductive, occasionally dark pieces of fizzing ambience. The details of decaying leaves from the artwork of Vectors immediately translates into the opening passages of Vectors, as a tactile crackling nestles into a womblike drone. The soft crunch could easily come from Loren Chasse’s meditations on broken earth and crumbled leaves, but they could be confused for the vintage turntable collages of Philip Jeck. But as the passages for layered tones and variable loops begin to articulate themselves against the tactile grit of those aforementioned sounds, Bible and Henry showcase themselves more as digital sculptors closer to Aidan Baker and Tim Hecker. Their looping repetitions progressively appear as a slowly generative kaleidoscope with cross-hatched smears, refracted distortions, and slightly eerie abstracted noises, all set against a static electrical hum. Flickered haunted melodies appear and disappear amidst thobbing metallic drones, 8-bit distortion and post-Fennesz fizzing ring modulation before seamlessly shifting into an obfuscated field recording. On one occasion, a blustery chorus of blackbirds breaks through the shimmer and pixelation; on another, the two include the modulated Doppler effect of cars roaring past along a freeway, recalling the Hafler Trio’s revelation that God told him to record the sound of cars passing by. Limited edition to 150 copies, or thereabouts.
Kind of last minute but I will be djing a set of experimental dance music (lots of Raster-Noton type stuff) at Tek-Know?’s weekly (re)vision at Annabell’s in Akron tonight (Wednesday) at 11:30pm. Its going to be loud, hard, rumbling, and glitchy. (my acoustic pads in my studio were falling off the wall from the bass while I was preparing last night).
Come check out the sounds coming from Berlin label Raster-Noton during my set as we may be bringing them to the area in June.
http://www.raster-noton.net/
10:00-11:30 _ 1 Auxy (minimal techno / house) Tek-know?
11:30-12:30 _ *special set from* Jeremy Bible (Raster Beats) Experimedia
12:30-1:30 _ N:Coder (Koala Tea/Konkrete Jungle)
1:30-close _ Nate Thomas (Breaks Syndicate/New Ascension)
Re(visi0n) @ Annabell’s Lounge presented by Tek-Know?
http://www.myspace.com/annabellsbarlounge
782 W Market St
Akron, OH 44303
(330) 535-1112
http://www.myspace.com/tekknow
http://experimedia.net
from: textura.org
Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry: Vryashn
Gears of Sand
“On Vryashn (a stripped-down version of “variation”), prolific duo Bible and Henry present two long-form settings that at times unfold so glacially they mimic the physiological slowdown that occurs during deep sleep (in the creators’ own words, “(t)he common theme for this body of work is the sensation of dreams within dreams, …(s)pecifically a dream of being surrounded by snow, becoming numb and falling asleep only to awake in the rain in another dream and location”). The two incorporate “water line pipes, wine glasses, rain on a window, and a garage lamp” into the recording but piano is the dominant sound source, though the pair uses digital processing to stretch some of the instrument’s notes into infinity and layer them into heaving, cloud-like masses. In “Vryashn 1,” a largely untreated piano motif bounces across the surface of the windswept trails that escalate and decompress behind it until the sounds coalesce into a singular rumbling mass that calls to mind Charlemagne Palestine in the brick-like solidity of its clustering. Immense piano-generated swathes of haze introduce atmospheric ripples of fog and rain as the now-melded mass heaves like the exhalations of a sleeping behemoth. The half-hour “Vryashn 2” follows without interruption, immediately introducing a textural roughness absent in the opener. Muffled noises—human or animal—emerge alongside foghorn-like bell tones that pierce the early morning harbour mist. There’s an unhurried feel to the piece’s development but there’s also ample activity and detail in play, and part two—presumably abetted by field recordings—exudes a real-world quality that the comparatively hermetic first part eschews. Chain-like sounds clatter amidst rippling noise patterns as “Vryashn 2” gradually gains some semblance of rhythmic definition when the first part’s blurry piano swathes and bouncing motif re-appear to progressively wrest control from the textural treatments. Using a minimum of means, Bible and Henry create in these two pieces fully-formed soundscapes that while long in duration never feel as if they should be shortened, and consequently Vryashn proves to be an excellent showcase for their particular brand of experimental artistry. -December 2008″
Some illegal digital bootlegs of some Experimedia releases are starting to surface around the outer regions of the internets! Flattering in a way. So if your one of those people who dont like to support artists directly or you think $10 is too expensive for a nice custom packaged CD (with free bonus download when ordering through experimedia.net) or $5 is too much for a digital download or you want more for free than the free releases we already have available (on resting bell and experimedia)….there is now an alternative for you!