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Talking to a Loudspeaker (1988-90) 24m28s imed_9526-1.1 | 14240 | ISRC CAD509511590Mister Speaker; The Weather; The News; Call Now; Talking About Ether; Broadcast Quality?; The Sponsors; We Live in the Age…; Dead Air; Here Comes Everybody Composer: Dan Lander Commission: New American Radio and Performing Arts Inc Premiere: 1989, National Public Radio (USA) Although radio has been cited as a warm medium—due to its relative openness for interpretation when compared to television—it is nonetheless a one way medium. The listener is compelled, via the loudspeaker, to construct meaning without the benefit of a mechanism for re-address. In addition, radio as we have come to know it is limited by a host of predetermined factors: broadcast quality, balanced programming, congruent appeal, marketing research, the trained voice, restrictions to access, music distribution slavery, uniform time allocations, technical specifications, licensing regulations and so on. Talking to a Loudspeaker plays with some of these considerations. Synopsis
Talking to a Loudspeaker was commissioned by New American Radio and Performing Arts Inc (New York City, USA, 1988, 90). The piece was premiered on the National Public Radio (NPR) Network: part I in 1989 and, part II in 1991. The tenth section, Here Comes Everybody, is by Gregory Whitehead and was performed by Gregory Whitehead (via telephone), Dan Lander and a live audience during Radio Free Banff on RADIA 89.9 FM in the fall of 1989. Talking to a Loudspeaker was produced at the artist’s home recording studio and was constructed via razor blade and analog 1/4" magnetic tape. Thanks to David Barteaux, Regine Beyer, Igor Bevc, Hanna Bulko, Peter Bulko, Hank Bull, Janice Carbert, Stephanie Carbert, Andy Dowden, Colin Griffiths, Ian Murray, Claude Schryer, Deirdre Swan, Helen Thorington and Gregory Whitehead. 1a. Mister Speaker (1988-90) 45s imed_9526-1.1.1a | 23757 |Composer: Dan Lander 1b. The Weather (1988-90) 2m36s imed_9526-1.1.1b | 23758 |Composer: Dan Lander 1c. The News (1988-90) 2m02s imed_9526-1.1.1c | 23759 |Composer: Dan Lander 1d. Call Now (1988-90) 3m17s imed_9526-1.1.1d | 23760 |Composer: Dan Lander 1e. Talking About Ether (1988-90) 4m44s imed_9526-1.1.1e | 23761 |Composer: Dan Lander 1f. Broadcast Quality? (1988-90) 1m04s imed_9526-1.1.1f | 23762 |Composer: Dan Lander 1g. The Sponsors (1988-90) 3m36s imed_9526-1.1.1g | 23763 |Composer: Dan Lander 1h. We Live in the Age… (1988-90) 3m27s imed_9526-1.1.1h | 23764 |Composer: Dan Lander 1i. Dead Air (1988-90) 34s imed_9526-1.1.1i | 23765 |Composer: Dan Lander 1j. Here Comes Everybody (1988-90) 2m23s imed_9526-1.1.1j | 23766 |Composer: Dan Lander Destroy: Information Only (1991) 33m33s imed_9526-1.2 | 14241 | ISRC CAD509511600Employment; Marvin; Yvonne; Loon; Dave; Spasm; Darlene; Ann; Dan Composer: Dan Lander Premiere: 1991, (Montréal, Québec) The title Destroy: Information Only comes from a rubber stamp that the Workers’ Compensation Board uses on copies of microfilm pertaining to an individual’s claim. In 1976, while living in Vancouver, I experienced an occurrence with my back, thought to be the result of several years of employment as an industrial labourer. These recordings were made while visiting friends who knew me at the time of the subsequent surgery. As in the failed myelogram—a procedure in which spinal fluid is removed from the spine and replaced with a dye in order to add detail to an X-ray image—the search did not reveal what might have been expected, or even desired. The details of memory are specific to each individual and may, or may not, coincide with my own recollections of the events in question. Synopsis
Destroy: Information Only was made possible by a grant from the Media Arts Section of the Canada Council [for the Arts]. Excerpts of this piece were premiered during the Radio Contortions festival in Montréal in 1991. It was produced at the artist’s home recording studio and was constructed via razor blade and analog 1/4" magnetic tape. Thanks to Darlene Blair, Janice Carbert, Dan Dornan, Eva Ennist, Ann Kitto, Yvonne Louden, Marvin Maylor, Danita Noyes, Dave Paisley, Lindsay Rodgers and the WCB of British Columbia. 2a. Employment (1991) 2m59s imed_9526-1.2.2a | 23767 |Composer: Dan Lander 2b. Marvin (1991) 2m54s imed_9526-1.2.2b | 23768 |Composer: Dan Lander 2c. Yvonne (1991) 3m32s imed_9526-1.2.2c | 23769 |Composer: Dan Lander 2d. Loon (1991) 4m05s imed_9526-1.2.2d | 23770 |Composer: Dan Lander 2e. Dave (1991) 3m42s imed_9526-1.2.2e | 23771 |Composer: Dan Lander 2f. Spasm (1991) 3m12s imed_9526-1.2.2f | 23772 |Composer: Dan Lander 2g. Darlene (1991) 4m03s imed_9526-1.2.2g | 23773 |Composer: Dan Lander 2h. Ann (1991) 5m12s imed_9526-1.2.2h | 23774 |Composer: Dan Lander 2i. Dan (1991) 3m56s imed_9526-1.2.2i | 23775 |Composer: Dan Lander Composer: Dan Lander Premiere: March 14, 1991, Forest City Gallery (London, Ontario, Canada) One evening six people gathered at my apartment, each with microphone and tape recorder in hand. What emerged is a corporeal tale conveyed through the mastication of thought and subjectivity. The sense of loss that accompanies the disembodiment of the recorded voice becomes a metaphor for loss in general. We are left with a vehicle for the reconstruction of meaning and object-hood: the residue that is recorded sound. Synopsis
Failed Suicide was produced at the artist’s home recording studio and was constructed via razor blade and analog 1/4" magnetic tape. It was premiered on March 14th, 1991 during Radio Possibilities at the Forest City Gallery and simultaneously broadcast on CHRW FM Radio Western in London (Ontario). Thanks to Benoît Fauteux, Geneviève Heistek, Julia Loktev, Christof Migone, Diane Obomsawîn, Paik and Rosa. 4. City Zoo / Zoo City (1992) 12m22s imed_9526-1.4 | 14243 | ISRC CAD509511620Composer: Dan Lander Commission: CKUT FM, with support from the CCA Premiere: June 1992, CKUT FM (Montréal, Québec) This polyphony of contradictions contemplates the zoo as an urban environment which houses not only the various species of ‘wildlife’ but also the technological apparatus necessary for the maintenance and presentation of such a construct. ‘Wild’ sounds coexist with mechanical sounds, the human voice ‘sings’ in consort with the animals, parrots chatter to the beat of a promotional video tape soundtrack. Through this convergence of aural information I wish to evoke in the listener a sense of wonderment at the beauty of the ‘lawless’ region, while alluding to a human condition which demands order, confinement and control. Synopsis
City Zoo / Zoo City was commissioned by the radio program Sons d’esprit (CKUT FM, Montréal) and made possible by a grant from the Canada Council [for the Arts]. It was premiered on CKUT FM during the 7e Printemps électroacoustique festival in June, 1992. All of the source recordings were made at the Metro Toronto Zoo. It was produced in the EARS Studio of The Banff Centre for the Arts using a digital sound editing workstation. electrocd.com Dan Lander: Zoo: track detail |
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