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absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz https://blackbodyradiation.xyz absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:28:49 +0000 https://blackbodyradiation.xyz en bb_r_newsletter http://blackbodyradiation.xyz/bb_r_newsletter Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:28:49 +0000 absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz 457058                       bb_r_press http://blackbodyradiation.xyz/bb_r_press Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:02:52 +0000 absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz 457037                  pressthe texts are redacted from the original reviews (highlighted in white) boomkat‘Black slowly and pointedly introduces his hypnotic tones, as if he's pulling out stops on an immense pipe organ, and by the time we've hit the five minute mark, the original recording is a distant memory.’  musique-machine  ‘it is a reversal of some intelligence and subtle cunning to highlight the nature of sound masking in a musical context as blackbody_radiation (aka Andrew Black) does on his first release under the moniker, Ultra-Materials, by essentially removing the context and leveling background and foreground into an even plane of ambient textures.’ hardwax ‘excellent immersive Drone research’ juno‘chakra-centring drones ('Soft Fascination', 'Silica') and tinny bells ('Ferric Oxide', 'Particle Float'), make for a beautiful album grounded in materialism.’ hhv mag ‘six minimalist, sensitive drones can be heard on it, ranging from experiments in spatial acoustics ("Particle Float") to meditative passages resembling almost binaural beats to rather unsettling soundscapes that could easily fit into a David Lynch film ("Soft Fascination").’  groove‘added to this is the use of room feedback and other electroacoustic subtleties. It sounds complicated, but the result is astonishingly simple and logical: highly subtle almost-drones as almost-ambience.’field-notes (5th item down on link)under the name blackbody_radiation does sound like it is guided by visual and geometric ideas. The album Ultra-Materials for Jan Jelinek's Faitiche label documents a constant process of form-finding, for which Black has used methods such as so-called sound masking. In this way, he opens up entirely new spaces with ambient sounds.                            pressthe texts are redacted from the original reviews (highlighted in white) boomkat‘Black slowly and... bb_r misc http://blackbodyradiation.xyz/bb_r-misc Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:32:44 +0000 absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz 457036                  absorption <img width="992" height="839" width_o="992" height_o="839" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0504c70318761df267f9b1b2cfcf9d9d4a4a2a0c0ae3348649007700834759be/circle-boundary-mesh-duosat.jpeg" data-mid="1411841" border="0" />bb_r score series : circle boundary mesh <img width="960" height="969" width_o="960" height_o="969" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/dec68b100963ec9c76e9d88cb1c8de63a752dbd8ba0d01a404fb64655225a1ae/m.henke_dyn-adv.jpg" data-mid="1409677" border="0" />bb_r fragments series_la : dynamic adventures <img width="960" height="943" width_o="960" height_o="943" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8bb580d96ff672e33ea592d437c4ea651f91bc7c905e86c0abb2365d3d0c3a4e/r.boys-carnich-twin-tower.jpg" data-mid="1409678" border="0" />bb_r fragments series_la : twin scheme <img width="960" height="889" width_o="960" height_o="889" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/eec2b296b208896aa1e6331348281a9edff31b2586e218ffe2ee53ec19ccc57f/r.boyd-expo-67-pavillion.jpg" data-mid="1409679" border="0" />bb_r fragments series_la : duplicate vision <img width="959" height="1008" width_o="959" height_o="1008" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d422f0441f476d3070385d78de84e0c3c977471baf9d70385d1e9a83a713a150/r.boyd-space-tube-ext.jpg" data-mid="1409675" border="0" />bb_r fragments series_la : space tube<img width="959" height="1003" width_o="959" height_o="1003" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b944f67821105dc28dbf30888fcd90fd5933b729b5403f1dadcd81540914de3f/r.boyd-expo-67-fabr.jpg" data-mid="1409680" border="0" />bb_r fragments series_la : object fabrication <img width="1797" height="1746" width_o="1797" height_o="1746" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7b39f968f0def5fb6412c07c16289d281ae345b8c3ee8e921d40acfa73405388/push.jpg" data-mid="1409681" border="0" />bb_r fragments series_la : jacques it                             absorption bb_r score series : circle boundary mesh bb_r fragments series_la : dynamic adventures bb_r... bb_r_athens trio http://blackbodyradiation.xyz/bb_r_athens-trio Sat, 17 May 2025 09:43:35 +0000 absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz 456870                  interactions <img width="2578" height="1575" width_o="2578" height_o="1575" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9d9f673ea517d9101a22c16cef1f262cf7cc390606decd5692029b02c3c2d4b8/AB_Athens.jpg" data-mid="1407535" border="0" />solo computer performance using original sources from Ultra-Materials album to create an altered and invented form. something other.spontaneous trio improvisation session consisting of:Black (computer & mixer), Kousteridou (electronics and circuits) & Stamatogiannopoulou (contrabass) at Ov/Off Studio <img width="1599" height="899" width_o="1599" height_o="899" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8820d657228942efdeed95f500b40f1447b5f70c385241f6202f1a5b18d11376/AB-Athens-bb_r_DK_NS.jpg" data-mid="1407527" border="0" />top: bb_r solo, above: trio session, images Ariane G                            interactions solo computer performance using original sources from Ultra-Materials album to create an... bb_r work sound balance http://blackbodyradiation.xyz/bb_r-work-sound-balance Sun, 11 May 2025 21:39:31 +0000 absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz 456803                  assemblage bb_r was invited to perform as part of the 'work sound balance' performance series at a garment factory location, Germany. the sound events that take place there are very particular within this location. <img width="1280" height="796" width_o="1280" height_o="796" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e62f75284c5733d0c3c7e98c3c422ae05dbe5d16f7ad9e4af83d5fcc0d38cce7/duotone-6.jpg" data-mid="1409005" border="0" />electro-acoustic concert, composed & performed ‘live’ by blackbody_radiation. <img width="1280" height="746" width_o="1280" height_o="746" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6608fb0768f985eac91a2afef65f87eac76ac3d171a5a6cc03a2ab75240369c2/duotone-5.jpg" data-mid="1409035" border="0" />top: bb_r soundcheck, above: bb_r location performance, Ariane G location recordings were made of a fully operational fashion production space, approximately 2 weeks before the performance and documented with low-noise, high-gain recording techniques. for this work, there was a unique improvisation using a combination of computer assistance, mixer, field recorder, location recordings, microphones, percussive elements, and loudspeakers. it was something 'other'... a balance between improvised performance and an ephemeral and informal installation.                           assemblage bb_r was invited to perform as part of the 'work sound balance' performance series at a... bb_r a/v performance http://blackbodyradiation.xyz/bb_r-a-v-performance Sun, 11 May 2025 14:25:20 +0000 absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz 456801                  assemblage title: ‘Fade(in), Between and Through’. A collaborative video and sound project with visual artist Ariane Geil as part of the research and audio visual project alpha-alpha <img width="2940" height="1912" width_o="2940" height_o="1912" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e2125f37b919f8013288feffedea56bc2da139de67e9dedee4c8d5047f351841/Screenshot-2025-05-11-at-16.34.07.png" data-mid="1406763" border="0" /> <img width="2940" height="1912" width_o="2940" height_o="1912" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/77be02ddf626d2303832bd38ee5e048771644dbe828a83fff422164afbafcbfc/Screenshot-2025-05-11-at-16.37.42.png" data-mid="1406764" border="0" />location assemblage consisted of: resonator circuit, vinyl records, turntables, digital files, location recordings, colour video, triptych projection panels, loudspeakers, 2 channel stereo, dimensions variable. <img width="960" height="648" width_o="960" height_o="648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7ef83ad95c99109807488dcd917c0c10b1f39a1eb4fff8a43b2ef8d65c3ee69b/bb_r-av-performance-setup.jpeg" data-mid="1406823" border="0" /><img width="2940" height="1912" width_o="2940" height_o="1912" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a1112a1b60767de044656337511f63e6643d3f8f902f0d69326c3a152ff7861e/Screenshot-2025-05-11-at-16.40.42.png" data-mid="1406765" border="0" /><img width="2940" height="1912" width_o="2940" height_o="1912" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/73c7d3daf07030f74cc1a49d0746663620332337c27e71efafc93d30b403aa96/Screenshot-2025-05-11-at-16.39.44.png" data-mid="1406766" border="0" /> <img width="2940" height="1912" width_o="2940" height_o="1912" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/db30a297305d70d41a6f921799f8cb698371f9324352e969e917215ab54b862a/Screenshot-2025-05-11-at-16.40.20.png" data-mid="1406767" border="0" /><img width="2940" height="1912" width_o="2940" height_o="1912" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b89c4c8d013196ac844f1d23b4a38d54c5b138b0e89b0b1b791a7882a63eefa9/Screenshot-2025-05-11-at-16.41.03.png" data-mid="1406768" border="0" /> images: the artist a performance blurred between fixed compositions and improvisation with visual artist Ariane Geil. special thanks to the staff at the atelier for assembling the triptych panels                               assemblage title: ‘Fade(in), Between and Through’. A collaborative video and sound project... bb_r songkhla posters http://blackbodyradiation.xyz/bb_r-songkhla-posters Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:38:56 +0000 absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz 456674                  songkhla postersconcert poster selections positioned inside an old town coffee house location. <img width="960" height="1280" width_o="960" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f64b4e4126165b84eb2525c94181033be94dd9733b7503117f2e314d0340968b/bb_r-Songkhla-posters-Hub-Seng-crop.jpg" data-mid="1405631" border="0" /> images: songkhla poster designs, by Aey Pakorn <img width="1024" height="1280" width_o="1024" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f972af819351811eb67022b690b120cef64d70901b75b0c48714f74380b6f63a/bb_r-Alleyway-Poster.jpg" data-mid="1405632" border="0" /> <img width="1024" height="1280" width_o="1024" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e0560f9a4a454f7f52c476564a8756df62f20d97b46114501899b75044d0f6c9/bb_r-OHM-TV-Repair-poster.jpg" data-mid="1405633" border="0" /> what turned out to be special about the artist residency in S.Thailand was a connection made with Aey Pakorn, a gallery owner, graphic designer and artist in his own right. the process was like this: Aey asked me if he could use some of the visual material I made for the album artwork. i said yes. . . we had a common understanding, albeit from different traditions and experiences. i trusted his aesthetic judgement as we discussed many topics and histories. in the short time we had together we learnt that we shared many references in common, so Aey had complete freedom. his sensitivity to the font that the publisher faitiche utilises was also thought about in great detail. he informed me he decided to use a very ‘normal’, unpretentious Thai typeface in keeping with the whole visual concept of the Ultra-Materials artwork. it was quite a thrill to see the concert and line-up details presented in Thai script. -------------here you have it. . . a realised visual remix and variation of the album artwork. needless to say we were both happy with the outcome.                           songkhla postersconcert poster selections positioned inside an old town coffee house location. ... bb_r_temple of faitiche http://blackbodyradiation.xyz/bb_r_temple-of-faitiche Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:51:00 +0000 absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz 456592                  notes it is time for another sonic transmission. today Friday 9th September at 13:00hrs, LYL Radio, France will broadcast the 'Temple of Faitiche'.this show is now available for playback here:https://lyl.live/episode/temple-of-faitiche-34 the temple, was created by German electronic musician and artist Jan Jelinek and the faitiche label. guest artists are invited to contribute to the contents of the temple. i was invited to select 30mins of material. each piece inspired by a series of preoccupations, current fascinations, bleeps, assemblages and original materials foraged from the blackbody_radiation archives. don't be put off by reading the text. it is intended to frame the sound and musical choices i was faced with, and also to contextualise those within the genre of mix selections. as Eve Arnold once said: "The social media world teaches us that most problems can be summed up in 208 characters and instant reaction is the way to think about problems." so, to the title. 'Location, Source & Interactions'. In one sense this was an introduction to my enthusiasm for composition, location recording and a reflection of my own current obsessions – music i had listened to throughout the last year and in another way, it was a jumping off point to present certain influences old and new and to position those in a new context.like slicing a locations space with a sound. that sound event makes it then become place.negotiating many author's works to generate a meaningful output within an established format is actually an interesting challenge. i prefer to use sound as a medium to convey a sense of adventure, a mood. even with the huge amount of streaming platforms, the participating 'selectors' in the digital space and the distribution of content found via the internet, you will be hard pushed to find any of these works positioned and sequenced in the same way. . . that is not to say that a human is better than an algorithm. quite the contrary in some cases, but on this occasion i feel a human selection wins out. it is dedicated to the acts of sound making by hand and technology, the invisibility of sound sources, and simulated ambience. of spaces as phenomena, but not just spaces – also situations. the real and imagined, the in-between.things to listen out for: Location: a space or place that gives a sense of experiencing its sound events.Source: this could be a physical space, a piece of code, or even a circuit. it is separate from any visual cues. an acousmatic sense of experiencing.Interaction: ways in which humans interface with tools and objects to make sounds. tools could be microphones, computers, synthesisers, drumsticks or code to operate software.idiosyncratic musical thoughts, ideas and themes permeate the mix and are concretised here in what i would call a 'sonic vitrine'. like musical Sage's, these selected artists and performers arrived at their finished works from a certain epoch, and are sequenced here in another time in another context. . . and played back in yet another time when you next decide to listen to them! It is then, truly a sonic vitrine'.in the sequence is a 12" Warehouse track from Sheffield, UK. the style of which is otherwise known as 'Bleep' or 'Bleep and Bass'. i am very interested in site and location as part of my sound practice. i decided to 'reconstruct' the listening experience of being at a Warehouse circa 1989 as a fictional sequence. the original track (created from an electronic machine with no 'real world' spatial acoustics) segues into a recorded version of said track in a location that is clearly recognisable as playback from a 'rave' in a space. it is, in fact from inside a Warehouse in the Northwest of England circa 1989. so, it was an ode to different times – slight nostalgia even! there is also a location recording made in 2019 near the end of the sequence. It has not been placed in the mix because of it's exotic language . . . it's there because of the situation that I found myself in. It was a religious ceremony happening right in front of me. this was more a recording of a sonic confrontation / event on the fly. back against the wall so to speak. no carefully positioned microphones on location days before, no staring at peak level meters – it was instinctively documented. field recording can be seen as something exotic, something often practiced alone, and even exclusive. . . it's not always the case, and why should it be! audio selected for this broadcast showcases the various and at times singular attributes concerning a sound source, a location, an event that took place at that location or interactions with technologies that enable sound making to prevail.however, narratives fade eventually; novelty has an expiry date. as time passes some of these artists works have fallen out of favour, been devalued and overlooked. works stripped of their initial functions and contexts. perhaps listening to this you will find them as a new discovery worth spending time with and finding more about there histories. if you haven’t already listen here with accompanying tracklist.                                       notes it is time for another sonic transmission. today Friday 9th September at 13:00hrs, LYL Radio,... bb_r_extensions http://blackbodyradiation.xyz/bb_r_extensions Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:46:23 +0000 absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz 456591                 extensions ‘Mermaid Song.exe’ : Songkhla Pillar, Pakktaii Design week, Thailand (original soundwork composition using neural networks and location recordings for site specific installation)  28/08/2025 - 07/09/2025 interview : Neutone Artists Profile, neutone.ai 17/04/2025 outsiders show : Radio Kiosk, w/Even Tuell 06/04/2025 (track selected from Ultra-Materials) a visual collaboration : Sounds of Songkhla, Concert posters. O.J.A.I Radio Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence #56 Noisegarden – Cashmere Radio 06/04/2025 (track selected from Ultra-Materials) delia derbyshire international airport specialRadiophrenia, Glasgow, Scotland 21/08/2024 (two unique works produced for radio) rhythmic/rituals #22 TAXWRAM: Studio Néau Radio  14/04/2024 (track selected from Ultra-Materials)orb podcast 069, Andrew Pekler : Nocturnal Soundscapes02/02/2024 (track selected from Ultra-Materials) delia derbyshire international airport special Stegi Radio X Cashmere Radio exchange, (Athens X Berlin) (two unique works produced for radio) 14/01/2024Cashmere Radio, Berlin bb_r_wake-gallop_study1 13/02/2024 (new longform work produced for Radio) Spotify new experimental finds' october 2023earbitten, Staalplaat Radio 14/09/2023 (track selected from Ultra-Materials) september's best experimental field recording albums 2023 : bandcamp between two points, Richard Chartier : dublab radio 22/08/2023 (track selected from Ultra-Materials) Influences, Podcast 24 Jan Jelinek : XLR8R Magazine 27/07/2023 (track selected from Ultra-Materials) artificial intelligence : O.J.A.I, Cashmere Radio 15/05/2023 (two works produced exclusively for Radio) delia derbyshire international airport special Radio Thamesmead, London x Cashmere Radio exchange, (London X Berlin)11/02/2023 (two unique works produced for radio) temple of faitiche : LYL Radio 09/09/2022 LOCATION, SOURCE & INTERACTIONS guide notes 30 minute curated audio selection (including unreleased bb_r works)                           extensions ‘Mermaid Song.exe’ : Songkhla Pillar, Pakktaii Design week, Thailand (original soundwork... bb_r_action http://blackbodyradiation.xyz/bb_r_action Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:40:25 +0000 absorb@blackbodyradiation.xyz 456588                  actionslive solo computer performance at closing event of art installation ‘Speculations towards the Orthonormal’ created by alpha_alpha Darmstadt22/11/2025 live solo computer performance at Silent GreenKuppelhalle, Berlin 26/04/2025live solo computer performance in two locations Sounds of Songkhla, Southern Thailand 01 & 02/03/2025 live collaborative performance at Garment Factory, Kleestadtimprovised work for resonator, turntables, mixer and video (dim variable)17/12/2024 live solo performance at Ov/Off Studio, Athens trio performance & improvisation: bb_r, Kousteridou, Stamatogiannopoulou18/11/2023live performance w/installation as part of ‘Travel Noise’ project, Germany 16/07/2023live solo performance at Morphine Raum, Berlin, 18/10/2023 live solo computer performance at Noise Salon #5, Berlin10/06/2023 live solo computer performance at Garment Factory, Germany with ‘kuang program’ from S.Korea16/12/2022 live solo performance / assemblage as part of work sound balance at Atelier, Südhessen, Rhein-Main.  Improvised work for computer, field recorder, mixer, microphones, location recordings, sewing machine table, percussion instr (dim variable)16/07/2022 live solo computer performance at Noise Salon #4, Berlin17/05/2022 as part of International Drone Day                               actionslive solo computer performance at closing event of art installation ‘Speculations towards the...