November Issue of Furthernoise.org

November Issue of Furthernoise.org.

As always we have a selection of new reviews and features for your reading and listening pleasure. Included in this, is a feature article on an innovative sound work by Aboriginal composer Rod Smith, as part of an exhibition produced in response to the Australian Governments Apology to the Indigenous population.

Our audio player is again stocked with new sounds from a diverse mix of international sound artists, so sit back and enjoy the new issue of Furthernoise.org

Furthernoise issue November 2009
http://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?iss=83

"Highs from Low Point" (feature)
In this post-everything age, it’s hard to hear anything shatteringly new in the experimental ambient universe, even at the most Out-there reaches of the dronosphere. Yet there's still much to be savoured in the glut of well wrought music in this vein, among which may be numbered recent highs from Nottingham's Low Point.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=311
feature by Alan Lockett

"Yapang Marruma Soundscape - Rod Smith" (feature)
On February 12th 2008 the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made an apology to the 'Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history' for the 'mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations […] for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss […] 'for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture. (excerpt).
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=315
feature by Roger Mills

"Arturas Bumšteinas - Uniforms" (review)
Arturas Bumšteinas is a sound and visual artist based in Lithuania. Uniforms features experimental and post-modern pieces, blended with modern electronic and glitch-based techniques.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=313
review by Alex Young

"Echoes of Syros by Dempster, Heasley & Rieman" (review)
Stuart Dempster and Tom Heasley have successfully expanded the capabilities of low brass instruments, once relegated to the back of the band. Together with keyboard player Erik Glick Rieman, they present a series of improvisations that exceed the boundaries of their previous work and highlight potential future explorations.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=312
review by Caleb Deupree

"Peaceful Protest - Sade Sade" (review)
“D” Yellow Swans called it quits April 2008. In their 9 years together, this psych/noise duo consisting of Pete Swanson and Gabriel Mindle Saloman (GMS) recorded over 50 releases, toured extensively around the World, and co-ran the Collective JYRK label/art collective. Gabriel ended up moving to Vancouver, BC to start a new label called Diadem Discogs with his wife and music collaborator Aja Rose.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=314
review by Derek Morton

"The sincerest form of derivation" (review)
Remora's Derivative is a guitar ambient album with a more aggressive edge than other drone guitar groups like Stars of the Lid or Mirror, retaining enough skronk to remove any artificial polish and give the work the immediacy of a laid-back live performance in his living room, and enough melodicism to prevent the work from becoming a noise fest.
http://www.furthernoise.org/page.php?ID=309
review by Caleb Deupree

Roger Mills
Editor, Furthernoise