by yiorgis sakellariou

For the past four months I’ve been living in this rather small (population: 180.00 and decreasing) city in the west of Lithuania, right on the shore of the Baltic Sea. Almost since Day 1, I’ve been exploring and recording my new sound environment and I dare to say that the place is, perhaps surprisingly, a sonic paradise. Forests, beaches, harbors, ferry boats, plus the fact that the city has an extended industrial area, provides me with a great variety of sounds and I still find myself -pretty often I might add- walking around with the recorder at hand. For this post I used the more compositional approach of an audio montage, instead of presenting one recording from a specific location. Nonetheless, the recordings are untreated. The aim is to give a more wide-ranging feeling of Klaipeda’s splendid soundscape.

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Tags: field recording mini-series, mecha/orga, yiorgis sakellariou

Heraclis is a fresh new label from athens, greece. Its first batch of releases (they also organize events, etc) consists of a 7″ and a CS compilation, for all-you-can-eat synth & noise pleasure. Featuring one side from Hiroshi Hasegawa, amongst others

IRA001 – 7’’ Vinyl
A tribute to Synti AKS
SIDE A – Georgios Karamanolakis – Reentry capsule.
SIDE B – Astro (Hiroshi Hasegawa) – Crystal Silver Dream Machine.
Limited to 320 copies.

IRA.C002 – Cassette
Two days dedicated to electronic sound improvisation.
SIDE A – Plink, Adam is, Goosli noise (russia),
SIDE B – Georgios Karamanolakis, Dead Gum, Mecha/Orga, Analog Suicide (Turkey).
Limited to 100 copies.

http://www.heraclis.org/

Tags: adam_is, analog suicide, astro, dead gum, georgios karamanolakis, goosli noise, heraclis, hiroshi hasegawa, mecha/orga, plink

taking place in October 2011, Field Fest (Brussels, curated by q-o2) brings together many artists /composers / musicians whose work involves various aspects of field recording….this compilation offers you the chance to hear some small elements of that work.

a quiet position – edition one – field fest by a quiet position

0:00-8:00 | Jez riley French – ‘resonances / residences’ (extract)
8:10-16:18 | pauwel de buck – ‘dead end environments, 2009’
16:28-22:58 | emmanuel holterbach – ‘bats & tv screen’
23:06-29:11 | manfred werder – ‘2006/2 places a time (sound)’
29:24-34:24 | justin bennett – ‘istiklal resonance’
34:34-43:56 | martiensgohome – ‘umtui’
44:05-49:53 | mechaorga – ‘05.50’
50:06-1:00:06 | michael pisaro – ‘transparent city no.5’ (extract)
1:00:15-1:02:19 | peter cusack – ‘barnacles on an anthony gormley sculpture’
1:02:31-1:08:35 | pali meursault – ‘west bay’
1:08:45-1:13:18 | anne wellmer – ‘almabtrieb zum schachernhof’
1:13:28-1:19:24 | annea lockwood – ‘a sound map of the housatonic river’ (excerpt)
1:19:34-1:27:19 | els viaene – ‘empty landscapes’
1:27:29-1:29:43 | eric la casa – ‘liege 2: air pressure’

more about the actual festival http://www.q-o2.be/en/event/field-fest/

Tags: anne wellmer, annea lockwood, brussels, els viaene, emmanuel holterbach, eric la casa, field recordings, jez riley french, justin bennett, manfred werder, martiensgohome, mecha/orga, michael pisaro, pali meursault, pauwel de buck, peter cusack, q-o2

by yiorgis sakellariou

Lousios is located near the village of Karytaina, at the heart of the Peloponnese region. The flow of the river is very powerful and many people visit it for rafting. Unfortunately, some never get to go back home; the monument built near a bridge did not leave any doubts: a poor fellow drowned there. If you don’t intend to go in the water you still need to be careful not to slip on some narrow paths or wet rocks and try to avoid destroying spider webs. The landscape was impressive but of course the main focus was on the sound, an excellent mix of mighty water floating and the singing of cicadas –typical Greek summer “soundtrack”. At several locations, where the water was hitting on stones, the volume was so loud that we had to shout so we could hear each other. Pure noise…

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note: this recording comprises of three seperate parts. track breaks at: 01:21. 03:15

Tags: field recording mini-series, mecha/orga, yiorgis sakellariou

by yiorgis sakellariou

On April 23, 2011 I played a concert in Dresden and the next day I had enough time to explore the city. After walking around in the old town, which is on UNESCO’s world heritage list, I started checking out the new part of the city, and the main pedestrian road led me directly to the train station. I’m totally attracted by the sounds of train stations and as I was approaching the big south station of Dresden I was pretty sure I’d record something interesting. The acoustic environment of the station constantly changes because trains come and go all the time. There is also a more permanent layer of sound, that reverberates everywhere and having a high roof transforms the building into a big speaker.

I just googled it: The old town of Dresden has been deleted from UNESCO’s list. Anyhow, minor detail. The sounds of the station are fascinating nonetheless.

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note: this recording comprises of three seperate parts. track breaks at: 01:34. 03:17

Tags: field recording mini-series, mecha/orga, yiorgis sakellariou

quiet cue #051/#052
DOUBLE EDITION - doors open 8PM
TUESD April 19th
WEDN April 20th

Flughafenstrasse 38, Berlin-Neukölln @ staalplaat record store

Electroacoustic / Object & Geraeusch special.

Tuesday:

Mecha/Orga
(Yiorgis Sakellariou, Greece)
mecha-orga.com
Sonata Rec
(Heidrun Schramm, Germany)
heidrunschramm.net
Asmus Tietchens
(Germany)
tietchens.de

Wednesday:

Evapori
(Oliver Peters, Germany)
evapori.virb.com
Gregory Buettner
(Germany)
tausend-fuessler.de
Hanna Hartman
(Germany/Sweden)
hannahartman.de

Tags: asmus tietchens, berlin, evapori, gregory buettner, hanna hartman, mecha/orga, quiet cue, sonata rec

Little John society presents:
Early nights at the Harmonium
ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗ 23 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ
στο Nixon Screening Room

MECHA/ORGA (τετραφωνικά field recordings)
www.mecha-orga.com

ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΚΑΤΣΑΝΟΣ (ελεύθερος αυτοσχεδιασμός/Live sampling)
http://www.myspace.com/lostcircusgroup

ΝΙΧΟΝ
Screening Room
ΕΝΑΡΞΗ   9:00
ΕΙΣΟΔΟΣ _ 12 ευρώ (με κρασί ή μπύρα)
Αγησιλάου 61 Β, Κεραμεικός. Αθήνα
Τηλ: 2103462077

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Mecha/Orga

Mecha/Orga είναι το project του Γιώργη Σακελλαρίου. Από το 2003 έχει παίξει σε πάνω από 80 συναυλίες και φεστιβάλ στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό και έχει στο ενεργητικό του αρκετές κυκλοφορίες. Είναι μέλος του Κέντρου Σύγχρονης Μουσικής Έρευνας, του Ελληνικού Συνδέσμου Συνθετών Ηλεκρακουστικής Μουσικής και του οργανισμού Ear to the Earth. Έχει παραδώσει διαλέξεις και σεμινάρια για τη μουσική με ηλ.υπολογιστές και έχει γράψει μουσική για ταινίες μικρού μήκους και θεατρικές παραστάσεις. Τον Οκτώβριο του 2004 ίδρυσε το label “Echomusic” από το οποίο έχουν κυκλοφορήσει μέχρι στιγμής 18 CD-R ηλεκτρονικής και σύγχρονης μουσικής από Έλληνες και ξένους μουσικούς.

Στις συναυλίες του, το βασικό υλικό που χρησιμοποιεί είναι οι περιβαλλοντικές ηχογραφήσεις (από βόμβους ψυγείων μέχρι καταρράκτες και από κινούμενα τρένα μέχρι έντομα) τις οποίες επεξεργάζεται και μιξάρει σε πραγματικό χρόνο με τη χρήση ενός laptop.

www.mecha-orga.com

Γιώργος Κατσάνος

Γνωστός στο αθηναικό κοινό ως ο άνθρωπος ορχήστρα στο πλευρό του ανανεωμένου Φοίβου Δεληβοριά, ο Γιώργος Κατσάνος έχει ένα βιογραφικό πλούσιο σε συνεργασίες και προσωπικά projects. Ιδρυτικό μέλος των σχημάτων EOS, Lost Circus, Απόδραση και συνεργάτης των Burgundy Grapes, Λένα Πλάτωνος, Σαβίνα Γιαννάτου και Lolek μεταξύ άλλων, ο Γιώργος Κατσάνος κυκλοφόρησε την πρώτη του προσωπική δουλειά “Blur” το 2007 και αναμένεται να κυκλοφορησει τον δεύτερό του δίσκο μέσα στην άνοιξη του 2011.

Το νέο του project “Retro-Mechanica music” αποτελεί πιστή συνέχεια της πορείας του στον πειραματισμό με τον ήχο και τον ελεύθερο αυτοσχεδιασμό. Στην παράσταση του Nixon Screening Room, η κύρια ηχητική πηγή θα προέρχεται από διάφορα ιδιόφωνα, παιχνίδια, ipod και άλλα ακουστικά όργανα, στα οποία θα γίνεται ηχητική επεξεργασία με την βοήθεια της “μηχανής live sampling”.

http://www.myspace.com/lostcircusgroup

Tags: athens, early nights at the harmonium, giwrgos katsanos, mecha/orga

Σάββατο 15 Ιανουαρίου
Ξύλινο Στέκι – Ανώτατη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών
Πειραιώς 256

έναρξη: 22:00
είσοδος ελεύθερη

Live Acts:

Biomass (minimal ambient scelectrical dub)
www.myspace.com/biomasselectronics

Mecha/Orga (immersive field recordings)
www.mecha-orga.com/

Balinese Beast + Bwana (free saxophones feeding with collateral hi-fi home system)
http://www.last.fm/music/Balinese+Beast

P.S. Stamps Back + Monotonik (motor tempo)
http://tiltrecordings.org/tilt.htm

DJ Sets:

Lo-Fi (small hours drone ambient)
Furukawa (rhythm noise mechanised tribalism)
Balkanoise (dissonant frequencies + noise percautions)

Tags: balinese beast, Balkanoise, biomass, bwana, Furukawa, Lo-Fi, mecha/orga, monotonik, p.s. stamps back

40:49
cdr edition | echomusic

Field recordings originally made in abeliona village, peloponnese. Manipulation, edits and composition by yiorgis sakellariou, summer of 2010

more:
http://echomusic.gr/releases/ec18_40_49.html

27:36
online release on the Green Field Recordings net label

Yiorgis Sakellariou was an artist-in-residency at the Polymer Culture Factory, in Tallin, from August 16 to September 8 2010. In that time he made enviromental recordings in Tallin, in Tartu (Estonia) and Riga (Latvia). Selected sounds were used in an audio collage, without the use of filters or any kind of digital treatment.

Green Field Recordings:
http://greenfieldrecordings.yolasite.com/

listen:
http://greenfieldrecordings.yolasite.com/audio.php

download (mp3-320kbps):
http://www.archive.org/details/Mechaorga-2736gfr014

Tags: echomusic, estonia, green field recordings, mecha/orga

good stuff happening in athens in the next few days, other than the noise-below extravaganza called ‘infinity’ (http://blog.noise-below.org/2010/08/29/infinity/)

dead gum / angelos kyriou + kostis kilymis /kerkville
monday, nov 8
@ six d.o.g.s project space
http://www.sixdogs.gr/
21:00, free entrance

Francisco Meirino, Mecha/Orga
wednesday, nov 10
@ knot gallery
http://knotarts.blogspot.com/
20:30, 5 euro

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also a Danae Stefanou solo concert
@ knot on sunday, nov 14.
but no poster available for that one yet..

Tags: angelos kyriou, athens, danae stefanou, dead gum, francisco meirino, kerkville, kostis kilymis, mecha/orga

Παρασκευή 22 Οκτωβρίου

Goosli Noise (Ρωσία)
Adam_is
Γεώργιος Καραμανωλάκης
Plink

Σάββατο 23 Οκτωβρίου

Analog Suicide, (Batur Sonmez) (Τουρκία)
Dead Gum
Mecha/Orga
Τάσος Στάμου

20.30 – 00.00
Eίσοδος ελεύθερη
Α.Σ.Κ.Τ Πειραιώς 256 , Ρέντη . Aίθουσα Θεάτρου.
Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών «Ψηφιακές Μορφές Τέχνης» της Α.Σ.Κ.Τ

Tags: adam_is, analog suicide, athens, dead gum, giorgos karamanolakis, goosli noise, mecha/orga, plink, tasos stamou

by yiorgis sakellariou

In August 2010, I was artist-in-residency at Polymer culture factory in Tallinn, Estonia. During the residency I made several field recording sessions and some of the captured sounds were used in concerts I played in while touring the Baltic countries.

Tallinn is a tourist city, especially the center, the old medieval town. Nonetheless, it is also a very “user friendly” and cozy place for walking and exploring. I was near the seaside, hundreds of meters away from the harbor but the hum of the machines from the ships, combined with distant traffic noise, created a deep drone. On top of that, the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves of a tree and the occasional seagull and other birds’ sounds made an attractive sonic atmosphere. It was characteristic Tallinn ambience witch soon became very familiar –and pleasant- for my ears…

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Tags: field recording mini-series, mecha/orga, yiorgis sakellariou