electric re::view #17 - September 2021
[from the STUDIO archive and recommendations]

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In Memoriam:

R. Murray Schafer composer, writer and acoustic ecologist, died aged 88 [2021]
Link to obituary by Robert Rowat - CBC Music

We are the composers of this huge, miraculous composition that's going on around us, and we can improve it or we can destroy it. R. Murray Schafer

Arts Festivals:

b-side Festival on Portland 9th - 12th September [2021]
https://b-side.org.uk/

Inside Out Festival Dorset 17th - 26th September [2021]
https://activateperformingarts.org.uk/whats-on/inside-out-dorset/

The Great Big Green Week - West Dorset Friends of the Earth
18th - 26th September [2021]
https://www.westdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk/index.php/the-great-big-green-week/

Artist Talks - Listen Online:

RIVERSSSOUNDS various artists [2020/21]
https://www.facebook.com/watch/RIVERSSSOUNDS/

RIVERSSSOUNDS is a platform for virtual sonic experiences and an online residency program.

Join In:

World Rivers Day - Sunday 26 September [2021]
https://worldriversday.com/about/

World Rivers Day is a celebration of the world's waterways. It highlights the many values of rivers and strives to increase public awareness and encourages the improved stewardship of rivers around the world.

The STUDIO would like to invite you to contribute to a WRD 2021 digital download on BandCamp. Please include your name, location and time of day with all recordings and/or responses. Link to WRD 2020 download.

Track of the month:

brownsea island by Marc Yeats [2011]
https://metamedia.bandcamp.com/track/brownsea-island-by-marc-yeats

'brownsea island' was recorded by David Rogers and a group of young people during an experimental sound workshop and mixed by Marc Yeats and the young people.

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