Date: March 17th, 2011
Cate: Events, Octopod gigs, Residencies, Video
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Poulpe in progress…

Octopus’ John, Andrew, Fern and Glenn working on Poulpe, a commission for the Merzman festival to be performed on Sat 26th at Salford’s Islington Mill.

The piece takes charity shop audio books collected in Cumbria and Manchester as source material for a short wave radio installation and series of live performances. Creating a variable audio collage from fragments of throwaway fiction, ‘Poulpe’ will be presented on the Mill’s upper floors during the Merzman cabaret on Sat 26th March from 7pm.

‘Poulpe’ is Octopus’ second foray into Schwitters-inspired audio work following ‘Morsonata’, a radio piece by Mobile Radio that was commissioned for the inaugural FON Festival in 2009. ‘Morsonata’ saw Schwitters’ ‘Ursonate’ performed by two Morse code operators from Barrow-in-Furness Submariners’ Association as part of an hour long transmission that was broadcast live from the festival’s base in Barrow Shipyard.

merzman.co.uk

Date: March 3rd, 2011
Cate: Community, Events, Octopod gigs, Video
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Octopus at DIY Music Day @ Liverpool World Museum

Octopus’ John Hall and Glenn Boulter warming up in the aquarium in Liverpool World Museum as part of DIY Music Day, produced by Sound Network.

www.soundnetwork.org.uk

Date: March 1st, 2011
Cate: Bandstand, Events
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Dan Fox at Barrow Park Bandstand


Pictures from number 4 in our series of sound works for Barrow Park Bandstand – Dan Fox’s Boom Bike and directional speaker.

danfox.net

Date: January 28th, 2011
Cate: Bandstand, Events
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FON AIR:Dan Fox in Barrow Park

Ulverston Sound Artist and Musician Dan Fox visists the Park for a special FON AIR show on Feb 27. Dan will be bringing his magnificent Boom Bike ( left) , through which you can play your own music via your mobile or usb stick, and his Woosh Directional Speaker, which…well, come and listen.

1pm Sunday Feb 27, and its free of charge.

Date: December 10th, 2010
Cate: Bandstand, Events, FON 2010
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Christmas Re-wind: Production Values.

Alys emerges from Tech duties and helps Sue handle the visuals.

Date: December 10th, 2010
Cate: Bandstand, Events, FON 2010
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Christmas Re-wind: all things to all people.

Contrasting appreciative  responses to the sound of Klaus Wunderlich scurrying around beneath your feet during  Mark Vernon’s ”Christmas Re-wind.”  “…very seasonal, and not a cliche in sight.”..”cakes, drinks…mad tunes.”

Date: December 10th, 2010
Cate: Bandstand, Events, FON 2010
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“Christmas Re-wind”: A song from under the floorboards.

Andrew, Alys and Wiliam Deakin brave the cobwebs to install Powered Speakers in the crawlspace beneath the Bandstand. William (right) found 52p, which covered the cost of his safety gear.

Date: December 10th, 2010
Cate: Bandstand, Events, FON 2010
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Mark Vernon’s “Christmas Re-wind”

Mark Vernon is a sound artist, musician and radio producer based in Glasgow. He was a founding member of the art radio collective, ‘Radio Tuesday’ and has produced programmes and features for stations including WFMU, RADIA, Resonance FM, CKUT, Radio 101, VPRO and the BBC. His radio productions range from documentaries and radio plays to more experimental audio collage and soundscape pieces.  On December the 12th he presented “Christmas Rewind” a multi channel  assemblage of Christmas recordings made in the 60′s by the Derby Tape Recording Club  These include oddly moving audio letters, kids singing and talking,and  snatches of  christmas music seeded with Marks own additions.

Date: November 25th, 2010
Cate: Events, FON 2010
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Grizdale Arts/Lanternhouse Co-productions

Our 2010 programme presented a series of residencies, performances, film screenings, commissions and artists talks spread over 12 months all with emphasis on developing a regular local audience for our events.

May

All Tomorrow’s Parties – film screening and collaborative Listening Session at Lanternhouse Ulverston.

Mogwai – Burning (with 44 Promotions) Film screening and Q+A at Lanternhouse.

Salon Event at Lanternhouse featuring Octopus turntable performances.

June

Salon event at Coniston Institute with Grizedale Arts.

July

Deck Wreckers – an evening of turntable based work, films and talks at Lanternhouse.
Lawson Park Open Gardens – Radio jingle workshop with Grizedale Arts.
August
AGF – live performance at Lanternhouse
Lorn (with 44 promotions) – Live performance with US electronic act at Lanternhouse Ulverston
September
Hildur Gudnadottir – live performance and film screening at Lanternhouse
December
Coniston farmers market and art fair – pop-up music shop with Grizedale Arts

Date: September 26th, 2010
Cate: Events, Video
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FON at Liverpool Biennial 2010

Hildur Guðnadóttir at St. George’s Hall from Octopus Collective on Vimeo.

Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir stopped off in Liverpool on her way to the Lake District to perform at the opening ceremony of this year’s Liverpool Biennial. The event was one in a series of co-productions with the Biennial as part of the PRS for Music New Music Plus scheme, for which Octopus member Glenn Boulter was selected as one of 8 producers in the North West.

We also managed to arrange an impromptu live collaboration between Hildur and fellow Touch label mate Phillip Jeck which took place at artist Ted Riederer’s pop-up record shop and vinyl cutting service (see above). Octopus related artists also featured heavily at the Biennial after party with DJ sets from Mr Sushi, Shengi and a turntable performance from Naomi Kashiwagi at the ‘Britain’s largest brick structure’ the Stanley Dock Warehouse.

hildurness.com

biennial.com

naomikashiwagi.co.uk

soundcloud.com/shengi

soundcloud.com/mistersushi

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