Thematics is a compilation of recordings made in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1999-2001. This album features, data bent sounds, granular synthesis and digital sound processing. Thematics is built around the general theme of desire and is influenced by writings of Samuel R. Delany, Jacques Derrida, Kathy Acker, Walter Benjamin, Gilles Deleuze, the performance art of Jade Blue Eclipse and Annie Sprinkle.
ALBUM https://normanwlong.bandcamp.com/album/calumet-in-dub EXHIBITION CATALOG Norman-W-Long-Catalog.pdf CALUMET IN DUB I hope this message finds you all well. I am very happy to announce that my new album Calumet in Dub is available for download and CD pre-order. Calumet in Dub is a two-channel mix of an eight-channel sound installation exhibited at the Glass Curtain Gallery in Chicago in 2022. The exhibition focuses on Long’s research-based work delving into the ecology and soundscapes of the Southeast Side of Chicago along the Calumet and Little Calumet River area. Inspired initially by a story that aired on the BBC about the relationship of the Little Calumet River to the history of the Great Migration, Long has investigated how housing, labor, and environmental activism has coalesced in this location and how historic figure, Hazel Johnson considered the “mother of the environmental justice movement,” diligently brought these issues to light. Other inspiration was found in An...
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