July 4, 2009 I recorded my neighbors setting off fireworks in our alley. I submitted the recording for a compilation on the sound of recession. This summer of 2020, I was invited for ESS' Quarantine Concerts July 3 event by Katinka Kleijn. For this performance the context is the crisis of pandemic, recession and police violence towards African-American citizens. With this on my mind I performed a mix of recordings of my neighborhood and electronic improvisations to expand and decolonize our listening. I open with bells and fireworks to blast away bad spirits.
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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