January 31, 2009
Ah, the last week of our twentieth quarter, coming just a week after the anniversary of our tenth year of the show. A real feeling of closure. And next week it will be time to move even futher on. I hope you'll join me.
No Q&A this week. We've got some good ones with Thousand Void Crush, DJ T-Rock, Greater Than One, Alex H and DJ Earworm coming up though, so stay tuned...
Also, hey, we announced a Call For Artists last week. Some Assembly Required and mnartists.org are looking for fifty-second tracks composed of at least 50% post consumer audio. If you're a regular listener and/or contributor to this show, then you'll know exactly what that means, and I hope you'll submit something. Gotten some really good tracks already and really looking forward to hearing some more. Click HERE for more information.
Thanks for listening!
Jon Nelson
www.some-assembly-required.net
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Episode 137, Some Assembly Required
01 2 Many DJs – “Push it/No fun” 02 Mophono – “My Reflection Of Andre”
03 James Tenney – “Collage #1 (blue suede)”
04 team9 – “Screaming pro”
05 RX Music - “Boys & girls”
06 Doormouse - “One Man David Lee Roth Coverband”
07 The Tape-beatles – “Please Help Me”
08 Art of Noise – “Peter Gunn theme (the twang mix)”
09 DJ QBert – “Inner Space Dental Commander”
10 Paul Garcia - “American Justice”
11 John Oswald – “Dab”
12 Table Tones in Head Space – “Sunday”
13 Jason Forrest – “War Photographer”
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
50/50: Call For Artists
Some Assembly Required And mnartists.org Present:
The Fifty/Fifty Compilation: CALL FOR ARTISTS
To celebrate Some Assembly Required's Tenth Anniversary, mnartists.org and SAR are teaming up to produce a compilation of fifty-second tracks, by as many as fifty artists...
To have your work considered for this online compilation, please submit your original works of sound collage, featuring at least 50% post consumer audio (sounds found in the media) by March 16, 2009.
Details below...
The Short Version:
Who: Everyone (outsiders, emerging and established artists from all genres are encouraged to submit little masterpieces).
What: Sound Collage tracks composed of at least FIFTY PERCENT recycled sounds, with a running time of exactly FIFTY SECONDS. See below for more details (“The Long Version”).
Where: The recycled sounds must be sourced at least 50% from the media environment (radio, tv, movies and other media). The compilation is being assembled in Minnesota. Submissions are welcome from anywhere in the world.
When: You’ve got FIFTY days to put together your 50-second tracks - so we’ll stop taking submissions at midnight on March 16, 2009. You may submit up to five tracks.
Why: Some Assembly Required is celebrating its tenth anniversary!
How: Send your submissions to one of the following addresses by 3/16/09:
Email: assembly (at) detritus.net
Mail: Some Assembly Required, 2751 Hennepin Ave. S. (#145), Minneapolis, MN 55408
Even More Details...
The Long Version:
Who: Everyone. Since we’re working with mnartists on this project, at first we were thinking to just ask artists from Minnesota, but then decided to extend the invitation to artists in all FIFTY states. Finally, we agreed that anyone in the world was welcome to participate.
What: We’re looking for FIFTY-second tracks composed of at least FIFTY percent recycled sounds. Further, those sounds need to be recycled from the media environment. Folks who listen to Some Assembly Required on a regular basis will recognize that these are the criteria we follow when selecting tracks to play on the show. All of the sample based music and audio art featured weekly on SAR is at least fifty percent recycled from the media environment. We also tend to favor tracks whose vocals are 100% sampled, so while some instrumentation and other sounds recorded or found in places other than the media environment are permitted, it’s extremely rare that original vocals, whether it’s singing, rapping or speaking, have been aired on the show. The focus is on what an artist can do creatively, with sounds he or she finds on the radio, the television and in the movies and other media…
Where: The compilation is being put together in Minnesota, but artists from around the world are invited to participate. The compilation will be made available online - so it will be available to practically everyone, “everywhere.”
When: The call for submissions is being made today (Sunday, January 25), and we’re giving you FIFTY days to put together as many as five, short (FIFTY-second) tracks and mail them to us (mailing address below) or submit them to us electronically (email address below). So, we need to see your submission postmarked by March 16, or it needs to arrive in our email inboxes by Midnight, March 16 in order to be considered.
Why: Some Assembly Required is celebrating its tenth anniversary, and we wanted to do something fun to commemorate the occasion. Also, I’ve been getting into really short tracks lately and wanted to encourage more submissions at the same time, so this seemed like an interesting project.
How: As mentioned above, please submit (up to five) FIFTY-second tracks, composed of at least FIFTY percent recycled sounds (found in the media), and mail them by March 16, to: Some Assembly Required, 2751 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408, or email: Assembly (AT) detritus.net
NOTE: Please send the highest quality soundfile you have. These are short tracks, so even if you’re submitting them as email attachments, feel free to send the largest, fullest version of the original track…
We’ll start collecting right away and won’t stop until March 16, at which point we will select our FIFTY favorites for an online compilation at mnartists.org
Please send questions to assembly (at) detritus.net
Thanks!
Jon Nelson
www.some-assembly-required.net
The Fifty/Fifty Compilation: CALL FOR ARTISTS
To celebrate Some Assembly Required's Tenth Anniversary, mnartists.org and SAR are teaming up to produce a compilation of fifty-second tracks, by as many as fifty artists...
To have your work considered for this online compilation, please submit your original works of sound collage, featuring at least 50% post consumer audio (sounds found in the media) by March 16, 2009.
Details below...
The Short Version:
Who: Everyone (outsiders, emerging and established artists from all genres are encouraged to submit little masterpieces).
What: Sound Collage tracks composed of at least FIFTY PERCENT recycled sounds, with a running time of exactly FIFTY SECONDS. See below for more details (“The Long Version”).
Where: The recycled sounds must be sourced at least 50% from the media environment (radio, tv, movies and other media). The compilation is being assembled in Minnesota. Submissions are welcome from anywhere in the world.
When: You’ve got FIFTY days to put together your 50-second tracks - so we’ll stop taking submissions at midnight on March 16, 2009. You may submit up to five tracks.
Why: Some Assembly Required is celebrating its tenth anniversary!
How: Send your submissions to one of the following addresses by 3/16/09:
Email: assembly (at) detritus.net
Mail: Some Assembly Required, 2751 Hennepin Ave. S. (#145), Minneapolis, MN 55408
Even More Details...
The Long Version:
Who: Everyone. Since we’re working with mnartists on this project, at first we were thinking to just ask artists from Minnesota, but then decided to extend the invitation to artists in all FIFTY states. Finally, we agreed that anyone in the world was welcome to participate.
What: We’re looking for FIFTY-second tracks composed of at least FIFTY percent recycled sounds. Further, those sounds need to be recycled from the media environment. Folks who listen to Some Assembly Required on a regular basis will recognize that these are the criteria we follow when selecting tracks to play on the show. All of the sample based music and audio art featured weekly on SAR is at least fifty percent recycled from the media environment. We also tend to favor tracks whose vocals are 100% sampled, so while some instrumentation and other sounds recorded or found in places other than the media environment are permitted, it’s extremely rare that original vocals, whether it’s singing, rapping or speaking, have been aired on the show. The focus is on what an artist can do creatively, with sounds he or she finds on the radio, the television and in the movies and other media…
Where: The compilation is being put together in Minnesota, but artists from around the world are invited to participate. The compilation will be made available online - so it will be available to practically everyone, “everywhere.”
When: The call for submissions is being made today (Sunday, January 25), and we’re giving you FIFTY days to put together as many as five, short (FIFTY-second) tracks and mail them to us (mailing address below) or submit them to us electronically (email address below). So, we need to see your submission postmarked by March 16, or it needs to arrive in our email inboxes by Midnight, March 16 in order to be considered.
Why: Some Assembly Required is celebrating its tenth anniversary, and we wanted to do something fun to commemorate the occasion. Also, I’ve been getting into really short tracks lately and wanted to encourage more submissions at the same time, so this seemed like an interesting project.
How: As mentioned above, please submit (up to five) FIFTY-second tracks, composed of at least FIFTY percent recycled sounds (found in the media), and mail them by March 16, to: Some Assembly Required, 2751 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408, or email: Assembly (AT) detritus.net
NOTE: Please send the highest quality soundfile you have. These are short tracks, so even if you’re submitting them as email attachments, feel free to send the largest, fullest version of the original track…
We’ll start collecting right away and won’t stop until March 16, at which point we will select our FIFTY favorites for an online compilation at mnartists.org
Please send questions to assembly (at) detritus.net
Thanks!
Jon Nelson
www.some-assembly-required.net
Ten Years of Sound Collage
This Tuesday marks the passage of a decade of working on this show, and I'd be lying if I said anything less than this: I'm feeling very proud... I know it hasn't become quite the phenomenon I've sometimes fantasized it might, but it has become much, much more than I ever imagined it would, when debuting the program on January 27, 1999. It's been totally worth it.Check out our special 10th Anniversary episode, uploaded just a couple days early, with big thanks to the Evolution Control Committee's Mark Gunderson for his part in planning this week's show. Which gets me thinking... Maybe I should take this opportunity to thank a few people. After all, it's not every weekend you commemorate a decade's worth of work.
Catherine Campion and Kate Iverson come immediately to mind. Both have been invaluable in promoting the show, both here in Minnesota and to the rest of the world. In fact, if it weren't for Catherine, we'd probably still be on just five stations, and feeling pretty good about that! With her help, the show has been heard on as many as sixty stations at one time, and we've enjoyed being broadcast on over two dozen individual stations, each week, for a solid five years.
Thanks to Steev Hise as well. In the early days, his support and encouragement were instrumental, especially with regard to establishing and maintaining a web presence. More recently, stAllio! made a big difference, by helping with the development of the current website. KUOM deserves a big thank you as well, for giving me the opportunity to prove the show on their internet stream, and then for being the first to broadcast Some Assembly Required.
I'd mention all the artists who have been interviewed, but you can just check out the list HERE. The interviews and Q&A's, to me, are the most important part of the show. Without them, this would just be a weekly playlist, and a big part of my goal when starting the show was to promote the artists whose work I felt was so important. I feel like that goal is well on its way to being met, and I hope to be able to continue to do this for at least a little while longer.
There are a lot more people who deserve a nod, but I'll try to keep this short and sweet. Check out this week's program (Episode 224) for more about the history of the show, and for just a little insight into what in the world it is I think I've been doing for the past ten years...
Thanks for listening,
Jon Nelson
www.some-assembly-required.net
Episode 224, Some Assembly Required
(Tenth Anniversary Episode)
01 The Evolution Control Committee - “No Time For Yes”02 Wayne Butane - “Backwash (segment)”
03 Escape Mechanism - “Culture”
04 Escape Mechanism - “What's Happening”
05 Realistic - “Post-Corporate Fantasy”
06 The Evolution Control Committee - “Rebel without a pause”
07 John Oswald - “Pretender”
08 Unknown - “Closer to da club (50 inch nails)”
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