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Ryu Hankil, Noid, Matija Schellander, Various

Foreign Correspondents (2CD)

LabelMikroton Recordings

Format2CD

GenreElectronic

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In 2013, Noid and Matija Schellander travelled from Vienna to East Asia to meet up with Ryu Hankil and other musicians from Japan, Hong Kong, China, South Korea and Europe. Carrying compositions, sound art pieces and workshop preparations in their luggage to be tested by changing social and artistic settings, by everyday tour life and to be used as starting points for debates in various forms.

The first CD - “Tokyo Office” - is a trio of Noid, Schellander and their main collaborator on this tour: Ryu Hankil from Seoul. It was recorded in the Ftarri shop in Tokyo, an intimate setting, a perfect concert situation for close, concentrated listening. The result is a 44 minute set of unmusical musicality with sounds of typewriter, drums, double bass, cello, jing-hu and victorian synthesizer.

The second CD - "Field Report" - is the travelogue of one month of concerts, field recordings, workshops, dinners, getting lost, missing planes, stretched and contracted gut strings in the temperature and humidity extremes from Okinawa to Beijing, collaborating with locals and other traveling musicians, exposing sometimes strict concepts to confusing listening situations from Seoul rooftops to Osaka market stands to Hong Kong industrial buildings.

Snippets and cuts composed in chronological order to an immersive flow of changing spaces and societies, on the turning point between being in and out.

Details
Cat. number: MIKROTON CD 43 - 44
Year: 2015

Release notes

Packaged in a six-panel dual-pocket Digisleeve. The cover lists the artists as: "Ryu Hankil, Noid, Matija Schellander and others". ‎

Tracklist
Tokyo Office
1-1Ftarri | Tokyo | Oct. 14th 201347:50
Field Report
2-1Tokyo Subway Closing Door Signature Sound / 100¥ Donation @ Sensō-ji Shrine | Asakusa | Tokyo0:27
2-2Guggenheim House | Kobe | Oct. 11th 20133:00
2-3Pachinko Hall Near Chidoribashi Station | Osaka0:57
2-4Common Cafe | Osaka | Oct. 13th 20137:03
2-5Port | Osaka | Oct. 12th 20131:09
2-6Visitors Platform On The 45th Floor Of The Tokyo Metropolitan Tower0:45
2-7Groove | Urasoe | Okinawa | Oct. 16th 20131:51
2-8Acoustic Traffic Light | Naha | Okinawa1:07
2-9Groove | Urasoe | Okinawa | Oct. 16th 20134:24
2-10Bird At A Peacecamp In Front Of The American Army Military Zone Near Takae Village | Okinawa0:55
2-11Morso | Naha | Oct. 19th 20133:30
2-12Dotolimpic Festival @ Mullae Art Center | Seoul | Oct. 26th 2013 (Into The City)2:19
2-13Dotolimpic Festival @ Mullae Art Center | Seoul | Oct. 27th 2013 4:06
2-14Dotolimpic Festival @ Mullae Art Center | Seoul | Oct. 27th 20131:23
2-15Wheeled Suitcases On A Paved Street | Seoul / Walking From Mullae Art Center To Yeongdeungpo Metro Station | Seoul2:51
2-16CIA | Hong Kong | Oct. 29th 2013 | Without Me Everything Would Be Even Worse2:19
2-17CIA | Hong Kong | Oct. 29th 2013 (Annoy The Void)5:07
2-18Machine Drones In The Staircase Of The CIA Building | Hong Kong0:33
2-19CIA | Hong Kong | Oct. 29th 2013 (Tiny Tones)4:47
2-20Fuel Tank Filled With Sound Art | Shanghai 1:30
2-21Rockbund Art Museum | Shanghai | Nov. 2nd 2013 (Freedom Is The Recognition Of Necessity | Blank | Silent Dance | Compacting By Impact, All Accompanied By Huddle)6:58
2-22Jing-hu Players @ Ditan Park | Beijing2:35
2-23Zaija | Peking | Nov. 3rd 20139:43
Credits
Kurt Liedwart
Design, Executive Producer
Matija Schellander
Mixed By
Arnold Haberl
Photography By [Images]
Noid
Recorded By, Mixed By

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