SONIC MIND FIELDS - Sound Discovery and Electronic Music Destination

Help Filipino Sound Artist Lirio Salvador

2012-01-05T15:35:00.003+08:00

"Avant garde sound artist Lirio Salvador is in a coma after being hit and run by a motorcycle early Friday morning in Cavite. According to his close friend and fellow musician Jonjie Ayson, Salvador had surgery Friday afternoon on a blood clot in his brain but has yet to regain consciousness. "The next 72 hours will be crucial to his recovery," Ayson said.

Salvador, 43, was crossing the street to enter Espacio Siningdikato, the arts venue he and his arts colleagues set up in Dasmarinas, Cavite, when some friends inside heard the collision. They found Lirio lying on the street. Witnesses say three persons were on the motorcycle that hit him and sped away."

For more info on how to help, please visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Lirio-Salvador/262602357137867

Sonic Mind Fields' new YouTube Channel

2012-01-05T12:14:00.007+08:00

Hello! We would like to invite you to subscribe to Sonic Mind Fields' new YouTube Channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sonicmindfields/videos

Happy new year!

Reverb at Lopez Museum

2011-10-30T23:57:00.004+08:00

Reverb
(Lopez Museum, September 12, 2011-April 3, 2012)

What does a museum sound like?

Apart from the gustatory and olfactory, the aural sense is possibly the least serviced among all the human sensory channels through which we experience what gets shown in museums and other spaces tending to human sensation. And so it was in keeping with the idea of venturing forth into mostly untrodden paths that Lopez Museum presents Reverb, a group exhibition on sound and the broad auditory spectrum as it opens to the public September 12, 2011. Reverb is the museum’s onsite offering for the Zero In museum consortium’s Open Call Festival which runs from September 15-24, 2011 at the SM Mall of Asia Atrium.

Reverb takes off from notions having to do with resonance, registration, and audible impressions. It brings together sound-based work from artists such as Eric Ambata, Kawayan de Guia, Tad Ermitaño, IC Jaucian, Diokno Pasilan, Ronald Tomas, the collaborative, E.X.I.S.T. (Experimentation in Sound Art Tradition), and UP College of Music ethnomusicologist Dr. Christine Muyco. In responding to Lopez Museum’s open call for sound-based proposals last year, these artists will be showing an amalgam of old and new works drawn up from the ambient and self-produced, the installative and site-specific, the found and the overlooked, alongside objects from the museum collection that invoke hearing and an overall sharpening of the experiential aspect of encountering art.

Reverb’s off-site component at the SM MOA Atrium will encourage mallers to physically engage with everyday objects such as air mattresses, and surrounding foliage. Live performances from these invited artists will make up both Reverb’s onsite and off-site complements which are also intended to emphasize the temporal and intangible nature of sound art.

The Lopez Museum is at the ground floor, Benpres Building, Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Pasig City. Museum days and hours are Mondays-Saturdays, 8am-5pm,except holidays. You may reach the museum through telephone Numbers: 6312417/6359545.

World Listening Day 2011 (Cavite PH)

2011-07-19T15:38:00.021+08:00

We participated in World Listening Day 2011 (Cavite PH) last Sunday at Balite Falls, Amadeo, Cavite! It was an intimate gathering to celebrate listening and field recordings. The celebration in Cavite, Philippines was a response to the open invitation by World Listening Project (WLP) and Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE).

Thanks to Erick Calilan (E.X.I.S.T.), program head of the event. Thanks also to Sir Bokeng (Balite Falls), E.X.I.S.T., Espasyo Siningdikato, Gerard Natividad, Samuel André, Tengal, Kreame Isaac, Eric Diolola, Gentle Universe, Cosmopolitan Smoke Stabs (Cosmoss), Stanley Castelo, Rej Fabi, Valerie Faye Bautista, Jonie Ayson, Arth Ayson, Kyril Dx and all those who supported and celebrated the event!

The first World Listening Day was co-organized by the WLP and MSAE. July 18 was chosen as the date for World Listening Day because it is the birthday of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, who established the World Soundscape Project in the late-60s at Simon Fraser University. Schafer’s 1977 book, The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World was a culminating publication about the research of the WSP that provided a foundation for the interdisciplinary field now known as Acoustic Ecology.

Happy World Listening Day!

Cris

PS. Check out also aut0ceremony's contribution to World Listening Day.
Visit: http://www.youtube.com/user/aut0ceremony
aut0ceremony a.k.a. Jing Garcia - sound artist and award winning music producer. He established the Children of Cathode Ray backed in 1989, one of the early experimental and sound art groups in the country.

road trip to Balite Falls...

nature amphitheater

listening to recordings of Gerard Natividad (Acoustic Ecology)

Tengal Drilon with a portable sound recorder

sound collage improv by Tengal and Erick Calilan (photo by Valerie Faye Bautista)

Gentle Universe performing. http://www.gentleuniverse.blogspot.com/ (photo by Valerie Faye Bautista)

http://www.gentleuniverse.blogspot.com/ (L to R: Erich Diolola, Cris Garcimo. photo by Valerie Faye Bautista)

Gears!

French sound artist Samuel Andre. He presented his field recordings from a festival in Taiwan. (photo by Valerie Faye Bautista)

moo...

Cosmopolitan Smoke Tabs (Cosmoss) (photo by Valerie Faye Bautista)

Analog and Digital! (photo by Valerie Faye Bautista)

Photos courtesy of Shey Guemo-Garcimo and Valerie Faye Bautista! Thanks!

Presented by:

• World Listening Project (WLP) & Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE)

http://www.worldlisteningproject.org/ | http://mwsae.org/

• E.X.I.S.T. (EXperimentation In Sound art Tradition)

http://soundartmovementexist.blogspot.com/

• Sonic Mind Fields

http://sonicmindfields.blogspot.com/

• Tourism Office of Amadeo & Balite Falls Spring Resort

• Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue

Segunda Mano Outernational

2011-07-15T13:43:00.003+08:00

Segunda mano vinyl yard sale happening on July 23 (3 pm onwards) at B-side, The Collective, Makati! This event is courtesy of El Ministro. Lovely yard sale poster! See you!

World Listening Day 2011 (Cavite PH)

2011-07-14T09:41:00.007+08:00

We would like to invite everyone to World Listening Day 2011 this Sunday, July 17, 2011 (2PM to 6PM). World Listening Day is an annual global call to celebrate the practice of listening and field recording.

We are celebrating World Listening Day 2011 in Balite Falls, Amadeo, Cavite with presentation by Charlie Morales (on Acoustic Theory), Dok Natividad (Acoustic Ecology), French Sound/Video Artist Samuel Andre (Field Recordings), Erick Calilan(Circuit-Bending) and Gentle Universe (nature and children-inspired ambient sound performance group). We would like to event everyone to join us. This is an outdoor sound event for the whole family. You can also check out the Facebook event here. You can also check out the blog of EXIST for more details

This event is co-presented by Sonic Mind Fields. We hope to see you! :-)

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World Listening Day 2011 (Cavite PH) is presented by:

• World Listening Project (WLP) & Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE)
http://www.worldlisteningproject.org/ | http://mwsae.org/

• E.X.I.S.T. (EXperimentation In Sound art Tradition)
http://soundartmovementexist.blogspot.com/

• Sonic Mind Fields
http://sonicmindfields.blogspot.com/

• Tourism Office of Amadeo & Balite Falls Spring Resort

http://balitefalls.com/

• Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue

Get Well Soon Emorej: Electronica Manila organizes a support Gig for Emorej (aka Jerome Llama)

2011-06-16T17:01:00.013+08:00

Event page on Facebook

Get Well Soon Emorej: Electronica Manila organizes a support gig for Emorej (aka Jerome Llama)

Emorej (Jerome Llama) is a mild-mannered businessman by day but by night, he transforms into, quite possibly, the most prolific electronic music producer in Manila. Last month, Emorej had a cardiac arrest and is now in a coma. “He is still in a coma and slow in coming out of it, and music is our best bet since electronica is more or less his love and obsession,” Elsbeth Llama, sister of Emorej, says.

Silverfilter, head of Electronica Manila (EM), says “Let's all continue to pray for his quick recovery. Emorej is an active member in Electronica Manila, online and offline. He's always in EM events”.

“Please pray for his recovery -- that he be cured of pneumonia, awaken from his coma, and resume his joyful music-making,” Lionel Valdellon, EM member and founder of QED Records Netlabel, adds.

Since 2001, he's used a program called ACID PRO to create music with samples and virtual instruments, amassing a stockpile of tracks and albums that have been enjoyed by listeners worldwide. He is the first artist to represent the Philippines on Jamendo, a music website based in Luxenbourg. He also won in the 1st Philippine Digital Music Awards (Phil Digi Awards 2009) for Best House/Electronic Music Category.

Join Electronica Manila on June 22, 2011, 8PM at Capone’s (A Venue, Makati Ave, Makati City). Silverfilter, Flavours N’ Caffeine, Pupiliris, Migi de Belen (Nights of Rizal), F-Zero and Blend:er will perform to show support.

“We play for his recovery, because we believe in supporting our brother and his family in this time of need.” - Electronica Manila

Entrance fee is Php 150 with 1 free drink courtesy of Capone’s. Proceeds will be donated to help Emorej’s medical expenses.

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Electronica Manila. Formed in May 16, 2002, Electronica Manila has remained the premier collective of electronic music producers and enthusiasts focused on promoting and cultivating electronic music in the Philippines. Pushing not just the appreciation of the genre, the group has continuously stood as a community engaged in the development of Philippine-made electronica. With members coming from all backgrounds from producer, DJ, listener, and even fans of homegrown electronic artists, Electronica Manila has always contributed to the awareness of the local electronic scene. www.electronicamanila.org.

QED RECORDS is a netlabel originally based in the Philippines, but now recently relocated to Hayward, California. It is the brainchild of Acid42 a.k.a. Lionel Valdellon. It went online June 25, 2004 as an alternative channel through which he could offer his music free on the web and quickly grew into an online showcase of electronic music made by colleagues and countrymen.

Special Thanks to Capone’s Bistro and Sound Engineer Charlie Morales.

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Performers:

Silverfilter can claim an essential part in the rise of live dance music in the Philippines with a decade of LIVE PA experience under his belt, playing for the biggest events and most happening clubs all over the country. Fusing the live experience to the DJ vibe, every silverfilter set is sure to be the best of both worlds and has proven to entertain crowds from all over. His live performances and his original tracks have already proven to be ear candies to floor-fillers with his tracks being signed by record labels in UK, Italy, Germany, France, Romania, US, and Denmark, making him one of the most sought after electronic music producers in the industry. http://www.silverfilter.com

Pupiliris

Pupiliris is a project of music producer and sound artist Jezi Matias (aka Single Eye Perspective) focusing on the less-is-more side of electronic/dance music. http://pupiliris.bandcamp.com/

Migi de Belen (Nights of Rizal) is a singer-songwriter and producer who is involved in a number of bands and collaborations. As electronic act Nights of Rizal, he borrows from the catchy nostalgia of 8bit and chiptune genres to formulate his own unmistakable hybrid of lo-fi and hi-fi, analogue and digital, human and machine. You will hear a wide variety of beats in his sets: from hip-hop and house to dubstep, and even some drum and bass and IDM… http://soundcloud.com/nightsofrizal

F-Zero

F-Zero regularly plays drum & bass DJ sets in venues across Metro Manila, mainly in Makati & The Fort. He has released a number of tracks and EPs under QED Records (a Philippine electronica net label owned and operated by Lionel Valdellion aka Acid42). He has also released material via NXT Phage, an online Drum & Bass movement based in the Philippines. In 2010, he was drafted by US-based dance music label, Ultraphonix Recordings. One of his tracks, "Ultra Magnus", was hailed editor’s pick for the last quarter of 2010 at djdownload.com. In 2011 He released his "Her Smile" EP via Ultraphonix and his music was well-received by the dance music scene in Atlanta, Georgia. http://soundcloud.com/fzero-ph

Flavours N’ Caffeine

The concept Flavours and Caffeine was formed early November of 2006, with members Tina Roxas (Vocals) and Franco Madrid (Synths programming), and Paolo Pacheco from AMPON (turntables, effects) who just joined them in March 2008. They all started out as music producers/composers in the indie music domain. Boy Ramos (The Thought/ Watari’s Machine) and Rem Vocalan (Dayuhan) recently joined the group for FNC’s live set up. Flavours N’ Caffeine on FB http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flavours-and-Caffeine/63643639033

Blend:er

Blend:er is Cris Garcimo - electronic musician/sound designer based in the Philippines. He creates sounds and music using vintage synths, computers, children's toys, field recordings and found sounds. He was featured in S.A.B.A.W. Anthology CD (2006) – the first anthology of sound art, electronic, and experimental music in the Philippines. He has performed in several music and sound events/festivals such as Media Arts Manila's Field Trip (Green Papaya), Asia-Europe New Media Arts Symposium 09, TAMA 09, Ateneo Manila, and Fete Dela WSK 2010 (with E.X.I.S.T). http://soundcloud.com/blendermusika

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Coming Soon! World Listening Day 2011!

2011-06-10T15:23:00.002+08:00

Sonic Mind Fields will participate in the celebration of World Listening Day 2011! More details coming soon!

Books on Filmmaking

2011-05-23T08:15:00.010+08:00

SONIC MIND FIELDS COLLECTION: BOOKS ON FILMMAKING

Dear Filmmakers,

We are selling a bunch of books on filmmaking. 8 books for Php1,000 pesos only. Here are the titles:

GETTING REEL

a social science perspective on film

by Michael D .Gose

2006, Cambria Press, New York

Condition: Used, Good

INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING

By LENNY LIPTON

1972, Straight Arrow, San Francisco, California

Condition: Used, Good

INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM PRODUCTION

A Complete Guide from Concept to Distribution

By Gregory Goodell

1982, St. Matin Press, NY

Condition: Used, Good

THE FUTURE OF THE MOVIES

Interviews with Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas

By Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel

1991, Universal Press Syndicate Company, Kansas

Condition: Used, Good

MAKING MONEY IN FILM AND VIDEO

A Handbook for Freelancers and Independents

By RAUL de Silva

1986, Prentice Hall Press, New York

Condition: Used, Good

THE SCREENWRITER’S WORKBOOK

Exercises and Step-by-Step Instruction for Creating a Successful Screenplay

By Syd Field

1984, Dell Publishing, New York

Condition: Used, Good

KING OF CANNES

Madness, Mayhem and the Movies

By Stephen Walker

2000, Penguin, New York

Condition: Used, Good

WHAT JUST HAPPENED

By Art Linson

2002, Bloomsbury, New York and London

Condition: Used, Good

Price: All (8) Books for (Php) 1,000 pesos only

Books are not sold separately

Condition: Used, Good

How to buy the book:

Visit SONIC MIND FIELDS at Espasyo Siningdikato, Dasmarinas, Cavite

By appointment only

e-mail: sonicmindfields@gmail.com

with subject “BOOKS ON FILMMAKING”

Meet up at:

THE COLLECTIVE
7274 Malugay Street, Makati
For directions, visit: http://www.ph-commute.com/2010/06/commuting-to-collective-malugay-street.html
7pm to 8pm Mondays to Fridays.
By appointment only
Add Php 80 pesos for transportation cost
e-mail: sonicmindfields@gmail.com
with subject “BOOKS ON FILMMAKING”

Thank you.

Truly yours,

Cris Garcimo

Sonic Mind Fields Collection

Paper Monster Press' 3rd Issue

2011-05-18T15:17:00.006+08:00

Our friends from Paper Monster Press will launch their 3rd issue on May 28, 2011, 7PM at Souk Kafe, Terraza, Dasma, Cavite, and on June 10 at Cafe Clay, Makati (Manila launch). Their 3rd issue is a trip-hop inspired literary zine with CD compilation feat. Dayuhan, Erich Diolola and many more.

In support, Sonic Mind Fields will give away 30 limited edition button pins during the launch! The first 30 buyers of the 3rd issue of Press Monster Press will get free limited edition button pins from Sonic Mind Fields. Free goodies! See you there!

limited edition!

vintage record player!

vintage synth!

"Electronica Manila: Two" now available for free download

2011-04-27T08:21:00.022+08:00

For your electronic music collection!

Electronica Manila: Two, the digital compilation is out now for free download! Released by Electronica Manila, the second compilation includes tracks from Demolee, Evo Evolver, milkriddles, Plant a Tree, Kereta, Hyneria Moss Soundscape, pupiliris, silverfilter, (feat. Diego Mapa),Mighty Dax, Alpha and Beta, emorej, blusmoke and SPiNTECH!

"Formed in May 16, 2002, Electronica Manila has remained the premier collective of electronic music producers and enthusiasts focused on promoting and cultivating electronic music in the Philippines. Pushing not just the appreciation of the genre, the group has continuously stood as a community engaged in the development of Philippine-made electronica."

Here is the the back cover of the compilation showing the featured artists and track list:

To download the entire free mp3 compilation with front cover art , production gears and websites of the featured artists, go to: http://www.mediafire.com/?6kj62lgswdntwje

To get exclusive updates and news, join Electronica Manila on Facebook, :

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_167125700005126&ap=1

Electronica Manila mailing list:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/electronicamanila/

Happy Easter!

Random!

2011-04-15T15:57:00.009+08:00

sonic mind fields is heading this Saturday to Random! @ Souk Kafe, Terraza, Dasmarinas, Cavite. See you!

Music + Art + Flea Market + Food + Party

"Souk Kafe presents a slice of world culture through fusion music, food, coffee and tea – which are best experienced in the slow, old-fashioned way." - www.soukkafe.com

To invite our music and books pop pop shop version of sonic mind fields in your event, e-mail sonicmindfields@gmail.com. We sell collectible books, music and other memorabilia on sound and electronic music culture (like this) to to sustain our activities and support artists and musicians.

Sound Collage by Martin Bautista and Stan Castelo @ Espasyo Siningdikato

2011-03-28T15:33:00.002+08:00

sound collage performance by Martin Bautista and Stan Castelo during the launching of Balite Zine at Espasyo Siningdikato, Dasmarinas, Cavite. Date: March 5, 2011

Video clip by Ben Garcimo and Joan Rodriguez of Photomaya. Copyright 2011. Sonic Mind Fields

Links:
Sonic Mind Fields - http://sonicmindfields.blogspot.com/
Photomaya - http://photomayaprod.multiply.com/
E.X.I.S.T. - http://soundartmovementexist.blogspot.com/

sonic mind fields @ Analogous (An Art and Sound Fusion)

2011-03-28T14:10:00.013+08:00

We are happy to be part of Analogous – an art and sound fusion event at LRI Design Plaza. Last Saturday, featured artist Ross Capili allocated one of the tables on exhibit for our music book collection. Thank you very much Sir Ross! Thanks also to Mischa Elman from Photomaya.

music book collection

"A Peek Inside The Hobbyist's Vinyl Obsession" (with open forum) by Atty. Dante Paminutuan

ANALOGOUS – an art & sound event featuring the latest Mixed Media works on canvas of Ross Capili at the LRI Design Plaza Pavilion will run until April 2, 2011. The first feature in the Artist Series, this showcases Rosscapili’s artistic discipline in conceptualizing art fusion with painting, photography, graphic design and vinyl sound works.

For more details please call OneWorkshop at 8368799 or email one_workshop@yahoo.com.

ANALOGous - An Art & Sound Fusion Event

2011-03-10T09:27:00.005+08:00

Balite Zine Launch, Espasyo Siningdikato

2011-03-08T15:58:00.008+08:00

Congratulations to Jeanilyn Kwan, Ainee Frances Dela Cruz, Jon Romero, Stanley Castelo and everyone who worked on the 1st Issue of Balite Zine. Here are some photos taken by Joan Rodriguez and Ben Garcimo (Photomaya) during the launch.

Poetry reading by Karl Orit

Drum and Synth collab performance by Blend:er + Mischa

Cavitelandic sounds of Erich Diolola and friends

Erick Calilan manning the board. Thanks for the sound system!

Editor/Host Jen Kwan

Performance poetry by Maureen Gaddi Dela Cruz and Ainne Frances Dela Cruz

ReSound

2011-01-26T13:26:00.011+08:00

We would like to invite everyone to ReSound this coming Friday (January 28, 2011 at 8:30 pm) at Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue (Block 11 Lot 9 Congressional Road, Bgy. Sta.Fe Dasmariñas, Cavite (near DLSU-Dasmariñas, in front of Dan Phil Hardware). More details below. We hope to see you all! We'll check out the new music projects of Erich and Jen (from Microwavves) and Erick Calilan's sound art performance. Free entrance but donations are highly appreciated.

EXperimentation In Sound art Tradition (E.X.I.S.T.) and Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue present ReSound; featuring MNTXX, Ugong and Distinguished Over-rated Radical Kids. ReSound is an underground platform for experimental, electronic, sound art, avant-garde, improvisation, noise, obscure, or in-between adventures in music.

Participating Artists:

MNTXX (pronounced "mo-no-tax") is the duo of college mates and alter egos, Momo and Takz. When Momo met Gee-Bee and Takz met Kay-Ess, they all went on a quadruple date with Andy Warhol, scored some A to Z's with Sid Vicious and jammed with Malcom McLaren till the cows got lost on their ways home.

Erick Calilan is a Cavite-based sound artist, a multi-instrumentalist and an interdisciplinary artist working with D.I.Y. (Do-It-Yourself) technology related to sounds. Often performs under the name UGONG, a sound art outfit utilizing home-made circuit-bent sound devices created from toy keyboards, walkie-talkie and other low voltage electronic devices, he has collaborated with numbers of sound artists, media-art practitioner, musicians and performance artists in the Philippines. He spearheads the sound art collective, Experimentation in Sound Art Tradition (E.X.I.S.T.), and recently curated the festival called Active | De-Active: An Inventive Music Festival 2010, an international music festival focused on improvised music, which toured three Philippine cities – Cavite, Manila and Davao.

DISTINGUISHED OVER-RATED RADICAL KIDS is a solo project by Eric Diolola, for this edition of ReSound he will be collaborating with a local Hip-hop artist.

This event is brought to you by EXperimentation In Sound art Tradition and supported by Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue, Sonic Mind Fields and wakeez.com

Sound Design Workshop at University of the Philippines, Diliman

2011-01-26T10:15:00.002+08:00

In case anybody is interested. I just got this from the Yahoo!Group of Phil. Art
Forum. Pls. contact UPFI directly for inquiries.

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SOUND DESIGN
Facilitator: TBA
Schedule : February 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2010 (4 Saturdays of February)
Time : 1pm to 5pm (16 hours)
Course Fee : P 5,000
Venue: CMC Media Center

LAST DAY OF REGISTRATION : 31 January 2010
WORKSHOPS ARE OPEN TO PUBLIC. LIMITED SLOTS.
An initial fee of P500 is required to reserve a slot.
(this fee is non-refundable and will be deducted from the total course fee
thereafter)

To REGISTER:
1. Drop by our office.
(Address: UPFI Film Center, 2/F Cine Adarna bldg. Magsaysay and Osmena Ave.,UP
Diliman
QC)
2. Fill up a Registration Form.
3. Pay P500 or in full. (An initial fee of P500 is required to reserve a slot.)

*For BANK DEPOSITS
Name: UP CMC Foundation, Inc.
Account No. 00-275-830-109- 8
PNB, UP Campus Branch
(kindly
fax us (9262722) or email us a copy of the deposit slip/receipt of your
down payment together with your completed registration form)

For Inquiries:
925-0286
upfi_workshops@ yahoo.com. ph
http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_ institute/
University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/Internationa l Association of Film and Television Schools)

For workshop inquiries:
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
E-mail: upfi_workshops@ yahoo.com. ph>
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9263640/9262722 (Telefax) ;
925-0286

Facebook account:
http://www.facebook .com/group. php?gid=19029333 3337

Twitter account:http://twitter.com/UPFilmInstit ute

Multiply site: upfilminstitute.multiply. com

Website: http://www.upfilmin stitute.net

To always get screening alerts, join UP Film Institute e-group: upfilminstitute@

yahoogroups. com

Featured Video: The Books - Smells Like Content

2011-01-19T11:03:00.006+08:00

A. YES! We are a food band, and we would love to be known as a food band. In fact, I think we are much more comfortable cooking for an audience than playing music for an audience. Food is essential, no doubt about it. We tag team the house, when one of us is in the studio, the other is in the kitchen. We prefer simple healthy food, dark green vegetables, potatoes, nice cheese, good whole-grain bread, sweet ripe fruit, almonds, mushrooms, red wine. One of our favorite dishes is ‘hoppin’ John’ which is the good luck food of the south consisting of collard greens and black-eyed peas. Awesome. And Paul is the pie man." - (FAQ, the booksmusic.com)

For a free food taste, visit http://www.thebooksmusic.com/

Happy New Year!

Passage: Tad Ermitaño's first solo exhibit

2011-01-13T13:37:00.006+08:00

"End Frame Video Art Project 3: Present," a Philippine video art festival, commences this month as the third edition and new format of the video art festival which took place in 2006 and 2007. Presented by Visual Pond, the theme "Present" refers to the current project’s focus on selected Philippine contemporary artists’ practices in video art. Throughout the festival, each artist stages a show presenting new video work in various venues from January 2011 to January 2012.

The festival proudly launches with "Passage," a solo exhibition by Tad Ermitaño, opening on January 15 at Pablo Gallery, Fort Bonifacio. A site-specific work responsive to the two rooms of Pablo and the stairs between them, "Passage" utilizes multiple projections and video mapping technology in a crossover of fairy tales and science fiction. Ermitaño, who has studied philosophy, biology and filmmaking, has participated in several local and international group exhibitions and film festivals, including the 2002 videoart.mov, the 2004 Hong Kong International Film Festival, the 2006 Ogaki Biennale, the 2007 Dime a Dozen at Lopez Museum, the 2008 Inter-society of Electronic Arts juried exhibition and recently, the Hear to Ear exhibition of Fete dela Wsk. "Passage" marks the first solo exhibition of this media artist, running until 29 January 2011 with a closing talk by the artist at 5:30 pm.

Pablo Gallery, located at C-11 South of Market Condominium, 11th corner 26th Avenue, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, is open Tuesday to Saturday from 12 noon to 7:00 pm, tel. no. (632) 506-0602. Other confirmed artists presenting new works for End Frame 3 include Manny Montelibano, Claro Ramirez, Kiri Dalena and Kaloy Olavides with the full schedule and line-up to be announced soon. For inquiries on the project, call +63917-5357955 or email visualpond@gmail.com. "Passage" is with thanks to Green Papaya Art Projects.

- http://www.facebook.com/visualpond

Check out Tad's blog: http://cavemanifesto.blogspot.com/

Christmas goodies! "Spacetalk" by My Parasol

2010-12-17T09:48:00.008+08:00

My Parasol - Spacetalk (Live) from Spazzkid on Vimeo.

Christmas goodies! New live video of "Spacetalk" by My Parasol

"Spacetalk was written in collaboration by Susanna and Mark to explore the relationship between Susanna's organic roots and Mark's electronic music background. It was composed and recorded at Musicians Institute, Hollywood where they both attended school. This is the first of many songs My Parasol would like to share with willing listeners. We hope you enjoy it and share it with others!" - My Parasol

Official site of My Parasol: http://myparasolmusic.com/

Download link: http://myparasol.bandcamp.com/album/spacetalk

FROM HERE TO EAR Sound Installations

2010-11-23T13:49:00.019+08:00

WEEKEND ONE: EXHIBITION OPENING AND EAR2EYE I
WHEN: Saturday, November 20 at 7:00pm - November 21 at 5:00am

WHERE: Outerspace Gallery and B-Side, THE COLLECTIVE7274 Malugay St. Makati City

7PM EXHIBITION OPENING
FROM HERE TO EAR (ongoing until Nov 27)
Featuring sonic-sculptures and site-specific installations:
“Bell” Tad Ermitano
“Insonoresonance” Sebastian Syzyck (Paris) and Tengal

… “EVOL-KI SUM” Kawayan De Guia (Baguio)
“The Differend Machine” Kenneth Feinstein (USA/Singapore)
“Siren Shields” HeHe

Fete dela WSK poster

Kawayan de Guia's EVOL-KI SU. Reincarnated vinyl records

instructions for Tad Ermitano's sound installation called "Bell"

Bell by Tad Ermitano. In photo: Stan (Washing Machine/EXIST)

Tad's alternative reality. Rad scientist.

Stan following instructions.

*Insonoresonance by Sebastian Szczyrk (Paris) and Tengal, etc

Misc. photo taken near Outerspace Gallery.

altered arcade cabinet for vinyl. In photo: Eric Calilan (Ugong/EXIST)

Amen.

Jon (Aurora Borealis/EXIST) looking for Primal Scream and 4AD records

Monotron! Palmtop analog synth. Part of ***Autoceremony's live set up.

*Bell is a sound installation by Tad Ermitaño that revisits the principle of transduction – the process of converting one type of energy into another – as a field of sonic exploration. Ermitaño’s work abandons the use of prefabricated speakers and surrounds the audience with a curved wall of metal suspended from the ceiling, which is then vibrated by electromagnets driven by high-voltage audio signals. Sounds ripple, bounce, and interfere within the wall before being released into the air. Bell, - a title that recalls both the object and the inventor of the speaker - imagines an alternate reality where the speaker is not as a transparent transmitter of sonic content, but an instrument of architectural proportions.
website: http://cavemanifesto.blogspot.com/

**Insonoresonance
Sebastian Szczyrk (Paris) and Tengal, etc
Sebastian Szczyrk, the creator of the project, Un Escargot Vide? is a French artist whose visual research (drawings, illustrations, performances) to sound experimentations (CD, concerts, installations) reach a diffusive panorama. As the festival’s residency artist, he’ll conduct a month long field research on public memory, urban structures and sound ecology. Insonoresonance is a result of various collaborations with local artists in Manila, which are presented in various outputs: as an installation for an exhibition, a cd, and series of computer drawings, and urban space intervensions. The work questions the viewer’s perception - the truth of representation - outlining a journey from the initial visioning of a series of “audio memories” with synthetic images and ending up in an encounter with a physical interactive object which co-opts information flows, sound and light transmission.

website1: http://www.unescargotvide.eu/

website2: http://tengalgorhythm.blogspot.com/

***Autoceremony's live set up at Fete dela WSK.

Formed in 2005, autoceremony is a solo project-studio effort of Jing Garcia as a creative musical outlet that spawned from his earlier experimental soundart group Dominguez-Shimata.Colony (est.1995) and The Children of Cathode Ray (est.1989), one of the earliest experimental soundart groups in the country.

FROM HERE TO EAR is on display until Nov 26 at Outerspace Gallery. For more details visit www.wskfete.com

Featured Site : BOOKCROSSING.COM

2010-11-06T10:13:00.011+08:00

BookCrossing encourages everyone to read, register, and release books for others to enjoy. It is a celebration of literature and a place where books get new life. BookCrossing is the act of giving a book a unique identity so, as the book is passed from reader to reader. After you've labeled your book, it is ready to travel the world. According to the site, there are different ways to share your book:

"Give it away. Pass your book on to a friend, a stranger, a strange friend, or a friendly stranger! You can find someone in the BookCrossing community who's looking for your book and make their day by sending it to them. These particular methods are referred to as “controlled releases", because you know the destination of your book’s next stop.

Release it into the wild. Referred to as the "wild release" (and loved by so many BookCrossers), this type of sharing is a bit like nudging a baby bird out of the nest or sending your kid off to college. Your book doesn’t want to spend its life on your shelf gathering dust; it wants to get out there and touch lives! So leave your labeled book on a park bench on a summer day, in a train station, on the table in your favorite coffee shop -- anywhere it’s likely to be caught by another delighted reader. Then come back and read about your book’s new adventures!

Be Creative! BookCrossers find a myriad of creative ways to exchange books and make new connections! They might establish an "Official BookCrossing Zone" (known as an OBCZ); a physical location where books are regularly caught and/or released. They may start a "bookring", "bookray", or "bookbox", all of which are controlled ways of passing books throughout a set group of members. Many create "wishlists" to solicit books they'd like to read. We suggest you join now, release a book, and dive into the wonderful world of BookCrossing!"

For more details visit http://www.bookcrossing.com/

Happy BookCrossing!

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FETE DELA WSK! (Nov 19-28, Manila)

2010-11-05T09:47:00.004+08:00

Fete dela WSK! is dedicated to contemporary electronic, digital and experimental sonic art, as well the diverse range of artistic activities in the context of digital culture in South East Asia. WSK! -- three cryptic letters, which can only provide as much as the sum of the parts. It is organized by SABAW Media Art Kitchen – a not-for-profit organization whose primary interests lie in curatorial and research-based production towards the imminent intersections of art and technology.

FOR MORE DETAILS, VISIT THE OFFICIAL SITE: http://wskfete.com/

Wonderful and Unusual Bookshelves

2010-10-16T09:22:00.029+08:00

Planning a room makeover? Looking for new ways to store and organize your beloved books? Check out these wonderful and unusual shelves that we found. It includes "Paper Airplane Shelf" by Filipino DIY artists and designers Geraldine Madriaga Mapa and Carlo Buenaventura. Enjoy!

Guitar case bookshelf by French designer Elodie Flamant via recycleart.org

Circular Walking Bookshelf” by experimental architect David Garcia

Pac-man bookshelf by Italian Designer Mirko Ginebro via Toplessrobot.com

labyrinth bookshelf by Cyrill Drummerson from Russia

Transparent and Open Box Shelves designed by Ron Gilad, NY

talk bookshelves by Oscar Nunez, a Mexican furniture designer via homeimproveideas.com

Yin Yang bookshelf via Bookshelf.com

and our favorite...

Paper Airplane Shelf by Filipino Designers Ge Madriaga-Mapa and Carlo Buenaventura via
(email Ge Madriaga Mapa at laserlollipop@gmail.com)

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HUNTAHAN: Copyright and Intellectual Property Discussion

2010-10-07T15:20:00.005+08:00

We would like to invite everyone, specially those in Cavite, to attend "HUNTAHAN", a discussion about copyright, intellectual property issues and creative writing. It will be held at Espasyo Siningdikato on October 16, 2010 at 1:00 in the afternoon. Resource speakers are Atty. Louie Calvario of Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and Mr. Alvin Buenaventura, Executive Director of Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society, Inc. (FILCOLS).

For more details, contact Ms. Ainne Frances dela Cruz http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1015040369. Registration is required for attendees.

Espasyo Siningdikato, is located at Blk. 11 Lot 9 Barangay Sta. Fe, Dasmariñas, Cavite.

Record Player and Vinyl Artworks

2010-10-07T10:43:00.023+08:00

After the release of our button pins, sonic mind fields scoured the net for artworks and graphic designs inspired by vintage record players and vinyls. Below are what we found. Enjoy!

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Record player wedding poster from ellothere

Cake toppers by bolla74

record player broch pin by corey marie

mouse pad from SeaconnetLoft

record love old school earrings by ladypunkco

Prints from lolasRoom

Record bowls by Jeff Davis via eco-artware-notes.com

melted vinyl sculpture by Jean Shin

clock made from recycled record player by pixelthis

diy bookends from diylife.com

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2010-10-07T10:25:00.005+08:00

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Active | De-Active: Inventive Music Festival

2010-10-06T09:07:00.016+08:00

Active | De-Active is an international festival to be held in the Philippines that focuses on two exciting frontiers of music — experimental and improvised music. The event is scheduled to take place this coming October 9, 12, 13, 15 and 16 at various selected venues in Cavite, Manila and Davao.

The festival will consist of a series of live performances, workshops, presentation of methods and practices, creative collaborations and artist-talks by international and local participating artists, in an effort to present and exchange artistic ideas and musical experiences that will contribute to the appreciation and understanding of these developments in new music.

This will provide a platform for informed discussions of the cultural, developmental and educational aspects of improvisation and experimentation in music, and at the same time to present the artistic or technical practices embodied in it. The festival is also an attempt to gather a community of experimental musicians, improvisers, new media art practitioners, musicologists, and teachers who can share and exchange knowledge that would benefit the understanding of improvised and experimental music.

(above: Filipino sound artist and sculptor Lirio Salvador of Elemento, photo by Muffet Sta. Maria)

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Schedule

Participating Artists

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Ros Veluz's exhibit at Espasyo Siningdikato

2010-09-19T14:16:00.005+08:00

sonic mind fields' blow out sale! featured items

2010-06-03T18:13:00.012+08:00

Monlee & Roxlee's Cesar Asar in the Planet of the Noses
Roxlee’s 1st graphic novel. Published by Khavn dela Cruz of .MOV International Film Festival. Format: Trade paperback
Condition: brand new
Size: 8.0"x10.0"Pages: 102pp, 2008 edition
1 copy only
Price: 500.00 pesos only

RE/Search #4/5:W.S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Throbbing Gristle
8 1/2 x 11" 100 pp, 58 photos & illustrations
Collector's item/ 1 copy only
Sale Price Php 450.00
Amazon collectible price above 2,000.00
Save at least 1,000.00 pesos

William Burroughs, Brion Gysin & Throbbing Gristle talk about advanced ideas involving the social control process, creativity and the future. Interviews, scarce fiction, essays: this is a manual of ideas and insights. Strikingly designed, with rare photos, bibliographies, discographies, chronologies & illustrations.Reviews:"Interviews with pioneering cut-up artists William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Throbbing Gristle . . . proposes a ground-breaking, radical cultural agenda for the '80s and '90s."Jon Savage, London Observer

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All books available at sonic mind fields inside Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue/artists' space. Espasyo Siningdikato is located at Block 11 Lot 9 Congressional Road, Bgy. Sta.Fe Dasmariñas, Cavite near DLSU-Dasma, infront of Danphil. 6 to 9 pm.

Feel free to e-mail sonicmindfields@gmail.com for reservations (5 days only)

Part of the proceeds will be donated to Espasyo artists' space. Support your loca art community.

sonic mind fields - blow out sale!

2010-05-21T15:16:00.004+08:00

We are having a sale on May 22! Sale starts at 6PM. Books on design, arts, film, music and many more! Everything must go. Part of the proceeds will be donated to Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue/artists’space.

Good Leaf will also perform that night at Espasyo for their Dub Pilipinas Album Tour, Cavite leg. So it will be a rare double treat! With ambient, noise and sound art performances by Elemento, Ugong, Nyabinghi, Inconnu Ictu, Annoy!, Ian Madrigal, Blend:er and many more. This is a fun night! See you all!

Espasyo Siningdikato is located at Block 11 Lot 9 Congressional Road, Bgy. Sta.Fe Dasmariñas, Cavite.

(Photo courtesy of Ian Sane under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License).

Luo Chao Yun at Souk Kafe

2010-05-13T14:11:00.006+08:00

Some photos from Improv.nation Market (March 7, 2010), a night of ethno and electro-acoustic improvisations with Luo Chao Yun, special guest performer from Taiwan. Kudos to Eric Calilan for organizing this. The event was supported by Espasyo Siningdikato, Sonic Mind Fields and Experimentation in Sound Art Tradition. Hosted by Souk Kafe.

Lakbay Lahi

Dok of Lakbay Lahi playing Hegalong

Luo Chao Yun, Pipa virtuoso from Taiwan

Photos courtesy of Abet Esguerra
To check out more photos visit the site of EXIST here
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"EARTH NOISE WATER MEAT" - Gangan Ensemble meets Chao-Yun Lou this Thursday at 22H

2010-03-04T16:59:00.003+08:00

MAR 4, 2010 / 10PM THURSDAY NIGHT AT B -SIDE:

Location:
The Collective (7274 Malugay St.)
Makati, Philippines
Phone: +63 920 931 9635

SABAW MEDIA ART KITCHEN PRESENTS: Electronic sound-video improvisation group, GANGAN ENSEMBLE with special guest TAIWANESE free jazz PIPA virtuoso, CHAO-YUN LOU perform an HOUR-LONG improvisatory sound-video experiment:
"EARTH NOISE WATER MEAT"
Digital and Acoustic KUNG FU.

GANGAN ENSEMBLE is Caliph8 (mpc, fx, turntables), Malek Lopez (laptop), Tad Ermitano (live video), Tengal (live electronics, objects)

The Gangan Ensemble is loosely composed of improvisers who work on both sound and moving image and was created to explore the intricately different kinds of interaction and ways of harnessing sound/energy/musicianship alongside moving images. The evolving participation involves a variety of video-performance artists to electro-acoustic musicians hailing from the Philippines, Singapore, USA, Germany, Australia, UK, Slovenia, France, Malaysia, and Indonesia since its incarnation in 2007. The ensemble has performed in various countries in South East Asia, notably in NCCA's Sinemusikalye in Manila, in Choppa 2008 in Singapore, in the Cellsbutton Media Art Festival in Indonesia (2008-2009), as Transmissions Gangan with electro-acoustic composer Chris Brown (2009), in Kinozvočenja in Ljubljana, Slovenia (2009), and at Upgrade! Paris in Ars Longa, Paris (2010).

It was founded by intermedia artist Tengal with video artist Tad Ermitano.

CHAO-YUN LOU is the only PIPA (traditional Chinese guitar lute) player who plays traditional music to free jazz improvisation and experimental avant-garde in the contemporary music world. She is Taiwan’s famous professional Pipa Soloist/improviser, Luo Chao-yun, is a virtuoso performer on the Chinese traditional string instrument----“PIPA”. She received the master's degree in Pipa performance at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Luo Chao-yun has performed recitals, concertos with orchestra, multimedia-performances, improvisation performances, embassy concerts,and etc. in Beijing( many times), Malaysia(2 times), Singapore, Portugal, Pakistan, Nepal, Costa Rica(2 times), Italy, USA(3 times), UK(3 times), the Netherlands(2 times), Brazil, Bulgaria, Japan, North Cyprus, Indonesia, and etc. She also has master class, and lectures in these countries, too.
http://www.myspace.com/pipawoman

ALSO right after B-SIDE presents performances by:

COSMIC LOVE
JAM SESSIONS with ALLEN UMALI, FRITZ and EL TERRIBLE MANCIO

THIS IS A FREE EVENT!

Adbokasiya at Sining, Lasallian Festival 2010, DLSU-Dasma

2010-02-02T11:23:00.008+08:00

Photos from Adbokasiya at Sining, DLSU-Dasma, January 17, 2010, courtesy of Abet Perez Esguerra. Sound performances by Elemento, Lakbay Lahi, Washing MAchine, Double Burner and Microwavves. Heartfelt thanks to all the DLSU students, faculty members and the entire DLSU-Dasmariñas for supporting the booth of Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue, ANIKcessories and Sonic Mind Fields during the Lasallian Festival 2010. Thank you very much also to Erick Calilan (Ugong), Chef Orvin, Gilbert, Ma’am Mean, Lirio Salvador, Heidi Sarno, Abet Perez Esguerra, Jonjie Ayson, Jon Romero, Ivan, Cha, Joan, Erich, Jen, Ros Veluz, Dok, Martin, all the performers, visual and sound artists, Elemento, Lakbay Lahi, Washing Machine, Double Burner, Microwavves and Experimentation in Sound Art Tradition. Cheers!

Lakbay Lahi

Ros Veluz and fellow artist

Chef Ivan and Chef Orvin of Double Burner

Jeanilyn Kwan + Erich Diololoa of Microwavves

Erick Calilan inside the booth of Espasyo, ANIKcessories and Sonic Mind Fields

Joan, Cha and mais con yelo.

Lirio Salvador & Jonjie Ayson of Elemento

Lirio Salvador & Jon Romero of Elemento

Elemento's Sandata! Sound art and books!

Espasyo in Philippine Daily Inquirer

2010-01-14T16:38:00.002+08:00

Espasyo is featured in today’s issue of Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 14. Please check out page 10 if you have a copy. You may also check out the online version, just click the link below. Thanks!

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Inquirer Southern Luzon
Struggling artists finally find their space

By Maricar Cinco
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:18:00 01/13/2010

Filed Under: Youth, Culture (general), Arts (general)

FROM THEIR FRIENDS’ homes to Manila’s streets, these young, struggling artists have finally landed on a place of their own to showcase their craft at their liberty.

“Espasyo” (Space) is how they call a 50-square-meter room in an obscure spot in the newly created first-class city of Dasmariñas in Cavite, which they have turned into an amateur artist-run gallery.

To read more, click ->http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20100113-247156/Struggling-artists-finally-find-their-space

Sonic Mind Fields' Featured Video

2010-01-12T17:25:00.001+08:00

Here is a kiddy and fun experimental electronic music for everyone. Enjoy!

Few Breed of Sounds

2010-01-11T15:08:00.009+08:00

Photos from Few Breed of Sounds, a sonic art and visuals show at Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue on December 29, 2009, featuring Maggot Breeder (from Canada), Firefly Logic, Marlon Magbanua, Washing Machine, Jeanilyn Kwan + Erich Diolola and Elemento.

The show was presented by E.X.I.S.T. and Sonic Mind Fields in cooperation with Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue.

Espasyo!

Gilbert of Washing Machine...

Stan of Wahing Machine...

Firefly Logic doing an improv ambient set

Visuals by Erick Calilan a.k.a. Ugong

Maggot Breeder

Marlon Magbanua

Elemento (Lirio Salvador, Jonjie Ayson & Gilbert Sanchez)

Lirio Salvador's Sandata

Firefly Logic

Photos are courtesy of Rueul Ordonez and Arth Ayson.

Thanks everyone! It was fun! See you on the next Few Breed of Sounds!

For more pictures, check out the photo and video documentation by Erick Calilan on the E.X.I.S.T. website. Visit http://soundartmovementexist.blogspot.com

FEW BREED OF SOUNDS

2009-12-26T20:26:00.002+08:00

FEW BREED OF SOUNDS:
A Sound Art and Visual Night Fever

When: December 29, 2009 (Tuesday)
Time: Gallery opens at 7:00 PM and show starts at 8:00 PM
Where: Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue,
located at Block 11 Lot 9 Congressional Road, Bgy. Sta.Fe Dasmariñas, Cavite
(near DLSU-Dasmariñas, in front of Dan Phil Hardware)
Free admission but donations for the benefit of the art gallery are highly appreciated.

E.X.I.S.T. is pleased to welcome Filipino-born and Canadian-based guitarist and sound artist, Reuel Ordoñez a.k.a. Maggot Breeder, an experimental outfit and a long term ongoing experimental musical project. He will be performing on the 29th of December at Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue, an independent art space located at Dasmariñas Cavite (near DLSU-D). Maggot Breeder will be joined by homegrown electronic artists Eric Diolola + Jeanilyn Kwan, Washing Machine, Firefly Logic, Elemento and performance artist Marlon Magbanua.

This event is Presented by EXperimentation In Sound art Tradition (E.X.I.S.T.)
and Sonic Mind Fields Bookstore in cooperation with Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue.

Washing Machine is the duo of Stan Castelo and Gilbert Sanchez (Elemento drummer). The group explores the possibilities of experimental electronic performance and improvisation.

Firefly Logic is an all-Filipino electro-ambient improvisation group composed of Eric and Abby. Formed in October 2008, the duo's intention is to create music which is entirely in contract with their progressive band, fuseboxx. Their music is about expression through the use of electronic instruments (mainly keyboards), focusing more on soundscapes and emotions through improvisation. (http://fireflylogic.multiply.com/

Elemento is a multi-disciplinary art collective that is spear-headed by Lirio Salvador, a visual assemblage / sound artist. Salvador creates sound sculptures cum musical instruments out of metal pipes, stainless steel, bicycle parts and other industrial materials. These sound sculptures are being used by the group in their sound art/musical performances and are sometimes seen hanging on display on different museums and art galleries.

The concept behind Salvador’s sound sculptures called “sandata” or weapon is in line with the idea of creating something out of what is given and readily available or adaptability. Very much in the same native tradition of adapting to one’s surroundings although it just so happened that Salvador is adapting to surroundings that is in the eternal now. The materials and even the concepts that Salvador works at are actually indigenous but stemming from a modern industrialized setting. It’s almost like the concept of tribal existence come full circle: existing, adapting, creating and functioning just as the natives were before but from the point of view of someone existing in the now. In this sense, Salvador is almost like a modern native, a techno tribal shaman and the Elemento collective – a career tribal commune: existing, adapting, creating and functioning as it is in a modern and industrialized tribal setting guided by instinct and primal tendencies. But more than anything else for Salvador and the other kindred spirits, who share his vision, Elemento is more than just a collective; it is a state of mind and a way of life. Everything else is just incidental. (http://elementomusic.multiply.com/)

Chiptune or chip music is more than a form of retro sound synthesis. To Jeanilyn Kwan and Eric Diolola, it is their way of defining contemporary sounds through classic roots— graceful noise generation from simple tones and electronic scores. There is a childish nostalgia one gloats in when hearing the music of a successful Famicom battle. This is the sound they want people to be reminded of— the sounds of anticipated level-ups, augmented life spans and abrupt game overs; sounds that make you feel like its 1993 again.

Maggot Breeder is the long term ongoing musical project of Reuel Ordonez, filipino by birth and now residing in Montreal, Quebec. Utilizing the guitar as the primary sound source, Maggot Breeder creates a dark yet oddly serene soundscape which invokes images of war, conflict, pain, despair and suffering. Reuel Ordonez's guitar playing is not confined to one style. With his versatility, Ordonez's playing can be best described as a collaboration of heavy metal, psychedelia, experimental and the rock worlds.

Maggot Breeder is inspired by the history and imagery of the Great War of 1914-1918, the great imperialist war which accelerated modernization and shaped the 20th century. The results of this tumultuous period resonate to this day in terms of technology, culture, politics and global conflict. Founded in 1984 Maggot Breeder is considered to be one of Montréal’s more ingenious noise ensembles. While still composing music with Maggot Breeder Ordonez joined local hardcore band Rhododendron in 1991. After Rhododendron dismantled and still keeping with his Maggot Breeder, Ordonez joined local heavy hitters, Legumo in 1997. This band stayed strong until he formed local instrumental doom/sludge trio Squalor; this being one of Ordonez's more successful endeavours along with Maggot Breeder. One needs not to be convinced after hearing Maggot Breeder to know the Ordonez is not an amateur. He is one of the key musicians of our time. With Squalor and Maggot Breeder, Ordonez is at his element. (http://www.myspace.com/maggotbreeder)

Marlon Magbanua graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Technological University of the Philippines, Manila. An avid musician, he uses various musical instruments and accessories for his performances. Magbanua is an active participant in local and international performance art events.

His projects delve into documenting or embedding together sound and time, examining the possible correlations between sounds and images, dissecting the notion that “hearing is another form of seeing” (William Hellerman) through the appropriation of a translation system which correlates auditory and visual elements and values.

Theoretically, in this translation system, all objective elements of one experience can be broken down, defined and re-expressed as a different experience: in this case, sound literally translates to visuals or vice versa. This was inspired, notably, by the numerical systems used in computer programs to process aesthetic components (i.e. functional quantifications of both sound and visual elements, such as CMYK values, tonal values, numerical/digital pitch adjustment, etc.).

Etniktronika's Album available at Sonic Mind Fields starting December 4, 2009

2009-12-02T01:34:00.008+08:00

ETNIKTRONIKA
Industrial CAncer (Audio CD)
File under: experimental, circuit-bending, sound art
Produced by Mel Araneta and ROger Lopez
Recorded: raw=wreck and casillas, april-august 2009

"Etniktronika is a collective effort of mel araneta, mai pavillar, jam manares and herson sarona, aimed to integrate electronic, indigenous, and home-made musical instruments in an experimental fashion." - Excerpts from the album's liner notes.

Sonic Mind Fields’ Featured Site: The Freesound Project

2009-10-30T15:19:00.004+08:00

The Freesound Project
http://www.freesound.org

“The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focuses only on sound, not songs. This is what sets freesound apart from other splendid libraries like ccMixter”.

In this site you can listen and download free sounds from all around the world through its database under creative commons license. You can also interact with fellow field recording enthusiasts and sound-artists. It also aims to aim to create an open database of sounds that can also be used for scientific research.

If you are a musician who uses sound samples on your tracks, you will also find this site very useful. A lot of free sounds are released under Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 where users are free to sample, mash-up, or otherwise creatively transform the sounds for commercial or noncommercial purposes. Users are required to register/log in to download the free sounds though.

By Blend:er
For Sonic Mind Fields

Sound Artist from Cebu visited E.X.I.S.T.’s HQ

2009-10-22T16:57:00.003+08:00

Sound Artist from Cebu visited E.X.I.S.T.’s HQ

On October 17, 2009, Christopher “Chris” Murillo visited Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVenue in Dasmariñas, Cavite to check out the live performances of Lirio Salvador (Elemento) and the rest of E.X.I.S.T. (Experimentation in Sound Art Tradition) during the opening reception of Ros Veluz’s solo exhibit. Nyabinghi, Blend:er, Ugong and Lakbay Lahi also performed that night.

Chris Murillo is a furniture designer, sculptor and sound installation artist from Cebu. He mainly used different sounds from the machines and tools for making furniture and feed them into his electronic set up.

He is currently in town as a participant of ART:MNL, a foretaste of the upcoming Philippine International Art Fair 2010 at Manila Furnishings and Apparel Manufacturers’ Exchange (F.A.M.E.) International. He decided to check out the sound performances in Cavite before flying back to Cebu.

(sound installation by Chris Murillo)

Call for Donations of School Supplies

2009-10-08T11:46:00.001+08:00

Call for Donations of School Supplies

According to Department of Education’s National Report (as of October 5, 2009), damage to the country’s public schools by tropical storm “Ondoy” (international name Ketsana) has reached P550,938,902.60. Such amount includes damage to textbooks, instructional materials, computers, equipments and other school properties and facilities.

“Students and schools affected by Ondoy may not have the materials and resources to begin again.” Tulong Kabataan, a youth network of volunteers, said. They are calling for urgent donations of school supplies such as notebooks, pencils and ballpens, school bags, old uniforms, and even chalk, paper and blackboard erasers for students and schools devastated by heavy rains and floods. Textbooks, educational materials and other school paraphernalia are also most welcome. Donations may be brought to the Tulong Kabataan Command Center and/or other drop off points (http://kabataanpartylist.com/blog/ondoy/#list).

Museo Pambata also accepts donations of notebooks, pad papers, pencils, crayons and other school supplies for children victims of Typhoon Ondoy. Bags, food items, clothes, etc. are also welcome. Please bring donations to Museo Pambata from 8am to 5pm. For more information, call 5231797 to 98, ask for the Programs Department. You can also email info@museopambata.org.

Supported by Sonic Mind Fields Bookstore: "ETNIKTRONIKARANETART": Mel Araneta's 3rd Solo Art Exhibit

2009-10-02T13:38:00.005+08:00

"Undaunted by a recent diagnosis of Severe Lumabar Disc Bulge, Mel Araneta returned to his native town Bacolod for his 3rd solo exhibit dubbed as “ETNIKTRONIKARANETART”.

The exhibit will open on September 26, 2009 at 6:00 o’clock in the evening and will run until October 17, 2009 at Namit Namit Pagkaon Kag Taliambong (Resto Gallery) located at Artekalye, San Agustin Ext., North Drive, Bacolod City. The opening of his 3rd solo exhibit will coincide with the album launching of his sound art/circuit-bending group Etniktronika, with guest performances from sound artists and musicians Inconnu Ictu and Blend:er, who travelled from Marikina and Cavite, to show support.

Mel Araneta's medical condition commonly known as “slipped disk”, affects his spine and causes him pain and discomfort. He was constrained to leave his day job, and seek refuge and comfort in his art and faith.“At first I was shocked, but I know that God just gave me another trial in my artistic life. I am currently in an ongoing therapy. Art is my life and I will never stop doing this until my last breath. I know God is good all the time.”

Mel Araneta is a painter, sculptor and sound artist who was born on July 12, 1973 in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. He finished his studies at TUP-VISAYAS in 1995. He is also the founding member of the Etniktronika, a group that employs circuit-bending procedures and ethnic instruments to produce their distinct sound. Many of their instruments are crafted from discarded objects usually found in nearby junk shops. His self-made instrument baptized as the "Uyabon" ( means "girlfriend” in Ilonggo dialect) appears as a half-body mannequin with built-in toy keyboard and tampered circuitry. He professes his gratitude to Lirio Salavador of Elemento for inspiration in circuit-bending and d.i.y. electronic instruments.

Inconnu Ictu a.k.a Roger Llagas Lopez a post-musician,experimental composer,improviser,multi-instrumentalist,visual art enthusiast who resides in the shoe capital of the Philippines. Inconnu Ictu means an unknown man's blow or a stroke. As a sound constructor he explores his interest by using obsolete electronic gadgets, pedal fx boxes, defective rhythm consoles, found objects, d.i.y mic and circuit bent materials. Inconnu Ictu has participated and is affiliated with SABAW and EX.I.S.T (experimentation in sound art tradition) sound art collectives, and is a multi-media and explorative art enthusiast.

Blend:er (a.k.a. Cris Garcimo) electronic music composer/producer, analog synth player and soundscape/field recording enthusiast based in Cavite, Philippines His music has appeared in Mood Swing Theater Compilation (2004), Atlanta, U.S.A. One of his tracks was also chosen for S.A.B.A.W. Anthology (2006) – the first anthology of sound art, noise, electronic, and experimental music in the Philippines, and recently in EXperimentation in Sound Art Tradition 3 CD Album. As a performer, he has been invited to various electronic music performances, art galleries and music/sound festivals such as Media Art Manila's Field Trip (Green
Papaya Art Projects) and Ear to Eye Festival (Asia-Europe New Media Art Symposium 09). He has also collaborated, both live performances and studio/remix projects, with musicians and sound artists from E.X.I.S.T., S.A.B.A.W. and Electronica Manila Collective.

Brought to you by NAMIT NAMIT Resto Gallery, Mel Araneta’s family, relatives and friends

Supported by Espasyo Siningdikato, E.X..I.S.T. (Experimentation in Sound Art Tradition), ANIKcessories and Sonic Mind Fields Bookstore.

For more information please contact Mel 0939-4362050."

Ugong's Morca Pika now available at Sonic Mind Fields!

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Morca Pika (Audio CD)
by Ugong
Philippines, 2007
File under: experimental music, sound art
(rare/limited copies only)

Morca Pika is Ugong's first experimental sound art project album. It is a collection of improvisation, ambient, noise and sound art materials, produced and manipulated electronically using circuit bent toys and other electronic instruments and effects. All tracks were recorded live using a Tape Recorder to preserve its rawness and organic sound. Ugong is an Experimental Sound Art project and brainchild of Erick Calilan.

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Erick Calilan: "In 2005, PJ Soliven and I, together with some other musicians and artists, formed and founded 'Sound Existence' a conceptual sound and poetry group. Eventually, after knowing that the name 'sound existence' has already been existed as a band somewhere in the states, we changed the name of the group to Ugong (in Tagalog it refers to a 'roaring sound') on the following year. And later became a pure experimental sound art project.

Currently PJ Soliven has his own experimental group called 'Nyabinghi' and Ugong is still in a loose collaborative state."

http://earthmedicine.multiply.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ugong

Sonic Mind Fields on TotalPhilippines - Philippines Expat and Travel Blog

2009-09-09T14:02:00.000+08:00

Thank you very much to TotalPhilippines Blog for the encouraging words:

"When Espasyo Siningdikato, the creative arts haven in Dasmariñas, Cavite opened last July 18, it also opened another store that will surely be of good use to everyone specially to the arts and book lovers in the area. It is the Sonic Mind Fields Bookstore which is located inside the Espasyo Siningdikato building.

The bookstore is not really what you are thinking right now. It does not have the wide space like what you are used to seeing in any National Bookstore. It does not have the luxurious cards and books like those in Power Books, Rex and Expressions.

However, since it is one of the few independent local bookstores in Cavite, I have a feeling that I will be a regular at the store. Its proximity to the De La Salle University - Dasmariñas will also become the key reason for Sonic Mind Fields' success."

- Philippines Expat and Travel Blog
http://blog.totalphilippines.com

To read more visit: TotalPhilippines Blog

Sonic Mind Fields Night @ Espasyo Siningdikato

2009-09-01T18:03:00.001+08:00

Sonic Mind Fields Night @ Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue & Art Space, Dasmariñas, CaviteA night of improvisation, electronic music, noise, and sound art at Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue and art space. August 26, 2009, Wednesday

Thanks everyone! It was a fun night! Great music and superb food! Thank you to Shey, Espasyo Siningdikato, Sir Lirio Salvador, Ma'am Mean, Jonjie Ayson, Alger and Orvin of Dighay Gulay (Food Trip: Vegan Pasta & Korean BBQ Tofu), Heidi of ANIKcessories, Nadz, EXperimentation in Sound Art Tradition (E.X.I.S.T.), to all the performers, Crucio, Stan, Ros Veluz, Mel Araneta and Etnikronika, Erick Calilan/Ugong, Elemento, Jon Romero, Roger, Inconnu Ictu, Xeontresh, Joven Garcimo, Charlie, Rob Cruz, Natiaz, Martin, Nyabinghi, PJ, Erich, Jen, Valerie, Espasyo Blues Explosion, SABAW, Media Arts Manila, Electronica Manila Collective/Mailing List, students and professors of DLSU-Dasmarinas, Dasmariñas community and to all our friends, families and colleagues. See you all on the next Sonic Mind Fields Night @ Espasyo Siningdikato! Cheers!

(Top to Bootom: Elemento, Etniktronika, Ugong, Blend:er +Inconnu Ictu, Jen of Nyabinghi)

For more photos visit http://blendermusika.multiply.com/

Feel free to repost all the pics. Photo credits: Shey Garcimo

Sonic Mind Felds on Modisti.com, Spain

2009-09-01T17:12:00.000+08:00

Thanks to our friends from MODESTI NEW MUSIC ONLINE, Madrid, Spain, for reposting the news about Sonic Mind Fields Night. We really appreciate your support!

Modisti is an interactive virtual environment for new music. It is also an online directory with information with regard to experimental music, it’s performers and enthusiats, thru lists promotion activities such as concerts, festivals, record releases, etc. For mire details check out http://www.modisti.com/.

Sonic Mind Fields Night @ Espasyo Siningdikato

2009-08-25T09:44:00.000+08:00

Sonic Mind Fields is pleased to present a night of improvisation, electronic music, noise, and sound art at Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue and art space.

Featuring performances by: Aurora Borealis, Blend:er, Crucio, Elemento, Etniktronika, Inconnu Ictu, Nyabinghi
Ugong and Xeontresh + Mischa Elman + Rob Cruz.

Special limited copies of Experimentation in Sound Art Tradition/E.X.I.S.T. 3CD Special Edition, Morca Pika by Ugong, Boolean Float – Interactive Video Art by Mannet Villariba and Seido’s Manila Box will also be sold during the event.

Date: August 26, 2009, Wednesday/7:30 PM
Venue: Block 11 Lot 9 Congressional Road, Bgy. Sta.Fe Dasmariñas
Cavite (near De La Salle University - Dasmariñas).
Admission: Free

Brought to you by Sonic Mind Fields in cooperation with Experimentation in Sound Art Tradition (E.X.I.S.T.)
and Espasyo Siningdikato

We hope to see you all! Cheers!

Boolean Float : Interactive Video Art by Mannet Villariba

2009-08-14T09:16:00.000+08:00

Available at Sonic Mind Fields!

Boolean Float
Interactive Video Art (DVD Format)
by *Mannet Villariba
Philippines, 2008
File under: Video art
(Rare/limited copies only)

*A grand prize winner of the NCCA’s Websining Digital Art competition in 2007. Mannet Villariba explores his medium with an enthusiasm for electronics as it relates to the realm of sound and visuals. After a fine arts education, corporate environment, and with a self-confessed anti-synth ideology in his garage-band days, Villariba’s exposure on new media led to an advantageous and favorable understanding of these unforeseen forces underlying electronic sound with its mystical, ambient and chaotic appeal, eventually shifting his ideals, which in turn rejuvenates his expression in visual art as well. Interactive visual interpretations of these forces are increasingly the main focus of his work. He actively participates in various performance art events locally as well as several festivals abroad, such as the Tupada Xing, Wunderspaze, Singapore 2006 / Nippon International Performance Art Festival, Japan, Summer 2007 / Asean Contemporary Art Exchange, Yangon Myanmar, January 2009 / Changwon Art Festival, South Korea, April 2009 / Gwangju International Performance Art Festival, South Korea, May 2009. source: www.aseum09.tk

To purchase a copy, please visit us at Sonic Mind Fields or e-mail sonicmindfields@gmail.com

Trivia: Mr. Peter Tomas-Dobrilla, the Director for the Arts Department at the Ministry of Culture, Slovenia bought a copy of Boolean Float at Sonic Mind Fields when he was in Espasyo Siningdikato (Dasmariñas, Cavite) as part of ASEUM09.

Featured Book of the Week: RE/Search #4/5

2009-08-10T08:40:00.000+08:00

RE/Search #4/5:
W.S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Throbbing Gristle
8 1/2 x 11" 100 pp, 58 photos & illustrations

William Burroughs, Brion Gysin & Throbbing Gristle talk about advanced ideas involving the social control process, creativity and the future. Interviews, scarce fiction, essays: this is a manual of ideas and insights. Strikingly designed, with rare photos, bibliographies, discographies, chronologies & illustrations.

Reviews:
"Interviews with pioneering cut-up artists William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Throbbing Gristle . . . proposes a ground-breaking, radical cultural agenda for the '80s and '90s."
Jon Savage, London Observer

"Well crafted . . . boldly designed to keep the eye moving . . . challenges the conventional approach to journalism and biography."
Another Room

Lakbay Lahi

2009-08-07T08:57:00.001+08:00

Lakbay Lahi, one of our favorite bands from Cavite will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Friday (August 7) at Espasyo Siningdikato. We hope to see you all. Cheers!

Sonic Mind Fields now open!

2009-07-25T12:43:00.000+08:00

Sonic Mind Fields officially opened on July 23, 2009! It coincided with the 3rd day of Asia-Europe New Media Arts Symposium or ASEUM 09. Espasyo Siningdikato, the art space where Sonic Mind Fields is located, hosted the 3rd day of ASEUM’s panel discussion, TV Lounge and Eye to Ear Festival. Thank you very much to Shey, Espasyo Siningdikato, Lirio Salvador and Ma'am Mean, EXIST, Mannet Villariba, Dan, Glen Teejay and J.Luna of Bookay Ukay Bookstore, Tengal and SABAW Media Arts Kitchen, Peter Tomaž Dobrilla of MMC Kibla, Diego Maranan of Biomodd, all the participants of ASEUM09, students/professorsof DLSU-Dasmarinas, Dasmariñas community and to all our friends, families and colleagues.

Cheers also to the intense and engaging performances by Elemento, Ugong, Blend:er, Nyabinghi, Terraformer, Grnd+Cntrl, Ros Veluz as well as the video art by Mannet Villariba.

The reception to our little bookstore was really heartwarming. We felt the enthusiasm on having a local bookstore inside the gallery. It was nice that almost everyone was delighted over the design of Sonic Mind Fields’ bookshelf. Cheers!

ASEUM 09 Participants

Norman Wilwayco's Gerilya available at Sonic Mind Fields courtesy of Dan Gaffud of Bookay Ukay Bookstore. Thank you Dan! Cheers!

Mr. Peter Tomaž Dobrilla of MMC Kibla (Slovenia) bought some books and CDs at Sonic Mind Fields. Big thanks!

Diego Maranan discussing Biomodd.
Thanks also to Diego Maranan for buying a book from Sonic Mind Fields!

experimental noise & sound art performance by Lirio Salvador and Elemento

Tengal of Sabaw Media Arts Kitchen with participants and performers for ASEUM 09

Support your local bookstore!

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Why shop Indie?

When you shop at an independently owned business, your entire community benefits. Buying local means less packaging, less transportation, and a smaller carbon footprint.Shopping in a local business district means less infrastructure, less maintenance, and more money to beautify your community. Local shops are your friends and neighbors.Local businesses donate to charities at more than twice the rate of national chains.More independents means more choice, more diversity, and a truly unique community.

excerpts from http://www.indiebound.org/

Some things stay with you forever...find them at Sonic Mind Fields

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Photo is courtesy of Julie Falk, USA.
Published under Creative Commons.

CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Sonic Mind Fields is member of IndieBound Community

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IndieBound is a community-oriented movement begun by the independent bookseller members of the American Booksellers Association. It brings together booksellers, readers, indie retailers, local business alliances, and anyone else with a passionate belief that healthy local economies help communities thrive.

www.indiebound.org

Enjoy your trip.

2009-07-06T19:44:00.000+08:00

photo courtesy of flickmor. published under cc license
mornaaman.com
New York, USA

Opening Soon!

2009-07-03T20:26:00.000+08:00

After almost 2 years, we finally found a home. Thanks to Sir Lirio Salvador of Espasyo Siningdikato. Watch out for more details!