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O'Leary, Mark : 4 Urban Landscapes (Creative Sources)

In "Urban Landscapes" Irish guitarist and electroacoustic artist Mark O'Leary captures and documents environmental audio associated with Urban Cork City.
 

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Mark O'Leary-field recordings, electroacoustic composition


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UPC: 5609063401646

Label: Creative Sources
Catalog ID: cs162
Squidco Product Code: 12443

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Jewel Tray
All sounds recorded by Mark O'Leary. Editing by Finbarr Corcoran/Mark O'Leary BPM Studio Cork. Mixing and Post Production Donncha Moynihan, Mark O'Leary Hub Studio Cork.

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"In urban landscapes I tried to capture and document environmental audio associated with Urban Cork City. We live in a world where our perceptions of sound and image are coloured by the audio we are listening to on our ipod or whilst we are conversing on our blackberry, but urban audio is a gem that has a cultural significance reflecting our identity and is a historical audio snapshot. What I'm trying to portray has been animated by audio processing to give an ambient dimension to the sound images.

Shandon

Shandon is a sound piece where I try to capture an aural image of walking through Shandon,visiting The church, the bells, reflecting on the Roof over looking the city, meditating in the clock tower and walking back down shandon street. Creating a picture of life in a historic part of the city.

Echo

Echo is a piece where the Echo boys (street newspaper vendors) voices are manipulated and processed against an ambient backdrop of Patrick St. This is influenced by American composerSteve Reich, whom inspired me for many years with his tape pieces Come Out and Its gonna rainI was also influenced by the systems used in Stockhausens Licht cycle. There is a call and response scenario being developed. It is important to distinguish the subtle contrast between the Echo boys, one of the voices is earthy, perhaps the soul of Cork and implicit in the other voice is a more refined boy soprano texture.

Panaramic

What is it like to walk down Patrick St in this post-Celtic tiger era hearing the different dialects/languages/colloquialisms, sounds of commerce,sounds of social activity, cultural/music sounds and the banks of my own lovely lee recited by 22 different people from all nationalities domiciled in Cork. The title is a wordplay on Pana, colloquial term for Patrick St and panoramic alluding to our aural interpretation.

The Stonecutter

The Stonecutter is a petite homage pour Seamus Murphy, one of our greatest artists. Cork is adorned with ornate Stonework. I recorded a stonecutter working with stone and used the rhythm of his work, texture of stone and activity of his space to create a sound piece with an ambient soundscape around itI also composed a poem the Stonecutter, which Gokcen Dilek Acay from Istanbul recited for me,I edited/processed it and inserted this in the piece, Bjork couldn't have done it better, her fragile voice is the perfect contra balance to theperfection of the craftsmans precision.

The Stone Cutter

The Stone Cutter works by day by night , in another world that displays his plight, his passion he carves, cuts and cleans images, symbols and other scenes.
Saints with Sinners upon Glebe ascending
Gargoyles and heraldry on urban appending
Granite, limestone and marble his muse
in his hands he morphs with enthuse
In masons apron, chisel to hand connecting in a
way we try to understand.
A tactile experience, granular aroma, striking the stone sonically soma.
The stone cutter worketh by day by night, conjuring, creating monumental light."-
Mark O'Leary


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1. Shandon 11:05

2. Echo 10:30

3. Panaramic 12:15

4. The Stone Cutter 11:15

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