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Lopez, Francisco : Paris Hiss [CASSETTE] (Banned Production)

Francisco Lopez created this work by dubbing a blank cassette back and forth for hundreds of generations in real time with no noise reduction; this is the reissue of the original 1997 release.
 

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Label: Banned Production
Catalog ID: bp170
Squidco Product Code: 18829

Format: CASSETTE
Condition: New
Released: 2011
Country: USA
Packaging: Cassette tape, not sealed.
Recorded at Messor Studios in Madrid, Spain, during the winter of 1995-96 by Franciso Lopez. First released in 1997 on a cassette edition of 100 by Banned Production.


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Francisco Lopez


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Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"Created with a standard double tape deck and two blank normal position (normal bias - 120ms EQ) cassette tapes, dubbing one of them onto the other alternatively and successfully for hundreds of generations (real time and no Noise Reduction). Conceived and tested between 1993 and 1995. First released in 1997 on a cassette edition of 100 by Banned Production."-Banned Production


Artist Biographies

"Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.

He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries and festivals, such as: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (New York City), London Institute of Contemporary Arts, Paris Museum of Modern Art, National Auditorium of Music, Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sónar, Darwin Fringe festival, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art.

For the Spanish Pavilion of the Expo 2008, López presented a "double sonic intervention", consisting of both an indoor sound installation and an outdoor performance.

In 2006, López won the First Prize for the Sound Art Competition of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León. He has received honorable mention of the Prix Ars Electronica on three occasions(1999, 2002, 2007) and is the recipient of the Qwartz Award 2010 for best sound anthology.

He is director and curator of the sound archive SONM."

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_L%C3%B3pez_(musician))
5/31/2023

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Track Listing:



SIDE A Les Paroles M'Ont Laisse Indifferent 28:45

SIDE B Je Ne Voulais Pas M'Endormir Avant De Savoir Comment L'Histoire Finirait 28:20

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Cassettes
Electro-Acoustic
Sound, Noise, &c.

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Electro-Acoustic
Sound, Noise, &c.

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