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The work 'factory' by cellist and composer Peter Gregson was commissioned to mark the 10th birthday of New Media Scotland. The work was premiered at the CCA Glasgow as part of the Alt-win.ning event on Thursday July 2nd 2009.

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Bupp!! (2009) is a new work commissioned by New Media Scotland. Created by Sound Designer and Composer Jules Rawlinson around themes of emergence, repetition and difference, Bupp!! scatters cropped and chopped vocal fragments onto a grid-based playspace. Through generative and interventionist gesture, in an act of co-creativity the listener becomes conductor, composer and performer of the piece.

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Ask For It Ask For It was narrated by Mark Joyce and recorded on Sunday 5th February 2006 at Thorncliffe Football Club, in High Green, Sheffield. The project was funded by CI Arts and Site Gallery, Sheffield.

Thanks to Lucy Head, David Barrett, the Thorncliffe Juniors Under 11's football team, Robin Klassnik, Mr. Hennessy and Mr. Terry. Special thanks to Carolyn Thompson. Jordan Baseman is represented by Matt's Gallery, London.

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Voice and delay unit. Recorded live to minidisc at home, Edina, Feb 2009.

Wounded Knee is Drew Wright, an Edinburgh-based experimental musician who has been releasing and performing music since 2004 and has developed a distinct, vocal oriented sound built from simple repeating live loops. He is a happy amateur. He doesn’t want to kill anybody.

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On a red vinyl 12 inch record, amidst music influenced by dub reggae and Lancastrian post-punk, a sprite called Lucy endlessly repeats stories about Lancashire she has been told by the evil and shadowy figure of ‘Alan’. She cheerfully relates, partly in Lancashire dialect, many twisted tales about the pivotal role that the English county of Lancashire has played in the plans of Satan.

Sound work, 16 minutes, originally released as the ‘B’ side of a 45rpm 12” red vinyl record. The 'A' side of the record was blank. Released by Sue Mi Records, Berlin. SueMi 15. 2006-2007.

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DIAL-A-DIVA is a 24 hour global telephonic concert that has taken place twice, in Glasgow 2005 and in Stavanger 2007. The performers were broadcast using the telephone while listeners could tune in live by phoning a freephone number or going to the stream online. The programme of performance went from New Zealand and the date line through Australasia, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas arriving back at the date line 24 hours later. This medley gives a taster of DIAL-A-DIVA bringing together samples from the phonecast and behind the scenes recordings.

In order of appearance: Semuin - Germany; Aisling Docherty - N. Ireland; Paola del Rio - Australia; Sty-Lo - Ivory Coast; Security Guard - Burundi; Barmmy Boy - Sierra Leone; Berglind Agustsdottir - Iceland; MC Boikutt - Palestine; FS Blumm - Germany; Miles Lang - UK; Razvigore - Serbia

With thanks to Creative Scotland 2004, Stavanger 2007 & the DIAL-A-DIVA team.

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'An American Rendition' represents the second collaboration between composer Joan La Barbara and choreographer Jane Comfort. The collaborators created a political theater work for premiere prior to the 2008 election, focusing on the devastating results of 8 years under the Bush/ Cheyney administration, and reflecting both the losses of personal freedom and the atrocities committed in the name of the American people. 

Rabbit Hole/Acid Trip occurs near the end of 'An American Rendition', as the detainee, an American citizen who has been kidnapped and taken to an undisclosed location in which he is psychologically and physically tortured, reaches the edge of his sanity, and experiences this trip down the rabbit hole.  This abbreviated [4:33] mix, created for radioplay, offers a glimpse into the psyche as it deteriorates.
 
La Barbara makes extensive use of breath sounds in this score, noting that it is the poignancy of the breath, the very humanness of it that makes it so personal and so shocking.  She also uses breath for its sexual connotations, to emphasize both the overt sexual overtones of commercial entertainment and also the degradation imposed on detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. The jagged fragments of pop music mirror descriptions by prisoners and soldiers of extremely loud music played to inhibit sleep. The work oscillates jarringly between the raw, personal and surreal. 

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Inhaling/Exhaling explores human psychology and conditions such as gasping for air, panic attacks, stiffness of the body and torment of oneself.

Performance held on the 18th September 2007 at Philharmonie Essen, Germany.

Comissioned by "Deutschlandfunk" and "Philharmonie Essen". Recording production and broadcast by "Deutschlandfunk" and "YOUrope together/Essener Philharmonie". Performers were John Kenny (bass trombone), Carnyx Youth Brass Ensemble: Brendan Musk (trumpet), Peter Longworth (trumpet), Helen Beauchamp (horn), and Patrick Kenny (tenor trombone), Shiori Usui (piano).

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New Media Scotland and Fools in Print were pleased to announce the launch of Fool Me at the Buff Club in Glasgow on April Fool’s Day.

As part of New Media Scotland's 10th birthday celebrations artist Lucy Keany was commissioned to curate a special audio edition of her imprint 'Fools in Print'.

Lucy has compiled work demonstrating unusual and varied explorations of the voice: the pieces traverse recorded narrative, electronic music, abstract synthesized distortions and participatory projects.