Month: October 2017

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New Split Vinyl LP Release! People Like Us / Porest

On Discrepant: 
PEOPLE LIKE US & POREST – OPTIMIZED! [CREP49]
People Like Us “All On A Beautiful Day”
Porest “The Parallel Broadcasts”
Shipping November 2017
You can purchase direct from our bandcamp page:

https://peoplelikeus-vickibennett.bandcamp.com/album/people-like-us-porest-optimized

The Parallel Broadcasts presents Porest’s recordings from the covert sector of his archives. Culled from shortwave and FM broadcasts, these selections were intercepted via prepared radio – finely tuned to receive what is known in certain circles as parallel broadcasting. Content explores the trauma of emerging global consciousness, acute cultural antipology and the urgent placement of democratic music today.
Recorded on location in Jan/Feb, 2016 – Featuring contributions from Paul Staufenbiel and Michael Darr

All On A Beautiful Day was recorded in Spring 2016 by People Like Us for “Optimized!” – a week-long online a/v radio station programmed by Vicki Bennett, housed on WFMU.org which experimented with ideas of what radio might be in the world of high speed internet broadcasting. The content included 26 new a/v artist works, including both this and Porest’s Parallel Broadcasts, where people were invited to respond to the word “optimized”.

  • A – All on a Beautiful Day
  • AA – The Parallel Broadcasts
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Gone, Gone Beyond – Interview

Gone, Gone Beyond uses edited collage sewn together in a giant patchwork. Pull on a thread and watch whole new narratives expand and unravel all at once on a 360 palette.  Developed in collaboration with Recombinant Media Labs to house in CineChamber, a 10 screen/8 speaker space with seamless wrap around projection and surround sound, where the audience sit inside. 

The following conversation was conducted between Vicki Bennett and WFMU DJ and artist Hearty White in September 2017.

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