For those who look back fondly on the period where a painstakingly collated mix tape was the ultimate gift of affection – or for those intrigued by a world before MP3s – Coachwerks’ latest and typically arty event promises to be a treat.
From 2pm tomorrow the former coachworks-turned-arts space will host a workshop investigating cassette culture – “obsolete technologies, lost performance techniques and underground artist networks”.
Musicians/artists taking part will include James Edmonds, who invents soundtracks for imagined films on old record players and Walkmans, Berlin visual artist and experimental musician Poldr, and Preslav Literary School – aka Adam Thomas – with his live, ambient tape collages created from an archive of found sounds, outsider noise and spoken word cassettes.
Workshop participants will learn how to make tape loops from ordinary cassettes, construct handheld tape readers, compose an original composition from the tape archive and forge tape-swap networks.
Then, from 7pm, the three musicians perform sets.
* Tape workshop 2pm, performance 7pm, £3/£6. Visit www.soundcurious.org.uk for tickets or more information
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