Disinformation "London Underground"

Disinformation "London Underground" - unmixed VLF magnetic field recording of ambient electrical noise on the London metro system, which recently featured on the BBC Radio 4 programme "Broadcasting House" (original duration 5 minutes, headphones recommended). "London Underground" was recorded on the platform at Clapham South Underground Station in 2002, but remained unpublished until released on Disinformation's "Sense Data and Perception" CD, put out by the record company Iris Light in 2005. "Sense Data and Perception" also included "Bexleyheath to Dartford" - a track recorded travelling through Lewisham railway station. "London Underground" is based on a conceptual and technical precedent established by "R&D Track 10" on Disinformation's "R&D2" CD, published by Ash International in 1997, which featured magnetic field recordings of Network South East and Eurostar trains. Writing in The Wire magazine, reviewer Keith Moline described these Disinformation tracks as being "fascinating" and as "like electron microscope images". Conceptually there is a play on words, as "London Underground" refers to both a transport network and to a cultural and social phenomenon.

The full version of "Bexleyheath to Dartford" appears on the "Radio Territories" CD published to accompany the book (of the same name) edited by Erik Granly Jensen and Brandon LaBelle (Errant Bodies Press 2007). The book also contains a bio of Disinformation and a description of this project. "Bexleyheath to Dartford" is credited as appearing on the CD published with volume 10 issue 2 of the LMC's "Resonance" magazine (London Musicians Collective 2005), but in fact there was a mix up with the information and the track on the LMC CD is instead "London Underground". The magazine also features a 5 page article about Disinformation's work with radio and electricity. The LMC CD also features material by Susan Alcorn, P Sing Cho, John Butcher, Sylvia Hallett, Matt Wand, John Tilbury and Franz Joseph Haydn.

The Disinformation concept was formally proposed to London Underground Ltd's "Platform for Art" (aka "Art on the Underground") programme in January 2005, but remained unexhibited until an installation was as set-up at Event gallery, March 2006 (as part of the Node:London exhibition). Video versions of this concept - created in collaboration with Poulomi Desai of Usurp - have since been commissioned by Dislocate (Tokyo) for exhibition at Souzouzukan 9001 (Yokohama), by Tyneside Cinema for their Pixel Palace programme, and by Iniva (London) for the "Liminal" exhibition at Rivington Place. Special thanks to Poulomi Desai, Adam Sykes, Colm Lally, Chloe Vaitsu, Caroline Kraabel, Ema Ota, Ed Carter and Gary Stewart.

The "Radio Territories" book can be ordered from http://www.errantbodies.org/radio_territories.html

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[2QBUFF]

So this is about Noise Pollution yes ???

[JHLKJHLKHLK]

Yes  :)

[MockEmpire]

@2QBUFF

i like to imagine it as the sound of space, if there were air

[Javindo]

Hmm 30 tonne trains using thousands of volts of electricity to move - I wonder what could possibly be causing electrical sounds!

[Chinateacup]

This is very beautiful.

[jmm1233]

theres parts that sound like a trian passing across the tracks causing a distortion in the magnetic field that lines the track ,

[randomforum]

hm... that is weird.. here in sweden that sound can be heard on AM radio, about 1 mhz. from time to time.

[NovakMary]

alien nation noise to fuck you up.