http://www.ashinternational.com/ Ash International - a haberdASHery audio project. R&D not A&R. Ash International was unleashed onto an unsuspecting world in early 1993 by Mike Harding who also runs the label Touch with Jon Wozencroft. He was initially aided and abetted by Robin Rimbaud (without whom...), but he departed to run his Scanner operation full time in early 1995. Electronic communications, radio emissions and other natural frequencies are an endless source of material... from the early Scanner releases to the Disinformation releases, - both eaves-dropping in their way. en Copyright 2010 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:23:10 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss cassette releases, two new tapes from BJ Nilsen and Joachim Nordwall are now on sale. BJ Nilsen's "Draught #1" features two live recordings from 2008, housed in a splendid Savage Pencil cover. Joachim Nordwall's "Ignition" - his debut solo album, to be released later in 2010 on CD - features five tracks, received and recorded in Brooklyn, Chicago, Gothenberg and Stockholm between 2006 and 2010. Equipment used: analogue synthesizers, effects and computer. This cassette was mastered by BJNilsen. Joachim Nordwall runs iDEAL Recordings and is a member of Skull Defekts.]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/two_tapes.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/two_tapes.html announcements Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:23:10 +0000 http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_91_bj_nilsen_draught_1.html http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_91_bj_nilsen_draught_1.html editions Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:21:19 +0000 http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_89_joachim_nordwall_ignition.html http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_89_joachim_nordwall_ignition.html editions Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:19:18 +0000 Live in Utrecht is his first official CD album release. Thomas Ankersmit is a 30 year old saxophonist, electronic musician and installation artist born and raised in the Netherlands and now primarily based in Berlin who combines abstract, intensely focused saxophone playing with hyper-kinetic analogue synth and computer improvisation. He also creates installation pieces that use sound, infrasound and "modifications to the acoustic characters of spaces" that disrupt the viewer/listener's perception of the exhibition space and their presence within it. He frequently works together with New York minimalist Phill Niblock and Sicilian electroacoustic improviser Valerio Tricoli, and other collaborators, mostly for live performances, have included Tony Conrad, Maryanne Amacher, Jim O'Rourke, Kevin Drumm and Borbetomagus. Buy Thomas Ankersmit "Live in Utrecht" in the TouchShop www.thomasankersmit.net]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/presenting_thomas_ankersmit.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/presenting_thomas_ankersmit.html announcements Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:10:10 +0000 http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_88_thomas_ankersmit_live_in_utrecht.html http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_88_thomas_ankersmit_live_in_utrecht.html editions Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:06:52 +0000 TouchShop. Cassette only, in an edition of 500 copies. Second edition, with alternate inlay. “The Noisiest Guys on the Planet” were recorded by Jana Winderen, who also provided the illustration. Thanks to: Institute of Marine Research and the crew on Johan Hjort. The decapods or Decapoda (literally means “ten footed”) are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns and shrimp. Most decapods are scavengers. As their name implies, all decapods have ten legs; these are the last five of the eight pairs of thoracic appendages characteristic of crustaceans. The front three pairs function as mouthparts and are generally referred to as maxillipeds, the remainder being pereiopods. In many decapods, however, one pair of legs has enlarged pincers; the claws are called chelae, so those legs may be called chelipeds. Learn more about "The Noisiest Guys on the Planet". Buy "The Noisiest Guys on the Planet" in the TouchShop.]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_81_second_edition.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_81_second_edition.html announcements Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:13:34 +0000 international ash. These events are somewhat beyond our control…]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/apologies_for_any_inconvenience.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/apologies_for_any_inconvenience.html announcements Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:05:18 +0000 http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_87.html http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_87.html editions Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:55:27 +0000 TouchShop: Philip Marshall's “Three Questions and an Answer”. Originally released in 2009 as a limited cassette, in an edition of 104 copies only. Download Three Questions and an Answer in the TouchShop]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_75d_three_questions_and_an_answer_digital_download.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_75d_three_questions_and_an_answer_digital_download.html announcements Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:56:25 +0000 The Ditch on Monday 1st Feb "A sound recordist is enticed by the disturbing aural landscape of Slaughton Ditch, with terrifying and fatal consequences. Written and narrated by Paul Evans." (The Radio Times) This play uses recordings taken from the CD "The Ghost Orchid: An Introduction to EVP" which is available from the TouchShop here. You can read more about EVP at parc.web.fm.]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/bbc_radio_4_drama_1st_february_2010.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/bbc_radio_4_drama_1st_february_2010.html announcements Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:49:10 +0000 Lyrics in Libraries season. Curated by J.G. Thirlwell. Lyrics in Libraries is an annual arts & literature festival which has been running since 2003. It is a partnership initiative between OpenHaus Arts and London Borough of Merton Library & Heritage Service. ]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/skull_defekts_lyrics_in_libraries_brixton_040506.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/skull_defekts_lyrics_in_libraries_brixton_040506.html announcements Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:34:45 +0000 Ashe International. “We are happy when we see our worker's devotion and our esteemed customer's attraction and faiths with our products. It forces us to say that the day is not at distance when we will be everywhere.”]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ashe_international.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ashe_international.html announcements Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:22:17 +0000 http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_85_paul_williams_pillars_of_wisdom.html http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_85_paul_williams_pillars_of_wisdom.html editions Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:33:32 +0000 http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_86_stephan_mathieu_10_minutes.html http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_86_stephan_mathieu_10_minutes.html editions Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:34:32 +0000 Runaway Train: “March 9th 1987 began as a normal day for railwayman Wesley MacDonald as he made up a train of 50 cars of ore at a mine in northern Canada. But that all changed when the brakes failed to hold the load and Wesley suddenly found himself aboard a runaway train. This programme tells the story of what happened next, featuring actual audio footage of the radio communication between him and the rail traffic controller as he wrestles with the decision on whether to jump or take his chances onboard.” Ash International released the full recording of the conversations that took place between Wesley, the driver of the runaway train, and Alfie, his controller, in 1994 as Ash 1.9. This vinyl edition is deleted, but the audio may be downloaded as a MP3 by clicking here.]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/the_story_of_the_runaway_train_on_bbc_radio_4.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/the_story_of_the_runaway_train_on_bbc_radio_4.html announcements Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:58:44 +0000