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alex alpine

tape hiss makes me happy.

About Me

I'm from Hampshire, England. I work part time as a Sonic Art lecturer (FCOT) and part time as a music therapist (Broadmoor Hospital), where i'm conducting research into the rehabilitative potential of sound with violent crime offenders. As Alalpine and Pausal I experiment with sound and image. Life is nice.

My Interests

People who don't know me often say 'hey you're the young chap who's always walking his dog to some obscure beat' and I say 'yep that's me'.

I'd like to meet:



That girl with the impeccable taste for clothing and ornamental sounds, she has pretty eyes and a lost smile. One day we may well be happy, happy or time will get the better of us.

Music:

Music is for lost hills at sunset and dark room wigouts with soggy strangers.This Fatcat called Apestaartje was always Kranky, he'd hang out in a Carpark and Monitor a specific Constellation for some Thrill Jockey. He'd often meet up with this real Type from the 4AD for a bit of Touch and Go and mega Skam down to a Load of Vacuous Pop. Sometimes he'd also nip over to Drag City and score some 12K to stick up his Spekk, this is the only way a cat can exercise some real Discord and maintain his Highpoint Lowlife. This Asthmatic Kitty knows we can all Try Harder everyday to Anticon our ways into 2062 where we can all be Fonal.

Movies:

Wim Wenders, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Jean-pierre Jeunet, Laurent Cantet, Emmanuelle Beart, Max Parodi, Andrei Tarkovsky, Stanley Kubrick, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Yann Samuell, Jacques Audiard, Ken Loach, Todd Solondz, Gus Van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Darren Aronofsky.

Television:

15 Stories High, Twin Peaks, The Chapelle Show, Brasseye, The Day Today and Look Around You (series one).

Books:

Lionel Shriver, Nicole Krauss, Audrey Niffenegger, Zadie Smith you see I love the way ladies write and men like Niall Griffith and Haruki Marakami.

Heroes:

Dogs.

My Blog

A very special friend

For many years now a dear and talented friend of mine has been relentlessly assisting me with the editing, mastering and authoring my audio-visual projects. His name is Chris Wigman and I love him ver...
Posted by alex alpine on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:14:00 PST

Things I Loved In 2006

recordsMountains - SewnBelong- October LanguageCat Power - The GreatestMandelbrot Set - All Our Actions Are Constantly RepeatedJoanna Newsom - YsGrowing - Color WheelWilliam Basinski - Variations For ...
Posted by alex alpine on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:10:00 PST