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Lots of new action happening round here...
A few ARP tracks (one new, one from IN LIGHT) feature in the Gary Hustwit's new film "OBJECTIFIED".
The follow-up to documentary "HELVETICA" picks up where Hustwit's debut left off.
"OBJECTIFIED" is an overview of what goes into the objects we use every day and likely take for granted, and features interviews with major industrial designers from the past (Dieter Rams, Paola Antonelli) to the present (Karim Rashid, Marc Newsom, SMART Design).
Music by ARP and EXPANDING HEAD BAND are featured in the film as is music by Carsten Nicolai's ALVA.NOTO, TELEFON TEL AVIV and others.
OBJECTIFIED is screening around the world now.
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Working on a few recordings:
Work has begun on a score for REPLICA, a modern dance piece featuring two dancers from MERCE CUNNINGHAM and TRISHA BROWN companies, respectively. The piece had a very successful debut in Spain in late May and will make an appearance in the US in December at THE NEW MUSEUM.
Also finishing up recording a new record for artist Chris Johanson's AWESOME VISTAS label. It will consist of the soundtrack we recently performed for Doug Aitken's MIGRATION at 303 Gallery. Chris has been releasing some great stuff lately - Sic Alps is a fave! The vinyl-only release will include special artwork and include treated violin contributions from Nicky Mao (Effie Briest). You can see an excerpt of our performance here, flanked by the other participants Lichens (Rob Lowe), and White Rainbow (Adam Forkner). The 24-minute film was played successively three times. Here, Lichens is highlighted from 0:00 to 4:22, ARP from 4:23 to 7:00, White Rainbow from there to the end:
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Last but not least, the proper follow-up to "IN LIGHT" for SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND is also nearing completion. Haven't decided on the final title yet but the working title is "LES JARDINS."
Speaking of which, the label has a new compilation, called ON FIRE, and includes a new jam from yours truly – my first vocal track for ARP "FROM A BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE SEA." Also includeds tracks from LINDSTROM, SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN, NISSENENMONDAI, a PRINS THOMAS remix of TUSSLE, DISKJOKKE and MEANDERTHALS (the new Balaeric dreamteam made up of IDJUT BOYS and RUNE LINDBAEK)...
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AMOEBA RECORDS have recently launched a blog. The very nice Sarah Rogers interviews yours truly here:
http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2009/01/all-the-news-that-s-fit-t
o-sing/arp-s-alexis-georgopoulos-chats.html
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If you find yourself walking in the East Village, an ARP sound installation is currently in effect, broadcasting through the outdoor speakers at AUDIO VISUAL ARTS, a brand new gallery at 34 East 1st (btw 1st & 2nd Ave). I'm a bit late posting this as the first 2 parts of this 4-part series have already happened. Perhaps you heard something as you walked by the other day?
In any case, the current show up now - John Andrew's A ROOM (DILATED) - is AVA's first official exhibit, and is definitely worth a visit!
The installation is composed of four site-specific pieces that inaugurate AVA’s EXTERIOR SOUNDS series. These sound installations are transmitted through a permanent speaker box on the facade of the space. Each of the four pieces play in relation to specific times of the day and presented at those times.
• ARP at AVA
• November 16–22, 2008 / 7:00–7:49am
• November 23–29, 2008 / 12:00–12:48pm
• November 30–December 6, 2008 / 6:00–6:42pm
• December 7–13, 2008 / 12:00–12:48am
More information is available at the gallery's website:
http://www.audiovisualarts.org/
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"Top 20 Underground Albums of The Year"
°°° UNCUT
"The sort of thing I hope becomes a trend in electronic music."
°°° PITCHFORK
"I went up to Big Sur and saw Arp play at night outside the Henry Miller Library.
I had a few sarsparillas and they blew my mind."
°°° ARTHUR
"Sublime. Recommended!"
°°° AQUARIUS RECORDS
"Contagious... Cosmic Dream Pop."
°°° ANTHEM
"Shimmering. 9/10"
°°° VICE
"Arp will appeal to slow-mo analog disco heads and bearded Kraut fiends,
discerning IDM fan and the curious indie bloke. A perfect record."
°°° OTHER MUSIC
"Radiant, sun-dappled warmth. Abundant, profound pleasures."
°°° XLR8R
"Enchanting, near-epic pastoral mist."
°°° TIME OUT NY
"If the Field's "From Here We Go Sublime" was the electronic album of the
first half of the year, then Arp's "In Light" might win out for the second half."
°°° PREFIX
"Awesome to behold."
°°° SF GUARDIAN
"Elegant ambiance."
°°° SF WEEKLY
"A beauty from beginning to end."
°°° BPM
"With possibly the most apt cover of 2007, << In Light >> is warm, tropical,
Balearic, analogue synth tones. Imagine Kraftwerk as stoned Angelenos
instead of dour Germans."
°°° HUSTLER
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In related news, one of my other projects, THE ALPS, a group I play in with Scott Hewicker (TROLL) and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (who runs the Root Strata label/TARENTEL) have just released our debut studio recording << III >> on UK label TYPE. Here's what the album looks like:
Drop in with us: myspace.com/thealpssf
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ARP interview up now on:
http://www.alainfinkielkrautrock.com/2008/02/arp.html/
This is the blog PILOOSKI (responsible for some of the best edits hands-dow I've heard in recent memory) and the rest of the Parisian D*I*R*T*Y Crew run. They post all kinds of rare shit: Italo, Kosmische, Folk, Balearic, Library, Cosmic, Dusted... Other recent interviewees up on the site include Sebestien Tellier, Mathias & Jonas from GOMMA, Black Mountain, Bob Moog, Zombie Zombie and many others...
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°°° DISCOGRAPHY:
°°° The Portable Supersound (Smalltown Supersound 2007)
°°° In Light (Smalltown Supersound 2008 )
°°° Lindstrom - Breakfast In Heaven (Arp's Worn Cassette Version) (Feedelity 2008)
°°° On Fire // Smalltown Supersound compilation (Smalltown Supersound 2009)
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