23/06/15 08:34
Today is June 23, 2015, the 30th anniversary of the bombing of Air India Flight 182. The Canadian poet Renée Sarojini Saklikar and I have worked on this 60-minute memorial composition for over two years. Today is the most important day on our calendar for our project. We invite you to listen to our work, Flight 182 Meditations, which has been unanimously described as a "beautiful" work, and obtain a copy of the CD or download at a 30% discount at this link http://ow.ly/OsJ9G. Thank you for remembering this horrible event and participating in a culture of peace and cultural understanding.
To obtain your copy of CD or download, enter the code 182_30ws at our soundshop.
BONUS OFFER: Add any other items to your shopping cart and you’ll get the same 30% discount on your entire order.
OFFER ENDS June 30 at midnight. Read More...Tags: soundscape, poetry and music
27/05/15 16:10
June 3, 2015
Award-winning poet Renée Saklikar and renowned composer John Oliver join forces to create an immersive experience of soundscapes interwoven with poems from Saklikar's long poem
children of air india: un/authorized exhibits and interjections. about the bombing of Air India Flight 182. The raw voice of the poet is the instrument for a new sonic journey. This work is being released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the bombing of Air India, June 23, 2015, as a memorial to the dead.
Available in the
soundshop.
Poetry available at
Harbour Publishing.Learn about the bombing of Air India Flight 182 by watching
this CBC documentary Read More...Tags: Renée Sarojini Saklikar, John Oliver, poetry and music, soundscape, air india, flight 182
10/12/13 20:16
On December 24, 2013 earsay released a new CD of Canadian music for flute and electronics performed by the wonderful new music specialist Chenoa Anderson. Listen and order
here. Read More...Tags: John Oliver, Chenoa Anderson, flute, electronics, computer music, live electronics
01/02/12 18:06
Oliver's immersive
Time is Dustwas released on February 1, 2012. The DVD-audio features “immersive” surround and high-definition stereo versions of Oliver’s immersive acousmatic sound work designed for orchestras of 8 or more loudspeakers. These intense, multi-layered, continuously moving textural works are sure to be a stunner for the DVD-audio platform.
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