this saturday, january 31st at space gallery in portland, maine. playing with grace bedwell and id m theft able. come out, listen, say hi

Next show: 1.19.2026 Kiran Arora JHK Slow Hymn Varroa

Hi, all Open Systems is kicking off our education program in Sonic Art Technology. We are looking for suggestions/requests from the community as to what you might be interested in learning.

This Saturday, Tom Borem of Baltimore Maryland performs in Quad with local support from Chrissy Armstrong and Seda/Kanevsky

if you have ever heard the sound of a ship recorded with a hydrophone, you can imagine how horrendous it is for marine animals. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

my latest release 43.65°N 70.251°W. is out today as a cassette and download on the german label Frenetic Magic Sounds. These are all working waterfront and shipping recordings collected in and around Portland Maine. freneticmagicsounds.bandcamp.com/album/4365-n...

Reminder: “30×N — LRJ1”, a new video and release is available on www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXds... and www.cronicaelectronica.org/242/ @visiophone.bsky.social @ptudela.bsky.social @carvalhais.org @earlabs.bsky.social

Weston Olencki at Open Systems Studios the other night

i'm overdue for a trip to new orleans

In 1972–73, Gordon Matta-Clark snapped hundreds of rolls of photos of NYC graffiti, a fairly new phenomenon at the time. This new book collects every single frame he shot. It's a huge cinder block of a book, 1000+ pages. Published by OM Books.

"Schafer’s environmentalism (an environmentalism which, as David Toop notes, risks romanticizing the pre-industrial soundscape in a version of primitivism that would have potentially disastrous social effects" David Grundy April 2014 issue of surround www.surround-journal.net/02_listening...

Feature Creep by type/token is officially out today. Thanks for listening and supporting TO.

Offline Assembly is a new digital imprint documenting live performances from Open Systems Studios in Portland, ME. First batch out today. All sales go directly to the studio. First batch Patrick Carey, Gibbs/Tamirisa duo, Kanevsky/Fireman duo offlineassembly.bandcamp.com

the always inspiring christina kubisch.

a small bit of good news in an increasingly grim world. www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...

exceedingly happy to announce this new addition to the forthcoming queue, two longtime powerhouses who will be working together for the first time. Kevin Drumm/Taku Unami (Erstwhile 113)

Interview with Hildegard Westerkamp, courtesy of Conscient Podcast #war #activism #rebellion #crisis #resilience #freedom

We're happy to announce the new album by Emiter, a work that explores how cities are submerged in feedback, impulses, discharges, and harmonies of noise. “Electromagnetism of the City” is now available as a limited release CD, stream or download. www.cronicaelectronica.org/241/

working with Keith Rowe so extensively and deeply on Erstwhile is the professional achievement I’m most proud of in my life, we put out 24 releases containing 39 CDs from 2000-2021. the great Marc Medwin has written about all 24 in a newly posted epic piece on ‘surround’, please check it out.

Some things are perfect

Its that kind of Saturday

New duo with Asha Tamirisa and I out today on Tripticks Tapes triptickstapes.bandcamp.com/album/night-...

My new duo release with Asha Tamirisa is up for pre order now at Triptick Tapes page. triptickstapes.bandcamp.com/album/night-...

Alan Lamb Archival Recordings cd on @room40.bsky.social

This years recording of the restored trout stream on the south bog trail. Water is low due to what is being called a flash drought

This years recording of the restored trout stream on the south bog trail. Water is low due to what is being called a flash drought

Waves from passing boats and the hum of hvac at the ocean gateway building

Testing the new Radius windshield for the Sony D100.

Chester Himes Crazy Kill

Derek. That's all

Listening to this monster at idle with hydrophones this morning. And ducks too

my duo album with @gregdavismusic.bsky.social "Steam Fence" is now available on all streaming services. I also have some cd copies for sale if that is your preference. tunelink.to/steamfence

Follow @opensystemsstudios.bsky.social for info and updates. Programming starts sooon

Open Systems Studios is a newly founded artist-run collective, studio space and venue in Portland, ME, dedicated to immersive multichannel A/V performance, experimental media, and interdisciplinary art. Read the full text on our instagram: tinyurl.com/bd76b5vt Official website and more info soon!

Nottingham contemporary art museum is currently deficated to sound art. A few here from one exhibition

ducks in a barn. Also eurasian blavkbirds, jackdaws and others

Sun up is around 4:00 am And the wood pigeons have the loudest voices that persist until the hottest part of the day. Late afternoon they start again and call until its completely dark around 11:00

Walking in fields. Recording fences

Packing for the uk and blasting Luigi Nono with the windows open

Finally listening to Zones Portuaires 2 by @swarmingparis.bsky.social Great recordings of commercial shipping ports from around the world. Similar to my own work on the subject with a different approach. Essential stuff.

Pretty nice morning in the garden

Quadrophonic tests for a live set of working waterfront recordings i've been obsessing over for a couple of years