wise noise. lieferung #053. meri von kleinsmid in brief.

composer, sound-artist and phonographer meri von kleinsmid was
classically trained and educated in western music and
ethnomusicology. her primary aim has been to create work that
challenges the listener psychologically, with a variety of
approaches. her work ranges from 1986's live and cassette-recorded
"have a spinach salad..." (latibulum records), to 2002's "chi-tape"
(american archive recordings) - a 62-minute odyssey through the
dregs of chicago, to her current work, comprised mostly of
electronically-manipulated sounds from diverse sources, exemplified
by her newest cd "ex vivo" (mimeograph), as well as eps on internet
lables and works included on international compilations. she
occasionally collaborates with other artists, and has performed
live on stage and radio. she studied music academically since
grammar school (flute and choir), studied with private tutors for
piano and violin, and at the university of washington and columbia
college in chicago, studied theory, the history of western music
and ethnomusicology. she has been a collector of found sound since
age eight. in 2000 she released the track "agatha liest einen
brief" on a long defunct german mp3-server. "agatha reads a letter"
was originally released on sonicabal 2 in 2001 and on a limited
sampler of demo recordings meri compiled in 1999. the german
version though seems to be slightly different. most of you will not
have heared either of these tracks: starting to explore the
kleinsmid universe with the best hidden and most rare track seems
to be totally appropriate. enjoy. (by the way: wise noise lieferung
#054 features a reverential siemers re-make/re-model of that
track.) |>> meri von kleinsmid - agatha liest einen brief