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In the Field / Sounds of Europe
The publication 'In the Field: The Art of Field Recording' (by Cathy Lane and Angus Carlyle of CRiSAP) is made in the framework of the project Sounds of Europe. The book is a collection of interviews with contemporary sound artists who use field recording in their work. These conversations explore the fundamental issues that underlie the development of field recording as the core of their practice. Recurring themes include early motivations, aesthetic preferences, the audible presence of the recordist and the nature of the field.
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Q-O2 materials
For the occasion of Open House in May 2012 we have made a publication in which we collected materials and reflections on our 6 years of workspace practice. If you want to receive this publication, you can mail us or click 'order' to download the pdf.
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Wege
Andrea Belfi
Wege stems entirely from compositions completed at two artist-in-residence projects in Austria (Hotel Pupik) and in Brussels (Q-O2). The album is built around a cyclic electro-acoustic system, through which Belfi has developed a complex musical network of possibilities.
Released in 2012 by Room40.
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Hochdruckzone
Birgit Ulher
On Hochdruckzone Birgit Ulher uses extended speakers, fed with radio noise in her trumpet mutes. The  trumpet functions as an acoustic chamber and modulates the radio noise, thus acting simultaneously as the trans- mitter and receiver.
Recorded at Q-O2. Released in 2012 by Entr'acte.
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Listenbook / //2009//
Annette Krebs, Mieke Lambrigts, Manfred Werder, Julia Eckhardt, Aernoudt Jacobs, Emmanuel Holterbach, Olivier Toulemonde, Tim Parkinson, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Anne Wellmer

The project //2009// was carried out throughout the year 2009; it involved ten sound artists who created a 7-minute piece in response to a composition by an unknown precursor.

Released by Compost and Height in May 2010.

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Do-Undo (in G maze) / DoUndo / recycling G
Emmanuel Holterbach, Julia Eckhardt

Eckhardt’s recordings seek the rich if occasionally dissonant overtones that have been central to the minimalist works of Tony Conrad, Phill Niblock, Eliane Radigue, and Ellen Fullman. And in his reconstitution of her recordings, Holterbach populates his compositions with field recordings whose turbulent textures and bristling movements sympathetically weave amidst the rasping drones from the viola.
Released by The Helen Scarsdale Agency by in March 2010.

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Cranc: Copper Fields
Nikos Veliotis, Rhodri Davies, Angharad Davies
Cranc is a trio of Angharad Davies on violin, Rhodri Davies on electric harp and Nikos Veliotis on cello. In 2008 they were guests of Q-O2, where they recorded this work for bowed and e-bowed tones and pulsating drones.
Released in 2010 by Drone Records.
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The Sound of Gesture
Stevie Wishart
Wishart has directed the development of an audio and gestural interface to control the computer as a violinist. The computer generated music moves between the speakers to create sonic clouds around the acoustic sound and physical placement of the violin.
Released in 2010 with support of the Flemish Community, in co-production with Q-O2.
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Wedding Ceremony
Taku Sugimoto, Julia Eckhardt, Toshimaru Nakamura, Christian Kesten, Lucio Capece, Radu Malfatti
In May 2007 the sextet of Lucio Capece, Julia Eckhardt, Christian Kesten, Radu Malfatti, Toshimaru Nakamura and Taku Sugimoto convened in Belgium to work together and play two concerts, one in Gent and one in Brussels. During their time together the group played a mixture of improvisation and their own compositions.
Released by Cathnor Recordings in May 2009.
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Sound Like Water
Toshimaru Nakamura, Lucio Capece, Rhodri Davies, Burkhard Beins
The album blends the 4 improvisors' unique approaches to improvisation into a dynamic field. The great creative range of these performers gives the single improvisation an episodic feel, with layers of interaction and frames of sound moving around each other.
Released in 2008 by Formed Records.
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reFLEXible: Realgar
Joachim Devillé, Thomas Olbrechts, Stefan Prins
The Antwerp & Brussels-based Collectief reFLEXible -Joachim Devillé (trumpet, flugelhorn), Thomas Olbrechts (alto saxophone), Stefan Prins (piano, objects and live-electronics) - focuses on free improvised music (or instant composed music) often combined with other media as dance, performance, video and film.
Recorded at Q-O2. Released in 2007 by Amirani Records.
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Sobre el nivel del mar / DoUndo / recycling G
Sergio Merce

Live electronics: Sergio Merce

Viola sounds on the tape: Julia Eckhardt

Recorded on 6 October 2006 in Aalst (Belgium) by Ludo Engels

Released  by HulaHula Records in 2007, an Argentina based record label that makes free on-line releases

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Disseminate
Phill Niblock
Phill Niblock is a seminal figure in "drone" music who crosses the Downtown and Improv scenes. In this orchestra piece, the players read from a conventional score. There is no after-recording manipulation of the material.
Written for ensemble Q-O2. Released in 2004 by ModeRecords.
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Amber
Lucio Capece, Robin Hayward, Rhodri Davies, Julia Eckhardt
Harp: Rhodri Davies
Tuba: Robin Hayward
Viola: Julia Eckhardt
Soprano saxophone, bass clarinet: Lucio Capece
Recorded on April 2004 in Berlin
Released by Creative Sources in 2005
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Shim, Schlothauer, Werder, Inderhees
Composers: Kunsu Shim, Burkhard Schlothauer, Manfred Werder, Carlo Inderhees
Performers: Ensemble Q-O2
The music of Wandelweiser is avant-garde. It is, in the truest sense of the word, experimental: without a predictable outcome. It involves the integration of silence, which, since it hardly ever actually occurs in a concert situation, cannot not be controlled by the composer.
Released by Edition Wandelweiser in 2001 (co-production VRT Radio 3)
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SOUNDS
Katerina Undo 06/12/12
Joanna Bailie 09/09/12
Steven Cornford & Ben Gwilliam 23/06/12
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