A Report on the Construction of Situations (1957)

by Bruce Russell

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1.	Revolution and counterrevolution in modern culture 16:05	lyrics
Electronics
2.	Decomposition: the ultimate stage of bourgeois thought 11:07	lyrics
Clavioline
3.	The role of minority tendencies in the ebbing period 10:09	lyrics
Tibetan bowl.
4.	Platform for a provisional opposition 05:10	lyrics
Microphone.
5.	Toward a Situationist International 16:23	lyrics
Guitar.
6.	Our immediate tasks 02:02	lyrics
Tape recorder.

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Recorded as part of my doctoral project, this work was originally made for DVD release. These audio files are the first commercial release of this material in any format. Intended as a demonstration and documentation of a creative constraint in action. Each part is a first-take improvisation with a single unique sound source, recorded in a small art gallery/shop space in Oxford St, Lyttelton in January 2008.

The project is 'scored' through the OuLiPo-ian hijacking of a foundational document of the SI. The total duration was set at one hour and the length of each 'section' depended on the length of the corresponding text segment compared to the overall length of the document.

Instruments abused in the making of this album include a microphone, a tape recorder and a clavioline. This is a savage and uncompromising exploration of specific frequencies and timbres.

Comes with a PDF of technical information, photographs and reflection on the creative process.

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released April 1, 2012

B. Russell: all - except live recording, M. Russell.

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Bruce Russell Lyttelton, New Zealand

Bruce Russell is an inveterate improviser and practitioner in sound,. Since 1987 he has been a member of the Dead C. He also performs with Alastair Galbraith as A Handful of Dust (since 1984). His solo guitar practice reconfigures the blues as a form of improvisational auto-destruction.
Full bio at www.audioculture.co.nz/people/bruce-russell
Writing at drbrucerussell.academia.edu ... more

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