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In May 2019, a climate emergency was declared in the Daintree, the world’s oldest tropical rainforest, as a predicted slow decline from climate change mutated into unprecedented rapid and catastrophic changes. Gondwana is a groundbreaking durational immersive simulation, powered by climate data, that allows audiences to experience and influence the Daintree’s possible futures.

Participants are invited to roam the living, breathing forest and shore for an extended period to witness climate change in action over the course of each generative, 24-hour exhibition. The longer you are immersed, the more you will find, from hidden caves to mangrove forests, and butterfly swarms to crocodile encounters. You may also come across other participants in the environment, represented as luminous fireflies.

Every 14 minutes, the rainforest jumps forward in time by one year. With every time-jump, the rainforest degrades, bringing to life climate data projections. There is a salve, however; the more people take part, the more dynamic and resilient the forest becomes.

https://festival.sundance.org/program/#new-frontier-info/61ae1ed914aef7dfed1c565f

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SC artist Erin K Taylor has released a new work through Wellington’s Pyramid Club! A 45-minute meditative listen comprised of gongs, singing bowls and the serene sounds of local Australian fauna.

“Lie down, feel your back against the ground. Feel how it holds you. Let go into it, heavy, sinking deeply.

Body is space, wide open space. Clear, empty, radiant, infinite.

Self is sound.”

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Performed and Recorded on country of the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk nations; towards whom I extend my deepest respect.

Performed and Mixed by Erin K Taylor.

Engineered and Mastered by Matt Faisandier.

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For more of Erin’s Sacred Sound Healings check their website.

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LIGEIA is an interdisciplinary project of Taranaki-born artist, Abigail Daisy Wells. Using sound, performance, text and visual elements the artist aims to 'unravel the self', digging deep to draw out latent voices within – a ritual 'undoing of the tightly sewn veil'.

In this release, THE SECOND BURNING, Ligeia uses sound to explore divine darkness and the hidden multiplicities of human nature. The result is a churning, slow-breathing meditation in dark drone using voice and electronics – with an accompanying video by Berlin-based collaborator, Anna Winslow.

Listen/ download the track here:

And for more from LIGEIA see their page here:

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Womb have a way of writing songs that make you feel confided in, but still you've only just scratched the surface of a story that goes all the way down. The Pōneke trio's latest song 'Dust To Dust' was recorded during lockdown in April, with all three siblings sending tracks back and forth between their separate bubbles, an exercise that helped them stay connected to each other in an inarguably lonely period.” (UTR)

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“Tāmaki’s Alexa Casino and Pōneke trio Womb present a total dreamboat collaboration in new single ‘Stars’. The delightfully glitchy track calls on the soul-stirring falsetto of Womb’s Charlotte Forrester, with killer co-production from Haz Forrester, and Womb drummer and visual artist Georgette Brown provides spacey, curly artwork for the single cover.” – (UTR)

Listen here:

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Please email submissions (44.1kHz +, 24 bit Wave files) to worksforloudspeakers@gmail.com.

If selected you will be asked for a brief bio and/or programme note. Your work will receive basic mastering for playback and inclusion on the compilation.

NB: WFLS is entirely self-funded for the love of sound and as such we cannot offer payment for works at this time.

More info here

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It’s hard to believe Paperghost‘s The Teledermatologist’s Handbook was released this week 10 years ago!

The brainchild of Zach Webber, Paperghost‘s SC debut is a delicately crafted slice of frantic lo-fi pop shrouded in unease. An oddly fitting aural accompaniment to the strange times we find ourselves in…

It features passive contributions from some talented souls including long time SC whanau, Thomas Arbor (aka I.Ryoko), Grayson Gilmour, Craig Elliot, Heather Barnes, and Reece McNaughten (aka Big Flip the Massive). Give it a spin!

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