{"id":18363,"date":"2020-08-07T20:53:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T20:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/?page_id=18363"},"modified":"2022-01-24T10:48:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T10:48:45","slug":"sounds-likevienna-julia-buennagel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/?page_id=18363","title":{"rendered":"SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel \u2013 English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/Photos\/SOUNDS_LIKE\u2026VIENNA.jpg\" alt=\"SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/?page_id=18370\">Julia B\u00fcnnagel<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>English<\/em> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/?page_id=18469\">Deutsch<\/a><br \/>\nGruen 198 | Vinyl (+ Digital) | Digital &gt; [<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.gruenrekorder.de\/?full#Gruen_198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">order<\/a>]<br \/>\n<a href=\"#reviews\">Reviews<\/a><br \/>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sound performances in public space &#8211; an urban soundtrack for Vienna. Julia B\u00fcnnagel creates concrete records from molds of sidewalks and street surfaces in Vienna&#8217;s urban space. The Cologne artist brings Viennese architecture to life in her DJ set (turntablism). The turntable&#8217;s needle reads the architectural texture. The cast surfaces of the streets that are inscribed on the records mix with the sounds of the city during the performances SOUNDS LIKE\u2026 VIENNA. &#8211; flooding the square &#8211; an architecture rave for Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliabuennagel.de\/en\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.juliabuennagel.de<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Excerpt:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/mp3\/a1_excerpt_SOUNDS_LIKE_VIENNA_Julia_Buennagel_digital.mp3\">MP3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3 Tracks (21\u203258\u2033)<br \/>\nVinyl (300 copies)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/383373608?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/Photos\/logo1.jpg\" alt=\"SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/Photos\/logo2.jpg\" alt=\"SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/Photos\/logo3.jpg\" alt=\"SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/Photos\/logo4.png\" alt=\"SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sound Art Series by Gruenrekorder<br \/>\nGermany \/ 2020 \/ Gruen 198 \/ LC 09488 \/ EAN 195081054308<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"reviews\"><\/a><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.textura.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">textura<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAs ever, appearances deceive. A photo on the back cover of Sounds Like\u2026Vienna shows Julia B\u00fcnnagel standing behind a DJ-like setup at an outdoors city space, an image that suggests the twelve-inch release could possibly be a dance-related release from Gruenrekorder. But anyone familiar with the experimental imprint knows it would never do something so, well, normal, and sure enough closer inspection reveals that the release is consistent with its other products. B\u00fcnnagel, you see, has created a recording that doesn&#8217;t merely simulate the sound of the city, it is the city\u2014or at least one representative part of it. For this project, she&#8217;s created a record using slabs produced from molds of the city&#8217;s sidewalk and streets; consequently, the sounds generated when the turntable&#8217;s needle rides the disc&#8217;s surface derive, literally, from Vienna&#8217;s physical surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tucked within the cover sleeve is a four-panel insert whose photos show her generating the impression for a disc from a sidewalk as well as an image seen from above of a slab on the Technics turntable. However provocative it might appear, such a project is business as usual for the Cologne-based sculptor, academic, sound performer, and installation artist, whose CV lists an impressive number of solo and group exhibitions, projects, and publications extending to 1999. She&#8217;s also a member of the artist collective Sculptress of Sound, works with the sound art collective Berg\/B\u00fcnnagel\/Lautermann, and performs as a so-called Noise-DJane.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The twenty-two-minute vinyl release (300 copies) presents three untitled tracks. On the A-side, ambient sounds of traffic and people first establish the recording&#8217;s outdoor location before the sound field&#8217;s engulfed by textures. Thrumming whorls of grainy, rippling noise emerge, with the disc&#8217;s revolutions creating rhythms that, through repetition, suggest some tangential connection to underground techno. Smears and tears collide as the material roars with bulldozer-like force, its rumbling hinting at the possibility of detonation. Cross-patterns of distressed noise advance and retreat until the ambient sounds of the intro return to provide a formally satisfying frame. Whereas the opening track on the flip side seethes from the first moment and rarely lets up thereafter, the slightly quieter second swells gradually, its swaying pulse bringing the club music dimension to the forefront. Like many a Gruenrekorder product, Sounds Like\u2026Vienna extends one&#8217;s understanding of what qualifies as music when the sounds sourced from B\u00fcnnagel&#8217;s slabs exhibit a strangely musical quality. One imagines John Cage would thoroughly approve.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.textura.org\/archives\/b\/bunnagel_soundslikevienna.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0141ukasz Kom\u0142a | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowamuzyka.pl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nowamuzyka.pl<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAsfaltowe winyle.<br \/>\nOd razu wyja\u015bni\u0119, \u017ce nie chodzi o p\u0142yty winylowe opatrzone stemplem warszawskiej wytw\u00f3rni Asfalt Records, a zupe\u0142nie o co\u015b innego.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bohaterk\u0105 tego wpisu jest Julia B\u00fcnnagel \u2013 niemiecka artystka \/ performerka d\u017awi\u0119kowa i rze\u017abiarka. Jej tw\u00f3rczo\u015b\u0107 koncentruje si\u0119 zar\u00f3wno na rze\u017abach, du\u017cych instalacjach modu\u0142owych, obiektach d\u017awi\u0119kowych, jak i grafice. Inspiruje si\u0119 cz\u0119sto cybernetyk\u0105, architektur\u0105, science-fiction, muzyk\u0105 i teori\u0105 percepcji. B\u00fcnnagel jest tak\u017ce cz\u0142onkini\u0105 kolektywu artystycznego Sculptress of Sound, z kt\u00f3rym wyst\u0119powa\u0142 w latach 2011 \u2013 2018, daj\u0105c spektakularne spektakle d\u017awi\u0119kowe. Od 2017 roku wsp\u00f3\u0142tworzy soundartowy projekt Frauke Berg \/ Julia B\u00fcnnagel \/ Anja Lautermann. Solowe sety gra jako Noise-DJane.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>B\u00fcnnagel zabiera nas do Wiednia, gdzie znajduje si\u0119 kluczowy budulec dla jej niecodziennych winyli. Tworzy kamienne p\u0142yty, kszta\u0142tuj\u0105c ich powierzchni\u0119 w taki spos\u00f3b, by odwzorowywa\u0142y struktur\u0119 chodnik\u00f3w i ulic, jakie mo\u017cna spotka\u0107 w stolicy Austrii.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wydawa\u0142oby si\u0119, \u017ce nie da si\u0119 o\u017cywi\u0107 tak martwej tkanki miejskiej, jak cho\u0107by nawierzchnia asfaltowa, a jednak turntablistyczne zabiegi B\u00fcnnagel obalaj\u0105 to przekonanie, o czym mo\u017cemy si\u0119 przekona\u0107 s\u0142uchaj\u0105c winylowej p\u0142yty Sounds Like\u2026 Vienna. Co wi\u0119cej, nawet przyklejenie uszu do chodnika czy u\u017cycie stetoskopu do nas\u0142uchiwania betonowej pustki, i tak by nic nie da\u0142o. Dopiero odpowiednio skonstruowana ig\u0142a gramofonu w kontakcie z kamiennym winylem potrafi udzieli\u0107 g\u0142osu tajemniczym formom ukrytym wewn\u0105trz asfaltowych chropowato\u015bci. Skostnia\u0142e niedoskona\u0142o\u015bci zostaj\u0105 zamienione w emocjonaln\u0105 i zarazem szorstk\u0105 \u0142awic\u0119 bulgocz\u0105cego szumu, co najlepiej oddaje drugi fragment na stronie B.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wa\u017cnym aspektem tych prac d\u017awi\u0119kowych jest tak\u017ce wykonywanie ich w przestrzeni publicznej Wiednia, dochodzi w\u00f3wczas z jednej strony do swoistej personifikacji, za\u015b z drugiej \u2013 powstaje symbiotyczna hybryda. Te kwestie obrazuj\u0105 dwa pierwsze fragmenty, w kt\u00f3rych s\u0142yszymy strz\u0119pki r\u00f3\u017cnych odg\u0142os\u00f3w egzystuj\u0105cych gdzie\u015b w otoczeniu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sounds Like\u2026 Vienna trwa zaledwie 22 minuty, ale to wystarczy, \u017ceby zrobi\u0107 spore wra\u017cenie i by\u0107 niez\u0142\u0105 zagwozdk\u0105 dla naszej percepcji s\u0142uchowej. Odkodowanie nieistniej\u0105cego kodu? Warto si\u0119 przekona\u0107 na w\u0142asne uszy, co ma do \u201epowiedzenia\u201d martwa (?) uliczna architektura.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowamuzyka.pl\/2020\/10\/23\/julia-bunnagel-sounds-like-vienna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Richard Allen | <a href=\"https:\/\/acloserlisten.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a closer listen<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019ve fallen in love with this performance video. Many people make field recordings, but few cut out circles of concrete and play them like records. And then even fewer go out in public to share what they\u2019ve done. To our knowledge, there\u2019s only one, which makes Julia B\u00fcnnagel a true original.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Does Sounds Like \u2026 Vienna sound like Vienna? That\u2019s a trick question. The records literally are Vienna, so from this angle yes, the record of records one receives in the mail (to save on postage, these are made of vinyl) does sound like Vienna. The counter-point is that one should not expect the city to sound like this when one visits for the first time, unless one is fortunate enough to see the artist set up on the street outside one\u2019s hotel. But listen deeper and one might hear the real sound of Vienna, delivered in sonic metaphor, a mesmerizing blend of repetitions and jutting angles, both rhythmic and offbeat, soothing and off-putting, until it clicks and one exclaims, \u201cOh, Vienna!\u201d in a tone that may or may not echo Ultravox.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The added charm is the sound of traffic, children and other passers-by, exposing just how interested the residents of the city may be in hearing the amplifications of diamond on concrete. This may be an unprecedented level of needle abuse, all for a good cause, although our guess is that B\u00fcnnagel is not using brand new needles. Would our Technics 1200s make the same sounds? Do we really want to try? The beauty of listening is sinking into the recording, finding the tempo, just as one acclimates to a new city by immersing one\u2019s self in the culture. If this sounds like Vienna, we might come to the conclusion that Vienna is exciting, creative, and beckoning, just as it is rumbling, vibrating, and unique. The set makes us wonder about other places that might lend themselves well to B\u00fcnnagel\u2019s technique: the volcanic rocks of Pompeii, or the famed \u201cconcrete jungle\u201d of New York.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re also imagining with some amusement the reaction to the artist should she show up at a club gig with this heavy milk crate of slabs. How many people would leave the dance floor? How many would come running? The second number is likely much lower than the first, but wouldn\u2019t they be the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me? Wouldn\u2019t they be the most attentive, the most curious, the most dedicated, as B\u00fcnnagel teases out the sounds lying beneath their feet? A huge thanks to the artist for playing a type of music we\u2019ve never encountered before, despite the fact that we walk on it every day.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/acloserlisten.com\/2020\/09\/29\/julia-bunnagel-sounds-like-vienna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frans de Waard | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vitalweekly.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VITAL WEEKLY<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nHow does a city sound? That is a question that occupies the people at Gruenrekorder, offering many releases that deal with field recordings. This new release is slightly different and wackier take upon the answer to that question. Julia B\u00fcnnagel is a DJ from Cologne who uses the surface of a city on a turntable. She casts<br \/>\nsurfaces from the pavement and streets and puts these on her turntable and on this 12&#8243; she has three examples of how Vienna sounds. I haven&#8217;t been to Vienna since the early &#8217;80s, I think, and I&#8217;d love to go back. I don&#8217;t think I will put my ear to the ground and listen to the pavement and streets. Not because I know what they sound like after hearing this record, far from it, but because I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if they all sound the same. Noisy that is. If you still have vinyl and you still play them (the second is not always a consequence of the first), then you know what vinyl with a lot of dust sounds like. That&#8217;s how this record sounds, and I checked the stylus when I was in doubt. I remember playing the anti-records that RRRecords put out in the late &#8217;80s and using them as &#8218;musical instruments&#8216;. This record by B\u00fcnnagel has a similar feeling except that this codified. The anti-records with their scissor made grooves skipped all over the place, and B\u00fcnnagel gives us finished compositions of noise music. Great concept, records looks great too, but how often will this find its way to the turntable?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vitalweekly.net\/1252.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/?page_id=18363\">SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/?page_id=18370\">Julia B\u00fcnnagel<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n@ \u0141ukasz Kom\u0142a favorite albums of 2020 in the world<br \/>\nPodsumowanie roku 2020 \u2013 \u015awiat \u2013 \u0141ukasz Kom\u0142a<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowamuzyka.pl\/2021\/01\/03\/podsumowanie-roku-2020-swiat-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nowamuzyka.pl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frameworkradio.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">framework radio<\/a> | <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frameworkradio.net\/2020\/09\/725-2020-09-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>#725<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nphonography \/ field recording; contextual and decontextualized sound activity<br \/>\npresented by patrick mcginley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; SOUNDS LIKE\u2026VIENNA | Julia B\u00fcnnagel English | Deutsch Gruen 198 | Vinyl (+ Digital) | Digital &gt; [order] Reviews &nbsp; Sound performances in public space &#8211; an urban soundtrack for Vienna. Julia B\u00fcnnagel creates concrete records from molds of sidewalks and street surfaces in Vienna&#8217;s urban space. The Cologne artist brings Viennese architecture to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18363","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18363"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19284,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18363\/revisions\/19284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruenrekorder.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}