The intention of this web space is to document my artistic endeavours in music, art and related subjects. http://www.sofieloizou.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:37:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.sofieloizou.com/content/view/146/26/ RADICAL NATURE RECORDS (http://radicalnature.net) is a brand new Australian initiative aiming at breaking the mould of the average record label to create works that focus upon music releases as objects of artistic, musical and aesthetic beauty. As many record labels move to create their main income stream within digital downloads, we would like to take a step backwards and, at the same time, forwards, to offer music as a piece of limited edition art. Something that is so beautifully produced, you would want to hang it on your wall, as well as play it on your turntable. Our aim is to ensure the artistic vision survives the culling process of economic viability. After all not all music is produced entirely with the aim of making money. This is why we are sure you will appreciate the effort our artists put into these limited edition releases, ones that could be considered works of art as well as works of music. We also support the creative use of our output and encourage our artists to give away sound samples on Freesound (http://www.freesound.org/), and for other like-minded creatives to sample the works in the form of musical quotation. We believe that music lovers, like art lovers, will find their own unique method that will help ensure the artist can continue to make new works, be it philanthropically or through their purchase of the works. News - General Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:12:44 +0100 http://www.sofieloizou.com/content/view/144/26/ CDR is a unique underground music event that invites producers, musicians and appreciators of futuristic sounds together to hear unreleased music on a big soundsystem. All are welcome, but if you are also a maker of music, then we invite you to be part of this special CDR Session at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Friday June 5th, 2009 as part of Burnt Progress (http://www.burntprogress.com), headed by London creative catalyst, Tony Nwachukwu. The Sydney chapter of this worldwide movement began in 2006 by local music lovers Lorna Clarkson, Mark Pritchard, Simon Hindle and Sofie Loizou. CDR Sydney is growing steadily into a regular meeting space for underground music enthusiasts to hear everything from dubstep to techno, folk to indie and soul to reggae. TO MAKE YOUR MUSIC PART OF THIS EVENT: all you need to do is drop a cdr burn of your unreleased track into the CDR BOX @ The MCA by 8:30pm, Friday June 5th. Stickers will be provided for you to write your artist name, track name and contact details. News - Events Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:11:23 +0100 http://www.sofieloizou.com/content/view/143/26/ I first became interested in creating a brain controlled musical instrument after meeting Scott Eggert in late 2007. Scott has extensive experience in this area in the past -- we both imagined that a brain interface like this would be fun and extremely useful as a controller for audio platforms. We then started a plan to create a system that accepts can input information from Pure data to Ableton Live. News - General Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:27:11 +0100 http://www.sofieloizou.com/content/view/142/26/ If you haven't already, please point your cursor at chasingthetangent.com (http://chasingthetangent.com) to subscribe to my new fandangled podcast website. It's kinda like my old shows but with an emphasis on uncovering the finest local and international music ranging from electronica to jazz, techno, disco, dub, ambient, experimental and lots of stuff i don't think has been classified yet. There's plenty of brand new unreleased music and exclusives from around the world. Its all good and it's served up as a fortnightly journey via RSS for your listening pleasure. After that, head over to straightup.com.au (http://straightup.com.au) where you can find Chasing the Tangent, and a bunch of other brilliant podcasts to keep your hungry ears satisfied. News - General Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:23:03 +0100 http://www.sofieloizou.com/content/view/141/21/ A piece I wrote for a theatre performance called "The Gleaners". It was performed on analogue cassette at the CarriageWorks night time #2 program in Sydney, July 2007. download TheGleaners.mp3 (http://www.media.sofieloizou.com/music/TheGleaners.mp3) Music - General Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:15:41 +0100 http://www.sofieloizou.com/content/view/110/26/ The Shimmer (currently in Prototype 1 phase)is a remotely operated instrument used for creating percussive and semi-pitched metallic shimmering tones and textures using mechanical hammers that are capable of rate and depth variation, and a midi controller. It is also a self contained sound installation instrument, with the ability to play without the aid of a computer, or live human control. Prototype 2 will also perform as a concert instrument by using microphones in each bowl to amplify, alter and create additional artificial sound worlds. see more photos of prototype 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/missmemory/tags/shimmer/) News - General Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:06:19 +0100