NEW -- The Door CD

Please read the following information, but the new bottom line is the CD of the project is now available only for money. The CD is 78mins long and comes with a 24 page booklet giving notes on the pieces and biographies of the composers. On addition to the concert program below (minus the live performances) there are works by Malte Steiner, John ffitch, Scott Smallwood, Cem Akkan, Hanns Holger Rutz, Alessandro Fogar, Phil Mantione, Alvaro Herra Zacarias and Jeronimo Rajchenberg. Full details should be on Alta Sounds web page, but in case the current difficulty continues the basic information is...

Purchasing the CD

This CD is available for sale from Codemist Ltd for about $17.50 (actually Ł12, including delivery to USA and non-Europe), Ł13 (delivery to Europe and including VAT), or Ł12 (for delivery in UK, including VAT).

Payment by credit card is preferred.

The Door Project

Anyone (male) who attended the ICMC'2000 meeting in Berlin could not have failed to notice the noise made by the door into the Gentlemen's toilet in the Sate Library complex. Inspired by that sound, and also the comments on integrating art and technology within ICMC, we present the following challenge. Based on this WAV sample or this AIFF sample create a musical work. Note: The samples are the same apart from format.

Detailed Rules

Absolute maximum of 4 mins duration, preferable shorter, as it will allow more pieces to be played;
The sample or part of the sample must be the only source material;
Composers must be willing to write or present a technical statement of what they did to create the piece;
Anyone may enter, even if they did not hear the door in question.

Address for Submissions

John ffitch (Door Project)
Codemist Ltd
"Alta", Horsecombe Vale
Combe Down
Bath, BA2 5QR
England

Acknowledgements

This project was inspired mainly by The Door, but also was encouraged by a number of people, not all of whom knew they were involved. In particular: Marc-Laurent Aird, Carola Boehm, Michael Clarke, Archer Endrich, Simon Kunath, Joel Laird, Eric Lyon, Peter Manning, Bonnie Miksch, Douglas Nunn, Chris Penrose, and Derek Pierce, together with some others whose names I cannot recall; and a special thank you to the recording engineer, Jörg Spix.

The Concert in La Habana

22 September 2001 @ 12 noon, Caturla Hall, Roldan Theater

The Door Opens John ffitch & Jörg Spix

The Door Study (3:58) Stelios Giannoulakis (Greece)

Machine Age (1:55) Cath Woodman (U.K.)

The Door Has Yellow Handles (2:48) Peter Castine (U.S.A)

Behind the Green Door II Live Improvisation Richard Boulanger (U.S.A)

Knock and the Door Shall Be Opened (4:00) Gary DiBenedetto (U.S.A)

Even if they did not hear the Door (1:02) Anonymous (probably U.K.)

Door Vinaigrettes (2:55) Johanna C. Devaney (Canada)

TanzMechanisch (3:14) John ffitch (U.K.)

Voi ch' intrate (4:00) Juan Maria Solare (Argentina)

PAUSE

Secret Men's Musik! (0:52) Stephen Barrass (Australia)

The Gate (2:24) Henri Penttinen (Finland)

Industry (3:50) Beatsystem (U.K.)

Open and Shut Case Live Improvisation Amar Chaudhary (U.S.A)

Durchschnitt (3:52) Grant Chu Covell (U.S.A)

Componiendo la puerta (2:22) Carlos Lopez Charles (Mexico)

Portalis (3:25) José Mataloni (Argentina)

John's Door (door to the john) (3:58) Michael Rhoades (U.S.A)

Gateless Gate (4:00) Dajuin Yao (U.S.A)

The Door Closes John ffitch & Jöorg Spix


The Door Opens		John ffitch & Jörg Spix
The Door Study	(3:58)	Stelios Giannoulakis (Greece)
Machine Age	(1:55)	Cath Woodman (U.K.)
The Door Has Yellow Handles	(2:48)	Peter Castine (U.S.A)

Behind the Green Door II	Live Improvisation	Richard Boulanger (U.S.A)

Knock and the Door Shall Be Opened	(4:00)	Gary DiBenedetto (U.S.A)
Even if they did not hear the Door	(1:02)	Anonymous (probably U.K.)
Door Vinaigrettes	(2:55)	Johanna C. Devaney (Canada)

TanzMechanisch	(3:14)	John ffitch (U.K.)
Voi ch' intrate	(4:00)	Juan Maria Solare (Argentina)

PAUSE

Secret Men's Musik!	(0:52)	Stephen Barrass (Australia)
The Gate	(2:24)	Henri Penttinen (Finland)
Industry	(3:50)	Beatsystem (U.K.)

Open and Shut Case	Live Improvisation	Amar Chaudhary (U.S.A)

Durchschnitt	(3:52)	Grant Chu Covell (U.S.A)
Componiendo la puerta	(2:22)	Carlos Lopez Charles (Mexico)
Portalis	(3:25)	José Mataloni (Argentina)

John's Door (door to the john)	(3:58)	Michael Rhoades (U.S.A)
Gateless Gate	(4:00)	Dajuin Yao (U.S.A)

The Door Closes		John ffitch & Jöorg Spix

This project is now closed:

John ffitch
Media Technology Research Centre
University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY
England

Last modified: Sun Apr 6 18:18:26 BST 2003