This month Red Bull Music Academy has launched Shattered Streams, an experimental digital series/site that deconstructs modern listening habits. RBMA has this to say about the project:
“Inspired equally by the fleeting ecstasy of William Basinskis’ The Disintegration Loops and the modern emphasis on streaming-centric platforms conforming to listeners usage and fidelity needs, Shattered Streams presents degradation of both audio and visuals to create an immersive yet ultimately finite listening experience. As users navigate to the site, they will have the option to set different lengths of degradation, ranging from five minutes to the full 24-hour period, with different permutations available. Each track is accompanied by animated visuals that also degrade over the course of the selected session duration”.
Today’s stream features Basinski himself, and will follow-up tomorrow with Fatima Al Qadiri, as well as Eluvium and patten later in the week. Also, look for artists like Hieroglyphic Being, Wolf Eyes, and Oren Ambarchi this month. You can check out a full list of daily servings below…
Shattered Streams Featured Artists:
May 01 – Anenon
May 02 – William Basinski
May 03 – Fatima Al Qadiri
May 04 – Eluvium
May 05 – patten
May 06 – Joey Anderson (#RBMANYC-May 7 @ The Bunker x Dekmantel)
May 07 – Claude Speeed
May 08 – White Visitation
May 09 – Fennesz
May 10 – Klara Lewis
May 11 – Beatrice Dillon
May 12 – Zebra Katz
May 13 – Aurora Halal (#RBMANYC-May 14 @ Technopolis)
May 14 – EVOL
May 15 – Jefre-Cantu Ledesma
May 16 – M. Geddes Gengras
May 17 – Mumdance
May 18 – Kuedo
May 19 – Sepalcure
May 20 – Nkisi (#RBMANYC-May 20 @ NON: Legacy Systems & Inter-Zone: NON vs N.A.A.F.I.)
May 21 – Oren Ambarchi
May 22 – $3.33 / Celia Hollander
May 23 – Egyptrixx
May 24 – John Roberts
May 25 – Wolf Eyes
May 26 – Tin Man
May 27 – Hieroglyphic Being
May 28 – Kara-Lis Coverdale
May 29 – Ipek Gorgun
May 30 – Aisha Devi
May 31 – Lesley Flanigan