The Big City

For the last couple of days I’ve been installing a soundtrack I wrote, Signalnet, for a performance of the Stan’s Cafe show Of All The People In All The World. It’s in a theatre, more like a giant arts centre, in Angers which is a small city in The Loire Valley in France. Le Quai opened just a few weeks ago and it is beautifully designed and a pleasure to work in. Their web site is nearly as clumsily designed as the theatre is elegant, and I’ve heard that the backstage offices aren’t big enough but it is still an extremely impressive venue.
This soundtrack is usually pre-recorded, played from a ten hour 5-channel DVD. The reason I’ve come out is that we’re trying a new experiment with this installation. Much of the communication between the performers during the show is being recorded, uploaded and added to an RSS feed which you can listen to virtually in real time. I have never heard of anyone trying this before and so far it is working perfectly. Yesterday evening we had a preview performance for invited guests, today we open to the public at 1330 GMT. There a site at www.radiorice.com with links to the feed and information about it plus a player you can download. Have a listen, let me know what you think.