Do you even archive? is a regular column where we’ll talk to labels and artists about their archiving, cataloguing and preservation practices. In this edition of Do you even archive? we spoke to one of Amsterdam’s most ubiquitous and exciting DJs, Femke Dekker aka Loma Doom. The ubiquity is well earned. With over a decade …
Do you even archive? is a regular column where we’ll talk to labels and artists about their archiving, cataloguing and preservation practices. For this edition of Do you even archive? we spoke with Dutch DJ and producer Boris Bunnik. Based in Rotterdam, Bunnik has been active for over a decade since his first release in …
You hear them every day. They’re a signal that you might choose to ignore, except when you’re running late. Church bells amplify across nearly town in The Netherlands but have you ever considered their sonic potential? Join us for a workshop on November 30th as part of RE:VIVE and Rewire Resonance program, to get hands …
On November 10, _underscore_ returns for its 3rd installment with three live debuts of new film scores for archival films from Animistic Beliefs, Martijn Comes and Wanderwelle. _underscore is a collaboration between RE:VIVE, Eye Filmmuseum, and The Rest is Noise where contemporary electronic musicians are invited to compose and revive archival films from Eye and The Netherlands Institute …
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You could argue Europe’s longest-serving and most awe-inspiring music venue is the church. For almost two millennia, astounding and technically innovative musical performances have been staged in churches using one of the most complex instruments in the world, the organ, and one of the most universal, the voice. The carillon, or church bell, completes the …
Last July, RE:VIVE and seminal Rotterdam label, MORD Records teamed up for a new conceptual release that turned archival sounds of Rotterdam into a sonic map of the city’s history and iconic landscape. The release features 14 new tracks composed solely out of archival field recordings of Rotterdam from the Netherlands Institute for Sound and …
For the 3rd year in a row, Dekmantel and The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision’s RE:VIVE initiative have teamed up to invite four artists to bring fresh music to Dutch archival films. This edition will feature new scores from Safe Tripper Max Abysmal, 80s pastiche, keyboard wizard duo Lamellen, The Hague based contemporary composer …
Last year, we got together with Dekmantel for the second time, inviting four local artists to breathe new life into four archival films from the Sound and Vision and EYE Filmmuseum archives. Jordan GCZ, Suzanne Kraft, Parrish Smith and upsammy were all assigned short animated films dating back to 1921. The films and their new …
RE:VIVE has a history of liking it heavy. From Lakker’s Struggle & Emerge to the blistering techno appearing on our V/A – 010 compilation, sometimes the archival field recordings just lend themselves to blowing up a mix with blaring horns and sirens. For our Gabber Gabber Hey! Workshop at WORM in May 2019, we wanted …
For this sample pack we dig into the Allan Hancock Foundation Collection housed at the University of Southern California. George Allan Hancock was an oil baron in California which gave him plenty of wealth to donate to the University of Southern California where the Allan Hancock Foundation was formed in 1931. Keen on the cello, …