For the past 5 years, RE:VIVE has been curating sample packs. Full disclosure, when we started, we didn’t really know what we were doing. We just picked sounds based on themes, not always considering their musical or sonic qualities. But as we’ve worked with more and more artists, we’ve learned what makes sounds interesting and …
Spring is here and with it comes rain and storms (and a global pandemic). Some moody sounds for these moody times, we’ve put together a small sample pack of archival field recordings of rain and thunder. Lay them low in the mix for ambience and fluttery highs, isolate a thunder clap and…turn it into a …
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 …
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, …
As part of our new project with L.I.E.S. and Bunker Records affiliate and all around genius engineer / reviver, Antenes we’re continuing the exploration of Morse Code and telegraphy as a means for inspiration and innovation in electronic music. At Rewire 2018, Antenes will debut her new RE:VIVE commission Telegraph Music which celebrates the intersection …
For the third year in a row, RE:VIVE and Rewire will collaborate on a world premiere. This year we’ve invited Antenes (Lori Napoleon) to expand her unique modular rig of rewired communication switchboards. She will present the world premiere of Telegraph Music, a unique live performance that explores the intertwined histories of electronic music and …
It’s no shocker that RE:VIVE is very envious of the British Library Sound Archive. With over 3.5 million hours of recorded wildlife field recordings, spoken word and music from every corner of the globe, the wealth of treasures held in those depots is beyond fathomable. This Sample Pack is just a fraction of what the …
The best part of digging through massive digital archives is serendipity. Going in blind, throwing search terms at algorithms and seeing how far down the rabbit hole you can go. A platform like Europeana is perfect for that. It holds about 55 million digital objects from all over Europe; you can spend ages browsing it. …
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At Rewire 2017 RE:VIVE teamed up with producer HOEK (Casmir Geelhoed) and visual artist Dieter Vandoren for a special performance that dug deep into the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision archive culminating in a disarming performance blurring lines between found and stylized sounds. We also joined up with our friends at SAE Institute Amsterdam …