SIRR RECORDS LABEL NIGHT ::::: > title: Signal-to-Dust April 23, 2006

Paulo Raposo (Lisbon, PT)
[ www.sirr-ecords.com/pauloraposo ]
Derek Holzer and Sara Kolster (USA/NL)
[ www.umatic.nl ]
Kurt ak / ctrlaltdlt (USA)
[ www.notenuf.net ]

::::: > instrument(s)

Kurt Ak: Computer, clarinet, radio waves
Derek Holzer: Manipulated field recordings & digital synthesis
Sara Kolster: Medium-format photography & video processing
Paulo Raposo: Field-recordings, computer

::::: > small bio(s)

Paulo Raposo is a composer, artist and publisher (Sirr) from Lisbon,
Portugal, who explores inter-relationships and displacements between
digital
process and architectural spaces, using computer and custom-built
software
to create abstract and delicate soundscapes. Paulo Raposo music is
published
on labels as Sirr, Crónica and Grainofsound.

Kurt Korthals eventually landed in Berlin after being raised in the
Alaskan wilderness, and later educated in the heart of Texas. His music
is a result of decades of avoiding fishing and rednecks. Kurt has
released on such labels as U-Cover Belgium, O-Parts Japan, Notenuf USA
and more.

Sara Kolster is a visual artist with a background in design. Her
photographic, video and film works capture details from urban locations
and visualize the fragments of stories found in these environments. She
uses different strategies, from time-based media (video, film,
photography) to appropriated research methods belonging to different
observational disciplines (journalism, documentary & archeology).

Derek Holzer's work focuses on capturing and transforming small,
unnoticed sounds from various natural and urban locations, networked
collaboration strategies, experiments in improvisational sound and on
the use of free software such as Pure-Data. He has released tracks under

the Sirr, and/OAR and Gruenrekorder labels.