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Sonic Anchor#19 Looping Taiwan Looping
This issue of Sonic Anchor brings you two of the most intriguing representatives of Taiwanese noise scene – Dino and Zhang You-sheng. Dino is a central figure of the so-called “second noise wave” movement, a group of sound artists in Taipei who ushered in a new era of analog noise experiments. Zhang You-sheng is one-half of the legendary Kandala label – one of the most influential independent noise labels in Taiwan. You-sheng’s collaborative project Minkoku Hyakunen was recently awarded an honorary mention at the digital music and sound art category of Prix Ars Electronica. In this edition of Sonic Anchor, the two will play a double set that explores the many intricacies of “no-input improvisation” – a technique that exploits extremely minimal analog setups to creative ends, generating a rich array of circuitry sounds by frantically looping mixer noises and microphone feedbacks.