Alarming

Lin Culbertson

Origin: Static Issue 06
Content: Audio

MP3: Alarming

Alarm: a warning of danger, a signal of fear. We are constantly bombarded by the sounds of alarms with such frequency on a daily basis, that we become immune to their intended urgency. They become just part of the sonic fabric of everyday life. Alarming recontextualizes these sounds that we have come to take for granted. A kind of polytonal symphony of source sound emerges that ranges from the private sonority of household appliances to the public din of horns and sirens. These ostensibly ordinary noises meld together to create a singular cacophony whose rhythmic repetitions overlap into a pulsing throb of reverberations.

Contributor:

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Lin Culbertson became immersed in the Downtown New York City experimental music scene after completing a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Wisconsin. She is a founding member of the collective White Out and has performed and recorded with a wide range of collaborating artists including Nels Cline, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, William Winant, and DJ Olive to name a few. White Out has released three albums to date, and recently appeared at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead, England and the Festival Nuit D'hiver in Marseille, France. Lin's most current compositions were included in the Aqua Sound Broadcast (2005 Miami/Basel Art Fair), and the Sonic Channels, and Transfiguration concerts (curated by Melissa Grey of the New School for Social Research).

Associated Links:
www.whiteoutinc.com
www.linculbertson.net