Announcing the launch of <earshot>, an experimental software application
for exploring, navigating and composing sound on the world wide web.

Launch party event at Backspace, Winchester Wharf, Clink St., London SE1.
Friday September 10th 8pm till late.

Listen to live streamed <earshot> mixes from the launch party and download
your free copy of <earshot>
<http://www.deepdisc.com/earshot>.

YOU HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY
<earshot> is a free software that enables you to create endless mixes of
the web's acoustic spaces.

NEW MUSICAL FORMS
<earshot> trawls through the web searching for audio files and streams
which the user can play with and manipulate. <earshot> also generates its
own rhythms by translating web site HTML code into percussive sequences
that trigger pre-defined sounds, with new sounds loaded in an instant.

THE LISTENER AS OPERATOR
<earshot> transforms the web into a vast sound machine. <earshot> can crawl
the web by following links between sites, exploring the web as an acoustic
space full of unexpected discoveries and chance encounters. It pushes
further the practise of sampling, processing and mixing sound which has
become central to various strands of contemporary musical production.

SONIC WEAPON
<earshot> turns the web into the world's biggest sample library; when a web
site address is entered into it <earshot> will go to that site and retrieve
the audio files and streams it finds.

THE GENERAL INTELLECT
<earshot> reveals how the web is under constant construction; a space which
can be endlessly remixed, where every sound path that <earshot> creates is
both a unique performance and composition. <earshot> plugs into the
collective intelligence that forms the net.

MAKE SOME FUCKIN' NOISE
<earshot> is released with a browser construction kit, a platform for
people to add to, experiment with and build their own software. <earshot>
workshops will explore this and other technical aspects of the project.

<earshot> by Andi Freeman and Jason Skeet
Free from: <http://www.deepdisc.com/earshot>
email:earshot@xxxxxxxxxxxx

<earshot> is a standalone Java application that runs on MacOS 8 and windows
95 or better
<earshot> requires quicktime 4
(available for free from www.apple.com/quicktime)

Also available for free download from the <earshot> web site:
DIY browser construction kit, audio samples, <earshot> R+D software -
plus free subscription to the <earshot> electronic mailing list.








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