The Hum in the Room (mix) [2009, Peter van Cooten, 60:00]

“The Hum in the Room” the final part of the three-part mix dedicated to … the hum in your room!

The buzz that you suddenly notice, that appears to have been there forever but unnoticed – until this moment.

The sound that will be there forever from now.

The hum that appears to come from the inside of your head, and that keeps changing when you turn your head or walk through the room.

The noise that can irritate as well as fascinate.

Or, to quote John Cage from a 1937 lecture: “Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating. The sound of a truck at 50 m.p.h. Static between the stations. Rain. We want to capture and control these sounds, to use them, not as sound effects, but as musical instruments. “

The other parts of this ‘trilogy’ (created in 2005) are “The Mantra of Walls and Wiring” and “Acoustical Illusions” (both posted earlier). Together, these three mixes are the most ‘minimal’ but in my opinion also the most intense ones I created. The title is of course also from the Philip Glass/Paul Simon song feature

PLAYLIST:

Ryoji Ikeda – Matrix (for Rooms)

Matrix , 2001, Touch TO:44

Ryoji Ikeda – 1011111111

Matrix , 2001, Touch TO:44

Akira Rabelais – Notturno (2)

Eisotrophobia, 2001, Ritornell

Brannan Lane – Zone One

Hypnotic Drift, 2003, Sampler CD

Disinformation – National Grid

New Forms, Contemporary Electronic Music in the Context of Art, 2000, Galerie Fuer Zeitgenoessische Kunst Leipzig

Robert Henke – Signal to Noise 1

Signal to noise, 2004, Kompakt ICM 05

Alp – Fax Machine – Toilet Plumbing

At home with Alp, 1999, Soleilmoon 01863

Tamia / Pierre Favre – Solitude

Solitudes, 1992, ECM 1442

Brannan Lane – Mesosphere (part 1)

Troposphere, soundtrack for your head, 2000, World Circle Records, WCD804CD

Oöphoi – Cydron

The dreaming of Shells, 2003, Mystery Sea

Albrecht Kunze – Motion Control

Maschinelle Strategeme, 2000, Ritornell, RIT010

Biosphere – Modifié

Autour de La Lune, 2004, Touch TO:62

Edgar Varese – Poem Electronique

Ohm, the Electric Gurus of Electronic Music 2000, Ellipsis CD3270

Joyi Yuasa – Projection Esemplastic for White Noise

Ohm, the Electric Gurus of Electronic Music 2000, Ellipsis CD3270

Alp – Disk Drive Kettle Washing Machine

At home with Alp, 1999, Soleilmoon 01863

Matthew Florianz – Erik + Matthew -1

unreleased

Michel Redolfi – Desert Tracks – Mojave Desert

Desert tracks, 1988, Ina GRM, INA_C 1005

E-Hum 1 – private collection

Arvo Pärt – Solfeggio

De Profundis, 1997, Harmonia Mundi, HMU 907182

David Shea – Elegy

The Tower of Mirrors, 1996 Sub Rosa SR94

Food Mixer – private collection

Alan Howarth – Sailing Ships Creaks

Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, Gnp crescendo 8054

Thomas Köner – Tu, Sempre

Zyklop, 2003, Mille Plateaux MP118

Thomas Köner – Les Soeurs Lumiere

Unerforschtes Gebiet, 2003, Die Stadt, DS56

Alan Howarth – Ships Interior

Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, Gnp crescendo 8054

Thomas Köner – Nuuk (Night)

Nuuk, 1997-2004 Mille Plateaux Media MPM 03

Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft – Voices

Out Here in there, 2002 Jazzland 017 368-2 Cas de Marez – Sens (fragment)

PEMCD, unreleased

Matthew Florianz – Elementen

unreleased, 2003

Biosphere – Thermal Motion

Shenzhou, 2002, Touch TO:55

Pauline Oliveros, Panaiotis, Dempster – Ione

Deep Listening, 1989, New Albion, NA 022

Tetsu Inoue – Magnetic Field

Ambiant Otaku, 1994, Fax, PS08/43

David Kwan – +/- IV

Storm of Drones, 1996, Asphodel 966

Tibor Szemzo – Tractatus

Tractatus, 1991 – 1995, 1995, LeoRecords LR 227

Moljebka Pvlse – Jiken

Evolved as One, a collection of Emotional Ambient-Drones, 2003, Evolved as One, EVOL 01

Sleep Research Facility – Back to the Egg

Dead Weather Machine – re:Heat, 2004, manifold MANCD043

Kettel – Electrician and Adventurer

Volleyed Iron, 2004, U Cover, 018

Thomas Gerwin – Air

Wattenmeer Suite, 1996, IAP 011

Quiet American – Night

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