Reality and Secrets no. 2 is an electroacoustic composition by Natasha Barrett created for playback from an ambisonics system. The work is commissioned by NOTAM with support from the Norwegian Composers’ Fund, and will be premiered at the symposium Technology and Aesthetics on May 26, 2011. Our everyday world is a hive of interesting spatial information. In acousmatic music we often use acoustic source material, recorded with various microphone techniques, capturing a specific spatial... read more

The installation Muliot was part of NOTAM’s sound art exhibition Absorption and Resonance, which opened November 20, 2008. Muliot was exhibited between December 14, 2008 and January 25, 2009. With the title Muliot, Askefoss shows us some of his references: Muoyce by John Cage, and the poem The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot. The sound in Muliot consists of recorded texts from this modern classic, which was published by T.S. Eliot in 1922, after many years of work. Eliot’s poem is... read more

al Khowarizmis mechanical orchestra is the title of an installation by Christian Blom’s, which is commissioned by NOTAM. It is a “mini orchestra” that is controlled from a computer via electrical impulses and mechanical parts. The work was premiered in December 2008. As a further development, Blom is planning to add strings and a small wind instrument to the orchestra. The work was realized with support from the Arts Council Norway. URL Video of the... read more

Baobab register is an electroacoustic work commisioned by NOTAM that was premiered December 8, 2008 as part of the «Kick-off»-festival for Electric Audio Unit at Det Åpne Teater in Oslo. The piece is based on recorded material by clarinet player Hans Christian Bræin. The baobab tree can grow to be massive and complex, and it could be difficult to determine what is up and down on the tree. The fact that they are bottom-heavy, however, is beyond dispute. Baobabs can become extremely old,... read more

Trade Winds by Natasha Barrett is a 52-minute electroacoustic composition inspired by the vast expanse of the ocean. Barrett unleashes the musical potential of acoustic recordings from a 100-year-old sailing ship, interviews from a retired Norwegian captain and recordings from above and within harbor, shore and open oceans around the world. The music takes the listener on a journey from culture into nature, through storm, fables, ugliness and beauty in a way unheard before. From a... read more