Open Sound Group releases free, high quality recordings in the genres of sound art, experimental music, improvisation, field recordings, noise and ambient music. The focus of the label is to act as an archive for recordings from OSG events and collaborations between artists associated with the events. Additional releases have a wider scope, from artists, musicians and composers who share the ideals of OSG.
Open Sound Group is a project established and run by sound and visual artist Graham Dunning, comprising a series of events and a netlabel.
Each Open Sound Group event is an opportunity for artists working in sound, musicians and composers, to meet in an informal setting, share ideas and techniques, and improvise or otherwise collaborate together. Working as open workshops the events’ schedules are formed and changed as the days unfold, allowing all participants to test out their new ideas and participate in others’. The focus is on experimentation and play without the pressure of specific targets; the results are documented on the OSG blog and recordings released through this netlabel.
RELEASES - listed in reverse chronological order
Feb 2012: Graham Dunning - Recompiled 2010 - 2011
Selection of drone, improv, field recording and found sound tracks from exhibitions, radio sessions and compilations by artist Graham Dunning.
Jan 2012: Womb - My Meat is Bigger Than Yours, Live in London
Live doom drone and improv expression from the Manchester based women's collective.
Nov 2011: Damo Suzuki and God Don't Like It Ensemble - Live at Cafe Oto
Live performance from the legendary vocalist with improvising eight-piece band.
Sep 2011: Open Sound Group - Warehouse One
Improvised recordings from second OSG open workshop with twelve performers.
Aug 2011: Asteroid - Koronis
Live recording of improvised sci-fi drone and noise.
May 2011: Mr.Underwood - Sounds of a Dying Library
Recordings from artist, composer and inventor, Mr.Underwood, recorded in the early hours of the morning in Birmingham Central Library.
Mar 2011: James Alaska and Graham Dunning - Contenmer
Improvised ambient drone from musician-composer James Alaska and artist Graham Dunning, recorded March 2010.
Feb 2011: Open Sound Group - Live From the Fire Room
Improvised recordings from a two day open workshop at The Rea Garden and The Lombard Method, Birmingham, in August 2010.
Feb 2011: Graham Dunning - Three Artefacts
Recordings from the artist's 2010 installation of the same name.
Jan 2011: Graham Dunning - A Bubble of Dove's Blood
Archived 2009 release of found sound, ambient and rhythmical excursions and complex textures.
For more information please contact Graham Dunning through his website, grahamdunning.com.
