Golden Noises: Explorations on Sound

August 14, 2009
Durian Bar, Madrazo Compound, Davao City Philippines

DABAWENYOS will experience a new sound trip on August 14 at the Durian Bar, Madrazo Compound with the multi-media event Golden Noises: Explorations on Sound.

Golden Noises is a back-to-back sound art show and workshop from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (workshop) and 8 p.m. (show) offered by Japan-based and Manila-based sound artists Toshiyuki Seido and Erick Calilan, and Davao-based electronic musician Chuck Fournier.


The Golden Noises workshop will be open to the public with free registration while tickets priced at P30 will be sold for the show.

The workshop and show will aim to open the participants/audience's ears, minds and bodies to new sound frontiers and new approaches in sound and music-making and move them to create new sound environments.

It also aims to foster new directions for music-making in the local music scene.

The Golden Noises workshop will be facilitated by Seido, Calilan, and Fournier. The outputs of the workshop participants as well as Seido, Calilan, and Fournier's varied experimentations and explorations on sound will be showcased in the show.

Toshiyuki Seido has been a sound artist for more than 20 years and has performed in various local and international exhibits and shows, most recently in Kaida Gallery, Manila with fellow sound artist and collaborator Lirio Salvador to release their multi-media work (also in collaboration with visual artist and sculptor Noell El Farol and photographer Koji Onaka) entitled "ManilaBox", a collection of sounds and images of Manila.

In 2008, he founded the label "New Art Laboratory," which aims to produce sound and performance works in the Philippines.

Calilan often performs under the name Ugong, a sound art outfit utilizing home-made circuit-bent sound devices created from toy keyboards, walkie-talkie and other low voltage electronic devices. He is based in Dasmariñas, Cavite.

Primarily a guitarist and a composer in the 90s Manila rock scene, Chuck Fournier explored electronic music before his move to Davao in 2004. He has won an award for his techno-tribal piece featuring synthesizers and traditional ethnic instruments, along with Manobo lyrics entitled "Life's Circle (Gahad To Ko-ontayan)" in the Tugtog World Music Festival in Davao City, sponsored by The Davao Tourism Authority. Fournier continues to stretch his musical boundaries in exploring sound and music.

The events are sponsored by Genzai Boardinghouse, MIX FM, Hippie Store, Patria Montemayor, and Vicky Canilao and daughters.

For more inquiries and for ticket purchase, please contact project coordinator Angely Chi at 0908-768-7121. (PR)