Rik Rue | Alias Frequencies

Radio Metamix

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Five of Australia’s leading sound artists interpret the idea of remix for radio.

Lloyd Barrett remixes dreams, nightmares and talkback radio
Lucas Darklord remixes the culture of Black Metal
Buttress O’Kneel remixes her favourite remixers, including Negativland, John Oswald and Coldcut
Rik Rue remixes his own history of remixing
Shannon O’Neill remixes all of the above.

Radio Metamix was broadcast on ABC Radio National’s The Night Air on July 1, 2007, as part of the Liquid Architecture festival.

Rik Rue - Voice Capades

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Vocal fragments in loops and rhythms. A study in wordless vocal dislocations.

For Rik Rue, environmental sounds have always provided abstract and subconscious pleasure and an inner understanding of the physical. Since the early 1980’s, he has been involved in composing with environmental and found sounds. Utilising analogue and digital technology in a variety of recording techniques through a wide range of natural settings from Bushland to urban areas, he transforms these recordings into soundscapes that have eventuated into radiophonic works, sound installation compositions and live performances. Rik Rue also uses ‘live tape’ and digital manipulations in various performance projects with Jon Rose, Mind/Body/Split, Social Interiors and as a member of the contemporary Australian music group, Machine For Making Sense, where he uses sampling and the recording medium itself as an instrument.