Pohjari 1 – 31

by Roy Boswell

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1.
pohjari 1 for noora p. 00:50
2.
pohjari 2 for samuel m. 01:00
3.
pohjari 3 for seidi g. 01:04
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pohjari 4 for tuukka h. 02:04
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pohjari 5 for jenny p. 00:58
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pohjari 6 for stephan s. 01:02
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pohjari 7 for e. p. 01:50
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pohjari 8 for sophie s. 01:00
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pohjari 9 for joel k. 01:07
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pohjari 10 for j.p. j. 01:20
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pohjari 11 for lauri h. 01:02
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pohjari 12 for julien p. 00:59
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pohjari 13 for minerva j. 01:00
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pohjari 14 for lina j. 01:28
15.
pohjari 15 for emmi v. 01:01
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pohjari 16 for anni a. 01:07
17.
pohjari 17 for jojo e. 00:59
18.
pohjari 18 for emily b. 01:06
19.
pohjari 19 for liisa k. 01:04
20.
pohjari 20 for miki b. 01:00
21.
pohjari 21 for teemu i. 01:08
22.
pohjari 22 for anikó k. 01:12
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pohjari 23 for joona m. 01:08
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pohjari 24 for lassi t. 01:01
25.
pohjari 25 for julian p. 01:00
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pohjari 26 for tara m. 01:00
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pohjari 27 for anna k. 01:00
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pohjari 28 for juho g. 01:46
29.
pohjari 29 for janne n. 01:05
30.
pohjari 30 for marianne m. 01:00
31.
pohjari 31 for timjam u. 01:02

about

Recorded direct to tape October – December 2012 at my then-home at Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 19 C 31, Helsinki.

31 small sound pieces dedicated to 31 artists, musicians and friends that lived at or visited the apartment during the first 31 weeks I had been there at the time of recording.

The recordings document interactions with domestic sounds, and the acoustic physical dimensions of the spaces through simple ambient recordings of the rooms, close-ups of windows and objects, and a few short sketches of music that I was working on at the time.


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credits

released January 29, 2013

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Technical information

Live to tape, single take
edited down to 1 ~ 2 minutes per track

Instruments:
piano ~ ~ (prepared)
guitar
violin
musical saw
casio vl-tone
yamaha portasound
lute and 'cello bow

Objects:
lightbulbs
sandpaper
aluminum foil
vase with dry reeds
plastic toy with bells
turntable
keys
plastic sheeting
empty packet of cigarettes

Speakers:
stereo setup in bedroom
for monitoring

Microphones:
akg contact
shure boom
roland built-in stereo
home-made dynamic


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Pohjari 1 - 31

1 furniture, game and feedback
2 electric guitar and tremolo
3 acoustic guitar, bowed lute*
4 piano
5 casio vl-tone, yamaha portasound
6 plastic toy with bells
7 acoustic guitar and voice
8 piano and listening
9 empty living room, halogen lightbulb
10 inside the fridge
11 turntable, metal, keys
12 acoustic guitar, bowed lute*
13 turntable, sandpaper
14 electric guitar, tremolo, loop pedal
15 piano and open window
16 open window, plastic sheeting in the wind
17 electric guitar, tremolo, loop pedal
18 piano and empty packet of cigarettes
19 vase with reeds and loop pedal
20 wooden floor, electric guitar and tremolo
21 washing machine and acoustic guitar
22 casio vl-tone, yamaha portasound, breathing
23 people on the stairs, in the living room
24 acoustic guitar, turntable and aluminum foil
25 piano and talking
26 electric guitar, tremolo, loop pedal
27 acoustic guitar
28 between the windowpanes in the bedroom
29 piano and loop pedal
30 voices in skype call, bedroom
31 electric guitar and tremolo, (where the tape runs out)

*bowed lute played by noora palotie

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Roy Boswell Helsinki, Finland

Roy Boswell is a Helsinki-based artist who works with the possibilities of (imaginary) sound and music having a space in sculpture, and the sculptural aspects of music.

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