Artist description Mannlicher Carcano are an audio art collective active in performance, radio art, sound sculpture and installation, alternative production and distribution networks, and recording.

Music Style Experimental - improvisational audio collage

Musical Influences Burton Cummings, Nihilist Spasm Band, Luigi Russolo's brother, Yo Ma Ma

Similar Artists Throbbing Gristle, Nurse With Wound, early Cabaret Voltaire, Shockabilly,ourselves

Artist History Mannlicher Carcano have been performing and recording together since 1986. Their live peformances have clocked in at over 87 hours, and they have been doing a weekly hour-long live radio improvisation from three different cities every week for the last two years.Mannlicher are committed to encompassing every aspect of experimental sound production as long as it does not conflict with their mandate to use only cheaply available, obsolete or malfunctioning technology, and have been credited with influencing the new generation of experimental turntable and experimental audio artists.

Group Members Porter Hall- bowed psaltrey GoGo Godot- loops Really Happening- wind

Instruments All or none

Albums Mannlicher Carcano have recorded and distributed 8 independent cassette-only releases including Level Best, Next Best, War Measures Act, Never Jam Today, and As Is, as well as several limited edition singles including FogWit, a hand regrooved funk double single with optional turntable sculpture.Mannlicher have recently compiled excerpts from over 100 hours of live international conference call radio improvisations for their first CD release, entitled ‘Half Duplex Receive Only’, available in a numbered Ltd. Ed. of 300from mannlichercarcano@hotmail.com

Press Reviews "By contrast, the audio art group Mannlicher Carcanno rejects the boundaries of social context and of music. The group conducts its audio improvisations in a live weekly community radio program that links three cities in Canada and the US. A post-modern bricolage of sonic detritus, their art is chiefly concerned with intuitive form and textural possibilities. Noise, for Mannlicher Carcanno, is a positive term; it is a rich resource for mapping an imaginary world of possible soundscapes."-Ellen Waterman, Ecumene<BR> "It is frightening to ponder what these three could do in a state of the art recording studio. thankfully, their commitment to obsolete and disfunctional technology, ultra lo-fi recording, and wonky production and distribution channels allows us to ponder their collective vision in relative safety." -- 'Bathouse' zine 1989 review of LEVEL BEST<BR> "... a demented theatrical sensibility that seems to pick up the trends where several other movements left off - 60's avant garde 'happenings', post-punk 'noise' bands and the the psychedelic absurdisms of England's 'Bonzo Dog Band' spring to mind." -- Carol Aberdeen, Art Notes, Winnipeg Tribune, 1990

Additional Info Live International Radio Art Audio Collage Webcast 12 Noon PST at www.trentu.ca/trentradio

Location Los Angeles/Winnipeg/Peterborough, CA/MB/ON - USA

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