The goal of the piece is to play with notions of accepted and expected ambient sound in a public space, and to inject surprising, and at times subversive, audio information into the consciousnesses of urban dwellers. Also, a more formal concern is one of rapidly varying spatialization of sound in an uncontrolled environment.

The Loud Spokers made their debut on Augst 14, 2002, at Waterfront Park in Portland. Future performances are planned for the near future.

here is one bike's-worth of one section of the original audio. The full 6 (3 stereo pairs) channels mixed down to stereo of all 6 sections are now available on Phonophilia.com.

Inspirations and Influences:
• Bike Summer 2002
• John Oswald's multi-"boomtruck" piece in Brasilia
• The Invisible Generation, by William S. Burroughs
• 4'33" by John Cage

Audio source material includes:
• Calliope music
• Gamelan music by the Venerable Showers of Beauty Ensemble
• Field recordings around Portland, including
  • Grant Park Pool
  • Dante's Sinferno
  • May Day 2002 Rally in North Park Blocks
• hip hop samples from a battlebreaks record by The Psychedelic Skratch Bastards

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