The Colloquium for Unpopular Culture Presents: X-RAY AUDIO

New York University
May 6th 7:15pm

Lecture Hall 122
Department of Physics
4 Washington Place (at Broadway)
NY

The Colloquium for Unpopular Culture Presents: X-RAY AUDIO : The Incredible Story of Bootleg Technology, Cold War Culture and Human Endeavour.

Lecture, screening and live demonstration with Stephen Coates of The Real Tuesday Weld and Aleks Kolkowski PLUS Very special guest SVETLAN SHMULYIAN.

This remarkable story will be told by Stephen Coates using photographs, essays, sound and film with testimonies from surviving Russians. Aleks Kolkowski will provide a commentary on groove-based recording techniques. There will also be a very rare demonstration of recording direct-to-disc and from a special live musical performance with the use of x-ray plates and a vintage analogue record-cutting lathe.