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This article is about the musician. For Australian rugby league player, see Peter Cusack (rugby league footballer). Peter Cusack (born 27 January, 1977 in Young New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for Hull FC

Peter Cusack is an artist and musician who is a member of CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Art & Performance), and is a research staff member and founding member of the London College of Communication in the University of the Arts London. The London College of Communication (formerly the London College of Printing, and briefly London College of Printing and Distributive Trades) is a constituent The University of the Arts London, formerly known as the London Institute, is a Collegiate university comprising six Art, Design, Fashion He was a founding member and director of the London Musicians’ Collective. The London Musicians' Collective (LMC is a cultural charity based in London, England devoted to the promotion of contemporary, experimental

He is best-known as a member of the avant guard musical quartet, "Alterations" (1978-1986; with Steve Beresford, David Toop, and Terry Day)[1], and the creator of field and wildlife recording-based albums including:

Cusack has been involved in a wide range of projects throughout his career. Several of his pieces have been reviewed in Leonardo Music Journal, the annual music Journal published by MIT Press. Leonardo Music Journal is an annual multimedia publication (print and audio CD) of the International Society for the Arts Sciences and Technology and the MIT Press The MIT Press is a University press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT in Cambridge Massachusetts ( USA) He has also curated an album for Leonardo Music Journal.

He is currently research fellow on the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's multidisciplinary 'Positive Soundscapes Project'. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ( EPSRC) is a British

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Musical interests

Cusack is particularly interested in environmental sound and acoustic ecology. He has examined the sound properties of areas such as Lake Baikal, Siberia, and the Azerbaijan oil fields, and is interested in how sounds change as people migrate and as technology changes. Lake Baikal (о́зеро Байка́л Ozero Baykal, ˈozʲɪrə bʌjˈkɑl Байгал нуур Baygal nuur) is in Southern Siberia in Russia Siberia (Сиби́рь Sibir) is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South

In 1998, Cusack started the "Your Favorite London Sound" project. The goal is to find out what London noises are found appealing by people who live in London. [2] This was so popular that it has been repeated in Chicago, Beijing, and other cities. He is involved in the "Sound & The City" art project using sounds from Beijing in October, 2005.

Cusack's Sounds From Dangerous Places is a project to collect sounds from sites which have sustained major environmental damage. Sites that Cusack is working on include Chernobyl, the Azerbaijan oil fields, and areas around controversial dams on the Tigris and Euphrates river systems in south east Turkey. Chernobyl (as transliterated from the Чернобыль) or Chornobyl (as transliterated from Чорнобиль tʃɔrˈnɔbɪlʲ was a city in northern Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South The Tigris is the eastern member of the two great Rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of southeastern The Euphrates ( ( Arabic: ar نهر الفرات; Turkish: tr Fırat Syriac: syr ܦܪܬ; Hebrew: he פרת Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches

Cusack's performances are a central part of the book Haunted Weather: Music, Silence, and Memory (Toop, 2004) by his old collaborator and respected music critic and author, David Toop. David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English Musician and Author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London Toop investigates the use of environmental sound and electronic instruments in experimental music in his book.

Other performances

With clarinetist Simon Mayo, he formed the duo known as "A Touch of the Sun". Simon Mayo (born 21 September 1958 in Southgate London) is an English radio presenter His first "major" recording was part of Fred Frith's 1974 record, "Guitar Solos". Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor.

He was one of the first to play the bouzouki in England, which gained him the respect of London's musical avant garde. The bouzouki ( gr το μπουζούκι pl. τα μπουζούκια (plural sometimes transliterated as bouzoukia) is the mainstay of modern

As a musician, he has collaborated with artists such as Clive Bell, Nic Collins, Alterations, Chris Cutler, Max Eastley, Evan Parker, Hugh Davies, Annette Krebs and Eastern Mediterranean singer Viv Corringham. Arthur Clive Heward Bell ( September 16, 1881 &ndash September 18, 1964) was an English Art critic, associated with the Nicolas Collins (born March 26, 1954 in New York City) is an Composer of mostly Electronic music and former student of Alvin Chris Cutler (born January 4, 1947) is an English percussionist composer lyricist and music theorist Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944 in Bristol is a British free-improvising Saxophone player from the European free jazz Hugh Seymour Davies ( 23 April 1943 – 1 January 2005) was a musicologist, Composer, and Inventor of

A live performance with Nicolas Collins was released as "A Host, of Golden Daffodils" in 1999. Nicolas Collins (born March 26, 1954 in New York City) is an Composer of mostly Electronic music and former student of Alvin

Selected Reviews

Culled from performances in Bracknell, Tilburg, and Berlin between 1979 and 1981, Voila Enough! is a snapshot of a chaotic and intensely creative quartet featuring Peter Cusack, Terry Day, David Toop, and Steve Beresford (principally on guitar, percussion, flutes, and piano, respectively, but also a bewildering number of instruments, conventional and unconventional). . . Alterations' music redefines itself from moment to moment, both in terms of its overall structure and the material used to build it. Nearly a quarter of a century on, its power to captivate, infuriate, and have you falling off your chair in hysterics is entirely undimmed. (Dan Warburton, All Music Guide)
. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. . . perhaps his most lyrical work: a documentary recording of nature and life by the lake at the end of winter, when the ice begins to melt. (Piero Scaruffi, 2003)
You can hear the vast spaces, the majesty of the frozen lake, and the 'pittoresque' of the location through the wind, bird, and human sounds, but also through the acoustical features of the recordings. We can hear unusual bird songs, children playing with an outdoor PA system, Cusack in his daily routine (mediated by his very dry sense of humor). The recordings are crystal clear and . . . create their own stories and convey a sense of here and now. . . these recordings disclose a unique soundworld. This reviewer would not be surprised if a compilation album of remixes/reworkings based on these recordings surfaced soon. (emphasis added; François Couture, All Music Guide)
". allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. . . Cusack's field recordings are blended and sequenced against a light tracery of studio playing. Two main sections bring a structural cohesion to this grainy collection of 'pieces, recordings and in-betweens'. . . ", (The Wire, 7/00, p. The Wire is a British Avant garde music Magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray 64)
"This CD represents a 25-year collaboration between renowned British avant-garde improviser Peter Cusack and instrument builder and sculptor Max Eastley. With numerous releases on ReR and Incus, the two musicians are mainstays of the British improvised music world. . . The duo creates intriguing delicate compositions with these instruments. . . . "(Skip Jansen, All Music Guide)
A new disc from the tireless London Musicians’ Collective embarks on a sonic journey in their own city, asking Londoners, "What is your favorite London sound and why?" They received hundreds of responses, and musician Peter Cusack took it upon himself to hunt down and record those sounds, 40 of which appear here. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. (Kenneth Goldsmith, New York Press, Vol 15, Issue 9, February 26, 2002)

Activities related to music

He co-founded an artist-owned record label called "Bead Records" which has released many previously unavailable pieces in 1972. New York Press is a free Alternative weekly in New York City. It had released more than 30 albums, as of 2007.

In 1975 Derek Bailey, Steve Beresford, Max Boucher, Paul Burwell, Jack Cooke, Peter Cusack, Hugh Davies, Madelaine and Martin Davidson, Richard Leigh, Evan Parker, John Russell, David Toop, Philipp Wachsmann and Colin Wood formed the journal MUSICS, later described as "an impromental experivisation arts magazine". Derek Bailey ( January 29, 1930 – December 25, 2005) was an English avant-garde Guitarist and leading figure in the Steve Beresford (born 1950 is a British Musician. He has played a variety of instruments including Piano, Trumpet, Euphonium, Paul Dean Burwell ( April 24, 1949 - February 4, 2007) was a British thaumaturge and percussionist influential in the fields of Hugh Seymour Davies ( 23 April 1943 – 1 January 2005) was a musicologist, Composer, and Inventor of Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944 in Bristol is a British free-improvising Saxophone player from the European free jazz John Russell may refer to Politicians David John Russell, politician from Alberta Canada John E David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English Musician and Author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London Phil Wachsmann (born August 5, 1944) is an African Avant-garde jazz / Jazz fusion Violinist born in Kampala, Colin Wood is a British musician who was the Keyboardist on two songs included as part of the debut album of Uriah Heep. Musics was an independent magazine (ISSN 0307-2924 launched with Issue No

Cusack produces the monthly radio program "Vermilion Sounds" with Isobel Clouter. Vermilion Sounds explores environmental sounds and is broadcast by Resonance FM in London. Resonance 1044 FM is a London based non-profit community radio station run by the London Musicians' Collective (LMC with a licence to cover "practising London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. John Levack Drever, writing in Soundscape, comments:

Of significant note is the work of Peter Cusack and Isobel Clouter (from the National Sound Archive who we now welcome onto the UKISC Management Committee), who have done a sterling job producing Vermilion Sounds—a weekly radio show for Resonance FM. . . [3]

Other projects

International collaborations

Cusack 's activities take him far afield. He had done work in Austria, Canada, Turkey, Beijing, Azerbijan, Siberia, China's most western province, Xinjiang and France. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South Siberia (Сиби́рь Sibir) is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Xinjiang ( Uyghur: شىنجاڭ Shinjang;; Postal map spelling: Sinkiang; Turkish: Sincan, Sincan Uygur Özerk This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He also spent 2 years at the STEIM studio in Amsterdam, honing his electronic music skills. ST udio for E lectro- I nstrumental M usic ( STEIM) is a Center for Research and Development of instruments and tools for performers in the electronic Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west

Selected recordings

Curations

Selected publications

References

Notes

  1. ^ Alterations released 3 albums.
  2. ^ Kenneth Goldsmith wrote a review of Your Favourite London Sounds, Compiled by Peter Cusack (London Musicians’ Collective), Cusack’s Favourite London Sounds published in New York Press, (2002), 15 (9)
  3. ^ United Kingdom and Ireland Soundscape Community (UKISC), John Levack Drever, Soundscape, Volume 4, Number 2, p. 7, Fall/Winter 2003, a review of Vermilion Sounds
  4. ^ Frère Jacques et autres pièces à Francis: Expositions. 1997. Saint-Fons Ron Haselden, Saint-Fons, Centre d'Arts Plastiques, 1997, ISBN 2-9509357-2-9

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