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Organ Of Corti

Liminal's Organ Of Corti, which won PRS For Music Foundation's New Music Award, will be open to the public outside St Paul's Cathedral, London, 1–7 July. The four metre high sonic crystal recycles the environmental sound it's placed in, so everyday sonic matter is highlighted. The sculpture, named after the hearing organ in the inner ear, is large enough for the audience to move about inside it. This movement helps the participants to compose the found sounds and experience them in a different context from their usual source. Frances Crow, one half of Liminal, says they wanted to create an environment where the audience could "listen to themselves listen."

Organ Of Corti will later be placed in different locations in the Lake District, the Cotswalds and the Diglis Weir in Worcester, with accompanying artist talks and sound walks.

Stream Richard Skelton Project *AR: Wolf Notes In Full

*AR, Richard Skelton's collaboration with vocalist Autumn Richardson, is now available to stream online for free via Soundcloud. The five track debut by Skelton and Richardson, Wolf Notes, was released in May in a CD edition of 200 copies and a limited vinyl run (at time of writing the latter is still available). Now Type has uploaded the album in full. Stream the whole of Wolf Notes below.

Richard Skelton was on the cover of The Wire 326, listen to more tracks by Skelton here.

AR - Wolf Notes by _type

R Stevie Moore Tour Debut

Lo-fi musician R Stevie Moore is to embark on a tour for the first time in his 40 year career. His decision to tour has been propelled by the support of his fans for his new album Advanced.

The 59 year old, well known for self producing over 400 lo-fi releases on his label R Stevie Moore Cassette Club, recently ran into financial difficulty. To realise his album he used fund raising website kickstarter.com to gather donations from his devotees. The support was so enthusiastic that he again used kickstarter.com to announce the tour with the call "we need gas money, y'all".

Moore has teamed up with Brooklyn band Tropical Ooze to take Advanced on the road. His maiden tour through Europe and the United States will be documented by Jon Demiglio for the film Phonography, named after Moore's first collection of one-man-band tracks released in 1976. Ariel Pink joins Moore for a one off concert in New York (6 June). The tour takes place through to July.

RadioCona Open Call For Radio Art and Sound Art

Slovenian contemporary arts institute CONA are calling out for submissions of radio and sound works to be broadcast by radioCona as well as installed in various locations in Ljubljana in December. For more information, email cona@cona.si Submission deadline is 25 June 2011.

Festival For Spatial Sound And Advanced Music Composition: The Morning Line Vienna

The Morning Line is the centrepiece of the four day Festival For Spatial Sound And Advanced Music Composition. 27 sound artists are due to perform at the 8m x 20m aluminium structure, built for contemporary music performance by Matthew Ritchie and Aranda/Lasch. Artists performing include Alva Noto, Ghostigital, Florian Hecker, Christian Fennesz and others. Symposia and discussions will also take place, including a panel moderated by The Wire's Rob Young. After the festival closes, The Morning Line will be on display until 20 November. Vienna Schwarzenbergplatz, 7–11 June.

Hakan Libdo Attempts World Record For Most Producers In One Track

Hakan Libdo, working with We Are Woodville Records, is attempting to break the world record for the most producers involved in one track. Libdo has an open call for amateur and professional producers to download two 125 bpm samples and make four bars of music, which Libdo will edit together. To qualify, at least one of the samples must be clean, and mixed at zero dB. If you're taking part, send in your real name, artist name and any publishers you're affiliated with, along with the audio in WAV format. Download the samples here, and listen below. Libdo also asks for an image, preferably in the same pose as the above image.

Hakan Lidbo - World Record Attempt - Drums (125BPM) by wearewoodville

Hakan Lidbo - World Record - Clav (125 BPM) by wearewoodville

Music, Signal, And Affect: A Discussion And Performance With Tomutonttu

As part of sound art show Code Of Contingency, Tomutonttu (aka Jan Anderzen, member of Kemialliset Ystävät) will be hosting a workshop discussing different approaches and alternatives to musicality in sound creation. Anderzen will use objects and Cornelius Cardew graphic scores to create a collaboration with artists and the audience. Attendees are asked to bring their own instruments.

Code Of Contingency is curated by Lisa Baldini and Sarah Jury, and also features Lucky Dragons, Call And Response, and Tom Richards. London The Agency Gallery, 24 June, 5-8pm.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Releases Single For BP Disaster Recovery

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy is releasing single "There Is No God" with all profits going to Save Our Gulf, a Waterkeeper Alliance project to support people and wildlife affected by the BP oil disaster. Playing with Oldham are Emmett Kelly, Ben Hall, Pete Cummings, Peter Townsend, Billy Contreras, Cassie Berman and Rachel Korine. The single will be released on 10" and as a digital download on 21 June through Domino. Watch the video for the single below:

George Clinton At The British Library

George Clinton will be appearing at the British Library on 18 June, to talk about "all things galactic". Also speaking will be Nona Hendryx from Labelle, accompanied by film of Janelle Monae – described as the heiress to Clinton's legacy – and her ArchAndroid alter ego. The talk is part of the Out Of This World exhibition at the British Library, which looks at how science fiction has influenced scientific discovery. The event kicks off at 2pm with a screening of John Akomfrah's documentary The Last Angel Of History, which features Clinton, Derek May, DJ Spooky and others. London British Library, 18 June, 2–5pm, £7.50/£5.

Fennesz Announces First Solo Release Since Black Sea

New material from Fennesz will be released on 10" by Touch next month. Seven Stars, a four track EP, will be first new solo material from Fennesz since Black Sea in 2008. The four tracks are between three and seven minutes long, and were largely recorded in January in Vienna.

Fennesz says: "I recorded and mixed the album within three weeks. "Liminal" and "July" were existing pieces which I have reworked. (I wrote an early version of "Liminal" in a hotel room in Bali in 2010). My friend Steven Hess happened to be in Vienna at the time of the sessions, so I invited him to join me in the studio. I wanted to make a record that has a certain lightness about it and at the same time explore new territory using drums on one track."

Seven Stars will be released on 10" and as a digital download, with a CD release planned for later in the year.