MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH…
Conversation with William Bennett on his sound collection.
Founding member of the band Whitehouse, William Bennett has chalked up more than thirty years of exploring the more extreme side of music, in a career that mixes experimentation with concepts from the fields of linguistics and psychology. In this conversation, Bennett gives an archaeological overview of a music collection that reflects his main obsessions: avant-garde rarities, Italo Disco, soundtracks and percussion music from West Africa and Haiti.
MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH… is a new series that seeks to break through to unearth and reveal private collections of music and sound memorabilia. The documentary series is a historiography of sound collecting that reveals the unseen and passionate work of the amateur collector while reconstructing multiple parallel histories such as the evolution of recording formats, archival issues, the sound collecting market and the evolution of musical styles beyond the marketplace.
Conversation with Vicki Bennett on her sound collection
This is an email conversation with plunderphonic artist and sound collector Vicki Bennett, which took place in Summer 2013.
Conversation with Douglas Mcgowan on his sound collection
This is a conversation by email with the American new age collector Douglas Mcgowan, which took place in Winter 2012.
Transcript of William Bennett's lecture: "Musical homeostasis: music not just to be heard".
William Bennett. Teaser
This music selection was used as a teaser for the MEMORABILIA. Collecting sounds with... William Bennett lecture, which took place on April 1st, 2011 at the MACBA, and features some of the highlights of William Bennett’s collection.
William Bennett. Part II
A musical selection of some of the secret jewels found in William Bennett's sound collection, discovering rare percussion music from West-Africa.
William Bennett. Part I
International noise music legend William Bennett is also an avid record collector. Both critical and eclectic in his selective accumulation, the British artist’s record collection comprises a singular labyrinth of sounds that make it possible to chart different paths through the musical preferences of its owner.
Deleted scenes
We dig up some unreleased fragments of the interview with sound collector William Bennett that we were unable to include the first time around.