Urban Sounds

WON'T YOU LISTEN from Emeli Pontén on Vimeo

It has been customary to treat sound classifications separately - 1) physical characteristics of sounds in the field of acoustics, 2) the perception of sounds in the field of psychoacoustics, 3) the cognitive and emotional variables of sounds in the field of semiotics, semantics and aesthetics. The attempt to merge these areas is today more than an interesting academic endeavor, it is a crucial scientific step in order to enhance human living conditions in sonically complex urban environments.

”Won’t You Listen” is a sample collage of street recordings from Stockholm, New York City and Paris. The music played as intro/outro, and as transitions in between the city soundscapes, are compositions produced from these very samples to high light the intrinsic qualities of pulse, intensity, rhythm and tonal harmony within the cities.

“Won’t You Listen” was screened at the Eco Health Conference Aug 2010 in London as a ”Honorable Mention” and at the Sound Acts Conference in Denmark Sept 2010.



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Tel: +46704005581 (Sweden); +33622121696 (France)

PRESS AND THE CITY

check my article up on 2FACED1/DECIDA STYLE

femcees

check my article on Kingsize Magazine's site concerning womens' influence on hip hop, an important yet overlooked aspect... please comment. unfortunately only in Swedish but you can still post your opinion up there...

HIPHOPARINNA

a movement in Sweden is currently working on building a network for women in hip hop & music... I got involved the other day and it's growing stronger... heads up!!

also, a friend of mine is working on a Bachelor's thesis concerning female mcs in hip hop... there's a big emptyness to fill here, most of what has been written on a University level has ignored the female perspective...

breaking SLUSSEN

THE CROSSFADER BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE & BREAKING

WELCOME /Emeli & Teres

footwork + armwork = FLOORWORK

FLOORWORK was a school project I did a year ago, with Johan Söderberg as examinator. The music and video is all produced by me but mind you I have no training in Final Cut, it was all a wild freestyle... but I had lots of fun + I got the best grade!! POW!! Johan = GOD of audiovisual design if you didn't already know... immensely honored to have been mentored by him... and kinda freaked that the legendary Ewok One just commented "very dope Emeli.... greets from Nyc." YEAH!! + the jit master Haleem "Stringz" Rasul wrote last year when I posted it on facebook "Great Track Emeli! I peeped my voice on it when i first heard it. Dope 4sho!" BAM!! WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT!!!!!! haha... thanx you guys...



dancing in the video is Prince Jron and King Charles of FOOTWORKINGZ who are visiting Stockholm real soon... staying for 11 days!! that's one helluva tour stop... talking to Charles some weeks ago I asked what they wanted to do... "Party Party Party" hahaha aaait let's get it movin....

don't miss the workshop they're doing while they're here... but please... kids... TIE UR SHOE LACES OR UR DEAD!!!!

while we're at it I wanna thank STREET STAR for keeping the urban dance styles vivid in Stockholm... Martin Ferretti & Joachim Hövel <--- APPLAUXXXE!!!!!!!

let my Lacrate rock til my Lacrate pop

the homie Aaron Lacrate just sent me a new mix to spread in Europe... it's clean it's TIGHT n it's da boom da bap movin stacks no fakin jacks... OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP!!!!! GET ON DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY!!!!!! GUDD GAWD!!!!! COMIN BACK SILLY!!!!!!

download the mix >> DOPE ON THE TABLES <<

also check out MILKCRATE NYC

follow ---> @aaronlacrate & @milkcratenyc

it's my party and I can grind if I want to....

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THE IAM1 JOURNEY : STOCKHOLM

If you're in the area don't miss the Nike exhibition starting this saturday. It contains original Air Max sneakers and an illustrated timeline showing the Air Max 1 journey from jogging shoe in 1987, to the iconic sneaker it is today. Swedish Air Max 1 fans will be showing their favorite shoes, sharing their stories about the Air Max 1, and there will be photography by Fredrik Skogkvist.



The exhibition is free and will be up August 15-23
Studio is located on Åsögatan 115, Stockholm
The exhibition will be open: Monday-Friday: 12 PM-7 PM and Saturday-Sunday: 12 PM-5 PM

If you wanna join me for the opening event Aug 14 I have some spots on the guestlist... hit me up...

FOOTWORK HISTORY

The Chicago FootworKINGz (FWK) is an all-star dance ensemble featuring the best of Chi-Town’s footwork battle champs including members from local crews Creation and Heat Squad.

FWK was founded in 2007 by Leida “Lady Sol” Villegas as a professional dance company and website seeking to attract global recognition to “footworkin’,” a unique, Chicago born dance style. Footworkin’ evolved in the Black community as a response to House and Juke music (a sound developed from House music sped up to 160bpm). “This movement has been around for over 20 years and we want it to be exposed in the mainstream and all over the world,” says King Charles, co-artistic director of the FootworKINGz.

FOR MORE INFO & SHOWREELS CHECK FOOTWORKINGZ.COM

twitter: FOLLOW ---> @KingCharlesFWKz & @PrinceJron

facebook: FootworKingz Dance

DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT FOOTWORKIN' SOON TO BE RELEASED.....

House of Dangerkat

One of the boldest innovators I've ever met is Kaiti Pasqualotto. I got introduced to her in Paris and got to know her better when she spent some time in Stockholm on her European tour. Kaiti just made the leap from Calgary in Canada to NYC... after much work and collaborations with talented dancers, photographers, designers (props to swedish Hege!!) etc. she made her dream project come true... ADDICTED is an expression of the freedom to be YOU to be FREE to be BOUNDLESS...

House of Dangerkat presents "The Making of Addicted", following the House in New York City this past July (2009) while creating "Addicted" for their world premier at Tribeca Grand Hotel August 1 2009. Addicted is planning a European Tour in Spring 2010...



GO TO DANGERKAT.COM TO BOOK ADDICTED

FOLLOW ---> @DANGERKAT ON TWITTER