Jeff Kolar

This audio track was produced for the Disquiet Junto Project...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:05:00 -0600

This audio track was produced for the Disquiet Junto Project 0006: “Spinning Cylinders.” All audio material was selected from these antique cylinder recordings: “Angel’s Serenade” by Columbia Orchestra, “Shimmee Town - Fox Trot” by The All-Star Trio, and “Rainbow Medley” by Columbia Orchestra.

The Disquiet Junto is a group based on Soundcloud where musicians respond to regularly scheduled, fast-turnaround assignments to compose, record, and share new music. The idea is to use restraints as a springboard for creativity.

I performed a live-radio version of my newest audio score for...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:58:00 -0600

I performed a live-radio version of my newest audio score for dance on WEFT 90.1FM. There There aired on Superbowl Sunday 2012 on Fanfare For The Speeding Bullet, an experimental, ambient, improvised music, and avantgarde jazz radio program hosted by improvisor Jason Finkleman.

Listen to the full program, which includes an on-air interview, here. Read the playlist here. And visit the video archive for There There here.

I am performing an original audio score for dance at the...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:02:00 -0600

I am performing an original audio score for dance at the annual February Dance Event at the University of Illinois’ Colwell Playhouse Theatre on February 2-4 at 7:30pm CST.

Dance at Illinois resident artists Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Linda Lehovec, Jennifer Monson, and Renée Wadleigh and Isreali guest artist Sahar Azimi present restaged and new works with an eclectic mix of sound scores, featuring the technical artistry of the students.

Krannert Center For The Performing Arts
Colwell Playhouse Theatre
February 2-4, 2012 at 7:30pm CST

Buy tickets here.

I am working on a new project with choreographer Jennifer...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:37:00 -0600

I am working on a new project with choreographer Jennifer Monson; video artist, Robin Vachel; lighting designer, Joe Lavasseur; and costume designer, Susan Becker called “Live Dance Archive.” The above video documents an informal showing of the work at the Eden’s Expressway for the 2012 Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) in New York City.

The work is commissioned by The Kitchen, a interdisciplinary center for media, literacy, and performing arts founded in 1971.

APAP is the national service and advocacy organization dedicated to developing and supporting the performing arts presenting field.

The Completely Asinine Radio Program included Start Up/Shut...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:27:00 -0600

The Completely Asinine Radio Program included Start Up/Shut Down in their playlist for January 01, 2012.

The Completely Asinine Radio Program is a radio program on the University of Winnipeg’s CKUW 95.9 fm in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada every Sunday from 6:30pm-8:00pm.

Acts Of Silence published a review of Start Up/Shut Down titled...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:53:38 -0600

Acts Of Silence published a review of Start Up/Shut Down titled “Hit Any Key.” David Nemeth, editor, writes that it is ”an album that does excite.”

Acts Of Silence is a blog focused on Creative Commons music ran by David Nemeth.

Music For Maniacs published a review of Start Up/Shut...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:45:29 -0600

Music For Maniacs published a review of Start Up/Shut Down titled “Your Computer Dying: The Remix.” Mr. F calls it a “sci-fi drone-fest - easy-listening music for robots.”

Music For Maniacs is a blog for outsider, experimental, strange and unique music.

Disquiet published a review of Start Up/Shut Down titled...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:21:00 -0600

Disquiet published a review of Start Up/Shut Down titled “Operating on Operating Systems.” Marc Weidenbaum, editor-in-chief, calls it ”a bracing listen.”

Disquiet is a San Francisco-based blog for ambient and electronica music ran by Marc Weidenbaum.

I am pleased to announce the official release of Start Up/Shut...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:01:00 -0600

I am pleased to announce the official release of Start Up/Shut Down on Panospria Collection and No Type Records with cover design by Jeremy Stephen Shedd. The work is available for free download on Archive.org, and can be streamed online here in the Panospria release catalog.

PANOSPRIA is a net-label for experimental music which is based primarily in Vancouver, Canada. It was established in Montréal in 2004 to showcase the strange sounds of a core collective of Canadian artists, as well as music by their friends and other international guests. In 2007 became an official branch of NO TYPE RECORDS.

Start Up/Shut Down is a set of short iterations, remixes, and refinements of Window and Macintosh operating system event sounds.

Rosa Menkman, co-curator of GLI.TC/H Noise & Dirty New Media...

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:29:00 -0600

Rosa Menkman, co-curator of GLI.TC/H Noise & Dirty New Media festival, posted photos from the GLI.TC/H 20111 events in Chicago, Amsterdam, and Birmingham. View the full Flickr set here, and my installation of Hallmark Cards here and here.

An installation of Hallmark Cards will be exhibited at the...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:22:00 -0500

An installation of Hallmark Cards will be exhibited at the 2011 GLI.TC/H Festival. The Chicago opening reception is at MBLABS on November 3 at 7pm, and later travels to Amsterdam, NL at PLANETART on November 11-12.

GLI.TC/H is an annual international noise and [dirty] new-media event/conference/symposium/festival/gathering for artists, thinkers, performers, makers and breakers.

Other Voices aired on the radio station Eterogenia in...

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:58:00 -0500

Other Voices aired on the radio station Eterogenia in coordination with the radio exhibition “AIR / EAR” at the Centro Cultural España Córdoba in Córdoba, Argentina on October 9, 2011.

“AIR / EAR” is an assembly of a radio transmissions at a cultural space in a small town in rural Argentina organized by Rubén Marino Tolosa.

Disquiet recently published an interview with me titled...

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:32:00 -0500

Disquiet recently published an interview with me titled “Entering and Exiting the Electromagnetic Spectrum” regarding the making of the Radius loop sample. Check out the interview here.

Disquiet is a San Francisco-based blog for ambient and electronica music ran by Marc Weidenbaum.

Anton Mobin posted content from Hallmark Cards on Cannibal...

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:47:35 -0500

Anton Mobin posted content from Hallmark Cards on Cannibal Caniche, an online community for royalty free music.

I will be performing a new live audio work called Start Up / Shut Down - a series of short...

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:48:00 -0500

I will be performing a new live audio work called Start Up / Shut Down - a series of short iterations, remixes, and refinements to Windows and Macintosh operating system boot-up sounds.

The event will take place at 2515 N. Milwaukee Ave. for Satellite: New Media Arts Exhibition on Friday, July 29 and Sunday, July 31 at 7pm CST.

Satellite is a series of time-based, site specific, and experimental installations that exist independently throughout the Milwaukee Ave. Arts Festival. Satellite is curated by Jenn Grossman and Ryan Scheidt.

Miguel Cortez of Antena Gallery posted a video of live circuit...

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:52:00 -0500

Miguel Cortez of Antena Gallery posted a video of live circuit bending for Hallmark Cards at the Daisy Chain event.

3 Brain Karnak Interloper, an experimental music and audio blog, posted a detailed description and...

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:42:00 -0500

3 Brain Karnak Interloper, an experimental music and audio blog, posted a detailed description and a free download link for Hallmark Cards.

Darby’s Chronics, a website dedicated to fresh and strange sounds, posted a detailed review...

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:37:00 -0500

Darby’s Chronics, a website dedicated to fresh and strange sounds, posted a detailed review of Hallmark Cards calling it “hijacking… a folding and plundering of circuits.”

I am pleased to announce the release of Hallmark Cards on H.A.K. Lo-Fi Record with cover design by...

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:20:00 -0500

I am pleased to announce the release of Hallmark Cards on H.A.K. Lo-Fi Record with cover design by Anna Katherine Peters. The work is available for download in Flac / MP3 / Ogg Vorbis / WAV formats on Archive.org.

H.A.K. is a variable-geometry collective which combines more of 80 artists from around the world. H.A.K. Lo-Fi Record is a label of independent music created in 2001.

Hallmark Cards is a hand-bent playback of Hallmark greeting cards with sound.

Other Voices will be part of the sound and radio collective exhibition “AIR / EAR” in...

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:13:00 -0500

Other Voices will be part of the sound and radio collective exhibition “AIR / EAR” in San Justo, Santa Fe, Argentina organized by Radio-System. The exhibition will run June 24, July 01, 15, and 22 at 8:30pm, and will also stream online here.

“AIR / EAR” is an assembly of a radio transmissions at a cultural space in a small town in rural Argentina.

Radio-System is radio-media transmission program ran by Rubén Marino Tolosa.