Axoxnxs Podcast

Liner notes: Agriculture Stairwell [12:42]. Sound is a carrier of information. Vibration is the message. Frequency is the interoculator.- AJ Ptak

Liner notes: Cut Atom Splice [02:18]. Sound is a carrier of information. Vibration is the message. Frequency is the mindfulness meditation.- AJ Ptak

Liner notes: Bumper Outro [01:00]. Credits. Thank you. Sound is a carrier of information. Vibration is the message. Frequency is the instruction.- AJ Ptak

Liner notes: Elusive MoMA 2009 [00:39]. Live impromptu performance at MoMA. Sound is a carrier of information. A weekday afternoon in 2009, with permission sound amplification provided ny MoMA. - AJ Ptak

Liner notes: Break Beat Egg 2014 [00:03]. Session material with Ann Hairston. Sound is a carrier of information. - AJ Ptak

Liner notes: Acrosyntactic, Post Traumatic System 2007 16:17. Live theremin interference noise performance at the Stone NYC, curated by Elliott Sharp. Live concert recording 8 bit mono. Sound is a carrier of information. - AJ Ptak

Liner notes: Bitters 11 for 17 (2017) [0:52] Bitters 2017, Anthony Ptak. Drum track written for for Cyrus Pireh This electro-drum work concentrates on sound as a carrier of information. - AJ Ptak

Spoken word story told by Anthony Ptak after a health setback, in the ER of a NYC hospital while in the midst of a pulmonary embolism plus pneumonia, with the assistance of artist and interviewer David Wallace. All sonic materials acquired, and assembled by the composer. - A.J. Ptak

Liner notes: Drum Brat [0:50] Bitters 2017, Anthony Ptak. Drum track written for no one in particular. This electro-drum work concentrates on sound as a carrier of information. - AJ Ptak

The title refers to no memory of this work. All sonic materials acquired, and assembled by the composer. - A.J. Ptak

An informal interview with Anthony Ptak spontaneously conducted by the multitalented writer actress activist advocate journalist Britt Sady in NYC Summer 2016. The background audio still needs a bit more cleanup but I feel it is a timely release in the current state of noise reduction. I talk with Britt about life humanity emotion music motor neurons disability brain cancer illness theremin technique theatre and the possibility of being omniscient. - A.J. Ptak

All sonic materials acquired, and assembled by the composer. - A.J. Ptak

All sonic materials acquired, and assembled by the composer. - A.J. Ptak

This sound recording by Anthony Ptak. Liner notes: Zen Log Drum (2014) [1:35] This recording concentrates on a traditional Japanese Log Drum at the Zen Center, 23rd Street, NYC. We listen to the world as a system of associative indices. The acoustics of the log drum are recorded. Sound is a physical axis that occupies and transforms space. The temporal heterophony of the drum is navigation. All sonic materials acquired, and assembled by the composer. - A.J. Ptak

Liner notes: Tumbleweed (2009) [46:22] Saturday, June 20, 2009 @ 8:30 p.m.. 20 Greene Street between Canal and Grand Streets, SoHo, New York, NY. Tumbleweed A collaborative performance installation for prepared electric guitars, theremin and projections by David Means with Cyrus Pireh and Anthony Ptak. Tumbleweed combines archival images from the American dust bowl with interactions and improvisations of musicians and live electronics. Sound as a carrier of information. -AJ Ptak

Liner notes: Acrosynaxis (2006) [2:11] Acrosynaxis, Anthony Ptak. Utilizing the theremin principle of interference to feed back into itself an exponential deconstruction of the instrument, the frequency of oscillation along a unified temporal axis, reflects a recursive bridging of distance in a soundscape of interference. Much like the 1000th of a second captured image of Warrick's hovering hummingbird, or the Kino-Glaz reality 24 times per second delineated by Dziga Vertov, or John Cage's Future of Music Credo which alludes to Beethoven as a material operating at 50 times per second and rejects imitative use of the theremin. This electro-acousmatic work concentrates on sound as a carrier of information. - AJ Ptak

This sound art installation by artist Anthony Ptak. Liner notes: Phonologistic Auralities 1 (2006) [4:00] Phonologistic Auralities Sound Art Installation opens April 21, 2006 at Independent Media Center Urbana, Illinois. 24-channel collaborative work in a former US postal facility with 13 of my sound artist students. Part of an immersive arts event Late Night Space curated by improviser Jason Finkelman for Boneyard Arts Festival. Sponsored by 40 North Champaign County Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council. Credits: Alex Valasco, Christopher Willard, Frederick Follmer, Pat Fahrner, Christine Don, Teresa Gale, Andrew Graham, Vincent Murphy, Jessica Roberts, Collin Bradford, Nate Wallace, Russell Weiss, Anthony Ptak. Sound is an axis of information. - AJ Ptak

This sound of theremin artist Anthony Ptak. Liner notes: Soho2 (2016) [0:19] This computer music work concentrates on minimal synth information. We listen to the world as a system of associative indices. Quickly cobbled together using my Chromebook and cobble stones. 160 bpm. Not yet certain. - AJ Ptak

This sound of theremin artist Anthony Ptak. Liner notes: Soho (2016) [0:24] This computer music work concentrates on minimal synth information. We listen to the world as a system of associative indices. Quickly cobbled together using my Chromebook and cobble stones. Not yet certain. - AJ Ptak

This sound of sound artist Anthony Ptak. Liner notes: Phonography [09:56] consists of unprocessed binaural field recordings by Anthony Ptak circa 2005 assembled for presentation at the Garden, curated by Ben Owen. Includes cooking sounds, the voice of my grandma Violet, black birds migrating at IAS in Princeton, NJ, Princeton University building ambient interiors, Chinatown shops and pedestrians in New York City, Slavoj Zizek public lecture, Saint Thomas Church organ at 1 W 53rd St, New York City, NY 10019-5401, voice of my father, a grandfather clock at IAS Princeton, New York City Subway train, A phonography of phonography, homeless man coughing, the voice of Ben Owen introducing a previous garden performance, Phonography meeting I 2005, a cell phone call incoming, fire engines, my voice. Are you still there? New York Phonographers at 6th Street and Avenue B Community Garden, Lower East Side, New York City, NY. September 30, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.. -A.J. Ptak