Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis

Song: Ode to Audiopollination [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Audiopollination 10th Anniversary Bash: Double Group Continuous Improvisation), December 4, 2022.

Cosmic Homeostasis - Ode to Audiopollination [excerpt]

A round number anniversary is always worth celebrating, and more so for this labour of love devoted to creative expression and community building. Kudos to Mike Lynn for putting in the work to keep Audiopollination going for a decade — definitely worth celebrating with a slice of pie and a crowded room in the Southern Cross.

After the "regular" Audiopollination sets, Lynn turned the remainder of the afternoon over to collaborators exploring parallel paths in community cacophony, the day closing with an all-in ensemble version of Cosmic Homeostasis. The group, which aspires to build a shared zone for listening and droning, was open to anyone in the room and ended up with nearly thirty people weaving in some sounds to create a three-dimensional drift. This recording, with mics to both sides of the room, still only manages to capture a fraction of the environment. To give a sense of the range of ingredients in this sonic stew, consider this list of participants and their implements:

• Christina Bowie - harmonica
• Will Grello - banjo
• Lorne Gould - soprano sax
• Suzanne Farkas - flute + voice
• Saba Saneijad - flute
• Sable Peters - guquin
• Rob Cruickshank - electronics
• Sophie Jaworski - singing bowls, rain stick
• Yasmine El-M - tambourine, thunder
• Marilyn Yogarajah - trumpet, singing bowl
• Roshanak Ash - singing bowls
• Dame Cook - electronics/noise
• Victor O - triangle + delay pedal
• Tyson Headon - bass
• Emjay Wright - cymbals + objects
• James Bailey - The Crutch
• Hilary Martin - acoustic guitar
• Mike Moufette - bass + birds
• Owen Kurtz - tapes + contact mic
• Connor Kurtz - empty cassette player
• David Parker - slide guitar
• Sarah Peebles - shō + mixing bowl with silver candy balls + dan moi
• Del Stephen - piano
• Andrew Finlay-Stewart - violin + kalimba
• Al Watson - folk rockabilly
• Patrick O'Reilly - Game Boy
• Heraclitus Akimbo - electronics

[Cosmic Homeostasis will return to the Southern Cross in its slightly more streamlined format on Sunday, January 29th.]