Announcing the launch of <earshot>, an experimental software application
for exploring, navigating and composing sound on the world wide web.

Launch party event at Backspace, Winchester Wharf, Clink St., London
SE1. Friday September 10th 8pm till late.

Listen to live streamed <earshot> mixes from the launch party and download
your free copy of <earshot>
<http://www.deepdisc.com/earshot>.

YOU HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY

<earshot> is a free software that enables you to create endless mixes of
the web's acoustic spaces.

NEW MUSICAL FORMS

<earshot> trawls through the web searching for audio files and streams
which the user can play with and manipulate. <earshot> also generates
its own rhythms by translating web site HTML code into percussive
sequences that trigger pre-defined sounds, with new sounds loaded in an
instant.

THE LISTENER AS OPERATOR

<earshot> transforms the web into a vast sound machine. <earshot> can
crawl the web by following links between sites, exploring the web as an
acoustic space full of unexpected discoveries and chance encounters. It
pushes further the practise of sampling, processing and mixing sound
which has become central to various strands of contemporary musical
production.

SONIC WEAPON

<earshot> turns the web into the world's biggest sample library; when a
web site address is entered into it <earshot> will go to that site and
retrieve the audio files and streams it finds.

THE GENERAL INTELLECT

<earshot> reveals how the web is under constant construction; a space
which can be endlessly remixed, where every sound path that <earshot>
creates is both a unique performance and composition. <earshot> plugs
into the collective intelligence that forms the net.

MAKE SOME FUCKIN' NOISE

<earshot> is released with a browser construction kit, a platform for
people to add to, experiment with and build their own software.
<earshot> workshops will explore this and other technical aspects of the
project.

<earshot> by Andi Freeman and Jason Skeet Free from:
<http://www.deepdisc.com/earshot> email:earshot@deepdisc.com

<earshot> is a standalone Java application that runs on MacOS 8 and
windows 95 or better <earshot> requires quicktime 4 (available for free
from www.apple.com/quicktime)

Also available for free download from the <earshot> web site:
DIY browser construction kit, audio samples, <earshot> R+D software -
plus free subscription to the <earshot> electronic mailing list.