Joshua Fried is a composer/performer who has collaborated in dance, film/video and performance, won grants and awards, and performed many concerts.
One of his latest projects is RADIO WONDERLAND which turns live commercial FM radio into recombinant funk. All the sounds originate from an old boombox, playing radio live. Nothing is pre-recorded; so every performance is different. Anything picked up during the performance is fair game until the end. All the transformations are live digital audio processing, programmed in the Max/MSP environment.
His controllers are a vintage Buick steering wheel, old shoes hit with sticks, and some gizmos. The aim is to turn live radio bits into truly danceable grooves, that are yet still recognizable as collage; to be able to un-wind any of the processed bits back to the original source; to take the audience every step of the way; and to expose the commercial stream as something to be fucked with, by everyone, not just gear heads or theorists.
