We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Recorded Delivery

by Janek Schaefer

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £7.77 GBP  or more

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    the very last signed copy of the 7" edition on Hot Air records

    Includes unlimited streaming of Recorded Delivery via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    edition of 1 

      £333.33 GBP or more 

     

1.
2.
3.

about

My first sound art project.
For 'Self Storage', an exhibition curated by Brian Eno and Laurie Anderson for the RCA. Located in Acorn Self Storage facility in Wembley, April 1995. Organised by Artangel.

I posted a sound activated tape recorder overnight via Recorded Delivery service through the Royal Mail in London on 28th March 1995, It caught all the noises of the journey, including hot blooded postmen workers at dawn scanning the parcels, a juvenile delight to discover when I first played it back the the RCA architecture studio the following morning.

i discovered in the interview for the exhibition, having already pitched my proposal, that by complete magical serendipity, Brian's family had been postmen, and i think he also said he had had a go at it early on :->

"Janek Schaefer's first sound-work, Recorded Delivery, remains one of the wittiest and most interesting in the field of Sound-Art. It is elegant, economical and clever, and makes me wish I'd thought of it first." [Brian Eno 2005]

Track one is an edit for the Hot Air red 7" release 1999.

Track two is the full length recording released in an edition of 10 gold CDR's with my RCA dissertation essay 'audio & image'1995, which is included with download release.

Track three is the BBC Radio 4 article on the whole Self Storage exhibition, featuring a little interview with me. April 1995 old archive recording from the radio. I made a short video of this that comes with the release. with some exhibition photographs.

it's where it all began for me :->

credits

released March 28, 1995

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Janek Schaefer England, UK

Sound Artist, Entertainer, Professor, Janek Schaefer trained as an Architect at the Royal College of Art, where he developed his focus on the relationship between sound, space and place. He has exhibited & performed in 30 countries worldwide, from The Tate Modern to The Sydney Opera House. The Bluecoat gallery exhibited a Retrospective of his career in 2009, & has released 39 album projects. ... more

contact / help

Contact Janek Schaefer

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Janek Schaefer recommends:

If you like Janek Schaefer, you may also like: