SOCIAL INTERIORS

Social Interiors was formed in 1984 primarily as a studio and recording project by Rik Rue and Shane Fahey. Their sound developed from interjections of local sound commentaries amidst the preparations of radio programs. These shows featured short dialogues and cut ups from media and cassette networks. They used seduced and reconstituted sounds from many regional and global sources such as urban and environmental areas, sound effects, records and tapes of instrumental passages and texts bartered from musicians and vocalists. These sound sources were welded with portastudio cassette machines and mixed live into a continuous and abrupt shape for tape pieces and performances. Their first cassette release was in 1985. Emmanuel Gasparinatos joined them for their second release 'Intrusions Into The Environment' in 1987.

Since 1993 it has become an intersecting space for three core artists Rik Rue, Shane Fahey and Julian Knowles. The group is dedicated to uncovering some of the unique character inherent in Australia's aural landscape. Meticulous editing and treatment form the basis of their sound compositions. The works are essentially about blurring the distinctions between sound and sight/site via careful manipulation of sonic materials to create phantom and perhaps impossible acoustic spaces.

The group's live performances explore the creative possibilities of surround audio with real time performance through complex multichannel sound projection systems. Influenced by musique concrete, media cut-up, film sound, location sound, rock music production techniques and acoustic measurement tests, the group's eclectic sound materials and compositional practices have attracted wide critical acclaim. Apart from their work in experimental music and the audio arts, the members of Social Interiors have collectively and individually been involved in record production, engineering and re-mixing. Their last album 'Spatial Circumference' was previously unreleased material. Rik Rue's piece incorporates sound sources from the Australian outback, Julian Knowles' piece is based on recordings made from a long wire installation by Alan Lamb in the scrub country of Baldivis, WA; and Shane Fahey's piece was drawn from locations around West Head in Ku-ring-gai National Park, Sydney. It was released in 2007.

Members

Shane Fahey, Rik Rue, Julian Knowles, Emmanuel Gasparinatos, 

ALBUMS
'Social Interiors' 1985 Pedestrian Tapes
'Intrusions Into The Environment' 1987 Pedestrian Tapes
'The World Behind You' 1994 Extreme 
'Traces Of Mercury' 1997 Extreme 
'Spatial Circumference' 2007 Endgame Records

References

http://www.discogs.com/artist/113281-Social-Interiors