SEIZE THE MEANS

the debut album from

RADIO WONDERLAND

out February 20, 2017 on clang

Orders/Booking: contact@radiowonderland.com

On Seize The Means, each track of dance music is made of 100% live radio grabbed during a RADIO WONDERLAND performance. RADIO WONDERLAND is Joshua Fried, performing live digital processing of live FM radio, pulverizing mass media into little audio bits that groove.

Listen to the first track, "Radio Family": (mp3)

Audiophile download on request | Vinyl: Amazon | Digital: Apple · Spotify · Soundcloud Go | USB: clang label

At the heart of RADIO WONDERLAND is radio itself - all sound is sampled live from the airwaves. Joshua Fried manipulates it with custom audio processing software, which he controls by hitting old shoes with sticks and rotating a vintage Buick steering wheel.

Each track on Seize The Means originated as a live RADIO WONDERLAND performance. Fried reviewed over 250 hours of audio to pick the best grooves, working with Grammy-winning engineer and co-producer Marcelo Añez to ensure the music stands up on its own (without the sight of Joshua bouncing around, spinning a steering wheel, and whacking shoes).

...rather like Negativland remixed for a house party...undeniably fun. —Robert Barry, The Wire

The drive of the pulse, the transparency of the process, and common commercial radio core prove to amplify rather than dilute the music’s broader unique aspects. —Molly Sheridan, New Music Box

‘Radio Family’ and ‘Miley Cyrus’ strike like Double Dee & Steinski, brought screaming into the 21st century. —Kris Needs, Electronic Sound

Marshall McLuhan's writing about the intimacy of radio communication wasn't lost on Joshua Fried. Seize The Means...deconstructs voices from the ether in an absurdist, subtly undermining manner akin to Negativland.
—Richard Gehr, Village Voice

Simultaneously classic New York nightlife and rigorous hacktivism.
—Nick Hallett, curator, columnist (BOMB, Interview, Art In America)

JOSHUA FRIED threw tape loops on the floor at CBGB, put headphones on some of Downtown NYC's most mercurial stars of the 1990s and 2000s, collaborated with pop stars They Might Be Giants, and now performs on steering wheel and shoes. In the 1980s, he signed to Atlantic Records as a dance music artist. In the 1990s, he became the youngest composer discussed in Schirmer's American Music in the 20th Century.

Fried has performed solo at venues ranging from Lincoln Center, BAM, and the Dutch Royal Palace to Mudd Club, Joe's Pub, Tokyo's ICC Center, and Italy's decadent Altavoz techno warehouse complex.

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