Joe Banks - Disinformation, Poet of Noise

Joe Banks, producer of the art project Disinformation, has been working with Very Low Frequency (VLF) radio since the mid nineteen-nineties. His installations have been exhibited and performed worldwide and been shown on national TV & radio stations including Sky TV and BBC Radio Four. His challenging investigations into Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) demonstrate the mind’s conscious and unconscious working in a conflicting synergy.

In this episode Joe speaks to me and my excellent co-host and inspiration, Leila Johnston about how early experiences propelled him towards the sonic voyage of the Disinformation project, his family and future projects.

 

Warning- this show does contain some loud noises, headphone users beware!

This show contains the following extracts, in appearance order:

0'50: “National Grid” by Disinformation 1996 to 1999

1'20: Hari Kunzru on Sky TV 1999

5'24: “Electric Skies” Channel 4 “Equinox” 1994

6'50: “Stargate” by Disinformation 1996

13'00: “National Grid” by Disinformation, live in Moscow 28 Sept 2000 *

20'34: “Kwaidan, Part 3” by Disinformation 2002 (from the “Sense & Data Perception” CD 2005)

30'41: “Sine Wave Speech - Psychoacoustics Demonstration” by Disinformation 19 July 2014

42'50: “Martelsham Heath” by Disinformation, exhibited at Domo Baal gallery Nov 2017

50'33: “Language [as] Meta Technology” by Disinformation Nov 2018, remixed July 2021

1'10'50: “Sound Mirrors” aka “Blackout” soundtrack by Disinformation 1997

* “National Grid - Live in Moscow” features saxophonists Mike Walter and Andy Knight

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