Louie Rice and Luciano Maggiore work together as NO PA ON, performing score based works - both acoustic (without a PA system) and amplified (with a PA system).

The duo was originally conceived to perform works by other artists as part of an event series at Cafe OTO in London. This series acted as a research period that went on to inform the action-based pieces that Rice and Maggiore are now writing themselves. These pieces explore physical actions and vocalisations in response to pre defined prompts or rules, and could best be described as 'two people, in a room, doing something.'

Both their solo electro-acoustic practices and other collaboratiions have brought them each to appreciate auditory phasing, and expanding the spatialisation of sound beyond the stereo field. Together they aim to reach beyond the confines of electro-acoustic music; to develop a type of action that references conceptual and performance art, folk singing, dance choreography and minimalist composition, amongst other things...

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Skirting (2017)

For one or more performers

Walk the entire perimeter of a space kicking the wall with your left or right foot. Repeat as necessary if the space is small, an extended duration is important. Alternatively, stay in a single point if preferred, but kick the wall for at least 40 minutes.

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Recording notes
Microtech Gefell M930 x2 (walls), Sennheiser MKH 106T x2 (room, corridor), MKH 20 x2 (AB stereo)
RFZ V781 (2ch), Sonosax SX-R4+

Recorded by Adam Asnan in Berlin, December 2019.