[microsound-announce] Lecture on collecting library music, by Jonny Trunk: May 16, 9 pm. MACBA Auditorium. Free admission

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*Lecture on collecting library music, by Jonny Trunk: May 16, 9 pm. MACBA
Auditorium. Free admission
*
Teaser: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/extra/teaser_memorabilia_jonny_trunk/capsula

In this hybrid lecture/audition, Jonny Trunk will be sharing his collection
of library music records, which he started in 1982 and now contains around
6000 LPs. Also known as *sonorizzazioni*, the term library music
encompasses the audio productions made for professional use in the context
of film, television and radio. This exciting musical underworld is part of
the collective imagination, and yet it remains practically unknown to the
general public.

Jonny Trunk founded the label Trunk Records in 1995, and it soon gained a
cult following as a result of its specialisation in unpublished jazz
recordings and film and television soundtracks. Trunk Records was the first
label to feature non-commercial "library music", a genre that Trunk has
written about extensively. Trunk hosts a radio programme at London radio
station Resonance FM, and he regularly DJs around the world. He began
collecting records around 1982, but rather than focusing on traditional
record stores, he chose to comb second hand outlets and street markets. It
didn't take long for him to realise that his obsession was not pop music or
modern sounds, but film soundtracks and television music. His record
collection now consists of around six thousand LPs.

More info: http://www.macba.cat/en/lecture-memorabilia
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