Transmission Artist
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE
See also: Micheal Garofalo
Brooklyn-based artists Michael Garofalo and Patrick McCarthy began performing as Latitude/Longitude in 2004. Teasing melodies out of prepared and alternately tuned guitars while electronics murmur in a nest of instrument cables at their feet, the duo weave electro-acoustic dream songs from cross-circuit chaos.
In 2005 Latitude/Longitude released their self-titled debut album on their own imprint, Early Thieves. Eschewing traditional arrangements, they favor a looser, more spontaneous approach to composition. Live improvisations are played back and manipulated until they take new forms. The results range from surreal folk and delicate instrumentals to noise-drenched drones.
Latitude/Longitude continue to work with diverse sonic materials: test oscillators, homemade cassette tape and field recordings, radio transmissions (FM/AM/SW/CB), and toy electronics (broken and functional), as well as more traditional instruments, such as pedal steel guitar, banjo, mbira, and voice.
LINKS
Works
- Radio Action III (AD034) (Dispatch Series Release) free103point9 Transmission Artists, 2008
- Solar Filters/Mother Evening (Dispatch Series Release) Latitude/Longitude, Jan. 8, 2008
- latitude/longitude (Artist Multiple) latitude/longitude, 2005
Exhibitions & Events
- Radia_184_Radio Action III, Oct. 9, 2008: 2 p.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- Radio Action III: Online Radio Program, June 18, 2008 – Aug. 30, 2008 (Curated by free103point9 in collaboration with Barbara Held)
- Radio Action III Performance & CD Release , Aug. 7, 2008: 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
- Hudson Summer Concert Series: Campfire Sounds 2008 with The Dust Dive; Latititude/Longitude; MV & EE with the Golden Road; Samara Lubelski, July 26, 2008: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. (Curated by free103point9, Slink Moss)
- Eat Local_The Dust Dive / Latitude/Longitude, Feb. 1, 2008: 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- Latitude/Longitude / The Dust Dive / H*E*R, Jan. 25, 2008: 8 p.m.
- Latitude/Longitude record release show, Jan. 9, 2008: 10 p.m. – Jan. 10, 2008: 1 a.m.
- Radio Retreat/Festival 2007, Oct. 13, 2007: noon – Oct. 14, 2007: 5 p.m.
- Animals, Aug. 25, 2007: 2 p.m. – 8 p.m. (Curated by Slink Moss)
- Campfire Sounds 2007, Aug. 3, 2007: 5 p.m. – Aug. 5, 2007: 1 p.m.
- Latitude/Longitude with Jason Labbe + Lathan Hardy, F*cking Hawk, July 12, 2007: 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Latitude/Longitude and Human Pontiac, July 9, 2007: 10 p.m. – July 10, 2007: 2 a.m.
- Noise! 2007, May 10, 2007: 10 p.m. – May 12, 2007
- Latitude/Longitude, Slink Moss Orchestra at Lit Lounge, May 2, 2007: 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Music With A View, April 9, 2007: 7 p.m. – 11 a.m.
- Habitats, Nov. 9, 2006 – Nov. 12, 2006
- Latitude/Longitude + Mikey IQ Jones + Andrew Hurst + Radio I-Chi, Oct. 28, 2006
- Forest City Dust Dive / Latitude/Longitude / Mushroom Cloud Trio, Oct. 24, 2006: 10 p.m.
- CCCA ArtsWalk Dance and Music Showcase, Oct. 7, 2006
- Campfire Sounds 2006, July 14, 2006: 6 p.m. – July 16, 2006: 3 p.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- Latitude/Longitude live on WFMU, April 22, 2006: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- Campfire Sounds, July 15, 2005: 5 p.m. – July 16, 2005: 10 p.m.
ARCHIVE
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Audio
- Radia 184_Radio Action III, Oct. 9, 2008. Program for the Radia network about free103point9 "Radio Action III" CD, including five tracks. (audio/mpeg, 38.5 MB)
- Radio Action III CD release performances at New Museum_080708, Aug. 7, 2008. Performances from (in order) Tom Roe; Damian Catera; Tianna Kenndy; George Positive, Samuel Dishy, Maxwell McDonald, Aaron Reed, and Kevin Smith; Joshua Fried and Todd Merrell; LoVid and Howard Huang; and The Dust Dive and Latitude/Longitude. All performerances inspired by recordings for free103point9's Radio Action III CD, with free103point9 Transmission Artists using radio somehow in their works. (audio/mpeg, 33.1 MB)
- Latitude/Longitude_live at Campfire Sounds show at Hudson Waterfront Park, July 26, 2008. Live performance part of Hudson Summer Concert Series, 072608. (audio/mpeg, 20.1 MB)
- Latitude/Longitude_live at Animals show at Wave Farm, Aug. 25, 2007. 082507. (audio/mpeg, 26.1 MB)
- Latitude/Longitude perform at Campfire Sounds 2006, July 15, 2006. note: The generator cuts out as the song ends early. (audio/mpeg, 1.8 MB)
- Latitude/Longitude perform using the forest stage tree at Wave Farm, Dec. 10, 2005. (audio/mpeg, 1.3 MB)
- Latitude/Longitude_live at Campfire Sounds show at Wave Farm Aug. 2007 at free103point9's Wave Farm. (audio/mpeg, 12.9 MB)
- Latitude/Longitude_Solar Filters A side of 7" single, free103point9 Audio Dispatch 031 (audio/mpeg, 1.8 MB)
- Party_Cove: The Dust Dive and Latitude/Longitude collaboration for Radio Action III for Radio Web MACBA Radio Action III is a special program for Radio Web MACBA and the next free103point9 Audio Dispatch CD Release. RWM is a radio-phonic project on the MACBA (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona) website that explores the possibilities of the internet and radio as spaces of synthesis and exhibition. This song is a collaboration between The Dust Dive and Latitude/Longitude. (audio/mpeg, 6.9 MB)
Video
- Latitude/Longitude perform at Animals, Aug. 25, 2007. (video/mov, 54.9 MB)
- Radio Action III CD release video performances at New Museum_080708 Live performances from (in order) Tom Roe; Damian Catera; Tianna Kennedy; Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson's group that included George Positive, Samuel Dishy, Maxwell McDonald, Aaron Reed, and Kevin Smith; Joshua Fried and Todd Merrell; LoVid with Howard Huang; and The Dust Dive and Latitude/Longitude, all performing for the CD release at the New Museum. Video footage courtesy of the New Museum. (video/mov, 1.1 GB)
Press, Programs, & Ephemera
- "False Rosetta" & “Solar Filters/Mother Evening” 7” Reviews in Dusted Features: Still Single: Vol. 4, No. 3, Feb. 18, 2008. by Doug Mosurock. (application/pdf, 1.5 MB)
- "Enjoying the sounds of nature or the sounds of experimental music," Alarcon, Alvaro E. The Daily Mail, October 7, 2007., Oct. 7, 2007. (application/pdf, 7.9 MB)
- "Basement Valkyries," Signal To Noise, Spring 2008 by David Cotner (application/pdf, 705.4 KB)
- "Latitude/Longitude - Solar Filters/Mother Evening, Radio Ruido - False Rosetta," Vital Weekly, 2008/01/09 by Frans de Waard (application/pdf, 654.7 KB)
- "Review: Campfire Sounds 2007" Phllips, Andrew, Earplug 101, August 16-29, 2007. (application/pdf, 382.8 KB)
- "Size Matters," Wire, March 2008 by John Butcher (application/pdf, 549.9 KB)
Image
- Campfire Sounds 2008, July 26, 2008. at Hudson Waterfront Park, Hudson, NY. Audience members enjoy Latitude/Longitude. (image/jpeg, 180.3 KB)
- Latitude/Longitude during Campfire Sounds 2008, July 26, 2008. at Hudson Waterfront Park, Hudson, NY. Latitude/Longitude poised to perform. (image/jpeg, 426.6 KB)
- Latitude/Longitude during Campfire Sounds 2008, July 26, 2008. at Hudson Waterfront Park, Hudson, NY. (image/jpeg, 176.2 KB)
- Latitude/Longitude during Campfire Sounds 2008, July 26, 2008. at Hudson Waterfront Park, Hudson, NY. (image/jpeg, 182.8 KB)
- Latitude/Longitude's Jason Labbe during Campfire Sounds 2008, July 26, 2008. at Hudson Waterfront Park, Hudson, NY. (image/jpeg, 276.0 KB)
- Latitude/Longitude's Michael Garofalo during Campfire Sounds 2008, July 26, 2008. at Hudson Waterfront Park, Hudson, NY. (image/jpeg, 291.7 KB)
- Latitude/Longitude's Patrick McCarthy during Campfire Sounds 2008, July 26, 2008. at Hudson Waterfront Park, Hudson, NY. (image/jpeg, 211.3 KB)
- The Dust Dive + Latitude/Longitude during Campfire Sounds 2008, July 26, 2008. at Hudson Waterfront Park, Hudson, NY. The Dust Dive and Latitude/Longitude perform "Party Cove" from "Radio Action III" live during Campfire Sounds 2008. (image/jpeg, 160.0 KB)
- latitude/longitude CD cover, Jan. 1, 2005. (image/jpeg, 53.4 KB)
- Solar Filter / Mother Evening (AD031) Cover Michael Shroads (image/jpeg, 74.7 KB)