Musician PJ Harvey is embarking on a public art project, recording her next album in a see-through glass enclosure that allows the public an intimate look into the meticulous process of crafting an album.  “You have to go through dull moments to get to the goods,” Harvey says. (more…)

MoMA has announced details of There Will Never Be Silence, an album paying tribute to John Cage’s monumental work 4’33”, and examining the intersections of silence, sound, and the principles of modern recording.  The record, which will be available at MoMA PS1’s ArtBook Fair later this month, includes pieces by Gang Gang Dance, Kevin Beasley and Yasunao Tone.   (more…)

The New York Times is reporting on 9Y40, an Armory Week sound installation by Brooklyn artist and taxi driver Daniel J. Wilson, which replayed recordings from the artist’s graveyard shift cab fares around New York.  Ferrying art lovers and fair attendees from exhibition to exhibition, Wilson offered riders a glimpse at themselves from the front seat.  “It’s this world where people act like you don’t exist, even though you’re three feet away,” says Wilson “You get this fragment of a person.” (more…)