Eindpunt (End of the Line) (mix)

One of the reactions on the earlier 4 hour non stop ambient collages broadcast by Supplement (…dutch radio program with a focus on modern/avant garde/experimental music…) in the past years, was an invitation to contribute two sound installations to the location project called Polderlicht (Amsterdam, november 2001).

This is the second one: “Eindpunt (End of the Line)”

The first one was “Klanksluis” (SoundLock, as in ‘Airlock’).

“Eindpunt” (End of the Line) was created for use in an old deserted public transport depot at the Oranje Vrijstaatkade in Amsterdam.

The speakers were hidden in the old wreck of a bus (pictured above, with a light installation by Willem Marijs), reminiscing of days gone by: it includes some old recordings of a horse-tram in Amsterdam and other transport sounds.

This mix should’ve stopped playing at eleven o’clock in the evening, but due to human error the timer clock failed and the mix kept playing all night…seemingly louder and louder white the city went to sleep.
The people living at the other side of the water MUST have heard fragments of this mix in their sleep. Some of them must’ve had some really weird dreams that night.
But no-one complained!!

Eindpunt (End of the Line) Playlist:

• Brian Eno – Old Brompton Road, feb 20 – Music for White Cube – 1997
• Brian Eno – The Oval, feb 24 – Music for White Cube – 1997
• tramrit a’dam 50’s – – Library of vanished sounds
• Sara Ayers – Interiors – Interiors – 2001
• Lost Time Accident – Cave – Age 2 Wonder at – 2001
• paardentram – Library of vanished sounds
• Banabila – Primitive Lab – Spherics – 2001
• Crooked Crow – Bakersfield Station – Replacement Sponge – 2001
• Fluxion – Unechoic Dream – [Spaces] – 2001
• DJ Jizello – Hwok_pur – unknown – 2001
• The East CourtYard – Live Ambient Vibes – 2001
• Biosphere – Moistened & Dried – Cirque – 2000
• Francis Dhomont – Espace-escape – Excitations – 2000
• Jeff Greinke – Harbor Island 2 – Cities in Fog 2 – 1997
• oude tram interieur – Library of vanished sounds
• Brian Eno – Camden Town, feb 24 – Music for White Cube – 1997
• Aphex Trim – 11 – Selected Ambient Works, vol II – 1994
• tramrit a’dam 50’s – Library of vanished sounds
• Robyn Schulkowsky / Nils Petter Molvaer– VII – Hastening Westward – 1995
• Thomas Köner – Nuuk – Aubrite – 1995
• Bill Fontana – Köln-Kyoto Sound Bridge – ?
• Vladislav Delay – Ranta – Multila – 2000
• Richard Chartier – Filer – Clicks and Cuts 2 – 2000
• Biosphere – Proem – Insomnia-No Peace for the Wicked – 1997
• Stephen Philips – Drone Symphony in E – Cycles 3 – 2000
• paardentram – Library of vanished sounds
• oude tram interieur – Library of vanished sounds
• Sutekh – 19xx – Clicks and Cuts 2 – 2000
• Brian Eno – Lavender Hill, feb 14 – Music for White Cube – 1997