
Remanence, a term derived from electromagnetism, describes the impression of continuing to hear a sound recently present, but now extinguished. Remanence is psychoacoustic time travel.
Born in England in 1963 and raised in Canada, Robin Parmar now lives in Ireland. Since 1987 he has explored radiophonics, studio production, phonography, electroacoustic composition and performance. Recent credits include the sound installation "The Lights In Room 7" for OPEN/INVITED e v+ a 2010 MATTERS (Limerick, Ireland, curator Elizabeth Hatz, Sweden), a paper on television programme "Doctor Who" (Swansea, Wales), a sonic performance at "Die Gegenwart Von Jean Baudrillard" (Mainz, Germany), the diffusion of the soundscape composition "The Garden Of Adumbrations" (Limerick and Stockholm, Sweden) and a chapter in the book Framemakers: Choreography As An Aesthetics Of Change. Robin has an HBSc in Theoretical Physics and an MA in Music Technology.
For up-to-date information on my activities, please read my blog, Theatre of Noise. For past projects see my CV.
20-22 August 2010
A special four-channel excerpt from "wave, particle, falling leaves" will be played at The Dragonfly Multi-Arts Festival at Ekehagens Forntidsby, Åsarp near Gothenburg, Sweden. Read more.
May 2010
Robin Parmar is one of 100 people who recorded doors for a crowd-sourced sound effects library organised by Tim Prebble. Release upcoming. Read more.