Panel The Defeat of Time, Part 1: Introduction by Mike Harding (Sonic Acts XII, 2008)

Sonic Acts is a biannual festival at the intersection of arts, science, music & technology. "The Defeat of Time" was a panel talk with Stephen O'Malley, Joachim Nordwall and CM von Hausswolff, moderated by Mike Harding. Following their respective performances in Paradiso on Thursday night, February 21st, 2008, they discussed drone music and how it affects the listeners and their sense of time. Mike Harding (UK) is a curator, producer, lecturer and music publisher. He has been running the audio-visual publishing house Touch with Jon Wozencroft since 1982. He is a member of sound installation creators frequot and a member of Field. He started the project "Spire" in 2004, which combines organs with electronic music. The panel "The Defeat of Time" ensued the performances of The Drone People on 22 February, 2008.