DJ. Audiosvar

DJ Audio$var is a project of Danish/Faroese experimental artist Kristian Vester (Goodiepal), which began as a series of audio comments to his [url=https://discogs.com/release/5880341]Radical Computer Music theory[/url] and an accompanying [url=https://discogs.com/release/1714445]"audio walkthrough" tape[/url]. In June 2009, Goodiepal started posting YouSendIt links with voice messages (2-10-min MP3s with an acoustic intro "jingle") in the comments section of the recent [url=https://discogs.com/label/205022]Geiger.DK[/url] magazine's article about his controversial expulsion from [url=https://discogs.com/label/447929]DIEM[/url]. (Geiger, a prominent Danish indie music publication, had thoroughly reported on Goodiepal's activities and hosted many heated discussions about the artist on its forum). Subsequently, DJ Audio_$vars evolved into professionally produced "mixtapes/podcasts" up to 3-5 hours in duration: previously unreleased albums, alternative mixes, Goodiepal's talks and festival performances. Some Audio$vars were intended for simultaneous playback with specific records. For instance, all three [url=https://www.discogs.com/search/?type=all&label=Escho&catno=ESC18&year=2011]limited-edition "add-ons"[/url] to Gæoudji Sygnok's notorious Route 66 Eksperimentet album in March 2011 came with a URL to download corresponding DJ Audiosvars printed directly on LP center labels.

In May 2014, when the [url=https://discogs.com/label/348562]National Gallery of Denmark[/url] acquired Goodiepal's personal belongings as a permanent installation, he shared the first-ever aggregated Audio$var archive via public Wi-Fi network accessible to visitors. (Kristian Vester already explored a similar concept of "peer-to-peer" data sharing a few years prior. In November 2004, he purchased a full-page front cover ad in [url=https://discogs.com/label/9575]The Wire[/url] to distribute "[url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1252749]Hacker Packs[/url]," massive nine-disc packages of unique content: music, videos, pirated software, and even a conspiracy theories library.)

Along with Audio_$vars, Goodiepal published several "Text_$var" documents and a collection of 160+ "snappidags:" photos, musical scores, handwritten notes in English and Danish, screenshots, Vester's postcards and documents, images of rare releases (Goodiepal's '91 debut solo [r=11615537] tape, for instance) and other quirky objects (such as a DIY sound device inside a hollow book, similar to Hugh Davies's SHOZYGs from the 1960s); even a scanned NatWest bank statement with a total cost breakdown for "Route 66 Eksperimentet." (Goodiepal explained some snappidags in his June 2012 episode of [a253437]'s A Day in the Mouth documentary.)

In October 2019, UbuWeb posted an online collection with over 100 Audio$vars. In August 2020, the "Podcast for Contemporary Art" by The Lake Radio/Museet For Samtidskunst dedicated a whole episode to Goodiepal's Audio$vars, presented by museum curator Magnus Kaslov.

Notable DJ Audio_$var's
Several "Audiosvars" got officially released:

▻DJ Audio$var #19
[r=24707495] (Razoff #04/2017, Cassette)
Originally self-published in 2001; posted on SoundCloud by Institute Of Contemporary Arts, London, in May 2012.
The framed original text/artwork is part of SMK's collection.

▻DJ Audio$var #36
[r=5516070] (Razoff, 2014, Cassette)
One of Goodiepal's earliest solo albums; self-released as [url=https://discogs.com/release/11621178]'93 demo tape[/url]

▻DJ Audio$var #57/58
[r=6699894] (Razoff, Feb 2015, Cassette)
Early solo works

▻DJ Audio$var #61
L.x.x.P-Ghost-HACK-2000 ([url=https://www.discogs.com/label/647449]Passive/Aggressive[/url], Apr 2013, SoundCloud)
Unreleased/cancelled Goodiepal's electro-acoustic/ambient album for Irdial Discs, ironically dedicated to Jakob Boeskov

▻DJ Audio$var #79
(((Pruttipal))) at Podcast for Samtidskunst (The Lake Radio/Museet For Samtidskunst, July 2020)
[r=20478046] (Razoff, Feb 2021, Digital)

A 3-hour episode about [url=https://discogs.com/label/55883]xart hybrid/DATABAR[/url] early '90s collaboration with Pelle Krøgholt. In the other section, Goodiepal almost explicitly confesses his involvement in the notorious [url=https://discogs.com/master/2231578]"Pole/FatCat controversy."[/url]

▻DJ Audio$var #83
[r=13195191] (Razoff, 2019, 2xCD-R)
Hand-assembled release only available by trading in person with [url=https://discogs.com/artist/6749625]Pals[/url] or Bananskolen members