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 Havet 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 Sami Sänpäkkilä'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
A Message To The International Hacker Community (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$var #36
Tilbage Til Havet (Razoff, 2014, Cassette)
One of Goodiepal's earliest solo albums; self-released as [url=https://discogs.com/release/11621178]'93 demo tape[/url]
▻DJ Audio$var #57/58
Søsterhøj Mysteriet & Hessdalen (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
[a=(((Pruttipal)))] at Podcast for Samtidskunst (The Lake Radio/Museet For Samtidskunst, July 2020)
The Pole Impostor & The Databar (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
Hele Gp@Pls Radioen På 2 X Cd (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
2021
Takuroku
File, MP3, 320
2011
Alku, Pork Salad Press, Syg Nok, Rune Grammofon, These Records, Escho, Kommunal Dubplate Service, Orthlorng Musork, Smalltown Supersound, Unbearable Recordings, V/Vm Test Records, Kling & Bang Galleri, English Muffin Records, Smallfish, Atomkraft Ja Tak Records, Andersens Contemporary, Phthalo, Mangel På Ilt, Irdial Discs, Ljud Records, Spirit Of Orr, Ninth World Music, P.A.I., Lucky Kitchen, Dekorder, Broklyn Beats, Tutl, Spezialmaterial Records, Kning Disk, Tender Productions, Fonal Records, Du Ligner Et S-Tog Records, Danish Vinyl Production
LP, Etch, Ltd
2011
Alku, Pork Salad Press, Syg Nok, Rune Grammofon, These Records, Escho, Kommunal Dubplate Service, Orthlorng Musork, Smalltown Supersound, V/Vm Test Records, Kling & Bang Galleri, English Muffin Records, Smallfish, Atomkraft Ja Tak Records, Andersens Contemporary, Phthalo, Mangel På Ilt, Irdial Discs, Ljud Records, Spirit Of Orr, Ninth World Music, P.A.I., Lucky Kitchen, Dekorder, Broklyn Beats, Tutl, Spezialmaterial Records, Kning Disk, Tender Productions, Fonal Records, Du Ligner Et S-Tog Records, Danish Vinyl Production
LP, Etch, Ltd
2011
Alku, Pork Salad Press, Syg Nok, Rune Grammofon, These Records, Escho, Kommunal Dubplate Service, Orthlorng Musork, Smalltown Supersound, Unbearable Recordings, V/Vm Test Records, Kling & Bang Galleri, English Muffin Records, Smallfish, Atomkraft Ja Tak Records, Andersens Contemporary, Phthalo, Mangel På Ilt, Irdial Discs, Ljud Records, Spirit Of Orr, Ninth World Music, P.A.I., Lucky Kitchen, Dekorder, Broklyn Beats, Tutl, Spezialmaterial Records, Kning Disk, Tender Productions, Fonal Records, Du Ligner Et S-Tog Records, Danish Vinyl Production
LP, Etch, Ltd