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Mark Browne – The Prejudices of History

Mark Browne – The Prejudices of History
LOR049

Mark Browne

“The Prejudices of History”

Mark Browne – The Prejudices of History
British sound artist, saxophonist and noise maker Mark Browne follows up his 2012 album “Malapert and Erratic” with this EP- featuring improvisations on percussion, bowed guitar,thigh bone and saxophone recorded on the evening of the 7th December 2013.

“The Prejudices Of History”
Or as I remain pleased with part 1, “Malapert and Erratic part 2″
Over the years I have become increasingly aware of what I do as a musician and the need to at least appear to conform to some ideal whether real or imaginary. This may be an attempt to answer the question: What epitaph will adorn my headstone?
It has been documented that I play the saxophone, and indeed this has been the case for around 30 years. The problem comes with the definition of saxophonist. For me picking up a saxophone, alto initially, was required in an effort to undo the learning that I had acquired over several years of classical guitar playing. The guitar still has the feeling of being someone else’s territory and I could not see myself developing in a manner that would create an approach and style that I could call my own. The uniqueness of a musician’s approach struck me as being important at that time, aged 16.
And so the saxophone was selected as my new instrument: its methods and approach being the antithesis of those of the guitar. Looking at some notes from this period it seems that I believed the ideal piece of music (naturally an improvisation) should aspire to infinite variation in dynamics, timbre and colouration, and rhythm. In later years the need for and development of form (rhythm in a wider sense) has become more important.
So the saxophone is not a guitar. Neither are many other instruments. Am I a saxophonist? Am I a percussionist? Probably neither, I am a collector of sound making devices â the saxophone, in a single instrument, fulfils a number of those early requirements. The other instruments are used to augment the repertoire, adding contrast to the saxophone and expanding the music’s soundscape.
As well as a collector, I am an arranger of sounds and occasional organiser of people. Nothing more.
The pieces were all recorded evening Saturday 7th December 2013”
-Mark Browne (from the sleevenotes available as a PDF with the download.

posted 25 January 2014

Chris Whitehead – Habitats for Metal Plants

Chris Whitehead – Habitats for Metal Plants
LOR048

Chris Whitehead

“Habitats for Metal Plants”

Chris Whitehead – Habitats for Metal Plants
Linear Obsessional is delighted to present this new release from Chris Whitehead – A EP of sonic environments to encourage the cultivation of metal plants,with an accompanying detailed PDF guide…

This CD was released simultaneously with Mark Browne’s “The Prejudices of History” (LOR049) – with which it shares some concerns and sounds.

“Since the Industrial Revolution the soil in Britain has changed considerably in its formulation. Where once it almost exclusively consisted of organic matter, it is now likely to hold high levels of metallic elements such as iron, aluminium and copper. Areas where industrial processes took place in the past but have since been reclaimed by nature are particularly rich in this residual metal content.

Plants growing in these environments have, by means of Darwinian natural selection coupled with sheer determination to survive, managed to incorporate various metals into their very DNA. The resulting species display a variety of features only made possible at the point where biology and metallurgy combine.

The aim of this guide is to assist the amateur metallobotanist in identifying these enigmatic plants, and also to instil enthusiasm into those armchair readers who have never searched the disused foundries of Sheffield for a reclusive Cutleri silvaservicia or listened attentively on the hills of West Yorkshire for the soothing sound of a clump of Alpine Cog Daisies (Coggi interlockia) gently turning in the breeze.

The two sound recordings included here have been developed to aid the growth of these unusual plants. By placing a speaker at either side of the specimen (ideally they should be equidistant and each no closer than two feet away) the sound produced will acoustically recreate a very favourable growing environment. Once brought indoors and planted in any kind of container what these organisms miss most are sound vibrations of a metallic nature.

By regularly subjecting your plants to these carefully composed and scientifically tested sounds (about twice a week is the recommended frequency) you should begin to see them flourish and possibly even bear fruit. Of course not all varieties are suitable to collect. Some are protected by law and others are just too bad tempered, quite frankly”

-Chris Whitehead, from the introduction to the booklet “Flora Metallicum Britannica- a field guide to the metallic plants of the Britsh Isles” (included with this download)

posted 25 January 2014

Art Electronix – Cold & Rusty

Art Electronix – Cold & Rusty
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Art Electronix

“Cold & Rusty”

Art Electronix – Cold & Rusty
This music is minimalist and rough , but it makes your head swing to the beat, as much as it makes you feel the rhythm whistling in the pipes, gurgling in the tap, dripping like raindrops on the window sill, cats meowing and the fridge purring. All this turns into a rhythmic march of existence, the music of a musical box, or crammed tricky electronic circuits. As if robots were singing an ode to existence.
posted 24 January 2014

Varios Artists – Midnight Radio Compilation 5.

Varios Artists – Midnight Radio Compilation 5.
Midnight Radio Compilation 5

Varios Artists

“Midnight Radio Compilation 5.”

Varios Artists – Midnight Radio Compilation 5.
Midnight Radio compilation various artists, your place for underground music and sounds. enjoy and spread it worldwide. come with me.

MRCVA:
[being part of one (or more) of next compilations various artists?
all styles are allowed. contact me.
(artist name, track name, website link [infos about you?] )
WAV, FLAC, MP3, etc.
send to (ask me email adress)
www.wetransfer.com
notice, some people think, this is a radio station and ask me to play her favorite song. this is not a radio station. this ist a free download compliation with various artists and her own, hand or software made music.

(dark) + ambient|avantgarde|experimental|electronic|and more
midnightradio-compilation is a part of:
avantgarde.glasklinge.de
midnightradio11.de
midnightradio11.bandcamp.com
www.eisenlager.com

regards, glasklinge zeitenlicht

posted 23 January 2014

Secrets Of The 45 – Lappers At The Rim

Secrets Of The 45 – Lappers At The Rim
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Secrets Of The 45

“Lappers At The Rim”

Secrets Of The 45 – Lappers At The Rim
SOT45 presents a collection of previously unpublished recordings, gathered throughout the 10 years of the project’s existence.Starting off with 3 early found sound constructions, ritualistic in their abrasiveness, the album then progresses to a minimalist deconstruction of a choir loop, slowly reducing it to a set of drones. It is then followed by two tracks from a discarded Momolot remix album – two approaches to rock music deconstruction – one busy and whirring, the second one blurry and dreamy. “Wintery Russia” is an ambient piece made out of a mangled cassette tape with accordion melodies. The set is concluded by an experiment in chance operations on a set of found sound samples, consitituting a disconcerting bouncy collage adventure.
posted 22 January 2014

Wings of an Angel – Highway 90 – From The Dead Sea of Galilee To Beit She’an

Wings of an Angel – Highway 90 – From The Dead Sea of Galilee To Beit She’an

Wings of an Angel

“Highway 90 – From The Dead Sea of Galilee To Beit She’an”

Wings of an Angel – Highway 90 – From The Dead Sea of Galilee To Beit She’an
For every person that has known the burden of nostalgia, the heavyweight of decaying memories, and a sense of quasi-eternal longing which goes far beyond words, as beautiful as they sometimes may sound.
posted 18 January 2014

Proyecto Lazarus & Bleak Fiction – Parenthesis

Proyecto Lazarus & Bleak Fiction – Parenthesis
MIST054

Proyecto Lazarus & Bleak Fiction

“Parenthesis”

Proyecto Lazarus & Bleak Fiction – Parenthesis
Parenthesis is the first release between Proyecto Lazarus (Spain) and Bleak Fiction (Argentina).

They focused in a dark ambient atmosphere, with diverse elements like noise, spoken word, field recordings, minimalism and drone music. It’s a conceptual album, with allusion to moments of reflexion about different themes.

posted 01 January 2014

Pablo Reche – Horizonte

Pablo Reche – Horizonte
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Pablo Reche

“Horizonte”

Pablo Reche – Horizonte
Pueblo Nuevo Netlabel se complace en presentar su release numero 86, cerrando la breve pero interesante cosecha 2013 con el disco “Horizonte”, trabajo del precursor musico argentino Pablo Reche.

Review / Reseña:

“La musica de Pablo Reche es un desafio y reclama un esfuerzo por parte del oyente, un perceptor que vive en una epoca en que existe una gran cantidad de material musical disponible para el publico y en que los modos de escucha se han vuelto fragiles mediante el zapping, los altos niveles de compresion en las masterizaciones y la transformacion de ciertas musicas (por no decir la mayoria), en accesorios tribales sin valor en si mismos.

Este trabajo del artista argentino requiere una escucha activa. No es un material que pueda ponerse de fondo y menos en parlantes mezquinos. El audifono podria ser un dispositivo util, siempre que la actitud sea de atencion y no la de una escucha de acompañamiento para cualquier otra actividad.

¿Pero, por que estos requerimientos?.

Reche nos entrega un pieza que en sus casi 18 minutos y medio progresa delicadamente a traves de zumbidos electricos que tienen una componente compleja, mezclando ciertos tonos con distorsiones. A estos “drones” se suman en distintos momentos algunos materiales de ruido muy probablemente provenientes de grabaciones de campo. El flujo de estas sonoridades es de un desarrollo y fluctuaciones delicadas, pero no por ello escasas. La atencion y su propiciacion mediante condiciones de escucha aptas permitirian una apreciacion del dinamismo de la pieza y, al contrario, una reproduccion donde existan materiales enmascaradores (ruido ambiente, zumbidos de pantallas y otros aparatos), junto con una pobre reproduccion, impedirian la correcta estimacion de todos estos detalles.

Si bien el trabajo se enmarca dentro del habitual caracter contemplativo de Reche, todo ese movimiento que comentamos mas arriba junto con un despliegue en distintos estratos del espectro, nos hace percibirlo como uno de sus trabajos mas consistentes, por supuesto dentro de nuestra acotada opinion.”

“Pablo Reche’s music is a challenge and it demands effort on the part of the listener, a recipient who lives in an era in which a large amount of musical material is available to the public and in which the modes of listening have become fragile through zapping, high levels of compression in mastering, and the transformation of certain musics (though not necessarily the majority) into tribal accessories without value in and of themselves.

This work by the Argentine artist requires active listening. It is not material that can be placed in the background, and even less on paltry speakers. Headphones may be a useful device, but always with an attitude of attention and not to listen as an accompaniment for any other activity.

But why these requirements?

Reche gives us a piece that in its almost 18 and a half minutes delicately progresses through electrical hums that have a complex component, mixing certain tones with distortions. To these “drones” some noise materials, likely derived from field recordings, are added in certain moments. The flow of these sonorities is one of development and delicate fluctuation, but not through scarcity. Attention and its propitiation through suitable listening conditions will allow an appreciation of the dynamics of the piece and, to the contrary, a reproduction where there are distracting elements (ambient noise, hum of screens and other devices), along with a poor reproduction, will impede the correct estimation of all these details.

Although the work is framed within the usual contemplative character of Reche, all this movement discussed above, together with a deployment in distinct strata of the spectrum, makes us perceive it as one of his most consistent works, of course within our humble opinion.”

Alejandro Albornoz (Mankacen)
Santiago, diciembre/december 2013.

Creditos / Credits:

Grabado, mezclado y masterizado por Pablo Reche, en Buenos Aires 2013 / Recorded, mixed and mastered by Pablo Reche, Buenos Aires, 2013.

Contacto / Contact: rechepab(AT)yahoo.com.ar

Diseño y retoque fotografico / Artwork and photoshop by Mika Martini (mikamartini(AT)yahoo.com).

Version en ingles / English version by Ryan Bodiford. (bodiford(AT)umich.edu)

Revisa mas noticias sobre nuestras actividades y la cartelera completa de presentaciones en: / all live_act and news info at: http://www.pueblonuevo.cl

posted 22 December 2013

Carlos Suárez – Fin Da Terra

Carlos Suárez – Fin Da Terra
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Carlos Suárez

“Fin Da Terra”

Carlos Suárez – Fin Da Terra
Carlos Suárez is, now a days, one of the most interesting musicians exploring the compositional possibilities of field recordings in Spain. His work has been widely regarded as a revelation on how to present processed field recordings as elements of a very bast and complex symphonic music system or language.

Moreover, Suárez has been able to develop something quite bold in the realm of field recordings, this is his ability to have a certain sound identity that defines his oeuvre. Through the usage of silence, textures and noise, Suárez has been able to create a very personal and creative sound world that ultimately becomes a language by itself.

After his acclaimed work “Transit Mundi” (Luscinia 2012) Suarez has been developing that very own language, following that premise, a month ago Exp_Net released “O Tempo Do Desengano” which explored similar accents and phrases such as the ones found on this album but reversing the sound sources. In the album at Exp_Net Suarez focuses on the us e of a modular synth (Doepfer A-100) and here, with Fin Da Terra, Suárez tries to do the opposite, to work mainly with field recordings and just a bit of analogue synthesis.

Fin da Terra is a compositional exploration of sounds gathered in costal areas, beaches, breakwaters and different locations in the Atlantic galician coast, where Suárez currently lives. What’s interesting of this piece is the usage of those recordings and how they have been moulded to become “voices” at the service of Suárez sound language.

Also, Fin Da Terra uses field recordings as a canvas, a surface where to play different experiments and combinations. The soundscapes are relegated and become background to the sonic accents that define Carlos Suárez oeuvre, even, he allows himself to add, here and there, elements such as a modular synthesizer that appears hidden but present if we carefully listen as a reminder of his previous work on Exp_Net.

The overall conclusion is that Fin Da Terra cannot be understood if not listened after “Transit Mundi” and “O Tempo Do Desengano”, all of it form a consequent evolution and exemplification of creative process.

posted 06 December 2013

Wings of an Angel – Lightworkers Are Us

Wings of an Angel – Lightworkers Are Us
Self-Release

Wings of an Angel

“Lightworkers Are Us”

Wings of an Angel – Lightworkers Are Us
“There is a light that shines beyond all things on earth, beyond the highest, the very highest heavens. This is the light that shines in your heart” (Chandogya Upanishad)

“Remember the clear light, the pure clear white light from which everything in the universe comes, to which everything in the universe returns; the original nature of your own mind. The natural state of the universe unmanifest. Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it. It is your own true nature, it is home”.
(Tibetan Book of the Dead)

“If you light a lamp for someone else,
it will also brighten your path”.
(Buddah)

“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.”
(Albert Schweitzer)

posted 29 November 2013

Varios Artists – Midnight Radio Compilation 3.

Varios Artists – Midnight Radio Compilation 3.

Varios Artists

“Midnight Radio Compilation 3.”

Varios Artists – Midnight Radio Compilation 3.
Midnight Radio compilation various artists, your place for underground music and sounds. there is so many music on this planet. much underground, so many ideas. sounds that wrap around the planet and I would like to present a small part of it. enjoy and spread it worldwide. come with me.
posted 10 November 2013

Varios Artists – Midnight Radio Compilation 2.

Varios Artists – Midnight Radio Compilation 2.

Varios Artists

“Midnight Radio Compilation 2.”

Varios Artists – Midnight Radio Compilation 2.
Midnight Radio compilation various artists, your place for underground music and sounds. there is so many music on this planet. much underground, so many ideas. sounds that wrap around the planet and I would like to present a small part of it. enjoy and spread it worldwide. come with me. http://midnightradio-compilation.bandcamp.com
posted 07 November 2013

Daniel Barbiero & Steve Hilmy – Take a Sound. Do Something to It. Do Something Else to It.

Daniel Barbiero & Steve Hilmy – Take a Sound. Do Something to It. Do Something Else to It.
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Daniel Barbiero & Steve Hilmy

“Take a Sound. Do Something to It. Do Something Else to It.”

Daniel Barbiero & Steve Hilmy – Take a Sound. Do Something to It. Do Something Else to It.
This is the second release from double bassist Daniel Barbiero and electronic sound artist Steve Hilmy. An outgrowth of their work with the Nancy Havlik Dance Performance Group, their collaboration explores the creative applications of new technologies to conventional and extended performance techniques for the double bass.

1. Take a Sound. Do Something to It. Do Something Else to It.
2. A Multiplication of Voices (for Steve Hilmy)
3. Coda: Watching the Watchers

“Take a Sound. Do Something to It. Do Something Else to It.” and “Coda: Watching the Watchers” are two live improvisations for amplified double bass and real-time electronic processing recorded at An die Musik in Baltimore on 14 June 2012 and at Dance Exchange in Takoma Park, Maryland on 21 January 2012. “A Multiplication of Voices (for Steve Hilmy)” is an improvisation for solo double bass processed post-performance with the Granulab synthesizer program in April 2013.

Steve Hilmy: electronics (on “Take a Sound. Do Something to It. Do Something Else to It” and “Coda: Watching the Watchers.”)
Daniel Barbiero: amplified double bass and granular synthesizer (on A Multiplication of Voices)

Cover art by Chris Lynn

posted 01 November 2013

Wings of an Angel – Cult Of Personality

Wings of an Angel – Cult Of Personality

Wings of an Angel

“Cult Of Personality”

Wings of an Angel – Cult Of Personality
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world.
(Emile M. Cioran)
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
posted 26 October 2013

Melophobia – TateModern

Melophobia – TateModern
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Melophobia

“TateModern”

Melophobia – TateModern
raw files recorded inside Tate Modern, early in a sunny morning of April 2011…
not much overproduction, but a lot of silence and real echo/ambience…
Tate Calendar : The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei (ground / Turbine Hall),
Exhibition : Gabriel Orozco.

recording date : 08 April 2011 (Friday), Tate Modern, Bankside London UK
production / mastering date : 12 June 2011, Greece

six tracks running also as a unedited one of total time of 56’32”
another seventh track with heavier production/rework added as bonus (05’49”)

made and intended for minidisc use by Melophobia

posted 23 October 2013

VA – readymedia – Klangboot Radio #041 ~ Ab nach Köln!

VA – readymedia – Klangboot Radio #041 ~ Ab nach Köln!
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VA – readymedia

“Klangboot Radio #041 ~ Ab nach Köln!”

VA – readymedia – Klangboot Radio #041 ~ Ab nach Köln!
Artist – Title – Netlabel – Year

1. NK / Nino Lo Bue – Perceptions
http://bandcamp.musikpiraten-ev.de – 2013
2. D.Tek – Indian Ocean
http://www.deepxrec.com – 2013
3. Jari Pitkänen – Uoy Revo Peels Esol I
http://enoughrecords.scene.org – 2013
4. Desh Alb – capitolo 3
http://www.batenimnetlabel.net – 2013
5. MOC – Fantômas
http://www.phonocake.org – 2013
6. Marino69 – Our Forest (Original Mix)
http://www.melodica-netlabel.com/ – 2013
7. Telegraphy – Space Squared
http://ionosonderec.webs.com/ – 2013
8. The Shining Men – Delusion
http://theshiningmen.bandcamp.com – 2013
9. BaaskaT – Freeride (w/ Niels Tjoen)
http://dustedwax.org/ – 2013
10. Gumbel – Voices of Hidden Traumas
http://gumbel.bandcamp.com – 2013
11. Pandacetamol – TRB Moss Haiku (gathered)
http://rec72.net – 2013
12. Meaning Of Life – One Year Later
http://deeplakerecords.weebly.com/ – 2013
13. Lingua Lustra – Violet
https://soundcloud.com/lingua_lustra – 2013

For full playlist and HQ download visit: http://www.klangboot.de/?p=906

posted 22 October 2013

Viv Corringham – Gum + Butts

Viv Corringham – Gum + Butts
LOR044

Viv Corringham

“Gum + Butts”

Viv Corringham – Gum + Butts
Linear Obsessional is delighted to present a new solo album by the British vocalist Viv Corringham. On “Gum and Butts” Viv returns to London (she’s now based in New York) and records in 6 unique sonic spaces, responding and reacting to the environment in real time. The result is a spellbinding mix of evocative field recordings and dazzling, “extended technique” vocalising. .
credits
released 20 October 2013
Notes-
This is a collection of live vocal improvisations with the city. They combine three activities I enjoy: wandering around London, listening to city sounds, and improvised singing. To make one of these works, I simply start to walk and record.

In 2002 some recordings I had made in this way were broadcast on London’s Resonance fm radio as a weekly series called Vocal Strolls. Richard Sanderson was splendidly enthusiastic about them at the time and has invited me to create a new collection for this album.

These works were all made on a visit from my new home in USA back to London in March and September 2013. It has been a great (and slightly nostalgic) pleasure to re-tread old walks and also to find new ones.
-Viv Corringham

Recorded and Performed by Viv Corringham
Viv Corringham – Voice
London – Sounds

posted 21 October 2013