arbitrary19 | 24 November 2023
CD + DL

Edition of 300
Digipak - Pantone / metallic, 4c print
incl. fold-out insert (text, maps - riso print)

arbitrary presents Terrain Vague – the debut album of Danish group MESMER.

The album is a series of (deconstructed) live-recordings taken from three live concerts. The sounds on this record are taken from two years’ worth of sound research and creative outbursts with inspiration from field trips to the outskirts of Copenhagen. Intrigued by the auditive landscapes of places where nature and culture meet and challenge each other.

Listening to the field-recordings led MESMER to interpret the moods, musical qualities, and inherent energy of the sounds from these areas. Thus, creating melodies, harmonies and rhythmical structures that, together with the field recordings, paved the way for this album.

MESMER consists of the three musicians & composers Emil Jensen, Victor Dybbroe and Anders Filipsen, who have been creating music together over the last 15 years in various groups. MESMER is fascinated by how sound (and its absence) influences us as people and how the different natural and cultural environments create different musical scenarios.

Recorded and produced by Mesmer, 2021 & 2022

Mix: Mads Emil Nielsen

Master: Kassian Troyer

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https://arbitrarymesmer.bandcamp.com/album/terrain-vague

https://arbitraryproject.com/Terrain-Vague

CD + Print

Mesmer - Terrain Vague - 01 _ Intro (arbitrary19)

Seina is a sounddesigner and composer based in Den Haag (NL)

contact: seinafaessler@gmail.com





Past Shows:
04/09/24 - Galvanik, Zug
24/07/24 - Niansa, Ljubljana
08.03./09.03.24 - Multichannel Fixed Media Installation, National Opera & Ballet Amsterdam
14/02/24 - 674.fm, Cologne
09/07/23 - Quartair Summer´s Gate, The Hague
03/07/23 - 3345 Record Store Summer Stream, The Hague
01/07/23 - Maxi Radio, Leiden
18/04/23 - Satellite Multichannel Concert (ICLC 2023), The Hague
16/04/23 - SOTU Festival, Amsterdam
24/03/23 - Crawlspace, The Hague
04/11/22 - Crawlspace, The Hague
01/05/22 - Walkmühle, Wiesbaden
29/04/22 - The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague

Label / imprint
Denseland – Code & Melody (arb.20, April 2024)
arbitrary21 (10" / DL) 06 Sept. 2024
https://www.arbitraryproject.com

Updated: https://arbitrary.bandcamp.com

info@arbitraryproject.com

Lennart Ginman, born 1960, is a Danish-Finnish string bassist, composer and producer. He has performed on more than 130 album releases. Today, Ginman is one of Denmark’s most respected bassists with an impressive musical CV encompassing many significant projects and noteworthy collaborations with many of Europe’s most important and influential artists. Ginman is a much appreciated composer and producer of modern new music, working with many leading figures in jazz, electronica, rock and progressive techno. He has received countless awards, Grammy’s and commendations for his contemporary interpretation of modern songwriting, successfully combining electronic and acoustic music in a highly personal, dark, moody and filmic sound universe. He has received a three-year grant from the State Arts Council in acknowledgment of his innovative compositions. Ginman’s string bass virtuosity is pivotal to many leading jazz artists and has graced live performances from a broad range of prestigious talents, including Lee Konitz, Kirk Lightsey, Johnny Griffin, Doug Raney, Chris Cheek, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Golson, Jim McNeely, Clark Terry and Kenny Werner. Ginman is a fixture on the Danish music scene, working with Palle Mikkelborg, Dicte, Cæcilie Norby, GinmanBlachmanDahl, Steffen Brandt, Sinne Eeg, Ginman/Eivør and Nikolaj Nørlund among many others. In addition to his numerous collaborations with other artists, Ginman has producedsix albums in his own name, featuring his own lyrics and music. These include the legendary album with Steen Jørgensen: Ginman/Jørgensen. His latest, highly praised album The Color Of Dark with Ginman/Eivor is available on Sony Music, a deeply personal release consisting entirely of Ginman’s own words and music. Ginman is also extremely active performing electronic solo concerts, alone on stage, introducing us to a previously unseen world of processed bass, drum machines, filters, Ableton Live and a heavy dose of groundbreaking effects pedals. In February, 2020, he debuted yet another new experimental electronica project, Ginman Dream Noise. On his current album release, The hOpening, Ginman demonstrates his ability to create music that transcends genre lines as well as national borders. The album is recorded at Jim Barr’s studio (Portishead, etc.) in Bristol and mixed by Alex Krispin (Daniel Lanois, etc.) in Atlanta with music composed and produced by Ginman and Jeppe Gram. It is the first album released by Meta Film Studio, preceding the record you now hold in your hands by Denmark’s finest jazz trio, GinmanBlachmanDahl, made in collaboration with DALI loudspeakers.

trying to learn from sound, nature and technology 


                                         __contact__
                    _         vanastenvincent@gmail.com___

future:
18-21 September What the garden told me @gogbot in Enschede 
past:
2025
08 July___________V23 Community day 
16 februari___________Ambient&cake [live]
2024
05december________ div.fuse [live+workshop]
19 october________ V23 [live//Matter]
12 october ________ Gifkikker [live] 
04_april________ Noase [live] 
2023
23_december___V23[live] 
22_june_________vierovier [live] 
5_march________galerie-el ___ [live] 
3_march________Noase [live]

Home of sweet experimental slow music, sound and art practice by Nukumori Eugene / Nx -街音の収集 (always welcome demo & collabo for release from Living Room Tapes)　　 

Nukumori Eugene / Nx ﾇｸﾓﾘ ﾕｰｼﾞﾝ / ぬくもりゆーじん is a Hong Kong - Japan Base Sound Artist, Researcher and  Architect. He is joining the sound & art projects around the world beside run his own label  "Living Room Tapes" - the sound & art collective. 

The project often highlights the sounds and arts placed between the nature and city's folklore - deconstructive city street culture and urban suburbia - related to the urban observation research project ~ Research and Practice of Alternative Art Space / Micro-Art Space  

featured projects :  Strange Ordinary Necessities不思議な日用品 / Urban Observational Studies 都市観察学会 / Skmtt /  / HONG KONG SUBURBIA / 3am / Soundscape Saitama 100 / 100音夜行 / Edition 1/f / A TALE OF OUR CITIES / MEIV