phase transition mix - Robert Lippok



I am very happy about the collaboration with Iranian internet radio Beshknow. I got to know them because they played a number of releases that were put out on raster media, including my last LP, Applied Autonomy.  I asked them if they would be interested in broadcasting a mix of nature, water and glaciers as reference points. And I also asked if there are glaciers in Iran and if it would be possible to get sound from them. I am overjoyed that the members of Beshknow Radio took on the adventure of a five-hour journey to Kholeno Mountain despite the tense pandemic situation in Iran. The photos they sent me illustrate the dramatic situation of the local glaciers. I am also very grateful that an artist I admire very much, Teho Teardo, has contributed an exclusive piece to the mix.  While searching for suitable pieces, I came across an unreleased piece in my archives that my former band to rococo red composed for the exhibition New Ocean by American artist Doug Aitken at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Three pieces of the mix are of course from the book / CD release Glacier Music II, a collaboration of the Goethe Institute Georgia and the label Establishment.Towards the Glacier is from the first Glacier Music CD, it is a collaboration with Kyrgyz master Askat Jetigen. For the first time Beshknow Radio will collaborate with USMARADIO Interdepartmental Research Centre for Radiophonic Studies / San Marino for this broadcast. 

01 field recordings from the Kholeno mountain - Dariush Sardari
02 Glacier - Ryūichi Sakamoto
03 Sea Changes Pt 1 -Teho Teardo 

04 Light Breaking - Anushka Chkheidze, Hayk Karoyi, Robert Lippok
05 Waves for Flutes - R.I.P. Hayman
06 field recordings from the Kholeno mountain - Dariush Sardari
07 In a Landscape -  Gabriele Emde 
08 Air Modulation - Mapstation / Paul Wirkus
09 Winter Into Spring - Robert Lippok
10 Galena - to rococo rot 
11 Infinite - Hayk Karoyi, Robert Lippok
12 Become Ocean - John Luther Adams
13 Numbers Drop - Anushka Chkheidze, Eto Gelashvili, Hayk Karoyi, Robert Lippok
14 Towards the Glacier - Askat Jetigen & Robert Lippok
15 field recordings from the Kholeno mountain - Dariush Sardari / Seascapes - R.I.P. Hayman / Juta loop - Anushka Chkheidze

phase transition refers to the physical process of transition from ice to water, from water to water vapour and vice versa.

Robert Lippok - Phase Transition [Glacier Music]

In his music, you can hear the vibrant Mediterranean palette and the rich diversity of Armenian medieval culture. Hayk, a multi-instrumentalist specializing in Armenian woodwinds, brings forth the entire range of his cultural identity from his subconsciousness through these instruments. As a person of mixed heritage, blending East Mediterranean and Armenian cultures, he has never sought to be purely Armenian in his music or in his self-identity. His music is always a fusion and an ongoing experiment. It is never complete, constantly evolving, always searching for something new and consistently surprising.

Debashis Sinha's creative output spans a broad range of genres and media, from solo audiovisual performance projects on the concert stage to the interior spaces between 2 headphones. &nbsp;Driven by a deep commitment to the primacy of sound, Sinha has developed his creative voice by weaving together his own experience as a 2nd generation south Asian Canadian, his training with master drummers from various world music traditions, a love of electronic and electroacoustic music and technology, and a desire to transcend the traditional expectations of how these streams might intersect and interact. The wide range of audio, video and audiovisual works, while varying in concept and content, are nonetheless a result of an artist with a fierce desire to expand the notions of what it means to express and be influenced by a life in/between cultures.

Sinha's live persona is a performance based expression of his explorations in sound and sound art. It activates the percussion training and sense of experimentation that Sinha possesses in a context that straddles the club and art gallery in equal measure. Upcoming releases are planned for 2018.

Sinha's continuing musical practice and re-interpretation of himself as an artist comfortable working in various media have allowed him to realize projects and performances internationally. &nbsp;He has been a recipient of grants from The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Chalmers Foundation.

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Robert Lippok - Phase Transition [Glacier Music]

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