Collectedness// August 19, 2021

Architecture III

Grow

First Light (Volume II) Compiled by CC:DISCO!

Jenifa Mayanja - Dawning

Love Waves Ecstatic Charge uses visual material to construct sonic architecture. The visuals are one hundred and six still images taken from an experimental video which was initially shot when Mazurek was in residency at Abbaye Royal de Fontevraud, France, 2005. Upon his return from the residency he discovered the camera broken and barely operational other than the fact of being able to extract frame by frame 106 distorted still images and fragmented skipping sound that would on occasion burst through. This material sat untouched for numerous years until recently, whereupon a reinvestigation of the material had such a depth of feeling to it that he used these images and sound to start to construct sonic pieces based on color shifts, granulation, bursts, shape, distortion, textrue and finally text. The text is an affirmation of Life and Breathing, Love and Ecstatic Charge, the constant shifts that occur in daily life creating Waves of Joy and Sorrow and everything in between. Other Sound was eventually collected from various sources, specifically in and around Mies van der Rohe's iconic Farnsworth house in Plano, IL and processed through modular synth and computer. Some of this sound can be heard inside the film he made in collaboration withfilmmaker Lee Ann Schmitt titled: The Farnsworth Scores.

Excerpt here: vimeo.com/250349662

"I have been making electronic music since the mid 90's as a way of challenging my own way of composing and hearing and seeing and by intense experimentation, to move closer to an all enveloping resonance that has been just out of reach ... but there! ... and over time have created some kind of vocabulary that I hope at the very least is "interesting" at the very most "shattering" In the most cathartic of ways." - Rob Mazurek

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Rob Mazurek / modular synth (digital/analog), computer

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Recorded and Mixed, at M.E.S. (Marfa Experimental Studio), Marfa, Texas 2017-18. Mastered by David Allen

AS113 - Rob Mazurek - Love Waves Ecstatic Charge "Ecstatic"

One more to round out what has been a very busy year for Mole.

"Nothing had been heard for some time now...not a sound, and the animals had fallen into a deep sleep. The dishes were done, the fire burnt out. There sat an unfinished puzzle on the dining table, a messy pile of scrawled poems on the sideboard and a partially enjoyed novel strewn over the arm of a chair.

Yet in all of this quiet, a faint rumble and clatter began to sound. Not one of mechanical origin but certainly something moving closer...and most certainly in a hurry…"

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All music by The Sprigs
Images by Beverley Gooding
Inspired by Kenneth Graham’s ‘The Wind in the Willows’
Introductory text by The Sprigs
Additional text by Wesley Knowler included in cassette version.

BIS010 - The Sprigs - "Mole's Uninvited Guests"

long-form audio installation
artistic research
booklet in English – containing aural photography, theoretical discourse on the culture of listening, and more...

sound, text, images: Manja Ristić
editor: Sonja Leboš
sound mastering: La Plant Studio, Belgrade
design: Nevena Vasiljević
proofreading: Mark Vernon
production, publishing, distribution: ELL Studio 2023
artistic research in collaboration with the Association for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Research, Zagreb

water memory is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia

read more about the project >>> 
https://manjaristic.bandcamp.com/album/water-memory-mnemosonic-topographies-of-the-adriatic

water memory

Bandcamp

water memory – mnemosonic topographies of the Adriatic

The Blue Hour

Chantal Michelle - Excavator

NPVR is the avant garde duo made up of the late Peter Rehberg and Nik Void. Editions Mego is proud to present their second and final release. No this is not some kind of Beatles synthetic AI that raises the dead reconstructed recordings but rather a new album made by the humans and their machines. 

The initial meeting of Rehberg and Void was in London in 2016 and despite or due to their mutual awkwardness found solace and compatibility in the fact that they both had a similar electronic modular set up, along with matching cases to transport all. The idea to collaborate was an obvious and organic process as a means to connect their individual gear together and observe the outcome. The fruits of these initial experiments, recorded in London, resulted in the playful experimentation of their acclaimed 2017 release 33 33 (eMego 251).

Now in 2024 Editions Mego presents the logically titled follow up, 33 34. These sessions were recorded six months after the initial recordings at Peter’s home in Vienna. This was planned out as a mirror city release to the original London recordings. With Peter having access to his full studio set up this time around we encounter a rich audio landscape which organically folds together a variety of musical genres blurring any distinction between these forms so the resulting music hovers as a new cloud of sound. Any musical form, be it industrial, electro-acoustic, ambient, drone and techno all coexist and melt into the other as the ensuing result unveils a hypnotic swarm of divergent sounds (music). When active there were no lines or contexts with NPVR, either between sound or genre within these recordings or live where NPVR were at home playing at a techno club one night and an avant garde venue the next.

The initial session of these recordings was edited by Rehberg and sent to Void to further develop.
Over time the final versions were agreed on and then shelved as other outside projects took over. The awkwardness had been surmounted and the two had become close friends. NPVR performed at a range of venues such as Tresor, Sutton House, Corsica, Blitz, Paris GRM #Focus2, LEV Festival and Rigas Skanumezs Festival. Following Rehberg’s untimely passing Void had difficulty listening back to the sessions but eventually thought it fit to complete and release this album, of which even the artwork (like 33 33, an image from Zurich photographer, Georg Gatsas) had been decided upon prior to Rehberg parting ways. 

There is an unmistakable joy to these recordings. One encounters an enthralling exploration of their chosen machines which conveys the excitement of what can be randomly conjured when people speak through such devices. There is no grand statement or argument here, just the sheer thrill of creation and the recorded results of random encounters. The art of collaboration was always a mainstay of Rehberg’s practice from the advent of the MEGO adventure. Rehberg & Bauer was an initial collaboration with former business partner Ramon Bauer. Even at this stage one can hear a relaxed sense of delight in the sheer discovery of sound.

A mix made for the Wire magazine following the release of 33 33 hints at the freedom that comes with endless urge for exploration and discovery. Abstract tracks from Z'EV. Jérôme Noetinger and Jung An Tagen are included alongside British stalwarts The Fall and New Order. There were no lines between pop / academic / underground or mainstream in Rehberg’s world. All of it sat at the same table. It is just matter in the atmosphere, like the diverse exploration found in these recordings that comprise 33 34.

33 34

Raw to the Core

NPVR 'Raw to the Core' (EMEGO312)

oisatana - future self
man rei -  call
ken ikeda - mist on the window
ceffyl dwr - gucci drift edit
ourora - cinéma À deux
jonnnah - big apple under water
sensual mindfuck - beffskee & ornography
noorj - flame flowers
halos - III (simone bauer dubbed out edit)
dj ojo -  in the slush (iii)
shiner - shining message
ken ikeda - rustle
drip 133 - finalhours
bb948 - june
lewi boome - softbody
ayya - `·. ljst `·. ©®™
two heavens - I want to live 4 ever

NOODS RADIO #6 - w/yusk 3.24.2024

Alyssa Moxley’s »City Replica Souvenir,« a composition reflecting on the pioneering composer and KSYME co-founder Iannis Xenakis’ unrealised »Athens Polytope.« Moxley attempts to deconstruct the sound politics and massive coordination inherent in Xenakis’ city-sized proposal to a smaller, souvenir-sized aesthetic abstraction.

Credits

Chronotopia Echoes / Αντηχήσεις took part within a wider project titled Chronotopia, initiated by CTM Festival and Goethe-Institut Athen. Through several events and commissions the initiative  aimed to highlight connections between experimental music, research, and media practice, for instance via re-articulations of pre-modern musical forms and practices, media-archeological research, or archives amongst others. 

Co-produced by CTM Festival, Goethe-Institut Athen, Athens & Epidaurus Festival. In collaboration with KSYME/CMRC.

Mastered by Rashad Becker, Berin.
Artwork by VOJD.

CTM Editions 001
All Rights Reserved to the respective owners.

Chronotopia Echoes / Α​ν​τ​η​χ​ή​σ​ε​ι​ς

City Replica Souvenir

Free download

Alyssa Moxley - City Replica Souvenir

John Chantler And Daniel M Karlsson - 6.12.23 [excerpt]

Detox № 42 - yusk

Session #8 - Sha99y

info + tracklist: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/wide-mesh-riforma-kinked-andrea-darsie
https://andreadarsie.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/andreadarsie

Wide.Mesh (Riforma)

Wide.Mesh (Riforma) – Kinked & Andrea D’Arsiè

Delakeyz - Paramatma

DJ Koze returns with his second track from "knock knock", his forthcoming album on Pampa Records. “Illumination” follows the previously released “Seeing Aliens” and is the first "knock knock" track Koze has shared featuring vocals. The ever-unique Róisín Murphy becomes a cyborg funk diva on “Illumination.” "Working on a song together with Roísín is even better than not working at all,” says Koze. 

DJ Koze - Illumination (feat. Róisín Murphy) taken from the upcoming Album „knock knock“ - out on May 4th, 2018
Get It here: https://djkoze.lnk.to/KnockKnock
Pre-order Limited Vinyl Box, 2xLP or CD on our new Homepage: www.pamparecords.com
Orders at the Pampa Onlineshop will be shipped one week prior to 
(C) Pampa Records 2018 - Release date: 1 march 2018 

Dj Koze ist now also on Instagram - follow him: ww.instagram.com/djkozeofficial

DJ Koze - Illumination (feat. Róisín Murphy)

As you can imagine we are under huge pressure at the moment and are working flat out to ensure Cafe OTO survives this. The impact of this situation is extremely acute for small venues like ours and we need all the support we can get to pull through. Please donate what you can, if you can. Thank you. 

Cafe OTO opened in April 2008 with the aim of providing a home for creative new music that exists outside of the mainstream. It comprises one large cafe/performance space open during the day serving food and drink with an evening programme of live music almost seven nights a week. 

OTOROKU is part of OTOProjects - a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) that has been set up to manage the programme at Café Oto. Any profits from OTOROKU are put back into supporting what we do and will help us to continue programming the best musicians and performers from all over the world.

www.cafeoto.co.uk

Los Angeles Based/Manila Roots Arts and Culture Curator/Programmer, Filmmaker, DJ, & Filipino music and film advocate.

AS113 - Rob Mazurek - Love Waves Ecstatic Charge "Ecstatic"

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