NEW 2CD by dave phillips: should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let him resolutely pursue a solitary course; there is no fellowship with the fool / cicada trance (released by no part of it)

dave phillips' trajectory as an experimental recording artist began in the mid-80s, with a punk background that expanded to wilder and more nuanced territories as a solo artist.

having utilized field recordings, both raw and arranged, for over 20 years, not to mention his well-established work with bombastic body sounds, surrealist strings, and tribal percussion, phillips has honed his use of source material in a way that comes off more as a soldier's sense of duty than anything resembling a hobby. with "should a seeker... / cicada trance", he returns with two badly needed physical issues of integral field recording-based pieces that were previously only available for digital download.

"should a seeker..." was initially published as a digital release on the radical matters label in 2008. it is a structured arrangement of sounds with reptilian, amphibian, and insectan origin, remastered for physical release in 2023. for over 56 minutes, gurgles, primal roars, and screams from creatures of the night swirl in and out of the stereo spectrum in complex, yet somewhat rhythmic patterns, for an almost hyperreal effect.

the main insect featured in "cicada trance" is the first one that drew me to another world, through its sound. i imagine these singing ringing cicadas create trance states. like being high on life, ultimately immersed in the present moment: immersion - to be part of something. 

recorded in thailand, vietnam, indonesia and south africa between 1994 and 2015.

cicada trance is dedicated to the most important beings on this planet: insects.

should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal... (xcerpt)

Radio Utopia, News from the world (French Pavilion)
The insect vibrational signals we can hear were recorded in different locations in Slovenia during the summers of 2020-2023 and show a fraction of the rich diversity of substrate-borne vibrations that insects create to communicate in a meadow.

Slovenian vibroscapes (Venice Biennale 2023)

These insect substrate-borne vibrations were recorded with laser doppler vibrometers from local plants in a wet meadow located in Gais, Switzerland. Laser vibrometers are able to detect the vibrational signals emitted by insects that travel through the surface of the plants in the meadow. Only two local insects could be identified by the signals they produced, and those were Aphropora major (a froghopper) and Sorhoanus assimilis (a leafhopper). Over 20 different insect signals were documented during the field study. Although their identity can not be revealed yet, we hypothesise that many of these signals belong to the Auchenorryncha suborder of insects, specialised in vibrational communication. The signals, emanating from the vibrational interactions within the local vibroscape, were extracted from 150 hours of recorded material collected over the course of August 8, 9, and 10, 2023. The research of vibroscapes in nature is rather recent and this was the first time that an alpine meadow was recorded.

In collaboration with @tremoneta (Juan José López Díez, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia)

All recordings made on site by Juan José López Díez 
Editing and composition by Ludwig Berger
Installation by Ludwig Berger and Juan José López Díez
Photo by Juan José López Díez
Realized at the Festival KLANG MOOR SCHOPFE, Gais, Switzerland 2023

Ludwig Berger & Juan José López Díez - Vibroscape Of Hochmoor Gais (Excerpt)

Concert du 15 septembre 2024, ancienne brasserie Bouchoule, Montreuil.
Concert Organisé par les instants chavirés
Enregistré pas Benjamin Pagier
Photo par David Lantran

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Pianoise Ancienne brasserie Bouchoule

Data

Gong bangers from southeast Asia

1-2 Rooster Dance by Isneg Group & Tadok by Kalinga (Izne Philippines) – Yasuhiro Morinaga
Bumper/ID – Realms and Layers - Asia 2005-2023 #5 - Jesse Paul Miller 
3-4 Nyaheun Tha #1 & #6 – Brao Tha Cambodia Laos – Kink Gong
5 Shan (Mru) Traditional Dance - TV Myanmar (Myanmar 2009)
6 Very Heavy Drinking Parties - Dayak Headhunting – Tom Harrison (Borneo 1959)
7 Night Recordings from Bali (Sublime Frequencies)
8-9 Kavet Brao Village Party & Kanying Brao Flat Gongs – Gongs of Cambodia & Laos – Kink Gong & Tiger Gong 
10 Hamong Gongs – Brao Gongs Laos – Kink Gong
11 Nkriang Song & Bells - Sekong Laos - Kink Gong
12 Brao Drinking Session – Gongs of Cambodia & Laos – Kink Gong & Tiger Gong 
13-14 Funeral Music by Churu & Funeral Music - Se Dang (Cambodia) – Yasuhiro Morinaga
15 Music of the Buffalo Sacrifice Ceremony of the Jarai (Vietnam) – Vincenzo Della Ratta
16 Excerpts from Gongs of the Bahnar (Vietnam) – Vincenzo Della Ratta


GONG BANGERS RADIO (RIAFC153)

A struggle for love

The lines they draw

HFK - Live Trash N Core 24 / Kraken 2018

33EMYBW (@wushanmin) is a Shanghai-based musician and a core member of the city’s electronic/experimental scene, known for numerous collaborations and appearances in many local projects. Now affiliated with the @svbkvlt label and appearing as part of their showcase at Unsound, she explores the futuristic sounds of post-club music. This podcast is a live recording of 33EMYBW at ALL, Shanghai, on 7th July 2019. She names this set ‘Trash Set #1’. The whole set is comprised of outtakes, sketches, demos and unused ideas from last years Golem album on SVBKVLT, as well as her upcoming release Anthropods, which will be premiered at Unsound 2019 in Kraków.

Unsound Podcast 54: 33EMYBW - "Trash Set #1"

sound as communication in direct and primal form, a language, a tool of metaphysics, a conscience, a consciousness. works that oppose the omnipresent restriction and reduction of life, to activate primordial shared emotions otherwise hidden under the debris of this crumbling civilisation. inviting rumination, encouraging intervention, endorsing catharsis & environmental e/quality, touching sentience, cleansing. audio de/construction, psycho-acoustics, sound rituals, sonic activism, humanimalism; ritual protest music to heal homo sapiens out of its infancy.

solo works since 1987. 
part of SCHIMPFLUCH-GRUPPE (with Rudolf Eb.er, Joke Lanz, Marc Zeier, Daniel Löwenbrück etc.) since 1991.

projects present and past include OHNE, dead peni, perverts in white shirts, PK, ketsu no ana, fear of god & more;  collaborations with G*Park, Francisco Meirino, Randy Yau, Hiroshi Hasegawa, GX Jupitter-Larsen, Chris Galarreta, Masonna & more; ScHimpfluch Associates label with Rudolf Eb.er etc blablabla

contact/booking dp@tochnit-aleph.com