Name: 00 Ormolu by diego behncke
Duration: 11 min 33 s
Description: https://www.gauss-pdf.com/post/172523783569/gpdf257-diego-behncke-alalia

Prensa Manual - Uncanny Listening

Ensamble

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didascalia

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R48 Open Corner - "Empty Pool To No One" CD

Here Asha Sheshadri and Christian Mirande record together as Open Corner.  Vocal accounts of mundane suburbia and human despondency by Asha, under a woven forest of pops and cracks and creaks courtesy of Christian.

In a way the texts remind me of Robert Ashley’s “Au Pair” pieces (from the 2nd Atalanta CD), overrun by the swamp of a broken dishwasher and a leaking wine fridge.

Emotionally and sonically claustrophobic.  A unique take on voice and sound: in-between an audiobook and a sound-map.  Exhausted and hungover, the frequencies and intense proximity really fit the digital CD format.  Here is your chance to revitalize the ? Records weapon of choice…

♦ Note: the cover of the CD is an augmented rendering of the Soprano’s™ pool ♦

First Edition of 200
Glass-mastered CD housed in Jewel-case

R48 Open Corner - "Arcadia" from Empty Pool To No One CD

quiet storm

Halftime

test the air

Mattin and Miguel Prado talk to noise scholars Cecile Malaspina and Inigo Wilkins about the collective need of counter-bunker techniques, noise in view of Carnap's theory of probability1 and 'whack' swans.
Special guest Dali De Saint Paul provides vocals and readings for our house beats and noise.

SD04 - w/ Cecile Malaspina & Inigo Wilkins – Counter the Bunker Mentality

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00 Ormolu

Originally composed for livestreaming events during the ongoing lockdown of 2020, Felisha Ledesma presents two extended pieces as a debut album, “Sweet Hour”. Ledesma’s first full length release arrives after much experience in creating collaborative works with artists such as Isabella and Angelo Harmsworth, site-specific installations, and high-profile festival performances.

Both pieces were realized using a new software synthesizer, called “AMQR”, which Ledesma built for personal use in collaboration with Ess Mattisson. Contrary to many digitally-based compositions, a distinctly warm and organic palette pervades these recordings. An almost playful leisurely pace is employed, engaging the listener to listen deeper; the pieces gracefully evolve with special attention to subtle shifts in stereo field and sonic coloration.

The time-of-day titles illustrate the two distinct moods conveyed: "7:00 AM" integrates field recordings and a hardware modular synthesizer, taking the listener through a psycho-acoustic journey exploring various nooks and crannies of subdued auditory rivulets: perhaps a hidden woodland brook, a sunny glen, a crunchy gravel walkway. "2:00 AM" harkens to the memories of nightclubs, opening with a synthesized arpeggio which could lead into a dancefloor-ready stomper. But instead, Ledesma steps back, allowing the arpeggio to develop into an encompassing ASMR-like timbral massage. The two compositions are united in a slightly melancholic grasping for connection; are they unfolding or are they unraveling? Ledesma does not answer the question outright, but instead finds joy in superposition and sublimation - while creating a space for the listener to inhabit, to live in, and to re-connect. 
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releases January 29, 2021

00 Ormolu

diego behncke

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