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improv [30092021]

https://www.nts.live/shows/ikura-imprint/episodes/ikr-imprint-29th-september-2021

Ikr. Imprint 290921

Lunchtime Special: Which Ever Way - Frutto (25/10/21)

The rhythms of sleep are unknown to the sleeper. Usually, only with interruption, or dreams, or through wakeful observation, are we made aware of them. And even then, only somewhat. On this cassette, Zenxen uses his research into the cycles of sleep and rest to explore and recreate the phenomenon of neural oscillations. 

The tracks sound as if they’re composed of water, vapor, and dust. Trails of percussive events and simple melodic gestures accompany low end sculpting that moves like water, vapor, and dust. Like a tour of the body’s rhythmic structures, these are the waves within, crashing on interior shores. The electrical activity of the brain’s neurons are measured in hertz—cycles per second. Using a range of sampling techniques, Zenxen recreates alpha, theta, and delta waves to construct sonic models of the brain in various states.

Collaging other compositional elements into the works, such as field recordings of whispering voices, and the rise and fall of cicadas, Zenxen forms a tapestry that resembles autonomic processes, like a breath, or a secreting gland. Lullabies in one sense—these tracks were composed for an overnight drone event in the artist’s hometown of Berlin—in another they are intensely awakening, serving as activations of specific frequency windows. 𝐼𝑛 𝑊𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 is a sonically cavernous descent, down into the brain’s most mysterious and rejuvenating depths.  

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Zenxen [ˈzɛn ˈdʒɛn] is an interdisciplinary ambient project from Benedikt Ellebrecht, combining academic studies in sociology, literature, and philosophy, time spent playing in post-punk bands, and ongoing participation in the underground electronic music scene in Berlin, Germany. 

Starting with experimentation with sample-based techniques, Ellebrecht has developed Zenxen into a digital musique concrète. He processes and reassembles field recordings from his immediate physical surroundings as well as drawing from virtual spaces such as the internet and videogames. As Zenxen, he has self-released 2 EPs and regularly performs live. 

Ellebrecht also contributes sound design for theatre and performance pieces, including at Ruhrtriennale Essen 2016 and at Staatstheater Darmstadt 2019 in collaboration with Niels Wehr. And in 2017, he co-founded the multimedia label No Disk (https://www.instagram.com/nodisk_/) with Joel AS (Arad Acid).

In Waves

Zenxen - Mesh Of Nodes (ENMX16)

A sunken cathedral is exactingly excavated by Tokyo-based Joe Fujinoki on his debut album 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠. Glittering shards of glass and metal drifting on deep ocean currents cast vague illuminations upon eroding concrete structures. An occasional glimpse of sunlight filters through the depths, suspended by bubbling hydrothermal vents. Fujinoki creates a series of gestures blurring texture and rhythm, an analog balm for the colloid of post-industrial aches.

Watering the Steel Flowers

Joe Fujinoki - Artificial Vein (ENXPL11)

Bianca Scout - Pump Organ at St Giles Church
Picnic - folds and rips (JR Chaparro version)
Urban Tribe - Nebula
Mark Leckey - In This Lingering Twilight Sparkle (Excerpt)
Christina Vantzou - Glisten I
Igloohost - Soil Bolt
Princess Diana of Wales - Fragments of Blue
Kuniyuki Takahashi - Your Home
J. Albert - Saved
Pendant - The Poor Boy And The Mud Ponies
Celes - Heart

De bruits et d'ondes - GUEST MIX BY KINDTREE

Beautiful journey from our first guest in 2022, @zenxen. A little intro for the mix:
“𝑯𝒆𝒚 𝑰𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒁𝒆𝒏𝒙𝒆𝒏. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒙, 𝑰 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕, 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒙𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔 - 𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔. 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 (𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒅) 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒙𝒐𝒙𝒐 ✨”

Tracklist:
Robert Turman - Flux 1
Kenji Kihara - Nagi
Meitei - Ike
Zenxen - Mesh of Nodes
Dream Architecture - Dreams Of Light
Sachi Kobayashi - Experience Zen
Ulla - Shelter
Anthony Janas - Remember & Rabbits
Fossilized Wilderness - 3 
Jamie Awakshidar - Skyhack Rising
Chaperone - Effectively Vacant but the Casts and Prostheses Still Loiter
Yearning Kru - tattoo (petrol)
Jan Jelinek - Moiré (Strings)
Kate Carr - Humidity
Zenxen - Cloud Connection
Félicia Atkinson - Valis
Yearning Kru - Nightbrightener
Natalie - Cellist
LOG - LOG 4
xxsd - less about E V E R Y T H I N G
Marv - Stable Mate
Glyn Maier - An Indefinite Lattice
Haji K. - Snows Over Mount Sinai
Oval - Textuell
URA - Dirge
Florian T M Zeisig - I

LCR INVITES /// Zenxen /// [13.01.22]

Living Room n°28 ~ @malvern-brume

q. pls introduce yourself

I'm Rory, I live in South East London, spend a good deal of time working with sounds and putting various names in front of it, but mainly do things as Malvern Brume. I run a small label with my good friend Ben Waggett called Infant Tree and do all sorts of other stuff in and around those things.

q. is there a story behind the mix?

Not sure there's much of a story in terms of a narrative but usually when approaching these things, unless i've got a burning urge to do something specific, its a case of playing the music i've been listening to most at that given time (which is why in most of my mixes you'll hear something to do with Af Ursin or Karla Borckey because I seem to listen to them all the time!). I find I fall quite easily into listening to music that reflects how I'm feeling, as I'm sure most do so it's nice to have a document of it to look back on. I like music that challenges me and my perception of what I would deem to be good. Quite often I find things like the music I've played at the start of the mix to be confronting, something to do with the minimal instrumentation and probably some emotional entanglement. I think writing about sound can be an impossibly difficult thing to do and there's very few people who do a good job of it (in my opinion) so I'm hesitant to say too much! haha

q. what's the best way to enjoy your mix?

All the music I've picked is stuff I've listened to whilst walking or cycling so I'd say that would be one suggestion. I really enjoy the disturbances and interactions that come from listening in a less controlled listening environment, especially when you come across tones that oscillate against what's happening in the music. Walking is a really important part of the Malvern Brume stuff in general. Most of the music for it is based on walks I've done or graphic scores I've made whilst walking. When I'm listening back to the recordings it's usually when walking that I decide whether to do something with it or not.

q. describe a favorite object in your living room

I've got a painting by Ben Waggett who does Infant Tree with me (it's titled Shoreham Hovel https://www.victorwaggett.co.uk/threeanchorites/). I love it, I think I asked Ben for it when he was finishing uni and hope it stays with me forever. I live in a shared house with some friends so it's probably the most sentimental thing I keep down here (I'm in the living room now)

q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?

Yeah, I've got a few things on the go. Next thing to surface will be a tape for Kashual Plastik, which may even be out by the time this surfaces (Last track in the mix is from this tape). Very stoked to be working with my friend Frank to get that music out and I'm really happy with how it sounds. Myself and Sholto Dobie have been editing some recordings we made when I was in Vilnius to see where that will go, which I'm excited about (again I played one of the tracks in this mix). There's another release lined up with some music I made early 2020, not sure when that will surface but it's in the works, and then I've started recording some new MB stuff and am working on some music for different projects. I like to take pictures and recordings of bird houses I find on walks so i'll be keeping that up for sure and maybe one day i'll do something with that, and there's some other work i've been doing with walking and graphic scores for a couple years now but i'm in no rush to share that just yet!

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Tracklist:

Af Ursin - Elégie
Jon Collin - Five
Rafael Toral - Bodyjoya Mix Pt 12
Sean McCann & Matthew Sullivan - Central Casting
Spirogyra - Love Is A Funny Thing
Maria Valentina Chirico - Initale
Sholto Dobie & Malvern Brume - Untitled
Triangles - A
Anne Guthrie & Seymour Wright - Chelsea Bridge [Short Excerpt]
Double Goucher Shop - #3
Joe Colley - Burn Memory (Test For Headphone Rattle)
Farmer Manual - Macro-Woeb
Malvern Brume - The Whorls

Living Room n°28 ~ Malvern Brume

Breathe With the Nights (Epic Meditation Music)

09 Mech Suit

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Zenxen - Mesh Of Nodes (ENMX16)

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