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Colliding Bubbles (surface tension and release) - 28:50
Composed by Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard, 2022

Quatuor Bozzini:
Alissa Cheung, violin I + harmonica (G) Clemens Merkel, violin II + harmonica (G) Stéphanie Bozzini, viola + harmonica (C) Isabelle Bozzini, cello + harmonica (C)

Colliding Bubbles (surface tension and release) is a composition for string quartet and harmonica quartet, meaning that Quatuor Bozzini is playing string instruments while playing harmonicas.

"The title refers to different kinds of bubbly matter which are set to collide within the composition, leading to different ruptures and possible release of surface tension.
The collision of bubbles unfolds partly in relation to sound, where small fluctuations appear in the encounters between harmonicas and string instruments and partly in relation to a more performative or conceptual bubble where instruments representing different systems, or bubbles, will collide; the very celebrated instruments within the classical string quartet and the perhaps more prosaic harmonica."  - Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard

This release was made possible with generous support from Augustinus Fonden, The Danish Conductors Association & The Danish Composers’ Society.

This release has been supported by Conseil des arts lettres du Québec

Cover photos by Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard (Bubble studies, 2023)

Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard & Quatuor Bozzini: Colliding Bubbles CD release: 3.1.24

Tape available directly from Important Records: www.imprec.com 

On ‘Fluorescent Standard,’ guitarist Anthony Vine and clarinetist Gareth Davis present two luminous and serene worlds of harmonic sound. 

The duo entwine sustained tones, glowing with the resonant hues of their instruments, into enveloping and expansive atmospheres. Clarinet sonorities, swelling guitar chords, and tumbling elegiac piano fragments drift quietly through time in elusive cycles that subtly change and expand with each return. 

Every vibration is interconnected, aligned and fused attentively, causing the instruments to dissolve into themselves and emit residual vibratory energies, like fluorescence. What emerges is a music that invites quiet contemplation and rewards deep listening.
 
While Vine and Davis met through the world of modern classical music, ‘Fluorescent Standard’ finds itself in the realms of drone, ambient, and new age. The music is grounded in early minimalist aesthetics of composers like La Monte Young and Phill Niblock, but also shares the sensibilities of contemporary artists like Fennesz, Sarah Davachi, and Stars of the Lid.

Fluorescent Standard A

An Overview of the Caucasian and Anatolian experiemental and ambiant scene

@KakhaGelashvili

TRACKLIST: 

- NTHR1 - Intro
- KAY KHACHATRYAN (n y s t a g m u s) -  Stghi Khtghi Song
- STIA - H290418
- AHU - Junohiss
- HAYK KAROYI - Taq Arevi Tak
- HÜMA UTKU - Rüya (Şimdiki Zaman Kipinde)
- SUBHAN MANAFZADE -  Sketch
- 4 -Travelers just arrived
- SAIR SINAN KESTELLI - Earthworks
- IPEK GORGUN - Bloodbenders(Aphelion)
- ANI ZAKAREISHVILI - Babo
- SAINT ABDULLAH - Mined for disturbances
- ANA JIKIA - everyone is wrong but me
- TETE NOISE - ZXY007
- MILAD AHMADI - Soorazana
- KORAY KANTARCIOĞLU - 263 Loop
- SPECIAL REQUEST - Telephatic Dog

Les Tapis Volants w/ Kakha Gelashvili (17/02/2024)

Syrinx Music steps up with its first 2024 release, in the form of a new EP from Paris-area producer lucieter. In the course of its four tracks, emerge submerges the listener in sonic landscapes reflective of Lucie Ternisien’s aesthetics. Taking cues from her works in visual arts, lucieter’s music feels both oneiric and poetic, with atmospheres switching from the menacing tones of “les Ciels” to the soothing vibes of “Libellule”.

Soundwise, emerge hints towards ambient, experimental & leftfield music, as well as dub techno and IDM in their more cinematic and evocative aspects. lucieter seamlessly melts her own voice with field recordings, organic sounds & synthetic waves, to create tracks that display a distinct sense of the narration. Each of these four tunes feels like a canvas for lucieter’s poetry to hover above, yet the vocals occupy the same space as all the other sound components: Lucie Ternisien’s whispers, fragmented, pitched, or echoed words act as expressive pieces of sounds, designed to carry each track’s pictures and emotions.

emerge seems to mirror its artwork: it feels both blurred and deeply emotional, with very different elements blending in cohesive, nostalgic vignettes. Its release goes along with a video representation of “Libellule”, as well as a companion poem.

https://syrinxmusicfr.bandcamp.com/album/lucieter-emerge

https://soundcloud.com/syrinx_music
https://soundcloud.com/lucie-ter

PREMIERE: Lucieter - Libellule [Syrinx Music]

-From the testlab, WIP- Real Western Rock

First solo release from vocalist, movement artist and composer Elaine Mitchener, whose work encompasses improvisation, contemporary music theatre and performance art. Solo Throat draws on the work of African-American and African-Caribbean poets Kamau Brathwaite, Aimé Césaire, Una Marson and N. H. Pritchard as source material for twelve new vocal compositions
Elaine Mitchener is a veteran of vocal expression in the global Black Avant Garde, traversing free improvisation, cross-disciplinary music theatre and contemporary composition with clarity and joy. Most recently, Mitchener has been improvising and composing with the written word as source material - challenging classical ensembles with her piece (“the/e so/ou/nd be/t/ween”), and commissioning composers Matana Roberts, Jason Yarde and George Lewis to respond to the work of Sylvia Wynter (“On Being Human as Praxis”, Donaueschinger Musiktage, 2020). Her performance of Umbra poet N.H Pritchard’s text FR/OG at OTO in 2021 was a revelation - a solo vocal recasting of the powerful visual-material form that Pritchard uses to disrupt semantic ‘sense’.

Building on this performance, Solo Throat takes the work of Pritchard alongside poets Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Aimé Césaire and Una Marson as its source material. Its compositions are a loose translation - a carrying from text to voice which holds multiplicity and celebrates the transformative power of literary possibility. Surrendered to the spacing and repetition of consonants and vowels, Michener’s exceptional phonetic freedom gives rise to a sensuous experience which intensifies the roles of rhythm, timbre and breath in expressing meaning.

Solo Throat comes together as much through difference as similarity. Mitchener’s own solo improvisations sit alongside the work of Brathwaite, Césaire, Marson and Pritchard, forming a constellation of unlikely alignments which make no aesthetic conclusion. Instead, Solo Throat is a site of encounter, an irreducibly plural de-composition of words into a heterogeneous assemblage of sounds and impulses, emphasising what Anthony Reed calls, “the play on and the surplus of margins of lyrical translation to resituate other pathways of expression”. Just as the poets cited use white space to complicate our act of reading, so Mitchener utilises silence and multiphonics to complicate the act of voicing and the way we listen.

Solo Throat

ROKU036 - Elaine Mitchener - "stretchedwoundspeaks" from Solo Throat

https://tlftrio.bandcamp.com/album/new-songs-variations?label=3074139057&tab=music

Following the resonating success of their initial collaboration, the TLF Trio—comprising Danish cellist Cæcilie Trier (CTM), pianist Jakob Littauer, and guitarist Mads Kristian Frøslev—reunites on Latency with electronic music legend Moritz von Oswald for the follow-up to their debut album, Sweet Harmony.

TLF Trio, along with Moritz von Oswald, once again delves into the realm of chamber music, this time with two new songs further exploring the intricate acoustic dynamics of their instruments with electronics. As the second instalment in this musical journey, New Songs & Variations builds upon the minimalist, sculptural, and narrative qualities of its predecessor, weaving a tapestry of expressive and plural voices.

Moritz von Oswald, a central figure in the electronic music scene since the early 90s, brings his wealth of experience to the project, reinterpreting two of TLF Trio’s previous works. From his early days as a classical percussionist to groundbreaking collaborations in the techno sphere, von Oswald’s influence has left an indelible mark. His role in co-founding Basic Channel/​Rhythm & Sound/​Maurizio and contributions to the Berlin-Detroit-Chicago axis have defined various strains of modern music.

New Songs & Variations not only captures the rich history and influence of Moritz von Oswald but also showcases his ongoing exploration into classical, experimental, and improvisational contexts. From recomposing Ravel and Mussorgsky’s music for Deutsche Grammophon to acclaimed collaborations with jazz trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær, composer Laurel Halo, or Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen, von Oswald’s versatility continues to evolve.

TLF Trio and Moritz von Oswald invite listeners to embark on a sonic journey that bridges the past and the present, mirroring the transformative essence of Louise Lawler’s distorted image, which graces its cover—a testament to the delicate fluidity and shape-shifting nature of the music contained within.

RELEASED
December 06, 2023

COMPOSER
Moritz von Oswald
Cæcilie Trier
Jakob Littauer
Mads Kristian Frøslev

FORMAT
Digital + Streaming
Vinyl (upcoming)

MASTERING
Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering

DISTRIBUTION
Honest Jon’s

FEATURING
Claus Haxholm (beat on song 2)

COVER ART
Louise Lawler. Formica (adjusted to fit, distorted for the times, slippery slope 2), 2011−2012−2015−2017. As adjusted for Latency. Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers.

TLF Trio - March-Like, Wild (Moritz Von Oswald Variation) (Latency 024)

Keppel - Thursday Morning

Gentian bitterness and spring glow / technology manufactures the future in quantity / minimum set-up for maximum vibes :)
https://nottebrigante.bandcamp.com/album/nb05t-paloma-flash-bed-songs

Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard & Quatuor Bozzini: Colliding Bubbles CD release: 3.1.24

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