White on White is an absorbingly dynamic, multi-layered album of improvisations by Primitive World made on the seminal PPG Wave synth, inspired by the work, life and theories of the great, if forgotten, British constructivist artist Marlow Moss (1889-1958): a radical, gender-bending British Jewish lesbian and innovator of non-figurative art who was a then-contemporary influence on Piet Mondrian, with whom she worked alongside from the late 1920s as part of the Abstraction-Creation artists association in Paris, until the Nazi’s forced her from mainland Europe back to England, where she settled in the far west of Cornwall.

White On White forms a follow-up of sorts to Willis’ Ascention [2015] tape, and perhaps more aptly, leads on from his and Natalizia’s reworks of Daphne Oram - arguably another overlooked, British female pioneer of her field - which are collected on their Walls album, Sound Houses [2014]. There’s little doubt that this is some of Willis’ strongest solo work, which can be attributed to the fecund inspiration of Moss's work, life and theories, as well as his access to a prized arsenal of rare vintage synths.

Titled after the Moss piece which adorns the LP’s front cover, White On White forms a welcome first introduction for many to Moss's “work, life and theories” thru a combination of visual representations - photographs of the artist and her work - with text by Lucy Howarth, curator of Moss's recent exhibitions at Museum Haus Konstruktiv exhibition (2017), the touring Tate display (2013-15), and of course the music itself, which seeks to describe Moss's mathematically sound geometries and evocative aesthetics thru its lattice of unique, free-floating timbres and spatialized rhythm patterns.

White On White is thus a direct result of the artist immersing himself in Moss's oeuvre, or what is left of it (most of her pre-WWII output was destroyed in the war), with results strongly reflective of the austere clarity and modernist structure of her works, from her syncopated line drawings modelled in the helixes of Double Lines, to the rotating perspectives of her 2D-into-3D metal sculpture manifest in the illusive, Peder Mannerfelt-like designs of Matrix of the Visible, whereas the closing 9 minutes of perilous abstraction recalling Wendy Carlos’ Clockwork Orange OST in Man Guessed at a Spiritual Meaning and Imposed a Moral System both literally and metaphorically serves a sort of unsentimentally elegiac, enigmatic lament for the artist’s neglected status, which even now prompts a scratch of the head by people who should be aware of her work.

Released by:
Ecstatic Recordings

Release date:
08 February 2018

PRIMITIVE WORLD - FRACTIONS OF THE ABSOLUTE [ELP033]

Received: Selected Works 1981-1993

Alessandro Pizzin - Francesco (live in studio)

vase - Slew

take a second to breath, reorganise your briefcase, talk to a stranger

serenity

The Changes

The work of the Danketsu group - formerly 9, now 10 - has always revolved around ideas of unity, inclusion and equality. Their latest, completely improvised album titled 'From a distance, everything shines' embodies these ideals; in the subtlety of each contribution, the gentleness of each performer, the willingness to contribute to something greater than each member on their own. The music here is largely graceful, sublime, almost peaceful, and even the more harrowing moments dissolve into a conclusion that's uplifting. The title of the track “ชั่วเจ็ดทีดีเจ็ดหน” is a Thai Buddhist proverb which translates to “Bad seven times, good seven times”. Patrick Shiroishi, the leader of the group, explains that to him this means that “there is something good even in a bad situation.” 

The audio above is an excerpt from the piece which is almost 32 minutes long. It will be released by Warm Winters Ltd. in full on cassette and on digital formats/platforms on August 21. 

Danketsu 10 is Jason Adams (cello), Kelly Coats (flute), Dylan Fujioka (accordion & percussion), Noah Guevara (guitar), Pauline Lay (violin), Ken Moore (double bass), Amber Navran (clarinet & tenor saxophone), Patrick Shiroishi (suona & alto saxophone), Mallory Soto (voice), Ang Wilson (flute)

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Danketsu 10 - ชั่วเจ็ดทีดีเจ็ดหน (Excerpt)

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JUNGLE GYM RECORDS presents "Days Of Adaption", official return of Berlin's "Mark" (formerly "The Marx Trukker"). Mind-mapping waveforms drift through open garden window, past flowerbeds and into the stream below... each a fleeting impression forever lost to the breeze. A technician's sketchbook opened here for the very first time, "Days Of Adaption" makes regular adjustments, a quiet search for self-improvement, and a place to call home. Exclusively from JUNGLE GYM.

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[JGT49] "Days Of Adaption" - Mark (Previews)

Art Cover - Nika Milano
Producción - Simon Called Peter
Mezcla y Master - Dj Fucci

Women Voice

info: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/inexact-10-laura-not
https://soundcloud.com/lauranot

Laura Not

inexact 10 – Laura Not

Track from "To Bloom, To Glow – fundraiser compilation in support of Russian LGBTQIA+ community" (`hdmr, 2020)

artwork by rayzones

To Bloom, To Glow

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Composed of exclusive tracks, edits or remixes, the Espresso series is updated every month on our soundcloud. Here is the single "Soft Party" by Ida Leto. 

Written & Produced by Ida Leto
Mixed by Ida Leto and Hector Fassa
Mastered by Hector Fassa
Artwork by Alejandra López (https://www.instagram.com/ale_looma/)

Free download free love.

Alessandro Pizzin - Francesco (live in studio)

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