MAL016-019; On Eternity – a collection of texts and musical works exploring the concept of infinite time and the way it resonates through the emotional, material and spiritual architecture of our own most finite lives. This digital compilation consists of 10 minute excerpts from the musical compositions originally presented on analogue endless loop tapes.

MAL016; "Att böja själarna" by Mats Erlandsson
MAL017; "Affordance" by Felicia Lindgren
MAL018; “In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni” by Theodor Kentros
MAL019; "Långvarigt regn" by Anna von Hausswolff

"Långvarigt regn" by Anna von Hausswolff (Excerpt)

“In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni” by Theodor Kentros (Excerpt)

"Att böja själarna" by Mats Erlandsson (Excerpt)

"Affordance" by Felicia Lindgren (Excerpt)

EXO 028; "Fyra dimensioner av ett träsk" by Christine Ödlund

"Fyra dimensioner av ett träsk" is an audio companion piece to Swedish artist Christine Ödlund's 2023 exhibition in Stockholm and a submersion into the swamp as a zone of transition. Combining field and hydrophone recordings with autoharp, shruti box, voice and synthesizer, Ödlund attempts to capture the elusive and otherworldly swamp – conjuring forth the fourth dimension through sound – where decomposition is spelled liberation and decay sows the seeds of new life.

"Fyra dimensioner av ett träsk", composed, performed and recorded by Christine Ödlund.

Fyra dimensioner av ett träsk

Fyra dimensioner av ett träsk

MAL 011; "Ecco" by Lisa Holmqvist

Swedish composer Lisa Holmqvist interprets the writings of Hermes Trismegistus through “Ecco”, a sparsely ornate vocal piece. The thrice-greatest Hermes – ancient mythical figure and alleged author of “The Emerald Tablet” and the “Corpus Hermeticum” – calls for a transmutation of the vulgar (as in common) into the divine, or an elevation of the soul. In Holmqvist’s composition the solitary call of a breathy voice evokes a celestial response; an echo harmonising its own source of origin.

“Ecco”; composed, performed and recorded by Lisa Holmqvist. "Emerald Tablet” and the “Corpus Hermeticum” by Hermes Trismegistus. Sound collage by Hans Richter, reading by Kali Malones.

On Transmutation

MAL011; Ecco

"Ecco" by Lisa Holmqvist

MAL 012; "Regeneration" by Martin Herterich

In response to “Spiritual Philosopher’s Stone” by August Nordenskiöld, Martin Herterich (Sand Circles, Continuity) creates a pulsating torrent of fragmented sounds. While advocating a spiritual as well as social reformation, Nordenskiöld – court alchemist of Swedish monarch Gustav III – proclaims the fabled Philosopher’s Stone to be the sole remedy for the degenerated moral state of Mankind. Throughout “Regeneration”, Herterich’s heavily processed tape loops gain shape and beauty with each iteration as they slowly rise above the massive clamour of field recordings from the Pachinko game parlours of Tokyo. 

“Regeneration”; composed, performed and recorded by Martin Herterich. “Spiritual Philosopher’s Stone” by August Nordenskiöld. Sound collage by Hans Richter, reading by Gavin Maycroft.

MAL012; Regeneration

"Regeneration" by Martin Herterich

MAL 013; "Wave and Will" by Erik Enocksson

Erik Enocksson reimagines the alchemical work – as described by Carl Gustav Jung in “Psychology and Alchemy” – in “Wave and Will”. A single repeating motif, slowly yet relentlessly working its way through the elements; from distorted undercurrents to unperturbed surface. According to Jung, the alchemical process is one of externalisation. A projection of the interior depths of the human mind onto the physical world, resulting in an uncovering of, as well as an encounter with the investigating subject’s own psyche. 

“Wave and Will”; composed, performed and recorded by Erik Enocksson, additional violin by Theodor Kentros. “Psychology and Alchemy” by Carl Gustav Jung. Sound collage by Hans Richter, reading by Jordana Loeb.

MAL013; Wave and Will

"Wave and Will" by Erik Enocksson

MAL 014; “Interlocked Cycles for Sine Waves” by Maria W Horn

Through “Interlocked Cycles for Sine Waves”, Maria W Horn (XKatedral, STHLM Drone Society) initiates a dialogue with the modern mythical figure of Satoshi Nakamoto. In “Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency”, published in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, Nakamoto urges us to replace the trust-based model in corporate and state finance with cryptographic chains of transactions through a decentralised virtual currency. Analogous to an accelerating freeze frame of the innumerable algorithmic trades taking place every second on the global stock exchange; the glacial mounting of both tempo and tension in Horn’s composition slowly reveal the complex tapestry which its seemingly simple and repetitive patterns weave.

“Interlocked Cycles for Sine Waves”; composed, performed and recorded by Maria W Horn. “Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency” by Satoshi Nakamoto. Sound collage by Hans Richter, reading by Karen.

MAL014;

"Interlocked Cycles For Sine Waves" by Maria W Horn

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