Previously unreleased track donated to a benefit compilation on Thrill Jockey Records in the wake of the Japan Earthquake.

James Plotkin "Broken '96"

Claudio Fernández Sini (Santiago de Chile, 1967)
From an early age, I have traveled and lived in many different places, absorbing and assimilating their cultural influences. As a child in Panama, I was fascinated by finding electrical appliances on the street; when plugged in, they produced sounds that I experimented with by connecting them to speakers. In the late 70's I got my first drum set and, as a minor, I would venture into discos before they opened. I would enter through the back door and make friends with the DJs, who would let me try out their first mixes.
In the '80s, in Rome, I studied audiovisuals and took part in various experiments and musical collectives closely linked to social centers and the local music scene. In the 90's, back in Chile, I joined the music scene of those years, collaborating in sound projects and playing in different groups, Supersordo being the best known.
I have always been interested in portable cassette recorders (Walkman type) and their sonic possibilities, a line of exploration that I continue to cultivate to this day.

Dark ambience, noise, drone, and musique concrete. Hypocrisy and control, outdated technologies, urban decay, consumerism, lead into gold. Cut-up, re-used, recycled, remixed, layered, looped, repeated. Leftovers are better. Routines, oppression, comfort, confusion.  Improvisation and chance lead the course of events, sometimes they are being recorded.

e. dulanowsky is an electronic music performer from Regina, SK.  e. dulanowsky uses a hardware-based workflow, with both homemade and commercial electronics to create ambient drone and noise pieces. Some of his compositions can be found at http://soundcloud.com/ernst-pulsewidth and https://pulsewidth.bandcamp.com/

James Plotkin "Broken '96"

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