Earth and World

From the album 'View From A Window by Our Unseen Guest, available on cassette on TONN Recordings Bandcamp: 

Mastering by Dea Hydra at Les Jardins de Verre
Image by David Copeland 
Design by Nieuw NDG

View From A Window

Stars

Stars - Our Unseen Guest

In 1952, John Cage wrote a piece called “Imaginary Landscape No. 5” for “any 42 phonograph records.” The piece consists of a graphical score and a series of instructions by which one may make a recorded work, including simple procedures such as the changing of records, silencing or allowing their playback, and making adjustments to levels from “soft” (1) to “loud” (8). The result of a series of chance operations made using the I Ching as a guide, the piece is at times frenetic, with as many as eight records playing within the span of a couple of seconds, and at other times sparse, with one or no records whatsoever playing.

The piece was made for a solo dance performance by Jean Erdman entitled “Portrait of a Lady,” and Cage‘s realization exclusively used jazz records, partly because he felt that the performance “had a character that suggested popular music” and partly to “come to terms” with jazz. Rather than trying (and failing) to repeat history by approximating Cage‘s realization of “Imaginary Landscape No. 5” using jazz records from the 1950s, “A Simple Procedure” features 42 uncompromising new works made specifically for this project by a broad spectrum of acclaimed performers and composers of experimental music and cut onto 7" records via a Presto 6N lathe recorder from the 1940s. The resulting records, transcribed using an antiquated technology whose makers could certainly never have foreseen such a (mis)use, speak honestly to the nature of their translation into the physical world, lying buried under layers of static in a way that harkens towards impossible histories or unlikely uses of time travel.

Estuary Ltd. is making each of these 42 recordings available in single editions on a first-come / first-serve basis (single copies were also made for each of the artists as well as the label‘s archives). All copies feature letterpress printed, die cut and hand numbered sleeves, as well as a realization of “Imaginary Landscape No. 5” on the B side, made by Mark Cetilia using custom software and the A sides of the 42 records themselves. The complete set of recordings, including “analog” and “digital” realizations of the piece (realized using the lathe cut records and digital files, accordingly), are also being made available as 2 CD set, in an edition of 200 copies featuring letterpress printed, die cut and hand numbered sleeves.

Noted composer Alvin Lucier once said “I don‘t think of technology as technology. I think of it as a landscape... and I‘m just responding to the landscape of my time.” Sixty-plus years after “Imaginary Landscape No. 5” was written, the musical landscape is indeed very different, in great part due to Cage‘s contributions. “A Simple Procedure” is a celebration of that legacy, and a re-imagining of the piece through the lens of contemporary musical practice.

“Imaginary Landscape No. 5”  © 1961 Henmar Press Inc.
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Used by permission. All rights reserved.

All other works © + ℗ 2015 courtesy of
contributing artists. All rights reserved.

Special thanks to Tyler Bisson at Audio Geography.

Robert Donne & Stephen Vitiello - Withguitar2 - Excerpt

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Guitar
Baritone Guitar
Clarinet
Piano

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A nice jazzy dub...Dread on drums, Troy on stand up bass, Troy's homie on percussion, Deb Dub on vocals, and Chip, Nicky, and Jemahl were doing something on there, i'm sure!

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Video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQilV-OrDYQ

As a Kickstarter backer I've had the Parva for several months, but there were a few problems with the firmware that prevented me from fully using it. Today, Brad from futuresonus released firmware update v0.51, fixing everything that was important to me.

So here is a demo video with Roger Linn Design LinnStrument. I've set it up so that the x-axis controls per-note pitch and the y-axis per-note filter cutoff, I'm not using the z-axis. The LinnStrument is connected directly to the Parva's USB MIDI host port, which also provides power. The audio is recorded through my Metric Halo ULN-8 audio interface without any sound processing besides normalisation.

The Parva has eight independent analog voices that can be configured in a multi with a dedicated MIDI channel for each voice. Each voice can play a different preset, but I'm using the same preset for all voices here to allow for per-note expression. In this multi, each MIDI channel is also sent to two voices, creating a unison sound, while still having full control over 4 independent notes.

I think it sounds pretty great!

Parva analog poly-synth with LinnStrument

after creating and spearheading the enigmatic audiovisual project iamamiwhoami, swedish pop maverick ionnalee returns with solo music. TR/ST presents a pulsating remix of her new single, “NOT HUMAN”; an audacious pop calling, with an unshakeable chorus. in collaborative effort with Com Truise, ionnalee’s anthemic instalment takes a darker direction with Robert Alfons’ seductive re-work. the brilliance of TR/ST’s dark electropop pairs sharply with Lee’s ethereal, but urgent vocals.

NOT HUMAN (TR/ST remix) is out June 30 on To whom it may concern. and Kobalt Music. song remixed by TR/ST. mixed and mastered by ionnalee.

NOT HUMAN - TR/ST remix

You and I in Different Parameters

Un mix exclusif de notre pote Jacques Renault full of New York good vibe. 

track list:
1 Think Almost Twice “Chikiba” [Supra]
2 Los Charly’s Orchestra “Some of the Things (Joey Negro Re-edit)” [Imagenes]
3 Slight Delay “Melody Nelson” [The Record Pool]
4 Ramona Brooks “I Don’t Want You Back (Instrumental)” [Q Records]
5 Persnickety All-Stars “Caroline Is Strong (DJ Bang Chitown Re-edit)” [Persnickety Sounds]
6 Treasure “Joyous (Kon Remix)” [Gold Finger]
7 Rossella “Missionaria” [New Boy Shit Trax]
8 Loud-E “123” [Passport To Paradise]
9 Lodger “Check Out This Groove” [A-Z]
10 Schatzi Vol 4 “A2 untitled” [Schatzi]
11 Ajukaja “Benga Benga 2” [Porridge Bullet / Pudru Kuul]
12 Webster Station “Are You For Real” [Family Groove]
13 Mutable 2 “Unknown” [Mutable]
14 The Nick Straker Band “A Little Bit of Jazz” [Prelude]
15 Afrobutt “Obanya” [Noid]
16 Metro Area “Miura” [Environ]
17 Toni Smith “Ooh I Like The Way It Feels” [Malaco]
18 Junior Byron “Dance To The Music” [Automan]
19 Jazzy Dee “Get On Up” [Laurie]
20 Kenix feat Bobby Youngblood “There’s Never Been (No One Like You) (Long Version)” [West End]

2h avec Jacques Renault

Brian Case (FACS)

De(com)pression Music. Jeremiah Klinger has spent recent years exploring the sonic and creative potential of synthesizers. Originally involved in the '90s Chicago punk scene, he later joined the post-rock group, Gregor Samsa, and formed the electronic duo, What We'll Be. In 2018 he put out his first synth-based ambient work, Process/Progress, and followed up with Sentiment/Sediment in 2021.

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Jeremiah Klinger

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