Beat Diary

4 May 2011

19 June 2011

11 May 2011

30 May 2011

Hidden Tracks: Domodossola – Weissmies

3500m ↗ 4017m

1500m ↗ 2000m

2500m ↗ 3000m

272m ↗ 500m

1000m ↗ 1500m

1000m ↗ 1500m (Single Release)

2000m ↗ 2500m

500m ↗ 1000m

3000m ↗ 3500m

Released on the album "Zatter", Intakt records 2014.

Music by Julian Sartorius.
Recording production by Shahzad Ismaily at Dampfzentrale Bern, February 2014.
Performed and recorded live, no overdubs or electronic effects.
Mixed and mastered by Martin Ruch at Fidelity Suite, Berlin.

Intakt CD 242

Zatter

Blubber is a track which is recorded completely underwater with an underwater microphone. No electronic effects or sound processing were used. The track will be part of Julian Sartorius’ forthcoming release of underwater music.

The track was first released on THE WIRE's below the radar compilation: https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/below-the-radar-22/2

Blubber

A beat a day  for one entire year: The mission that Bern based drummer and sound forager Julian Sartorius began on 1st of January 2011. The results were released on a daily basis on his blog from January to mid-July – the rest of the year’s beats temporarily remaining undisclosed. The recorded tracks were created without electronic effects, samples or loops: every single hit was actually played, all the sounds are real – only overdubs were used, as Julian has no more than two hands to work with.

The Beat Diary is now, for the first time, available in its entirety in an adequate analogue manner: consisting of 365 beats pressed on 12 LPs, accompanied by 365 photos. It’s telling the story of Julian’s year: a year between kitchens, the city of Berlin, mountains, hotel rooms and backstage areas from all over the world. Field recordings subtly woven in unique beat architectures, including light switch snapping, vacuum cleaner rustling, plastic pig squeaking, pianos rattling, electric toothbrush buzzing, musical boxes turning until, at the very end, the new year’s fireworks bang.

Thanks to an outrageous inventiveness, the combination of the likes of JDilla, Aphex Twin, the club, the Black Atlantic, sounds from the congotronic and minimal music, the result is a pure delight. These beats will create knots in the brain, being highly encrypted at times, and still will lead to contemplation and make you want to dance. Long story short, these productions expand listening habits without any effort.

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