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Kangding Ray . Pruitt Igoe

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electric

Kangding Ray

alva noto

Noise and Bits

First track from the album "in the 7th moon, the chief turned into a swimming fish and ate the head of his enemy by magic", out on Crammed Discs.


Kasai Allstars - Quick As White (from "in the 7th moon, ...")

10 Test Pattern #1010 ryoji ikeda

Alva Noto live act at L.E.V. Festival 2009 (Spain)
http://www.levfestival.com
http://www.raster-noton.net

LEVpodcast - Alva Noto live (2009)

Ryoji Ikeda - data.superhelix

Visit http://www.deathcabforcutie.com. Order now on iTunes: http://atlr.ec/rvoI5E

Keys and Codes Remix EP

Underneath the Sycamore (Dillon Francis Remix)

01. Aby Ngana Diop - Dieleul-Dieuleul

02. Aby Ngana Diop - Ndame

Byetone, "Black Peace"

Alva Noto - Uni c

Diamond Version (alva noto & Byetone) "Mode Operator Beispiel A" (MONKEYTOWN027)

R-N 123 . TRACK LIST :

1 . Athem
2 . Mojave
3 . Odd Sympathy
4 . Pruitt Igoe . ( or version )
5 . Or
6 . Mirrors
7 . Coracoid Process
8 . En Amaryllis Jour
9 . Lea vaila Scheme
10 . Monsters
11 . La Belle

CREDITS	

All tracks written and produced by Kangding Ray
Voices and lyrics on Pruitt Igoe, Coracoid Process and Odd Sympathy by Magne Mostue.
Voices on Athem and Monsters by Rose Tizane Merrill.
Words on Monsters freely pirated from « T.A.Z, the temporay autonomous zone, ontological anarchy, poetic terrorism » by Hakim Bey . ( anti-copyright, 1985, 1991 ) Available at www.autonomedia.org
Progressive keys on Or by Ben Frost
Drums on Coracoid Process and Or performed by Yacine Djeradi
Percussions on Odd Sympathy performed by Achille Farese
Salamander Modular synth for Monsters wired by Matia Simovich
Mastered by Andreas « Lupo » Lubich at Dubplates & Mastering Berlin
©2010 . raster-noton . r-n 123

Press text :	

After the Pruitt Igoe E.P, Kangding Ray returns with his third album for raster-noton, pushing further his explorations on the edge of digital and analog sounds. With OR, Kangding Ray continues to blur the borders between experimental and bass music, and brings his signature sound to another level, somewhere at the darkest fringe of club culture.
With the massive metallic beats of « athem », the frightening distorded waves of « Mojave », the elevated groove of « Odd Sympathy », the modulated guitar walls of « Leavaila Scheme », or the low-bitrate Everest of « La Belle », KR creates deep atmospheres, loaded with echoes of collapsing economies, dysfunctional political systems, and corporate alienation.In an abstract manner, OR depicts the desillusions of modern civilizations, while initiating a positive reflection on crisis as a creative state.
OR (« gold » in french), as the only chemical element that seems to keep its value for eternity, refers to the cult of endless consumption and the absurdity of fluctuating currency valuations, while in english, as a logical operator or grammatical conjunction, OR represents the possibility of another choice, an « inclusive disjunction » which suggests that there might be another answer, a different path to follow.
Noticeable inputs have been provided by Ben Frost, who composed a keyboard line for « Or », Rose Tizane Merrill who lend her voice to the anarchist poem « Monsters », and Magne Mostue who wrote the words and sang on « Coracoid Process » as well as the vocal version of the prophetic electronic mantra « Pruitt Igoe ».

09 Leavaila Scheme

10 Monsters

Kangding Ray . Pruitt Igoe
12’’ E.P.

Pruitt Igoe is a 4 track E.P on which both Alva Noto and Ben Frost have been invited by Kangding Ray to produce sonic variations on a contemporary architectural myth.

The EP’s title Pruitt Igoe is taken from a gigantic social housing project, completed in 1955 in the U.S. City of St Louis, Missouri, and often regarded as a symbol of the modernist architecture failure. Designed according to the principles of modernism, and by the same architect who would later build the World Trade Center, the project saw a disastrous and violent decline after only a few years, plagued with vandalism and massive criminality, leading to its complete destruction from 1972 onwards. Footage of its demolition are visibly featured in the 1983 movie “Koyaanisqatsi”, scored by Phillip Glass.

Pruitt Igoe is more than a post-modern icon, it represents an ancestral movement of hope and disillusion, of perfectly planned models and evaporated dreams. It serves as a judicious metaphor for our era, where the feeling of imbalance and doubt has replaced the certainity of eternal progress and endless economical growth. 

This movement is reflected by the two sides of the record: on the A side, the original track and its remodel by Alva Noto, both represent the planning and construction phase, based on a clear structure and a hypnotic loop of women chanting in the streets of a small town in North India. On the B-side, Ben Frost and Kangding Ray undertake the demolition process - slicing beats, destroying structures and emphasising the beauty of collapse.


A1 Pruitt Igoe - part 1 (rise)

A2 Pruitt Igoe ( Alva Noto remodel )

B1 Pruitt Igoe - part 2 (fall)

B2 Pruitt Igoe ( Ben Frost mix )

The tale of the mythic pentaki mountain has been engraved on a two-sided circular piece of wax.

the north face of the peak is steep, abrasive, and has been the subject of many legends in the region. it is said that whoever would manage to climb it would find a plateau, leading to a place called “the single source of truth”.

considered as the ultimate goal by both psychedelic gurus and database o
ptimization corporations, and as an ideal retirement destination for a couple of lost souls in search for coherence and objectivity, the source diffuses endless loops of haunted voices, apparently sampled from a discarded call center, running low on power, encouraging listeners to shorten cycles, deliver requests and improve user experience.

it is also said that anyone climbing from the south side would never reach the summit or find his way to the plateau, and would always end up on a lower altitude than where he started.

this topographical anomaly is probably the reason why the south face of the pentaki has always been favorited by locals, with its sunny weather and its luxurious vegetation flourishing along the soft downward slope, leading to a slow and peaceful end.

Kangding Ray . The Pentaki Slopes . 12" E.P
r-n 145 . raster-noton

A1 : North
A2 : Plateau ( a single source of truth )
B1 : South

North

Plateau ( a single source of truth )

South

Alva.Noto - Bit

Ryoji Ikeda - Headphonics 0\1

1ª hora / 1st hour

Jon Hopkins - We Disappear (Domino)
Jon Hopkins - Breathe This Air (Domino)
8prn - Over It
Dinky - Blind # Prins Thomas Diskomiks (Visionquest)
DJ Koze - Track Id Anyone? feat. Caribou (Pampa)
Bonobo - Cirrus (Ninja Tune)
James Welsh - Jungle Canyon Rope Bridges (Futureboogie Recordings)
H.O.S.H. - Lifeguard (Diynamic)
Fulano 47 - An Abstract Baloon (Freima)
Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo - Dappy (Food Music)
Zombie Disco Squad - Werkk (Suara)

2ª hora / 2nd hour

DJ SET

KARMA KILLER$ (01-06-2013)
https://www.facebook.com/karmak1llers
https://soundcloud.com/lukkas
https://soundcloud.com/king-fu
http://www.mixcloud.com/kingfuakakitos/

Mathew Jonson - Level 7 (Crosstown Rebels)
Sascha Funke - In Between Days (Bpitch Control)
Jaydee - Pulsate # Steve Rachmad Remix (Ellum Audio)
Marcus Meinhardt - For Her & For Him # Beckers Remix (KATERMUKKE)
Victor Ruiz & Alex Stein - Thoughts (Sprout)
Aemkay - Contra (Monocline Records)
Harvard Bass - Erasers (Turbo Recordings)
Joel Mull - Open (Last Night On Earth)
Laurent Garnier - Crispy Bacon (F Communications)
Justin Martin & Eats Everything - Feather Fight (Hypercolour)
Australia - Sydney On Acid (Turbo Recordings)
Phil Kieran - Ghetto Face Place Space (Turbo Recordings)
Cephalonya - House! (Back To Acid) (Load Recordings)
Inner City - Good Life # Carl Craig Mix ([PIAS] Recordings)
Joy Orbison & Boddika - &Fate (Nonplus Records)

#324 Edition Bonobo, Jon Hopkins, Dinky, Fulano 47, 8prn and KARMA KILLER$ (Dj Set )

From his early releases on the legendary german imprint raster-noton, to his more recent output aimed at the club, Kangding Ray managed to trace a singular trajectory, navigating the unexplored territories between experimental music and dance music.

Through his consistency as both Live performer and DJ, and a number of critically acclaimed releases, Kangding Ray showed his ability to keep a genuine artistic approach, while slowly crafting a unique universe, equally focused on emotional response and visceral impact.

Kangding Ray’s music tests boundaries, evolving constantly in its exploration of texture and rhythms, while talking equally to the body and the mind.
From his past as architect, Kangding Ray kept a multidisciplinary approach to art, applying his craft in diverse artistic fields such as visual arts, film scores, audiovisual installations and dance performances.

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