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The titular track from Lathe, available now from Shimmering Moods Records on tape, CD, and digital.
https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lathe

Lathe

Written, performed and recorded by Konstantin Bessonov. Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi.

Solo debut by sound and performance artist Konstantin Bessonov. „Sun Sets Low on Smear Hill“ is the soundscape of an unforgiving desire. A sideroad to hidden conclusions. Setting off with a trembling tone of light and hope, before letting itself down into the burying deep sands of hymn and rhythm. Nothing is given. Every door opens upon the next beam. As the sun squeaks and scratches in it‘s sorrowful glory over Smear Hill. Performed on organ, trumpet, drums and synthesizers by Konstantin Bessonov. Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi.

Konstantin Bessonov
Sun Sets Low on Smear Hill

A1 – Sun Sets Low (16:26)
B1 – On Smear Hill (12:44)

BBJ TC08
2 Tracks
Length 00:29:10
Cat. Nr. 08
Pro-dubbed Ferro Tapes
Limited Edition of 50
Stereo

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released October 7th, 2021

Sun Sets Low on Smear Hill

Sun Sets Low on Smear Hill (Album Preview)

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It began as an art project. Inspiration was taken from the sounds of her adventures, in the city, forest and by the seaside. Random elements gave the track structure. We then had the pleasure to invite three artists, each with their own unique sound. Now, the journey of listening is yours.

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Releases September 22, 2022

Artwork by Sébastien Mercier & Maison Sagan. Mastered by Amandra.

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Villem Jahu - Ciat-Lonbarde Fourses (diy)

11.05.2023 @ KUKU Club, Tallinn

Raska/Jahu live @ Kuku Club

Silhouettes above rubbles
Tuming into pillars
Monotonous mannequins
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Grains of a copy, of a shade
Cloning fragments of tedium
Clustered roots, source-clumsy
Growing into visage

Mumbled echoes from the mist, through the tunnels of revival. The graininess interplay with a subdued mellifluence. A haze of longing sighs and reverberations - threshold between the lane, where distant voices yield to light.   

Night Foundation, the electronic solo project of visual/sound artist Richard Vergez and the founder of the label - Noir Age, explores existential soundscapes, utilizing analogue hardware including vintage synthesizers, found percussion, tape effects, and manipulated wind instruments. 'Change Your Mind' holds the resilience and heralds the breath of new horizon.

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BASIC HOUSE - C.E.R. (Absurder Edit)
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NEXCYIA - June
VANESSA ROSSETTO - Swim Bladder
MALVERN BRUME - IV
UNGLEE IZI - A vivd modern wild script into the outwards land (Étude pour piano)
DEATH KNEEL - Credit River Rebirth
HANNO LEICHTMANN & VALERIO TRICOLI - Sleepy Talking
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Track from:
Simon Whetham "Forced to Repeat Myself" CD

“When performing with a limited set of resources, through choices in materials to work with and the constraints of being nomadic, there can be a tendency to repeat actions and scenes that 'work', even when improvising and having to respond to each new situation in a unique way.”

One characteristic aspect of the touring experience that is not discussed often enough is the dilemma of repetition. Not repetition as a mechanism of the work itself, but as a tedious consequence of being obligated to perform night after night in quick succession. Generating a completely unique performance for each stop, even with the assistance of improvisation,  is a laborious undertaking that consumes too much time and sanity, while adhering to a rigid set of rules leaves one open to both burnout and diminishing returns. Is there a way to split the difference so that both performer and audience are always engaged to the highest standard?

“I set these constraints on myself. The need to produce something (at least a little) different in each event of a tour was fierce, especially when traveling with other musicians.”

Explicitly within the title itself of his latest CD, Forced To Repeat Myself, UK sound artist and composer Simon Whetham tackles these questions with both a sly wit and sincere inquisitiveness. The tracks, all collected from recordings documenting a 2018 tour, utilize analogous source material and means of execution.  Whetham paid particular attention to the contour and character of each venue when deciding how to best put the pieces together, offering a customization that subverts pure deja vu for a sharp observance of the unfamiliar.

“In each situation objects and materials unique to the space were incorporated into the performance setup and structure, generating sounds or resonating with them. And yet I could hear similar scenes, movements, even spaces. This repetition determined the dynamic of the composition, working with it and against it.”

By the very nature of their disseminating sparseness, the tracks of Forced To Repeat Myself demand from the listener an attentiveness fixed on nuance and variation. The amplified cracks and static of ethereal currents and anonymous electronics infer the works of others who’ve made it their mission to attune our attention toward sounds outside our natural perception, including Christina Kubisch’s electrical walks, Toshimaru Nakamura’s no-input mixer excursions, and Jason Zeh’s experiments with blank tapes and the mechanizations of his cassette players. Whetham’s shaping of the album’s source material to highlight certain exclusivities of each live performance emphasizes how the inherent dynamics of time and chance guide his self-imposed constraints into pathbreaking spectrums. 

“The title references a phrase many of us will have heard in our formative years, ’Why do you force me to repeat myself?’ I have no answer to this question. I never forced anyone to do anything. But with this work, I did.”

One inherent paradox of Forced To Repeat Myself is that each listen naturally manifests a distinct, individual experience. The way sounds are received and processed in one instance to the next each forget their own entryway into transcribing meaning from this abstraction. And Whetham is keenly aware of this as the sounds of Forced To Repeat Myself find consistent, unique ways to perpetuate themselves, ensuring any repetition to be delicately understated.

Forced to Repeat Myself

Forced to repeat Myself

Simon Whetham "08-11"

Sun Sets Low on Smear Hill ♦ Out now via BBJTC
uon duh - EUROPE ♦ Out now on @muscut

Sound artist. Experiments in music, soundscaping and contemporary dance. Running a multidisciplinary concerts series under the name of  http://4fakultaet.de. Running the label / platform STOFFE (@stoffexyz). Since March 2020 resident radio host at Russia's @radiosygma. 1/2 of uon duh.

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19 - 22/5/21 THE NOSE / Hamburg [postponed]
3/21 RoseLaRose / Vienna [cancelled]
17 - 20/2/21 RoseLaRose / Kampnagel / Hamburg
5/12/20 Define Festival / Denmark
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25 - 26/9/20 Museum St. Annen / Lübeck
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4/20 Intervisions / Hamburg [cancelled]
3/20 THE NOSE / Hamburg [cancelled]
3/20 https://radio.syg.ma residency / Russia
1/20 Kunststoff Wellen / Lichthof / Hamburg
12/19 SHE LEGEND / Kampnagel / Hamburg
11/11/19 STOFFE / Golden Pudel Club / Hamburg
29/9/19 Falling Matters / Resonanzraum Hamburg
17/5/19 Gaik / Pawilon Poznań / Poland
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31/5 - 1/6/18 Intervisions / Hamburg
25/5/18 LAB / Frankfurt
16/4/18 Difficult Music / Hamburg
7/4/18 Konferenz / Hamburg
12/3/18 Golden Pudel Club / Hamburg
9 - 10/3/18 Lichthof Theater / Hamburg
3/3/18 Central Congress / Hamburg
3/2/18 Central Congress / Hamburg
16/12/17 K-OZ Galerie / Hamburg
1 - 2/12/17 Lichthof Theater / Hamburg
19/8/17 Dockville Festival / Hamburg
29/7/17 Kuenstlerhaus Faktor / Hamburg
25/7/17 Habitat Festival / Hamburg
24/6/17 Kampnagel / Hamburg
20/5/17 Westwerk / Hamburg
28/1/17 Westwerk / Hamburg
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30/8/16 Hallo Festspiele / Hamburg
21/8/16 Dockville Festival / Hamburg
15 - 17/7/16 Gallus Theater / Frankfurt
7/5/16 Haus Seepferdchen / Hamburg
29/4/16 Monsun Theater / Hamburg
23/2/16 Astra Stube / Hamburg
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12/6/15 Kraniche bei den Elbbrücken / Hamburg
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