MARTINA BERTHER / PHILIPP SCHLOTTER, Matt, LP

Release date: September 29, 2023
Catalogue nr. – HG2305
Red vinyl, ltd. to 200 copies
Hallow Ground

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Tracklist:
1. Unruhe (14:10)
2. LFO 1 (07:55) – Single release on September 1
3. Gallia (05:03)
4. LFO 2 (06:26)
5. Frachter (05:10)

Credits:
Music by Martina Berther (bass, organ) and Philipp Schlotter (synthesizer, organ)
Recorded by Flo Götte at Reformierte Kirche Matt (GL)
Pre-Mix by Roland Wäspe
Mastering and Post-Production by Lawrence English
Cover photo by Andrea Ebener
Band photo by Jeremie Luke
Design by Laurin Huber

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Martina Berther and Philipp Schlotter are prolific in their respective ways, having been active in pop and jazz music, respectively, as well as playing in bands and exploring the outer fringes of sound art or composing music for film. Their first joint album »Matt« was recorded over the course of four days in a church in the Swiss village after which the album was named. Berther and Schlotter worked with the buildingʼs organ as well as synthesizers and electric bass to follow an experimental approach that oscillated between composition and free improvisation. The five pieces, recorded directly to tape by Flo Götte without any additional overdubs, are characterised by an intimacy and rawness that calls to mind the introspective atmosphere of Hallow Ground label mateʼs FUJI||||||||||TA or mastering engineer Lawrence Englishʼs latest album for the Swiss label. »Matt« is the result of two versatile composers and musicians executing minimalist ideas by giving them plenty of space to unfold.

The album opens with »Unruhe,« a composition that is based on the twelve-tone technique. Using a stopwatch to ensure the adherence to the pre-determined temporal intervals between the individual notes, Berther and Schlotter used the church organ and synthesizers for an ominous piece that traverses different moods and levels of intensity throughout its 14-minute run time. »LFO1« and »LFO2« are different variations of the same concept: Based on a synthesizer preset and structured by an organ drone, two tone generators slowly fall silent, resulting in elegiac pieces that call to mind the work of Éliane Radigue. »Frachter« and »Gallia« put more emphasis on percussive elements. Again working with organ as well as Bertherʼs prepared electric bass, this improvisation comprises interlocking textures that sound almost menacing on »Frachter,« while they create a very different atmosphere on »Gallia.« These notable discrepancies in sound and mood are even more astonishing if you consider that the two pieces are based on the exact same recording, played at different speeds.

As two variations on the same idea with very different results, these two pieces perfectly represent how the duo effectively creates emotionally affective sound worlds with very few means. Berther and Schlotterʼs conceptual minimalism yields rewarding, multi-faceted aesthetic results. »Matt« is an intimate album, marked by a sense of vividness and spontaneity, but also the product of compositional conciseness.

Matt

MARTINA BERTHER / PHILIPP SCHLOTTER - LFO 1 (HG2305)

Blink Of An Eye

MNEMOSYNE w/ Myalo & Rogian (16.03.2024)

Wave Channel is back with a late April Episode featuring Myalo.
 
Diving into different topics ranging from sociology to neuroscience, conscious and unconscious behaviors, Myalo aims to explore the different aspects of what we call mind/soul through his musical experiments. Guided by everydays sound, media malfunctions and aleatoric composition, Myalo’s sound ranges from introspective ambient works constellated by fragmented textures to slow and bassy rhythmic tracks and high pitched digital glitches. 

To further explore the mind, Myalo started MNEMOSYNE, both a label and a memory driven mix series of “sound collages”, where artists can musically describe themselves with all kinds of sound data and influences.

For this episode on Wave Channel he maps out a comprehensive landscape of contemporary electronic music, layering a variety of sounds for a new sonic journey.

Welcome to the Wave.

Wave Channel Ep. 18: Myalo

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Mixes: 2024

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Myalo 27/05/24

Shō 27/05/24

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Myalo:

Anti-Liberation Liberation Front - אאא
Atrice - Chordata
DJ Double Oh! - Burst
Modern Collapse - Still Missing Your Morning Texts
Bastian Benjamin & French II - End of Line 
Dadub - Nusuth
Train To Eltanin - Former Agents
SLIKBACK X OBJEKT - APEX
AFM - 44D 
808 State - The Ludwig Question
Christoph de Babalon - Webs Of Wraith
Granul - 3ajayeb
xr/spool: - Silver Scissor
Death Qualia - It Did Its Worst...
Watrzou - Eat It
Silvan Nicca – Low Drift
Goffbaby Feat. Peaceful Propaganda - END RESORT

Shō:

Borai - Predators 
Interplanetary Criminal - Loss of Self Identity	
Locked Club - Doschitai
CRoSz - Beaty Game	
cmd q - Dedicated To Someone Both Of Us Know
Aloka - K2
Skee Mask - Korarchaeota
Lee Gamble - A tergo Real
Private Caller - You
Viers - Running 
p1nkf1re - unemployed acid 137
M.E.S.H. - Kalimbopolis 
Taylor x Zander - crycry
Coil - Fire Of The Mind

Advanced Materials S04E05 w/ Myalo

Improvisation on a small sample of Ravel "Gaspard de la nuit", the treasurer of the night. 
I've imagined a sleeping Ravel stealing the treasures while dreaming. 

This piece is dedicated to inspiration, coming in the most mysterious forms when least expected.

Shhhh...Maurice is sleeping

"Here we celebrate memory, the most precious gift of life, the only root of dreams, inspiration and knowledge"

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MNEMOSYNE is a series of archival sonic mixes that wants to celebrate Memory, as it covers the most important role in creativity, progress and life itself.
By presenting a different vision of it on each episode, participants will distill memories and ideas that formed their projects, using a variety of audio materials to create a sonic self portrait.

Contact: myalomusic[at]gmail.com

Shhhh...Maurice is sleeping

Myalo // MNEMOSYNE

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