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Really cool,  sophisticated use of textures and rhythms

RECORD STORE DAY JUNE 12TH 2021 EXCLUSIVE

Suzanne Ciani
Xenon
FKSP020

Greg Kmiec’s Xenon pinball machine was released in 1980 and marked a significant milestone in pinball technology and design. The expansion of microchip technology would provide new opportunities for sound designer and synth pioneer Suzanne Ciani, allowing for basic oscillator control and a wider scope for sampling capacity which could facilitate the higher frequencies of a female human voice and entirely reshape the concept of the machine in the process. By using state of the art Synclavier synthesiser technology and an invaluable experience in film scoring and record production Suzanne would devise a complete minimal music score for the machine, then dissect the piece into separate fragments that would be triggered throughout the game play adding an extra creative dimension in player inter-activity (potentially turning the participant into their own musical arranger). By incorporating her own infamous voice box (which had been the focus of a seminal David Letterman Show feature) Suzanne’s combination of a harmoniser and a vocoder also provided the first-ever female identity to a pinball machine which in conjunction with the games ergonomic design and Paul Faris’ figurative graphics (echoing the aesthetic of Rene Laloux and Roland Topor’s La Planète Sauvage) Xenon was able to add a degree of subconscious sensuality to its performance, a feature previously unchartered in arcade development.

This disc presents the full extent of Suzanne Ciani’s groundbreaking musical effects for Xenon, in their isolated form, for the first time ever heard outside of the confines of the machine which recently earned the composer her own induction to the Pinball Expo Hall Of Fame.

LIMITED EDITION 1000 COPIES ON BLUE VINYL

Xenon

Xenon (Long Effects)

Suzanne Ciani - Xenon (Long Effects)

@music_is1 @hviledag

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.

Purchase: https://music-is-zeze-wakamatsu.bandcamp.com/

Releases September 22, 2022

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

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Maps and Diagrams - Occupying Space

Vaalbará presenta VVAA 001, la primera referencia del sello.
Una recopilación de sonidos creada por artistas del archipiélago canario.

Vaalbará, colectivo musical de la escena cultural canaria donde se ven representados distintos géneros contemporáneos enfocados en la pista de baile, presenta la primera referencia de una serie de varios dedicados exclusivamente a productores vinculados a las islas. Una forma de conocer y entender Canarias como un enclave histórico de encuentros culturales entre el continente europeo y latino-americano, cristalizando en una etiqueta autodenominada como “Break-TransAtlántico”.

Pedrosa - Astartes

Mix of three excerpts from our upcoming 3LP/2CD archive of Else Marie Pade's electronic work.

Else Marie Pade Electronic Works- Excerpt Mix

TA: Buchla Series 200, Serge Modular, contact microphone.
No plugins or other DSP. 

Recorded at EMS, Stockholm.

Thanks to Mats Lindström, Gabrielle Karlsén, Daniel Araya, Jan Rohlf, Marcus Gammel, Fernando Sixto and Marion Innocenzi.

Serge & Buchla (excerpt, recorded at EMS Stockholm)

This mix was made by Joseph Sannicandro (A CLOSER LISTEN) for Secret Thirteen, originally published in December 2014. 

Read more about the mix, including tracklisting: 

http://secretthirteen.org/joseph-sannicandro-a-closer-listen-mix/

https://acloserlisten.com/2015/01/10/acl-mix-for-secret-thirteen/#comment-127414

Secret Thirteen Mix

Secret Thirteen Mix 139 - A Closer Listen

Maxim Samos - After Tripping

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The mix is a collection of pieces that accompanied me in 2020 - on lonely train rides, bike rides and walks. How good that music has the ability to connect the visible with the invisible world. That just helps me a lot not to go crazy.

Phil Struck [Kashual Plastik Curation]

Ambient / Field Recordings / Synth / Drone / Noise / Experimental

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