SHAPE Artists 2020

Shiva's Grotto OST
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Uncanny Valley
Wysing Arts Centre
27 September to 8 November 2015

http://www.wysingartscentre.org/whats_on/exhibitions/the_uncanny_valley

Shiva's Grotto (Theme)

last copies available at the Touch Shop

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Vinyl Split LP, 2 tracks, 37:15

Recorded live at "A Can of Worms", Iklectik, 29.ix.17 by Ilia Rogatchevski. Cut by Jason Goz at Transition Mastering Studios, London, 30.x.17. Artwork by Stefan Fähler.

Track listing:
A: Marta De Pascalis “Her Core”
AA: Howlround “Hard Core”

The shadowy forces behind The Tapeworm are delighted to announce the latest release to come flying out of The Wormhole. On a limited edition split LP two of Europe's foremost exponents of the tape loop go head-to-head, recorded within the hallowed environs of a former Buddhist Monastery – with dramatically un-Zen results.

On one side, Italian composer Marta De Pascalis mixes loops and analogue synthesis to create densely layered collages of glowing melodic shards and growling bass distortion, her hypnotic minimal synth figures warping and whirling around each other before dissolving into entropic oblivion. 'Her Core' is a rusty, sand-blasted slab of heaviness that provides the perfect continuation from her two solo albums – a hall of mirrors collapsing in on itself, over and over.

Meanwhile, Howlround is in full contraction mode on 'Hard Core', heading directly into the murky innards of a quartet of vintage reel to reel machines and using live tape delay to create syncopated rhythmic pulses, crackles and squelches that founder member Robin The Fog describes as 'accidental gabber'. Originally rising to notoriety through sonic portraits of entire buildings, here Howlround dramatically scale down the subject matter to concentrate on mapping out the endless psychedelic dimensions of a circuit board, discovering a whole new world of creative potential in the process.

Both sets were recorded live at London venue Iklectik during the fall of 2017 at "A Can of Worms", an event to celebrate The Tapeworm's 100th release. What's perhaps most remarkable about this LP is that it captures a pair of artists in a snapshot, in parallel. Here, Howlround shakes off the back catalogue, stepping out of the comforting confines of the studio. De Pascalis plays harder than ever before. Both artists taken by a moment, into the harsh glare of the unknown. The fact that each has created their noisiest and most abrasive work yet will surely be seen as a happy coincidence. A can of worms, indeed…

Her Core / Hard Core

Her Core (excerpt)

Time for something different - Ben Bertrand is armed with a bass clarinet and backed with sound effects, aiming in the direction of the contemporary classical section of your record collection. Dreamlike compositions that take you to his warm and minimal world.

https://soundcloud.com/ben-bertrand-bxl
https://facebook.com/benbertrand.music/
https://www.facebook.com/ateliersclaus

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PRÉMIÈRE: Ben Bertrand - V380 Orionis [Les Albums Claus]

FILANDANK

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-lyra-valenza-down-not-out

Brought together by the joint release of @lyravalenza's forthcoming four-tracker, 'Scan Deliver', @petrola-80 and @opal-tapes found the perfect occasion to expose the breadth of their shared savoir-faire with this fresh cluster of glittering ravey breakers, halfway "piano led hardcore nostalgia and murky sinogrime" as they amusingly sum it up.

Lyra Valenza - Down Not Out [Petrola 80 / Opal Tapes]

“It’s not easy to be free, but it’s harder not to be”.These are the first words to Bad Woman, Céline Gillain’s debut LP on DRAMA.

I’ve never had that many difficulties writing a text for a release. There were easy ways of dealing with it actually, like isolating some of the lyrics and making aphorisms out of them that would have punctuated the text. I could have also wrote about her music with hackneyed words and glamorous comparisons with the likes of Laurie Anderson or Leslie Winer.

Maybe is it because it summons the influence of artists that have been crucial in our lives, maybe is it because of the ambition and the absolute sincerity emanating from this record, maybe is it also because of the utter contemporaneity of the record… but I feel stuck.

So I will only say a couple of things. If the idea of an LP following her debut 7″ on Lexi Disques gets you as excited as we were and still are, you won’t be disappointed by Bad Woman. The music on the upcoming album definitely is pop music, but in a disturbing, beyond « good » and « bad » taste kind of way.

It sometimes feel as if Bad Woman has been written by a former Pop diva that saw her expectations being shattered by life and now tries to make her come-back with a new album, influenced by what she believes to be contemporary pop music. The thing is, the result is a mutant blend of everything and anything that has been produced by the music industry these last 30 years, from Cher’s delirious come-back in the 1990’s to the most embarrassing moments in Dance music, and it rather sounds like a record that would have been written in a parallel universe.

That being said, Bad Woman tackles painful issues about our lives as individuals and society but with absolute elegance. After months of being the only one able to listen to it, no need to say that Zaltan & I are now extremely proud and happy to see this record coming to life. Thank you Céline for untrusting with taking care of your album.

OUT DECEMBER 2018 via DRAMA

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CÉLINE GILLAIN - FIGHT OR FLIGHT (DRAMA2)

"Surfing on the crest of a whirlwind year, Animistic Beliefs are releasing their 8- track debut album Mindset:Reset on the inimitable Solar One Music. The duo has utilized their bespoke setup and expansive list of influences to create a contemporary electro record”.

Happy to finally share with you the first glimpse of our first album!!
This track is called Succubi Island. Hope you enjoy it :)
Album cover by Isolde Woudstra.

 Full album out on 24-09-2019.

 Pre-order NOW: https://clone.nl/item57391.html
 
Follow us here:
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www.youtube.com/AnimisticBeliefs

Mindset:Reset

PREMIERE: Animistic Beliefs - Succubi Island [Solar One Music]

See here for more info: https://www.aqnb.com/2019/09/20/fausto-merciers-high-definition-sound-design-is-an-infectiously-frenzied-experiment-in-elastic-plasticity-on-firmest-fine/

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Fausto Mercier, ‘Firmest Fine’ (2019). Courtesy Genot Centre, Prague.

The content of this cassette and digital audio files is the outcome of a series of studio recordings and live performances which took place in Berlin during 2017 and 2018. They are the result of a series of improvisational exercises on the mechanical potential of repetition via reel-to-reel tape loops (Auguste Vickunaite) and its spectral disruptional process via diverse DSP techniques (Hugo Esquinca).

klammklang.bandcamp.com/album/works-for-electromagnetic-tape-digital-signal-processing

Performed & recorded by Auguste Vickunaite & Hugo Esquinca in 2017–2018. Additional on site recordings by Adam Asnan (Part I 00:48–03:52, 08:25–14:55) & Kipras Dominas (Part II 07:08–16:10). 

© Klammklang 2019

Auguste Vickunaite & Hugo Esquinca – Works For Electromagnetic Tape & DSP (Klamm21)

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One year after his first foray on the label, stripped-down dub versions ace Dimitris Papadatos, alias Jay Glass Dubs (@aylassubs), returns to Berceuse Heroique (@kemal187) with his eagerly-awaited followup, 'Nyx EP'; a compelling testimony to Jay's sharp ear and broad artistic vision, as rhythmically diverse as it is a consistent listen throughout.

Jay Glass Dubs - Das Ding An Sich [Berceuse Heroique]

Forever is in multiplicity and mutation. Musician and visual artist Nicola Tirabasso (VISIO), together with Haunter founders Daniele Guerrini and Francesco Birsa Alessandri called for a collective effort in order to celebrate these elements of experience. In opposition to linear notions of time itself. An attempt to let perceptions of future and past bleed together, to establish every moment as an infinite process of consumption and re-generation. A compilation of 33 artists, each contributing in their own peculiar style, adding their own blends to the palette and exposing the lineage of their work. It is precisely to state that the perennial immanence of difference is what constitutes the basis for true unity, that the curators have grouped an utterly diverse cast of contributors, whose output strikes a vastity of moods and textures, and grows out of very distinct intentionalities and backgrounds. Making kin without borders, letting mutual support evolve into a chimeric infinity.

Curated by Nicola Tirabasso and Haunter Records
Mastered by Jo at Tapewave Mastering
Artwork by Katja Novitskova & Kareem Lotfy
Cat. No. HR024 – All rights reserved.
℗ & © Haunter Records 2019
www.haunterrecords.com

Pubblicato da:
Haunter Records
Data di uscita:
4 Ottobre 2019
Copyright P:
℗ Haunter Records 2019

Elvin Brandhi - HAUNT

Moving away from the club, DEFIANCE looks to themes of relationships, heartbreak and resilience with LYZZA echoing ‘you’ll never be the one for me’ on opening track ‘The 1.0’. Flowing into ’Oblique’, LYZZA references to a guarded personality as she experiments with vocal techniques allowing her voice to distant in and out from the hard-hitting percussive soundscape. ‘Hellraiser XXX’ ramps up attitude as LYZZA’s powerful lyrics layer over hyperkinetic beats. 

The second half of DEFIANCE lends itself more into the pop world as LYZZA collaborates with Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and Jungle’s Tom McFarland on the dreamy ‘Neverland’. Allowing songwriting to take centre stage, ’Tangerine Dream’ is one of LYZZA’s most emotive records to date as she approaches it in ballad style. There’s a thoughtful approach to DEFIANCE as the release goes full circle with ‘+00 Burner Call’ referencing back to the shrilling notes found in earlier tracks. The track was produced alongside Year0001 affiliate Woesum who has worked with Yung Lean and Thaiboy Goon. 

DEFIANCE is due to be released on the 21sr November 2019 with first single ‘Hellraiser XXX’ out now.

Hellraiser XXX

Final track on 'Mechanosphere', Cam Deas' debut album for The Death of Rave

Available on CD and download from Boomkat.com 31/10/19
https://soundcloud.com/camdeas

Mechanosphere

Solitude

Cam Deas - Solitude [RAVE029]

Aquarian - The Snake That Eats Itself

Canadian born, Berlin based producer @Aquarian makes his full length album debut The Snake That Eats Itself on Bedouin Records. This record follows his collaborative EPs with Deapmash as 'AQXDM" and is his first solo release since his 2016 experimental mixtape for Quiet Time.

Nearly five years in the making,The Snake That Eats Itself is Aquarian's most complex, diverse and emotive work to date, plunging his trademark UK sound-system / techno hybrids into a self-contained, cinematic universe streaked with heavy influences from industrial, IDM, drone and dark pop music. Written in Brooklyn, New York, in a deeply transitional, yet seemingly endless period preceding his relocation to Berlin,the title of the album refers to the Ouroboros, a mythological serpent symbolizing the cycle of birth and death and infinity itself.

The Snake That Eats Itself pits Aquarian's most abrasive and brutal moments next to his most wistful and introspective. Viscerally thick layers of tape saturation envelop the album as sludgy synths ooze against brittle atmospheres; breakbeats fragment, explode and disintegrate into swarms of delay and noise; scorched, metallic percussion - sampled from a year-long demolition and construction project next to his apartment - forge the rhythmic backbone of the album. These elements, however, seamlessly make way to startlingly crystalline and shimmering ambient passages, offering a sense of reprieve and balance.

Tracklist:
01. End Credits
02. Blood Sugar
03. Sketch 2 (Song for D.O.U.G.)
04. Ouroboros
05. Tarp2
06. New York, An Eternity
07. Hate Is A Strong Word (Part 1)
08. Hate is A Strong Word (Bruxist Part 2) 09. Letting Go At Arm's Length
10. 365 Days And Counting

The Snake That Eats Itself​ is accompanied by art direction and a collaborative live A/V show by acclaimed artist and researcher Sougwen Chung.
Early support from Aphex Twin
Artwork by Sougwen Chung
All tracks written, produced and engineered by Aquarian unless otherwise noted. Tracks 4, 7, 8 & 10 mixed by Dean Grenier
Additional engineering by Dean Grenier on tracks 7 & 8.
Mastered by Goth Trad

'Hate Is a Strong Word, Pt. 1' taken from Aquarian's debut album titled 'The Snake That Eats Itself' that will be released on Bedouin Records on February 14th 2020.

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Aquarian | Hate Is a Strong Word, Pt. 1

Commissioned by Radio Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, in Sept. 2019, "Tiempo, Piedra, Insecto" (“Time, Stone, Insect”) is a piece for metal objects, small ceramics, stones, and vibrating strings. Taking as its point of departure a selection of simple materials and rudimentary gestures, the piece explores repetition, addition and subtraction as principles of circularity and perpetual motion.

The title of this work comes from three words jotted down in a notepad after walking through a vast park in a big city and speculating with a friend about the animate and the inanimate. Are stones trully still, or is it that we humans just can’t see them move? —This seemingly simple, even naive question, carries a deeper reflection on the relationship between time and movement. While Tiempo, Piedra, Insecto does not directly seek to address this question, its structure was shaped by these ideas.

https://radio.museoreinasofia.es/en/clara-asis

Tiempo, Piedra, Insecto

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Six-channel sound installation for "hibernatemode" by Su Yu Hsin. Fenko Catalysis Chamber, Taipei, Taiwan, 2019

Project Details: aloisyang.com/hibernatemode
Su Yu Hsin: www.suyuhsin.net

“ But the sleep of a hibernate object would instead be a state of perfect sleep, in which an entity would be real but simply without relation.”

Aiôn is a Hellenistic deity associated with time, ex. season, breath, sleep (dream) etc, even Deleuze describes Cinematic time as aiôn which stretches out to become an intangible past and future, or Chronos (Chr), the ever-present that expresses only the here and now. In Geology, aiôn uses for eternity time which could also refer to four aiôns that make up the earth’s history. Aiôn is defined in Astronomy as Trillion years. Thus, we could say hibernatemode is in aiôn where an entity breaks relation with outside.

Su Yu Hsin composes essay film through philosophical and scientific approach to overlap and juxtaposition image with events, ex. Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011. Australian scientists’ microscopic investigation of antarctic moss reveals atmospheric record of Earth in its layer of cells. She uses found footage, data and facts to visualize relational geographic analysis. Hibernatemode comprised of 2- channel video and six channel sound installation. She collaborates with Sound artist Aloïs Yang to constructed nature in exhibition space.

Hibernatemode(Exhibition Soundscape Excerpt To Stereo)

Artist: Kӣr https://soundcloud.com/k6r
Track: Akrasia
EP: Balčak
Label: Disk
Release: 01 01 2020
Cat No: DISK21
Format: Vinyl/Digital
Preorder: TBA

DT PREMIERE: Kӣr - Akrasia [DISK21]

A C H R O N I E will be released via Ventil-Record in Dec 2020
http://ventil-records.com

DIRTY_GURDY

5th track from the album Solar the Monk by Dorota. Listen full album and purchase here: https://dorota.bandcamp.com

Vacsorázin

Sound, Heterogeneous Art and Performance in Europe.

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