The new album of Swiss artist @martina-lussi joins what no longer is conjoined. Conceived and realized over a period marked by changes in both the private sphere and the world at large, none of which were thinkable before, Balance brings together the before and after. “Fragments of Attention” is the fulcrum of the album: it separates the first half, written before Covid, from the second, composed during the lockdown. The six-minute track serves as a rupture and bridge between a career at its by no means definitive apex and a new uncertainty in various aspects of life.

In spite of the division, Balance is held together by a common feature: Lussi’s voice, with which every composition began. Her singing, modified by effects, is supplemented by other sounds, which are light at times, bittersweet at others, and sometimes replace her voice altogether. Lussi’s singing plunges “Meditation on the Multitab” on the first half of the album into a cosmic soundscape; occasionally a rhythm irrupts into it. On “Time Lapse,” a track from the second half, the artist’s singsong articulates rhythmical elements and propels them towards a reluctant euphoria.

As an album, Balance appears open and fragile, at times even vulnerable, but Lussi’s relentless openness derives from the immense strength needed to weather changes both small and large.

Following the album’s production, the artist had Balance translated visually and olfactorily. The Amsterdam-based perfumer Niklaus Mettler concocted a scent based on the album, which accompanies the release. The artwork, into which the scent is integrated, was designed by the Zurich-based graphic designer Dorothee Dähler.

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Martina Lussi is a Swiss artist and musician. Her work, in which she frequently uses sound, has been shown in museums and exhibition spaces around the world. Her music has been released on Latency, Hallow Ground, and Otium, among other places. Following Lussi’s debut Komposition O08 and the split 10-inch ASIHNT / FOF19, Balance is her third release on the Swiss label Präsens Editionen. The new album appears in the label catalogue alongside releases by @samuelreinhard , @beliawinnewisser , @magda-drozd , and Leo Hoffmann.

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Written, recorded, and produced by Martina Lussi, 2021
Published by Präsens Editionen
All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying, hiring, lending, and broadcasting of this record is prohibited.

Additional mixing by Samuel Reinhard
Mastered by Stefan Betke
Scent concept and production by In’n’out Fragrances
Graphic design by Dorothee Dähler
Executive production by Remo Bitzi & Guy Schwegler

Supported by Kulturförderung Kanton Luzern,
FUKA-Fonds Stadt Luzern & RKK Region Luzern

Martina Lussi - Fragments Of Attention

A family of white wagtails traversing the Stuðlagil Canyon in East Iceland, whose basalt rock columns only became visible due to a massive decrease in water level due to the implementation of a hydroelectric power plant called Kárahnjúkavirkjun in 2009 (recording no. 275).

Recorded with Sennheiser Ambeo and Sound Devices MixPre 10 II.

White Wagtails traversing Stuðlagil Canyon, Jökuldalur, Iceland, 17 August 2021

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Chroniques de terrain est une proposition radiophonique réalisée pour le festival Archipel 2023, présentée par Mélia Roger. Merci à tous les artistes invité.es pour la générosité de leurs partages.

Lien du festival : 
https://2023.archipel.org/fr/archiradio/ 

// Liens pour chaque épisode //

#Lê Quan Ninh
https://www.lequanninh.net 
https://soundcloud.com/lequanninh 
Nastassja Martin, Croire aux fauves, Editions Gallimard 2019
http://ryoanji.free.fr/lbdlm/ 

#Noémie Delaloye
https://www.audioblog.ch
https://www.ornitho.ch
https://xeno-canto.org
https://www.faune-france.org

#Sara Lana
https://saralana.xyz/diario-sonoro

#Grégoire Chauvot & Mélia Roger
https://soundcloud.com/gchauvot/tracks
https://meliaroger.com

#Elise Guillaume 
http://www.eliseguillaumeart.com

#Pablo Diserens
https://pablodiserens.studio

#Adèle de Baudouin
Cy Lecerf Maulpoix, Ecologies déviantes

#Nadine Schütz
https://www.echora.ch
https://www.nanterre.fr/evenement/6617/69-agenda.htm

Chroniques de terrain - #7 Pablo Diserens

Chroniques de terrain - #5 Grégoire Chauvot & Mélia Roger

Two owls calling at night. Recorded from a small "machan" in the middle of the forest in Tadoba NP. Species unidentified.

Two Owls calling at night

8 channel installation.  2017

fieldrecording from birds. especial from Orioles

Pirol

SoundStamp: Prague  29.06.19

Autorin: Bettina Mittelstrass und Jascha Dormann
Produktion: Idee und Klang Audio Design, Basel

Stille – Eine Erzählung von Nichts

Breathlull

16 channel binaural render

Watch the video : https://vimeo.com/503023399

Spatial Daydream - Binaural

Patricia is a sound researcher fascinated by the diversity of the soundworld of birds. She is generally interested in the interconnection of ecology, sound and practices of listening. This website is part of the research project «Seeking Birdscapes – Contemporary Listening and Recording Practices in Ornithology and Environmental Sound Art» conducted at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts - School of Music.

White Wagtails traversing Stuðlagil Canyon, Jökuldalur, Iceland, 17 August 2021

Seeking Birdscapes in Iceland

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