Stripped of any religious connotations, the ancient Greek word Dunamis is featured here strictly in its secular sense. Namely, as in the power of vocation, of allure, of aesthetic calling. Contrary to the word Exusiai—the authoritative power of conquest, order, subjugation—Dunamis refers to the mystical power that draws toward the unknown, the awe-inspiring, the sublime.

The two versions of the title track feature the same real-time stereo recording of a no-input-mixer performance. The last track is the bare recording of that performance. In Track 2 there are additional layers of sound: a field recording of nocturnal insects, as well as various acoustic instruments and objects recorded one at a time with a single microphone. Almost all of these layered recordings are takes of the same duration as the the main stereo track, with no cuts or overdubs. The shorter pieces are fully acoustic and captured with the same single-mic technique. Minimal processing was applied during postproduction.

No-input mixer+fx, cello, guitar, field recordings, objects.

All tracks recorded, written & produced by V0LAND Berlin, 2022 *
* Field recording made on 26 June 2019, Sofia

Mastered by Rashad Becker
Artwork by Christian Lindemann
Released on VLND on 1 July 2022

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Granite

Pandero Ruidista

From album VACCINE CD, by Kikuchi Yoshihiro on YKE/YOSHIHIRO KIKUCHI EDITIONS, 2025

Recorded live at Arts Isozaki, Mito, Japan, on 21st September 2021, the final day of Kikuchi's solo exhibition “VACCINE”

Kikuchi Yoshihiro played the following instruments that partially compose his installation work “153 Years” shown at the exhibition:
Electronic device that converts analog video signal into audio analog signal and vice versa, VHS video tape, video cassette recorder, cathode-ray tube television, effects pedals, and mixer

Edited and mastered by Kikuchi Yoshihiro at his home, Miyagi, Japan, April-May 2025

Vaccine (excerpt)

Live improv ambient test on digitakt OG. All samples including sax by me.

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Cencerro

A circuit bent t.racks TFX1016 effects unit absolutely demolishes an acappella of Umbrella by Rihanna. 
Mods include a system reclocking knob and a RAM loop switch that locks and loops the contents of the fragmented RAM and loops it from start to end in a deeply bizarre manner. 

The t.racks TFX-1016 is suspiciously similar to the Alesis Nanoverb 1... 
At a guess we'd say its running the Nanoverb 1 firmware on more modern hardware. Are Alesis aware of this? Who knows, but there are a few dubious Chinese FX units available that seem to be running 1990's Alesis firmware...

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