Quest.Room.Project – Room Number

Quest.Room.Project – Room Number

NTT043

Bogdan Dullsky (QRP) explores with “Room Number” in great depth the borders of abstraction and absurdity. He renders a world consisting of the strangest harmonics, dancing around a variety of instruments (such as flute and bass guitar) which he plays very proficiently.

Skillfully designed sounds are excessively displayed and the sheer number of them alone will never leave you bored.

Count in the extraordinary artwork from Russian visual artist “Barandash” and you know you’re heading towards a unique listening experience.

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Bayashi : Help is on its way

Bayashi

Help is on its way

label: Ayler Records

ref: AylCD-053

players: Vidar Johansen, Bjrnar Andresen, Thomas Strnen

An original reflection on language takes place in an uncharted territory. Departing from free/experimental jazz, the extension of the linguistic palette occurs through the immersion in various modern languages, resulting in a hybrid form where electroacoustic, contemporary and jazz discourses meet. Sophisticated, parallel, unrelated layers ?radically different universes coexist- produce an outstanding outcome while the casual impression that comes from regular interaction lends an easy, impromptu varnish to things.

Reflexin original sobre el lenguaje en un territorio ignoto. Partiendo del jazz experimental o free, la ampliacin de la paleta lingstica se produce mediante la inmersin en varios lenguajes modernos, resultando en una forma hbrida donde se encuentran los discursos electroacstico, contemporneo y jazzstico. Capas sofisticadas, paralelas, independientes ?coexistencia de universos radicalmente distintos- producen un resultado sorprendente mientras la impresin de lo casual, resultado de una interaccin prolongada, aporta un barnz fortuito, sin artificio.

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Variations for Bob Ostertag The Houston Drone Concern

Variations for Bob Ostertag The Houston Drone Concern

release notes by Daniel De Los Santos a.k.a Houston Drone Concern:

“I was deeply impressed by Bob Ostertag’s gesture of releasing a

large portion of his catalog for free via a Creative Commons license

and so I decided to work with his music to create something new. That

isn’t to say that my compositions are completely different. I compose

drone music and I saw in his music a commonality. We both seek to

suspend time for the listener. That is, we want the listener to get

lost in the sound and delve deep into the compositions. In short, his

gesture lead to the free exchange of ideas and this is vital in the

experimental genre.

Variation part 1 and part 2 is best described as drone mixed with

noise. I created this piece because I like how Bob Ostertag uses

harsh sounds but still manages not to alienate his listeners.

Variation part 3 is pure drone and generally represents the kind of

music I (mostly) create and listen to. However, the basis is still

Ostertag’s manipulation of sound and his ability to envelop the

listener.

Lastly, I would like to thank Bob Ostertag for making his music

available and for being supportive of this project. All music on this

ep is sourced from Bob Ostertag’s “A Melody, No Bitterness” release.

Please see bobostertag.com for more information.”

1. Variation #1 and #2

2. Variation #3

“drone”

28min / VBR mp3

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Tomas Phillips : Intermission/Six Feuilles

Tomas Phillips

Intermission/Six Feuilles

label: 12K

ref: Line_029

players: Tomas Pillips (piano, koto, objects, electronics)

Sound materials are isolated and subsequently used like motifs, the various sources ?acoustic noise, instrumental or processed sounds- presented in collage form, suggest various planes and contrasting textures. Rather than musical thought, the discourse seems to emerge from a visual concern: the materials have a scent of Cagean chance operations ?if immersed in an overtly minimal aesthetic- that somehow conveys a sense of visual composition.

Los materiales sonoros son aislados y posteriormente utilizados como motivos. Diversas fuentes ?ruido acstico o instrumental, sonidos procesados- presentadas en forma de collage, sugieren varios planos y texturas contrastantes. Mas que responder a un pensamiento musical, el discurso parece surgir de inquietudes visuales: materiales con aroma de operaciones aletorias Cageanas ?aunque inmersas en una esttica minimalista- que les confiere un cierto sentido de composicin visual.

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John Hudak | Sunday

John Hudak | Sunday

TRANS006

Net Release Date – Feb 2007

Codec: .mp3, Quicktime

Physical in 2008

Edition 50

It is our pleasure to bring to you two of John Hudak’s receint works. One with two compositons based on the theme of “Sunday” and one collaboration with New York based video artist Shimpei Takeda.

Artist Statement

“Growing up, Sunday was always a day associated with the particular feeling of the end of something. During meals the family was together mostly: silent meetings leaning towards meditation. The TV was constantly on in the recreation room, creating a background noise that occasionally approached meaning. Homework was done on the comfy sofa in the living room, where sleep would fall around page two. When evening came, Tinkerbell would fly around the castle, ending her flight with a touch of her magic wand.” j.h.

ohn Hudak has been interested in sound and music from the age of four when he began to play a variety of instruments. At the University of Delaware (BA, English 1981) and Naropa Institute for the Arts (1979), he studied video, photography, creative writing and dance. He then began to create taped soundtracks for his solo performance-art/dance pieces that later developed into sound-only pieces.

In recent years, he has concentrated solely on sound, particularly natural sounds. Hudak?s current work focuses on the rhythms and melodies that exist in our daily aural environments. These sounds usually remain hidden, as we tend to overlook their musical qualities, or their musical qualities are obscured through mixture with other sounds. In simplified terms, what he is doing could be considered “re-framing what is already there so that it can be admired.”

Shimpei Takeda Shimpei Takeda (b.1982, Japan) is an artist who works in the discipline of: photography, video and performance.

His work primarily deals with the abstraction at work in nature, as in: random organic motion, with lights, glass, water, random materials capturing microscopic abstractions to compose landscapes. On his performance, he often collaborates with sound artists and electro-acoustic composers. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Artist Sites

http://www.johnhudak.net

http://www.shimpeitakeda.com

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Video – “Dust” (3 min 41 sec)

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Lennie?s Line : Intuition

Lennie?s Line

Intuition

label: Altrisuoni

ref: AS 200

players: Michael Beck (piano, fender Rhodes), Phil Stckli (alto), Domenic Landolf (tenor), Andreas Zitz (bass), Elmar Frey (drums)

Paying homage to the music of Lenni Tristano, this CD presents both renditions of his themes and original materials inspired in his work. True to the composer?s subtleties the project thrives on the precious textures and luxury finishing of bygone practices, and casts a new light on the relevance of his music in relation to later developments.

En homenaje a la msica de Lenni Tristano, este CD presenta tanto versiones de sus temas como material original inspirado en ellos. Fiel a la sutileza del autor, el proyecto explora texturas preciosistas y acabados lujosos de prcticas anteriores, y arroja nueva luz sobre la relevancia de su msica en relacin a desarrollos futuros.

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grkzgl : esque

grkzgl

esque

label: Angle Rec

ref: A.R.03.01

players: grkzgl (laptop, synths, bass), Kriss (metal perc)

Dense electronic textures created by complex overlying and a subtle displacement of materials. Making the most of limitations, the sound palette features all manner of elements without regard to their origin, instead considering them in their possibilities for collage. Hinting a background, rhythm appears occasionally, only to be dropped in favour of subtler textures.

Densas texturas electrnicas creadas mediante una superposicin compleja y el sutil desplazamiento de materiales. Aprovechando las limitaciones, la paleta sonora incluye toda suerte de elementos sin atencin a su origen, considerando en su lugar sus posibilidades para el collage. Apuntando cierto bagaje, el ritmo aparece de forma ocasional, aunque es descartado en favor de texturas ms sutiles.

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Andres Burbano – Transmission K

Andres Burbano – Transmission K

A retrospective Sci-Fi piece – an inverse reconstruction of the crash of Soyuz 1: In 1967 the BBC in London announced the death of the crew member in this way:

? ? He was an experienced cosmonaut, on his second flight, and had completed all his experiments successfully before returning to Earth. But within seconds of landing, just after he re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere, the strings of the parachute intended to slow his descent apparently became tangled. The spaceship hurtled to the ground from four miles up. It is likely that Colonel Komarov was killed instantly on impact?.?

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Andres Burbano explores the interactions of science, art and technology in various capacities: as a researcher, as an individual artist and in collaborations with other artists and designers. Burbano’s work ranges from documentary video (in both science and art), sound and telecommunication art to the exploration of algorithmic cinematic narratives. The broad spectrum of his work illustrates the importance and prevalence of interdisciplinary collaborative work in the field of digital art.

Andres Burbano is assistant professor in the Art Department at Los Andes University, Bogot, Colombia. http://atari.uniandes.edu.co/burbano/

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Gintas K – Elementary Particles

Gintas K – Elementary Particles

Length: 20:18 minutes (23.23 MB)

Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 160Kbps (CBR)

Every age has it?s own instruments and instruments have their own timbres. A computer has become the main instrument in our time; sine waves and white noise – it?s generated and most frequently used timbres.

I created this podcast by using 5 components and their symbolic meanings: 145 Hz and 235 Hz sine waves which are basic frequencies of male and female speech ? harmony; white noise – disharmony; 80 Hz sine wave which sometimes goes below the scale of human hearing ? hell; 10 KHz sine wave which goes above the scale of human hearing ? heaven. 80 Hz and 10 KHz reveal musical infinity and human limitation and, in some way, human possibility to create infinity from his limitations.

Work consists of intro, outro, and four parts, that symbolize earth and the order of mankind. Rhythm as a driving force of living is a key element in all parts. Does this concept mean that I?m trying to create the universe of spheres? – No. Does it mean that conception is more important than music? For sure ? not. Does it mean that music is above everything? – But music in these times doesn?t exist … there is only sound art.

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Gintas K (Gintas Kraptavicius) has been participating in the Lithuanian experimental music scene since 1994. Gintas K was a core member of the first Lithuanian industrial electronic music band ‘Modus’ . From 1997 to 2000 he worked as an editor on the radio station ‘Kapsai’ for an alternative radio show titled ‘The Ways and Mistaken Pathways’. He became known for his sound actions, theatrical performances and conceptual art in the manner of Fluxus. Since 1999 Gintas K has been working as a sound artist exploring minimal digital sounds, sine waves, noise, glitches, microwaves and acoustic vibration, making music for films and sound installations. Gintas K’s sound works have been presented in various festivals and exhibitions, and released by various record labels.

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eneg – p h a g e EP

eneg – p h a g e EP

[CYC-022] (2007)

“P h a g e” by Eneg (Ben Fleury-Steiner), combines elements of IDM, glitch, and ambient to create a work that pulses and twitches while occasionally embracing these sounds with warm synthesis. He creates a world of city streets, insects, and the possibility of someone always being around the corner.

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Carolyn Hume : Solo piano works

Carolyn Hume

Solo piano works

label: Leo Records

ref: CD LR 478

players: Carolyn Hume (piano)

Reflections multiply as the chords continue to excite resonances of a subtle, developmental nature. Each new ripple unveils nuances around the original impact on the surface, while new approaches reveal a shared centre that keeps unveiling aspects, since they belong to the same collection of impressions, sketched on an intimate key. The slow pace and perpetual movement contributes to dissolve any sense of harmonic direction, the apparently obvious being blurred as the clear-cut edges fade out.

Los reflejos se multiplican mientras los acordes excitan resonancias sutiles, en desarrollo. Cada nueva onda revela matices en torno al impacto original en la superficie, mientras miradas ulteriores revelan un centro comn que sigue desvelando aspectos pertenecientes a una misma coleccin de impresiones dibujadas en clave ntima. De paso lento y movimiento continuo disuelven la sensacin de direccin armnica, desdibujando lo que aparece como evidente al evaporarse los bordes definidos.

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Lunar: Ventana

Lunar: Ventana

biodata-18

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Richard/Blain/Robert/Tuer/Schiphorst : Piano numros

Richard/Blain/Robert/Tuer/Schiphorst

Piano numros

label: Ohm Editions

ref: Ohm 033

players: Dominique Blain, Thecla Schiphorst

Out of a reflection on the implications of codification for system?s operation, this project proposes translation ?a process that allows to transfer information between systems, and hence central to interdisciplinary practices- as a core element that yields a series of pieces that have the use of a computer controllable piano as centre and are fully concerned with the translation/organisation of gestures or field recordings into sounds to be used as music materials. Emphasis on the conceptual occasionally results in a somehow forced result.

A partir de reflexiones sobre las consecuencias del codificado en el funcionamiento de sistemas, este proyecto plantea la traduccin ?proceso que permite transferir informacin entre sistemas y es, por ello, central en las prcticas interdisciplinares- como vehculo que resulta en una serie de piezas que giran en torno al uso de un piano controlado por ordenador y se ocupan de la traduccin/organizacin de gestos o grabaciones de campo a sonidos empleados como materiales musicales. Sin embargo, el nfasis en lo conceptual resulta en ocasiones un tanto forzado.

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ROSA LUXEMBURG NEW QUINTET topophonies

ROSA LUXEMBURG NEW QUINTET topophonies

[insub15]

Heddy Boubaker: alto saxophon

Fabien Duscombs: drums, percussion, objects

Franoise Guerlin: voice, text

Piero Pepin: Trumpet, melodica, objects

Marc Perrenoud: doublebass, electric guitare

recorded live at caf du Burgaud, 24th & 25th february 2006

rosa luxemburg new 5tet:

Tender or furious, resolutely contemporary or romantic, sometimes evoking of old demons of 20th century music and even those of more ancient times but not hesitating a second to be propelled beyond the imaginary the more unslung and with a name predestined to generate trouble, Rosa Luxembourg quintet is the un pleasant small black sheep with 5 legs of the improvised music. The utopian zoologists having studied the animal say of this gathering of individuals clearers and without musical borders that in any case they will never know any more than in their first discovered, the surprises being total, extreme, renewed, innumerable and even more…

Rosa Luxemburg new Quintet is a formation of completely improvised music whose master word is “No limits!”

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Seaworthy : Map in Hand

Seaworthy

Map in Hand

label: 12K

ref: 12K1040

players: Cameron Webb, Sam Shinazzi, Greg Bird

A sonic snapshot, recalling atmospheres akin to hot climate. The trio proceed to capture the nuances of static, drifting masses in slow-motion, their sound palette borrows its tints from warm, enveloping sounds that immerse us in contemplative quietude, departing from experimental flows if resorting to bland harmonic undercurrents.

Instantnea sonora que recuerda atmsferas afines a climas calurosos. El tro procede a la captura de los matices de masas estticas que derivan a cmara lenta. Su paleta sonora toma prestados tintes de sonidos clidos, envolventes que nos sumergen en una tranquilidad contemplativa, partiendo de flujos experimentales aunque adentrados en blandas corrientes armnicas.

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Heribert Friedl : Back_Forward

Heribert Friedl

Back_Forward

label: Non Visual Objects

ref: NVO 009

players: Heribert Friedl

In the superimposing of various layers ? from reverberating electric strings to abstract electronic sound- the impression of depth is achieved through different perspectives. A detailed study of the possibilities offered by a single instrumental source and the degrees of abstraction that processing enables. However rich, the self-imposed limitations of the project contribute to dye the resulting landscapes with somewhat monochrome features.

En la superposicin de capas diversas ?desde cuerdas elctricas reverberantes a sonido electrnico abstracto- la impresin de profundidad se logra mediante perspectivas distintas. Un detallado estudio de las posibilidades ofrecidas por una nica fuente instrumental y los grados de abstraccin que el procesado permite. A pesar de su riqueza, las auto-limitaciones del proyecto contribuyen a teir los resultados con rasgos un tanto moncromos.

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Franois Ingold Trio : Song Garden

Franois Ingold Trio

Song Garden

label: Altrisuoni

ref: AS 210

players: Diego Imbert (bass), Franois Ingold (piano), Fred Binter (drums)

A trio album dwelling in the realm of jazz standards by means of original compositions, occasional atmospheric passages and a strong bias towards slow tempos, featuring a strong influence by similar modern jazz trio adventures.

Album en tro situado en el mbito de los standards de jazz mediante composiciones originales, ocasionales pasajes atmosfricos y gran debilidad por los tempos lentos, mostrando una fuerte influencia de aventuras similares del jazz moderno a tro.

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Santamaria vs Velez: Granulaciones

Santamaria vs Velez: Granulaciones

Biodata-17:

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AATMAA+Enlil – Axon

AATMAA+Enlil – Axon

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This recording is the first of the “mutualism series”. In this

ocasion AATMAA and Enlil collaborated in the construstion/

deconstruction arround the axon idea. Exploring the primary

transmission lines of the nervous system, creating spaced intervals

with a rapid mode of electrical impulses,propagation,transference and

mutation.

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut Quintet : Allemanstratten

Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut Quintet

Allemanstratten

label: Ayler Records

ref: AylDL-045

players: Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut (guitar, amp), Blaise Siwula (alto), Ras Moshe (tenor), Nick Gianni (saxes, flute, mandolin), Mike Fortune (perc)

Phrased in a radical free jazz language, form and content are interwoven in an egalitarian approach to playing. The various voices bob in a flow of alternating sound masses by means of simultaneous soloing and parallel developments and interaction around a shared circle that results in a listening impression very close to the direct experience of live acoustic sources.

Expresado en lenguaje free jazz radical, forma y contenido se entrelazan en ejecuciones de planteamiento igualitario. Las diferentes voces aparecen intermitentes en un flujo de masas sonoras alternantes mediante solos simultneos y desarrollos paralelos e interaccin en torno a un centro compartido que ofrece una impresin auditiva muy similar a la experiencia acstica en directo.

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Phroq : Static Walls

Phroq : Static Walls

MIDI07

The three first tracks were originaly composed for a Buto dance performance, and were finally never used.

I give you here the raw, unedited tracks composed live, watching the dancer. (as you can ear some mistakes, even error computer sounds).

These three tracks are more an in-progress creation’s audio document , including its human mistakes, than a definitive track.

The track Static Walls is the definitive creation that i’ve done almost a year after. It includes the three original tracks and additionnal sounds and effects.

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Orchestra Bailam : Non occidentalizzarti

Orchestra Bailam

Non occidentalizzarti

label: Felmay

ref: Fy 3009

players: Franco Minelli (Strings, voice), Luciano Ventriglia (drums, voice), Edmondo Romano (breath), Laca Montagliani (fisarmonica), Roberto Piga (violin), Riccardo Barbera (bass)

In the line of previous releases, a collage of traditional songs of various origin ?Greek, Macedonian, Yiddish, Smirnean- and folk-inspired materials performed with colourful instrumentation and blended with other pop forms (ska, charleston) is masterfully performed by this driving dance band from a globally humorous outlook.

En la lnea de trabajos previos, un collage de temas tradicionales de diverso origen ?griego, macedonio, yiddish, turco- y materiales de inspiracin folk tocados con instrumentacin colorista y fundidos con formas pop (ska, charleston) es ejecutado con maestra por una potente banda de baile desde una mirada global humorstica.

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Theissing / Voirol / Wolf Brennan / Patumi / Cline : Shooting stars and traffic lights

Theissing / Voirol / Wolf Brennan / Patumi / Cline

Shooting stars and traffic lights

label: Leo Records

ref: CD LR 477

players: Tscho Theissing (violin), John Voirol (saxes), John Wolf Brennan (piano, melodica), Daniele Patumi (bass), Alex Cline (drums, percussion)

With the benefit of hindsight, the outlook of this CD -more akin to compositional adventures coined in a post-free, contemporary-influenced jazz background- could be said to point the way ahead for later proposals of a more measured, chamber nature featuring a marked interest in extended techniques, sound texture and abstract forms.

Con el paso del tiempo, la mirada de este CD ?ms afn a las aventuras compositivas surgidas en un marco jazzstico post-free, de influencia contempornea, podra decirse apunta el camino para propuestas posteriores, de corte ms mesurado, camerstico, con un fuerte inters por tcnicas ampliadas, texturas sonoras y la forma abstracta.

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Feltro : Sunburnt

Feltro : Sunburnt

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Feltro is yet another moniker for young portuguese artist Andr Gonalves, known under his real name for a multitude of works in various media (painting, video, performance, music, installation) and also known under the Ok.suitcase alias for a number of releases on Crnica Electrnica, Sirr.Records and other labels, since early 2001.

Feltro is another step forward in computer music composition by this talented artist, with this ‘Sunburnt’ release which comes in two different dosages: ‘The Longing’, a 20 minute long piece and its ‘Radio edit’, trimmed down to little over 4 minutes. ‘The Longing’ is an emotional computer song, possibly about missing someone. It starts with a synth hum and grows from there, leaving Andr filling it up with granularity and randomized sound processing effects, singing all the way into a sad oblivion. Reminds me of some works by Akira Rabelais and also of Oren Ambarchi pieces. The radio edit version is like a ‘portable’ version of the main piece, suitable for radio play (of course) but best used as an unexpected twist in someone’s ipod playlist. – Pedro Leito

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Behrens/Raposo : Hades

Behrens/Raposo

Hades

label: And/OAR

ref: And/25

players: Marc Behrens, Paulo Raposo

Halfway between phonography and edition, the cutting builds on the extreme care displayed to gather the materials in order to present a sound palette whose morbidezza turns cumbersome, sculptural masses into subtly malleable substances of warm colour. Through an exquisite suspension of denotation, breaking the relation between sound and source, the materials become suitable for abstract sculpting but the extreme attention paid to the sources added to their scale, leads to the blurring of internal coherence, rendering intertextual references somewhat empty.

A medio camino entre fonografa y edicin, el montaje desarrolla el cuidado exquisito empleado en la recopilacin de materiales para presentar una paleta sonora cuya morbidez hace que enormes masas esculturales, se tornen en sustancias sutilmente maleables de color clido. Mediante la suspensin de la denotacin, que rompe la relacin entre sonido y fuente, los materiales se tornan adecuados para la escultura abstracta, pero la excesiva atencin a las fuentes termina desdibujando la coherencia interna, haciendo que las referencias intertextuales resulten vacas.

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