Det absolut første, man undrer sig over, nÃ¥r man sætter den seneste plade fra den engelske lydkunstner Simon Whetham pÃ¥, er titlen. Han har ad flere omgange ydet bidrag til det fremragende radioprogram Framework, som i mange Ã¥r har arbejdet for at udbrede kendskab og kærlighed til lydkunst, field recordings og naturlyde. Fra en kunstner, …
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Simon Whetham has a considerable history of taking sound recordings – often environmental sounds – and working them into something unrecognisable, by means of various sonic and software mutations. Against Nature emerged from an exploration of what Whetham describes as ‘errors and failures’, using ‘badly built microphones, over-burdened amplifiers, motors driven by sound impulses, misbehaving …
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Mit Roha (Crónica) entzieht sich Andreas Trobollowitsch jener formalen Vorgaben, die seine bisherigen Veröffentlichungen, darunter auch die mit Nörz und Acker Velvet, aus einer dezidiert elektroakustisch generierten Perspektive argumentieren ließen. Seine Manipulationen von primär improvisierten Ausgangsmaterial bringt den Klangforscher hier nun in die Nähe dessen, was gemeinhin als „Musik“ verstanden und rezipiert wird. Ein Zug, …
If field recordings are often the attempt to freeze-frame nature in all its everlasting purity, then Simon Whetham’s latest album of manipulated ambient is decidedly Against Nature. Conceived as part of his ongoing project to record certain environmental sounds and then allow incidental disturbances to creep into their engineering/mixing/production, the Londoner’s new collection of five …
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Opisanie muzyki zawartej na najnowszej pÅ‚ycie litewskiego kompozytora nie jest Å‚atwe. Przy obcowaniu z wiÄ™kszÄ… częściÄ… jego dorobku bardzo ważna okazuje siÄ™ być znajomość kontekstu w jakich dany utwór powstaÅ‚. Bez tego dość ciężko nakreÅ›lić charakter samej muzyki. Z jednej strony powinna ona bronić siÄ™ samodzielnie, bez wzglÄ™du na okolicznoÅ›ci. Jednak kiedy dla samego artysty …
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‘Against Nature’, comprises of five tracks with the same title (that of the album). Coupled with a press release that provides more in a literary context than its audio companion could ever, can make your mind boggle as to just what medication people are on (or should be). Regardless of the reference to the decadent …
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Ύπουλο χτÏπημα Ï‡Î±Î¼Î·Î»Î¿Ï Î²Î±ÏομετÏÎ¹ÎºÎ¿Ï Î¼Îµ μια σÏνθεση που ισοÏÏοπεί Î¼ÎµÏ„Î±Î¾Ï Î¼Ï…ÏƒÏ„Î·Ïίου και διάλεξης πεÏί πειÏÎ±Î¼Î±Ï„Î¹ÏƒÎ¼Î¿Ï ÏƒÏ„Î· μουσική. Κάπως Îτσι θα μποÏοÏσε να πεÏιγÏάφεται το άλμπουμ του ΓιώÏγη ΣακελλαÏίου. Συνήθως σε ανάλογες πεÏιπτώσεις όπου Îχουμε μια μοναδική σÏνθεση-γίγας που καταλαμβάνει τη διάÏκεια ενός άλμπουμ, στη πεÏίπτωση μας μετÏάμε Ï„ÏιανταÎνα λεπτά, δεν μÎνουν και πολλά να ειπωθοÏν. …
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Another one that’s soon to come on Portugal’s Cronica Electronica-imprint is the labels cat.no. 105, Andreas Trobollowitsch’ eight track album piece “Roha”. On this album we see the 1980-born artist combine elements of droning, (neo)classical compository techniques with an electro-acoustic approach, close contact pick-up microphones and prepared instruments, preferrably but not exclusively taken from the …
Soon to come as cat.no. 103 of the Portoguese Cronica Electronica-imprint is Simon Whetham’s most recent album entitled “Against Nature” which consists of five takes of the same name, all recorded and generated throughout his residency at the Agder Kunstsenter in Kristiansand / Norway in late 2013. “Against Nature [1]” is a quiet, partly repetetive …
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Une façon peut-être de s’éloigner du field recording pur… Simon Whetham joue ici contre nature : cinq fois, à partir de sons attrapés en compagnie d’Agder Kunstsenter en Norvège entre octobre et novembre 2013. La branche sur laquelle il se pose n’est donc plus réaliste : pas concrète non plus, puisque l’électronique la travaille. Souffles …
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