“Insects 4-7” reviewed by Amusio

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Porcje Rosołowe (dt. Suppenfleisch) ist das Projekt der polnischen Ingenieure von „manufactured reality“ und vorherigen Glitch-Improvisatoren Lech Nienartowicz und Mateusz Wysocki (aka Fischerle). Und Insects 4 -7 (Crónica, ab 17. März) bereits der zweite Teil einer Werkreihe, mit der sie dem vermuteten (oder auch schlicht imaginierten) Klangkosmos der Kerbtiere vorgeblich auf den Grund gehen. Wer jetzt denkt, er könnte nun den Gottesanbeterinnen beim Ave Maria lauschen, darf sich getäuscht sehen.

Denn wie bereits angedeutet, fabrizieren Porcje Rosołowe umgekehrte Field Recordings. Das heißt, sie reduzieren ihre Klangerzeugnisse auf die bare Vermutung, wie sich die Bewegungsabläufe, die physischen Vorgänge sowie die internen Kommunikationsmuster von Insekten anhören könnten. Was sie dabei scheinbar reproduzieren, ist also nicht das Ergebnis hochsensibler Miniatur-Mikrophone, sondern entstammt ausschließlich der eigenen Imagination.

Das Album weckt Erinnerungen an das ähnlich veranlagte Projekt Insect Musicians von Greame Revell, nur dass der inzwischen zum Hollywood-Score-Autor avancierte Ex-Experimentalmusiker (SPK) seinerzeit weitaus gröbere Verfahren angewendet hat, um das was kreucht und fleucht zum organisiert-manipulierten Klingen zu bringen.

Porcje Rosołowe dringen vergleichsweise tiefer in die Materie ein, wobei unklar ist, inwieweit sie sich überhaupt mit den Eigenarten der von ihnen auserwählten (observierten?) Spezies – Gryllotalpa Talpa, Mantodea Chorda, Metua Tympanis, Serpentinus Fascia (schönes Pseudonym, gell?) – vertraut gemacht haben. Oder ob das Duo allein auf seine inneren Stimmen vertraut, die ihm die Annäherungsversuchsanordnungen vorgeben. Unerhört ist das Ergebnis allemal, zudem steht es als Gratis-Download zur Verfügung.

Stephan Wolf

via Amusio

“Insects 4-7” will be released on March 17.

Alexander Rishaug reviewed by Kindamuzik

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In een kerk loop je niet lekker lallend een polonaise. Daar doe je andere dingen; contemplatieve zaken, meditatief ook. Niet zonder reden is de architectuur ook daarop ingericht. En daarmee: de klank van het gebouw. Tenminste, als daarover nagedacht is. Zeker, als je het orgel in die ruimte in ogenschouw neemt. De Noor Alexander Rishaug verkent de kerkakoestiek met het kerkorgel en zijn elektrische gitaar in de Noorse Zeemanskerk in Rotterdam.

In twee lang uitgesponnen composities balanceert Rishaug op de wip tussen zwaar bewerkte opnamen waarin nog maar nauwelijks geluidsoorsprong te horen is en melodieuze orgel- en gitaarpassages. Geen hypertechnisch geluidkunstexperiment dus, ook geen ambient pur sang; wel een middenweg die bepaald geen vlees noch vis is.

Rishaug weet in zijn elektronisch wereld die bol staat van akoestische reflecties een zekere natuurlijkheid te presenteren die het fieldrecordingswerk van zowel BJ Nilsen als Lasse Marhaug in herinnering roept. De aantrekkelijke, meeslepende en zelfs kalmerende uitwerking van de ambientcomposities brengt hem bovendien in lijn met Christian Fennesz of Nobukazu Takemura, met een zweem van Conrad Schnitzler. Rishaug brengt zo het beste van twee werelden samen en dat op een plek: de zingende kerk.

Alsof dat nog niet genoeg is, heeft hij tien vrienden gevraagd stukken te remixen. Deze separaat uitgegeven bewerkingen leggen soms piepkleine stukjes uit de twee hoofdwerken onder de microscoop en geven in de handen van Machinefabriek, Loscil of Asuna veelal verrassend nieuw perspectief op Rishaugs orgel, gitaar of kerk.

Van absolute topklasse is de negentig minuten durende immersieve bewerking van Mark Fell waarin de twee klankwerelden van Rishaug niet langer op een plek lijken samen te vallen, maar juist exploderend zo ver mogelijk van elkaar af geschoten worden en de waarheid toch weer in het midden ligt.

Sven Schlijper

via Kindamuzik

Futurónica 134

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Episode 134 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, February 20th.

The playlist of Futurónica 134 is:

  1. Svalastog, Ma.Org Re.Mx (2015, Ma.Org Pa.Git Re.Mx, Crónica)
  2. Loscil, Ma.Org (Segue) Re.Mx (2015, Ma.Org Pa.Git Re.Mx, Crónica)
  3. Köhn, Ma.Org Re.Mx (2015, Ma.Org Pa.Git Re.Mx, Crónica)
  4. Phonophani, Ma.Org Re.Mx (alexremix2mix) (2015, Ma.Org Pa.Git Re.Mx, Crónica)
  5. Mark Fell, Ma.Org Re.Mx (long version) (2015, Ma.Org Pa.Git Re.Mx, Crónica)

You can follow Rádio Zero’s broadcasts at radiozero.pt/ouvir and Rádio Manobras at radiomanobras.pt.

Two new releases: Alexander Rishaug’s “Ma.Org Pa.Git” and “Ma.Org Pa.Git Re.Mx”

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Crónica is very happy to announce two new releases by Alexander Rishaug, the limited-edition LP “Ma.Org Pa.Git” and the remix album “Ma.Org Pa.Git Re.Mx” both now available from Crónica and cronica.bandcamp.com.
Ma.Org Pa.Git is the fifth solo release from Norwegian sound artist and experimental musician Alexander Rishaug, exploring the space, the acoustics and the mechanics of a church organ, and the hiss, overtones and feedback of an old tube amp and electric guitar. The album consist of two long duration pieces that were recorded in the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in January 2012, and edited, mixed and digitally processed in Brugata and studio oran/zen in Berlin. Even though the material is heavily processed and recomposed, the overall feeling is genuinely spacious and acoustic.

Ma.Org Pa.Git is available as a limited edition of 200 copies, 180g vinyl, and as a digital download.

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In parallel to Ma.Org Pa.Git, the remix album Ma.Org Pa.Git Re.Mx features an international selection of sound artists and their interpretations of Rishaug’s compositions.

Alexander Rishaug invited artists that have been an inspiration or that influenced his work from early involvement in the experimental music scene in the mid-nineties until present. Norwegian and Oslo-based Svalastog, Dutch and Rotterdam-based Machinefabriek, Icelandic Curver, Japanese and Tokyo-based Tetsuro Yasunaga and Sakana Hosomi, member of SND and UK-based Mark Fell, Belgian-based Köhn, Norwegian-based and member of Alog, Espen Sommer Eide alias Phonophani, Canadian-based Loscil, Japanese and Kanazawa-based Asuna and Australian-based Seaworthy.

Ma.Org Pa.Git Re.Mx is available as a digital download directly from cronica.bandcamp.com, iTunes, Boomkat, and other selected outlets.

“Ma.Org Pa.Git” & “Ma.Org Pa.Git Re.Mx” reviewed by Carnage News

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Chi pensa che le potenzialità di uno strumento si fermino allo strumento stesso, sbaglia. Non sbaglia, invece, Alexander Rishaug che con Ma.Org Pa.Git circonda lo strumento e gli permette di fuoriuscire dal suo corpo, rimanendo comunque perfettamente ancorato alle sue possibilità. Ciò che trascende il possibile non solo non rientra nelle condizioni strumentali, ma nemmeno nelle condizioni ambientali. Prendiamo uno strumento in particolare: l’organo. Esso nasce tenendo conto dell’ambiente in cui è immerso ed è parte integrante dell’architettura. Nel caso specifico si parla dell’organo della Chiesa dei marinai norvegesi di Rotterdam – provate pure a cercarla, ma non è scontato che la troviate – in cui è stato registrato il disco. L’album, come si intuisce dal titolo, è diviso in due parti. La prima, come abbiamo detto poco sopra, analizza lo spettro e la dinamica sonora dell’organo; nella seconda, i feedback di un vecchio amplificatore valvolare (un Vox Limited) e chitarra elettrica. Si badi bene, quando si parla di organo – come quando anche si parla di chitarra -, scordiamoci di trovare melodie, o più puerilmente “musica”. Quello che si aggira nei solchi audio del disco (in tutto due tracce: Ma.Org e Pa.Git per una durata totale di circa mezz’ora) è uno spettro d’onde e risonanze che Rishaug sapientemente sviluppa andando direttamente alla superficie della totalità dei suoni (non solo il suono dell’organo, ma ogni “interferenza” eventuale: scricchiolii, fruscii, manomissioni repentine), galleggiando così sul flusso acustico all’interno della struttura – una vera chicca, l’elevazione ulteriore della prima traccia dal decimo minuto circa.

Come se non bastasse, questo disco esce insieme ad una raccolta di remix in cui sono presenti autori di grande spessore come Loscil, Mark Fell e Machinefabriek, solo per citarne alcuni. Ognuno rivede quel magma sonoro in maniera personale fino allo stravolgimento del file d’origine. In particolare merita un appunto lo sviluppo di Mark Fell della durata di un’ora e mezzo.

Ma.Org Pa.Git è puro ambiente, e il suono che si muove al suo interno è frutto stesso di quell’ambiente. Nessuno dei due insiemi, suono e ambiente, racchiude l’altro poiché sono sovrapposti, di egual misura e indistinguibili.

Gorot

via Carnage News

“Transmissions” reviewed by Déphasage – Objets Sonores Non Identifiés

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The show has ended with Mathias Delplanque, a french artist who has release last september on the portuguese label, Cronica, “Transmissions”. This production is made from recordings of various industrial machines. A loom at the Musée du Textile from Cholet in France not far from Angers. And then, machine-tools from the Lycée Technique of the Livet near Nantes. Mathias Delplanque being a pedagogue too, this is in one of his interventions in this high school that the students recorded themselves the sounds that we can listen to on those compositions. The title of this release has now a double meaning when we know this context. In terms of sound, machines were and are always a good stock and in this industrial context, automated and relentless, rythm and beat are obviously ever-present. Mathias Delplanque is rebuilding the sound life of those machines giving it another sense, a new way to interlock these automatons always coupled.

via Déphasage