È una sintassi spezzata, una sequenza di impressioni sonore interrotte dal silenzio in un ambiente di suoni trovati, elettronica abrasiva e scarnificate suggestioni industriali che identifica il primo pezzo di questo disco. Istanza che indica la direzione precisa di un impianto argomentativo nel quale le prime cinque tracce si misurano con i 60 minuti di …
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”Antithesis” di Roel Meelkop, uscito per la portoghese Crónica Records, è un lavoro che si colloca in quel territorio raro in cui la ricerca concettuale non sacrifica l’esperienza d’ascolto, ma la amplifica. L’artista di Rotterdam, formatosi in visual arts e art theory alla Willem de Kooning Academy, trasferisce nel linguaggio sonoro una riflessione che appartiene …
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A travers Antithesis, Roel Meelkop sème le doute, brouille les pistes, dilue le monde dans un amas de field recordings fragmentés, cinq titres se dressant en opposition au dernier morceau de l’album, drone d’une heure composé à partir de sonorités granulaires, le tout formant un ensemble disparate relié entre eux par une dynamique commune: Celle …
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We’re super happy to announce the release of “Antithesis”, a new album by Roel Meelkop, following the previous “Viva In Pace” and “Crossmodulated”. “Antithesis” features six tracks that form an antithetic unity. Five tracks, mainly based on temporal sound events, put together to create a dynamic system of theses on one hand. On the other …
Antithesis Roela Meelkopa wyrasta z refleksji nad kierunkami, które obieramy – w muzyce i poza nią. Skupienie się na jednej drodze oznacza pominięcie innych możliwości, ale czasem właśnie konsekwentne podążanie wybranym kierunkiem pozwala osiągnąć zamierzony cel. Innym razem pojawiają się wątpliwości, potrzeba nagłego skrętu w nieznane albo powrotu do punktu wyjścia. Dla Meelkopa przeciwieństwa nie są …
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Roel Meelkop bringt am 8. September eine neue CD über Crónica heraus. “Antithesis” enthält sechs Stücke als Untersuchung von Gegensätzen und ihren überraschenden Verbindungen. Fünf Arbeiten entwickeln sich aus zeitlich strukturierten Klangereignissen und formen ein dynamisches Gefüge, während ein einstündiger, ausschließlich digital erhältlicher Bonus-Drone-Track aus granular bearbeiteten Sounds besteht. Dabei geht es laut Label nicht …
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Roel Meelkop’s career as a sound artist stretches back some 40 years since he started the post-industrial project THU20 with four other musicians in the early 1980s, and later decided to dedicate his career to investigating sound and music while studying visual arts and art theory at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. Among …
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Roel Meekop, come ogni artista sensibile, si fa molte domande sull’utilità della propria attività, sulla sua capacità di incidere nella realtà. Il suo restare inerme, di fronte alla guerra, è lo stesso del pittore minimalista Ad Reinhardt, che negli anni ’60 cercò un astrattismo geometrico, del tutto separato dai sentimenti personali. Puro colore, forma e …
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Hailing from the Netherlands, Roel Meelkop is a prolific sound artist, whose musical venture began in the 80s with THU20, a project in the realms of electronic/experimental music. Moreover, he has worked with artists like Kapotte Muziek, Frans de Waard, Howard Stelzer, Detlev Hjuler & Andrea Göthling (Kommissar Hjuler Und Frau), Wieman and Pierdrie among …
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Regarding the role that art could have in preventing wars, Roel Meelkop openly admits his inner doubts, leaning more toward the pessimistic end of things. Without getting into overly skeptical specifics, let me just say that I agree, especially in light of the manufactured and staged conflicts that are so characteristic of today, invariably waged at the …
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