{"id":9751,"date":"2017-05-15T09:01:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T08:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=9751"},"modified":"2017-05-15T09:01:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T08:01:03","slug":"intuited-architectures-reviewed-by-sigil-of-brass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=9751","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Intuited Architectures\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Sigil of Brass"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nGraeme Truslove is a composer and performer based in Glasgow, Scotland. His output includes sonic and audio-visual compositions, and improvised music \u00e2\u20ac\u201c playing guitar and\/or laptop in various solo and collaborative projects. He holds both an M.Eng in Electronics with Music, and a Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of Glasgow. He currently lectures in Composition and Music Technology at the University of the West of Scotland.<\/p>\n

With the above written on the press statement accompanying the album \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I was expecting a work of dry academia; all knickers and no fur coat (to turn a phrase on it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s head). However, this album is bursting with organic textures.<\/p>\n

Graeme Truslove\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s musical output so far has been divided between the opposing spheres of fixed-medium electroacoustic composition and improvised performance. All of the works presented in Intuited Architectures focus on integrating these conflicting extremes in various ways. Throughout their development, the creative processes employed shifted from the sculptural to the performative \u00e2\u20ac\u201c from the creation of sonic mosaics, constructed from the careful placement of individual sonic impulses, to the recording and manipulation of performances on self-devised digital instruments.<\/p>\n

This shift arose initially through attempts to analyse and automate laborious micro-level techniques, however as the possibility to interact with these techniques in real-time emerged, so too did a number of unforeseen expressive possibilities. Montages became performances, which in turn became montages again.<\/p>\n

Central to all of the compositions is a preoccupation with musical time scales, ranging from the fabrication of synthetic timbres, via these performative-algorithmic approaches, through to their integration within larger-scale temporal strategies.<\/p>\n

Quite what Truslove was trying to achieve is beyond my humble scope \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but, I love this album. Like a thousand ants walking over the microphone the sounds that are coming from my stereo are rare, electronic\/biological hybrids.<\/p>\n

The juxtaposition of composed, static piece and live improv is achieved here in spades \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I really dig this album.<\/p>\n

via Sigil of Brass<\/a><\/p>\n