★Corvo
Living Theory Without Anecdotes
The album Living Theory Without Anecdotes confates Nicolas Wiese's acousmatic compositions from the years 2009-2011. There is a common thread: all four compositions are constructed out of samples from acoustic instrument and object recordings, and mostly have rather foating structures with slow crescendos and little disruptions. A significant element in Wiese's soundworks is the spatial layering - there is an architecture of foregrounds, backgrounds and diferent midgrounds that integrate …
Waterkil
After meeting for the first time in Beirut during the Irtijal Festival 2006, Axel Dörner and Jassem Hindi had their first musical collaborationin Switzerland two years later in 2008. From that time on they have regularly performed as a duo on different occasions.The music of the duo is electroacoustic music with trumpet and electronics, both musicians using their musical equipment and systems in an unusual way, developing their own techniques of sound creation.They are interested in explorin…
Gruen Wie Milch/Alamut
Continuing the utilisation of recycled sound, Preslav Literary School fades out its opening German monologue to unveil a starry, shimmering reconstruction of a J.S Bach fuge. Chords overlap each other so that a dissonance lingers between them, with haunting organ tones vaguely tracing a melody while ultimately feeling lost in mystical freeform. The section during which a phased fifth-interval drone takes precedence is considerably less interesting than the flowing chord progressions before…
PopeWaffen
“The work is settled between weird pop, avanttrash, improvised music, mediterranian folklore and noise drones. As the artists are coming from different social and musical backgrounds, the recording is not just a mix of sounds and names but a creation of unique and exciting experiences.” A custom silkscreen-cardboard cover emphasizes the haptic visual aspect of this audio production. The handnumbered edition of 500 copies is an object-like production with visual and audio qualities. …
Come ho imparato a volare
'Ezramo: voice, piano, prepared zither, bells. For this project Ezramo recorded the sounds of larvae (sarchophaga carnaria) during their transformation into flies. Through rough sub-real field-recordings, she explores, interprets and lyrically re-invents the concept of metamorphosis. Gatefold sleeve, offset printing on paper. Limited to 300 copies, handnumbered.