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Zhu Wenbo

Four Lines And Improvisation (Tape)

Label: Aloe Records

Format: Tape

Genre: Experimental

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*2024 stock. 50 copies limited edition* Alone Series 001 is absolutely delighted to release a new album by Beijing, China-based musician Zhu Wenbo, entitled "Four Lines and Improvisation", recorded in August 2022. Zhu Wenbo is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who is dedicated to "music that doesn't sound like music". He also runs the label Zoomin’ Night.

The album contains two tracks: ”Four Lines”(A-side) and “Improvisation”(B), released in one limited edition cassette. Both tracks naturally showcase the Lo-Fi nature of experimental composition/electro-acoustic improvisation that has always been a hallmark of Zhu Wenbo's work.

"Four Lines" is a piece of Zhu’s recent composition with notes, a combination of high frequency sine wave electronics and low volume vocals, in which he murmurs a part (using a loudspeaker as microphone) and plays a part with an electronic oscillator. 'Improvisation' using a clarinet and a snare drum. With both sides of the snare drum act as microphones, the amplification of the snare drum generates feedback with the monitors; the clarinet plays a little from "Four Lines" composition and improvised the rest. The acoustic instruments and the electronic feedback are tapped against each other in a dry, slightly psychedelic way.

When listening to his compositions and improvisations, the two seem to be inherent in each other and difficult to distinguish.


Details
Cat. number: Alone-001
Year: 2022
Notes:
Recorded on August 31st and September 5th, 2022. Edition of 50 copies. 250g front and back printing paper. Professional cassette tape, handwritten numbering, hand plastic sealing.