electronic music :: Neural.it: microsound Archives

Autistici (Reworked) - Resonating Wires

CD -Audiobulb
David Newman, head honcho of Audiobulb, is back as Autistici, this time remixed by a large group of colleagues, all well-known producers in the contemporary experimental electronic scene. From the first sequences Simon Scott (former drummer of Slowdive and collaborator with Brian Eno) gives us a ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 09:59 AM - Apr 21/2011
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Myo - Memory Gospel

CD - Zeromoon
Envelopes "stretched" beyond all limits, circular sounds fascinatingly unfolded among cracks, feedbacks, loops and rhythmic digital beats. Myo, the moniker of Cory O'Brien, is not new to using multiple free software and field recordings, experimenting with combinations ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 09:41 AM - Apr 14/2011
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audio art . experimental . microsound . minimal

Patricia Bosshard & Simon Grab - MRI

CD - Everest
With a limited edition CD, which contains a library of sounds with 80 samples, the experimental Swiss duo of Patricia Bosshard and Simon Grab debuts for Everest Recordings. All sounds are recorded using an MRI scanner (Magnet Resonance Imaging), a technology primarily known for its diagnostic and ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 11:41 AM - Feb 12/2011
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Roel Meelkop - Grey Mass / Grey Matter

CDR 3" - 1000füssler
A Dual 3" CD-R, enclosed within beautiful A5 dark cardboard packaging has been released by the experimental German label 1000füssler. This is a production by Roel Meelkop, a visual artist with a strong interest in music, who is somewhat attracted to decidedly minimalist, skinny and abstract ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 03:18 PM - Feb 10/2011
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Thorsten Soltau / Weiss - Rezykla

Mini-disc - Electroton
Already the title, "Rezykla", suggests the concept underlying these four refined, minimalist compositions. The two authors, Thorsten Soltau and Martin Weiss, each contribute two works in which they manipulates each other’s sounds. The exchanges transmute the rhythmic origins of ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 05:00 AM - Dec 30/2010
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Christian Galarreta - Computer Music Is Dead

CD -Free Software Series
The collective of experimenters involved in the Free Software Series project continues to churn out new and interesting releases. This time, Peruvian Christian Galarreta, a "self-taught transdisciplinarian", composer and performer accustomed to the more contemporary and trendy ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 05:00 AM - Nov 16/2010
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Marcus Maeder - Annex

MiniCD - Domizil
In architecture, an "annex" area is typically an extension of the main building. Similarly, the engravings on this mini CD complement and supplement what Marcus Maeder has achieved in his latest project, "Subsegmental" ‚ a release published in the summer of 2009 by Domizil, a label ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 07:09 PM - Oct 28/2010
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Richard Chartier - A Field For Mixing

CD - Room40
After activating the player, all you hear in the room - a place dedicated to listening - is the laptop fan and some noise coming from the road, and no sound from the speakers. Four minutes pass before you begin to hear something in the background. A carpet of sound slowly creeps in; dilated and ethereal. "A Field For Mixing" by Richard Chartier, indulges in microsound intransigence, connecting with ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 05:00 AM - Oct 19/2010
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Shinkei + mise_en_scene - Scytale

CD - Matter
The result of collaboration between the Italian sound-artist David Sani (Shinkei) and the Israeli artist Shay Nassi (mise_en_scene), Scytale introduces itself with truly dark atmospheres that are sensitive, highly stylized and calibrated, but alienating. Its title suggests a number of possible interpretations: it cites an ancient encryption technology, almost suggesting that ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 05:00 AM - Sep 18/2010
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abstract . experimental . microsound

v4w.enko - snd

mini-CDr - Electroton
"Snd" is a sound project by v4w.enko, the moniker of the Ukrainian researcher whose real name is Evgen Vaschenko, a multifaceted artist involved with electronic sounds, video streams, and algorithm manipulation. Electroton emphasizes that a sequence of instructions can trigger a simple process, a set ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 06:49 AM - Aug 3/2010
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Ido Govrin - Moraine

CD - Interval
Creeping ambient sequences, with alluring developments are pervaded by drones and split into many layers of auditory tones. This work consists of six compositions, in an electro-acoustic continuum that flows out of deep mechanisms of sound analysis and syntheses that are rich in new and increasingly ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 10:57 AM - Jul 1/2010
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Frank Rothkamm - Ghost Of New York

CD - Rothkammusic
The first release of the planned series of three CDs and a DVD, "Tetralogy" by Frank Rothkamm starts with "Ghost Of New York", a spectral and detailed study of metropolitan poltergeist, a work in progress that since the beginning appears inspired by strong symbolic references, cryptic entities and energy ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 09:44 AM - May 20/2010
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Marcus Maeder - Subsegmental

CD - Domizil
Although the term and concept of "subsegmental" are used primarily in psychology and in perception within the context of linguistics and phonetics, nothing stops Marcus Maeder from translating this meme into the field of music. Feeding the cognitive characteristics of tones, organizing acoustic ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 06:43 AM - Mar 19/2010
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Philip Julian - Low Activity Computer Solo

CD - Free Software Series
Recorded in London and Berlin between September and November 2008, this work uses the induction coil of a telephone connected directly to a PC running GNU/Linux and a piezo contact microphone in order to pick up the electromagnetic activity inside the machine. Philip Julian's "Low Activity Computer ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 11:31 AM - Mar 12/2010
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Tu M' - Monochromes Vol.1

CD -Line
Released under the moniker Tu M' (Rossano Polidoro and Emiliano Romanelli), an interesting and all Italian mixed media project is unraveled in a rather airy and meditative way for the prestigious Line label. Since 2000, Line has been curated and directed by Richard Chartier, a sound/installation artist ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 12:28 PM - Feb 25/2010
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Richard Chartier - Untitled (Angle.1)

CD - Non Visual Objects
This new project by Richard Chartier stems from a collaboration with visual artist Linn Meyers. Chartier is an electronic composer engaged in a serious minimalist brand of reductionism. In Untitled (Angle.1), the author carefully brings about the co-penetration of optical and sound models, a juxtaposition of the ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 11:40 AM - Feb 19/2010
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Phroq - Recordings Of Various Vibrations And Stress Situations

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CD - Uzu Sounds
Francisco Meirino - under the pseudonym Phroq - continues unabashed in his fascination with bugs and micro-sounds. His is a meticulous investigator, pushing the limits of the audible, cataloguing the frequencies and hums of electrical equipment under stress. The sources of the samples - in the ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 03:15 AM - Jan 19/2010
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drone . experimental . microsound

Autistici - Complex Tone Test

CD - Kesh
Dilated and charming tonal sequences, micro-sonorities and patterns that gently intersect, ticks, acoustic and more synthetic structures arise in this new work by Autistici (David Newman), a sound-artist based in Sheffield, head-honcho of Audiobulb. Even if this record starts with very placid ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 11:52 AM - Dec 5/2009
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audio art . experimental . free form . microsound

Phroq - Connections, Opportunities For Mistake

CD - Shiver Sounds
In this project Phroq, aka Francisco Meirino, uses malfunctioning minidiscs, cassettes and CD players in a work that investigates the glorious end of an amplification system. Together with continuous interferences and electrostatic noises - expressed in different forms and intensities - they reach the ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 09:30 AM - Jun 24/2009
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Ibitsu - Foolproof Better Fools Bettering Foolproof....

CD - Mego
Distorted frequencies and gurgling sounds from the speakers: almost faint. Feeble pulses and sound aggregations emerge. The speakers seem go into a state of coma, as before death. The work consists of a very atypical 24 minutes, with the noise levels growing slightly as the track progresses. It's an agony, ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 07:18 AM - Jun 23/2009
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Richard Garet - L'Avenir

CD - Winds Measure
After opening the stylish white rectangular cardboard box, reading a subtle quotation - in English - from the philosopher Jacques Derrida about the difference - in his opinion - between 'the future' and 'l'avenir', there are many puzzling minutes of almost silence. Only by raising the volume of our sound ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 09:00 AM - Jan 31/2009
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Schurer - Parallax

CD - Domizil
Eccentric passages, modulated in equally atypical waveforms, occasionally sound crooked and elastic. They are followed by more muffled and grainy concatenations; a chromatic addition of effect and perceptive starts. Decidedly uncommon aural experiences are imbued with synthetic laments, tonal ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 09:00 AM - Jan 30/2009
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Shinkei & Fourm - Hidamari / Metrics

Cdr 3" - White Line Editions
A collaborative project; the result of similar intentions and musical strategies. Fourm and Shinkei both submit respective compositions to this work - two individual tracks of just over ten minutes, which are published on a mini-cdr, with an elegant artwork design in translucent paper and printed ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 05:33 PM - Jan 25/2009
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Cem Güney - Praxis

CD - Cronica
With sudden audio constructions, electro-acoustic and microsound influences, the Turkish multi-instrumentalist Cem Güney (who can boast past experiences as DJ and trumpet player) gives birth to a fascinating sequence of synthetic sounds and field recordings for the Portuguese experimental label ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 06:40 PM - Jan 22/2009
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Jacob Kirkegaard - Labyrinthitis

CD - Touch
Vibrations travel through air and are captured by our hearing apparatus. The cochlea is a spiral-shaped pipe with tiny ciliate cells working as sensitive receptors. By modulating the amplitude and frequency of sound waves, these cells can be stimulated so much that the underlying membrane also vibrates. This ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 08:42 AM - Jan 7/2009
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ambient . audio art . experimental . field recordings . microsound

Jos Smolders - Gaussian Transient (Megaphone)

CD - Nonvisualobjects
Coherent auditory elements, proliferation of individual sound ideas, field recordings, absences and frequencies, non-linearity, suspension and saturation, drones, ambience and conceptualism. These are just a few of the elements occurring in 'Gaussian Transient', a multifaceted work, that is not really very ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 04:25 PM - Nov 27/2008
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audio art . experimental . glitch'n'cuts . microsound

Ryoji Ikeda - Test Pattern

CD - Raster-Noton
As if dragged out of time in a world of infinite numbers, data and multi-dimensional abstract geometries, Ryoji Ikeda's 'Test Pattern' explores the intricate relationships between auditory microstructures, signals and electronic pulses. This piece is a conversion of algorithmic models from an ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 08:26 PM - Nov 19/2008
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ambient . drone . experimental . glitch'n'cuts . microsound

Michael Santos - The Happy Error

CD - Baskaru
Extremely delicate harmonic passages, "clicky", dense and slightly "gummy" acoustics, interwoven with expanded patterns, with an almost oneiric quality in the juxtaposition of crackle and melody, finally combining to give a melancholic and fluctuating character. Textures are sensibly organized and diluted ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 10:31 AM - Nov 15/2008
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Alva Noto - Unitxt

CD - Raster-Noton
This latest Alva Noto production is quite excited and rhythmical, especially in the first part (tracks 1 to 10), shaking the audience through multiple communication codes, modulated in sound frequencies that are always well synchronized, touchy and reactive. This seems to be the ultimate recording; an ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 07:42 PM - Nov 11/2008
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Simon Wickham-Smith - Love & Lamentation

CD - Pogus
With a degree in English literature at King's College in London, Simon Wickham-Smith is certainly not concocting. In his album's title he places a fairly explicit reference to the "lamentation" genre, a literary and musical style in vogue between the fourteenth and the sixteenth century, mainly in Europe, which ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 07:14 PM - Nov 10/2008
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Andrea Polli & Joe Gilmore - N.

CD - No Label
As in an ageless world, thwarted by indecipherable atmospheric energies, the diaphanous sounds of Andrea Polli & Joe Gilmore, digital translations of weather station calculations near the North Pole, are supporting the imaginary generation of images with empty and completely uninhabitable spaces. ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 10:15 PM - Nov 1/2008
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abstract . audio art . drone . experimental . laptop . microsound

Machinefabriek - Mort Aux Vaches

CD - Mort Aux Vaches
Very dilated and ethereal atmospheres, micro-sonorities, "urgent" improvisations and thorny textures. Then, melodic snippets, drones, harsh and distorted sequences. Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek (a moniker that would mislead if associated with industrial attitudes) structures three long suites in this ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 04:51 PM - Sep 2/2008
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drone . experimental . field recordings . microsound

BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa - Passing Out

CD - The Helen Scarsdale Agency
A crepuscular and minimalist project focused on the effects produced by natural sounds on human beings and on the perception of time and space, here conceived in the precise terms of a 'hangover experience', really first drinking, getting intoxicated with alcohol and then 'passing beyond' with a ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 06:20 PM - Jun 27/2008
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Silvia Fassler & Billy Roisz - Skylla

CD - Mego
The sonorities, on the whole very invasive and digital, as well as the crackles, drones, intermittences, fluxes and skipping frequencies, together with other refined forms of auditive microemergencies, give merit in 'Skylla' for the rigorous application to Silvia Fässler and Billy Roisz, who are not new to the ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 12:36 PM - Jun 25/2008
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audio art . drone . experimental . laptop . microsound

Josh Russell - Music For Geiger Counters

minicdr - Koyuki
Texan producer Josh Russell manages micro-sonorities, ambient electro-acoustics and audio deconstructions through the tangles of an ultra-minimalist aesthetics, which wavers between quiet clicks and rarefied as well synthetic drones. It's the evolution of sound inspired by accidental daily ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 06:04 PM - Jun 12/2008
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