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Member Since2/10/2006
Band Websitetyperecords.com
Band MembersSteven Hess (percussion, electronics)
Sylvain Chauveau (prepared guitar)

+ Helge Sten for "Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night" (2004/09)
+ Pierre-Yves Macé for "Second Souffle" (2007)
+ Christian Fennesz & Stephen Fiehn for "Something That Has Form And Something That Does Not" (2010)
Influencesminimal electronica / drone / lowercase concrète / EAI
Sounds Likeminimal electronica / drone / lowercase concrète
Record LabelType, Brocoli
Type of LabelMajor


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On began in July 2003 with the meeting of Chicago-based Steven Hess playing percussion and french musician Sylvain Chauveau performing prepared guitar.

Their first album, "Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night" was recorded by Jeremy Lemos (member of White/Light), and mixed by Helge Sten (aka Deathprod) and originally released in 2004 by the french label Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier (DSA), and reissued on Type Records in 2009.


Some words about On and "Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night", from the Type Records website:
On is the unique collaboration between French composer/producer Sylvain Chauveau and Chicago-based percussionist Steven Hess (Haptic, Pan American). I say unique because the band has a rather strange way of presenting its work – the concept is simple, to record a record in the studio, and then place it in the hands of a third party. The resulting work is then ‘remixed’ (for want of a better word) and the album is complete. Maybe we will never know what ‘Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night’ would have sounded like in the hands of a different musician, or even totally unprocessed, but that would be defeating the point of On.

This time around the three hours of delicate source material was handled by none other than the Norwegian master of dark ambient Helge Sten aka Deathprod. Sten’s characteristic smudged ambience is evident as he submerges Chauveau and Hess’s compositions beneath a swamp of cavernous reverb and synthesized smoke. Hess’s patented percussive drones are filtered into the distant buzz of an insect’s wings, and Chauveau’s prepared guitar becomes a tectonic rumble from another continent. At times it is difficult to discern where On stops and Deathprod begins, such is the mastery of Sten’s production and the appropriateness of Chauveau and Hess’s recordings.


"Second Souffle", their second album was built with material taken from the same recording session (but different tracks), and was edited and mixed by french composer Pierre-Yves Macé (Sub Rosa, Tzadik, Orkhestra). This record is out on Brocoli (brocoli.org).

Material for our third release ("Something That Has Form And Something That Does Not") was recorded in Chicago by Salvator Dellaria in 2007. Guest musician for that session was Stephen Fiehn (guitar/electronics).
Mixing/Processing took place Fall 2009 by Christian Fennesz.
More info soon.


On has played live in the USA, France, Italy, Austria and Germany. They have performed as a trio - with Fennesz - at the 2004 Musique Action festival in France.

Discography :

"Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night" CD (DSA, 2004) - OOP

"Second Souffle" CD (Brocoli, 2007).

"Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night" Re-issue 2xLP/CD/mp3 (Type, 2009)

Forthcoming:
On - "Something That Has Form And Something That Does Not" CD/LP (Type, 2010)


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O r n i t o l o g y

O r n i t o l o g y
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Nov 12 2009 6:23 PM

"The
others are dead, you can go home" is the new work for Ornitology, you can
download it at the H.L.M page.



 



The others are
dead, you can go home-(2009)-Released on H.L.M





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ripples

ripples



Oct 29 2009 7:33 PM






RPL002 - nokalypse. "where avenues  meet at night"

http://ripplesrecordings.webs.com/store.htm

(copy&paste the link above)
Mank

Mank



Oct 15 2009 10:57 PM

hi, nice to meet you,  for your listening pleasure
http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~oss403/mankymusic/downloads.html

cheers!
Chocobox

Chocobox



Sep 10 2009 1:41 PM

Thank you so muchxxx
z

Z Z.



Sep 8 2009 3:54 PM

thanks...


O r n i t o l o g y

O r n i t o l o g y
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Sep 4 2009 10:24 AM

new song online!




Ryota KANASAKI

Ryota KANASAKI



Aug 19 2009 5:05 AM

Beautiful!




Keepsakes

Keepsakes



Aug 11 2009 3:31 PM

Much Respect...


Silence #1

FSS

FSS



Aug 5 2009 6:05 PM

"Your Naked Ghost" freezes me in my tracks.


Mygmusique - Concours Zenzile en ligne

Mygmusique - Concours Zenzile en ligne



Jul 31 2009 8:01 AM

Thx for add



O r n i t o l o g y

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Jul 20 2009 7:14 PM

Wonderful sounds, really!
Thank you very much.
O.T.Y
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Available to the Ep ORNITOLOGY!
Download it directly to my page.

www.myspace.com/ornitology

Thank you!

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RobotnikButton

RobotnikButton



Jul 15 2009 8:28 AM

Thanx for the add. Looking forward to listen your cd!
Check my review on my blog:
http://robotnikbutton.blogspot.com/
Eleftherios
krzysztof orluk

krzysztof orluk



Jul 15 2009 5:10 AM

thanks guys!
all my best & greetings from poland!

k.
toritohito

toritohito



Jun 23 2009 1:59 PM

japan
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pekori

Sturgeon Hoof

Sturgeon Hoof



Apr 21 2009 11:52 AM

Thanks for adding me. I really enjoy what your doing.
radii

radii



Apr 7 2009 5:22 PM

Très apaisant.
LOALUE

LOALUE
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Apr 7 2009 12:24 PM

.
thanks for your reply.

.very impressive music you play, gorgeous sounds in player......


.have a nice day, ciao.
Ricardo de Armas

Ricardo de Armas



Apr 7 2009 12:10 PM

Your musical project is imaginative and refined. Greetings from Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
Amiel Balester

Amiel Balester



Feb 11 2009 1:45 PM

the real meaning is behind the harmony
etoile

and thanks for your surrounding music : we can't escape!
fhievel

fhievel



Jan 4 2009 6:55 PM

hi guys, thank you very much for the add. great sounds....
Benjamin Aït-Ali

Benjamin Aït-Ali



Dec 23 2008 6:09 AM

Dites que vous pensez tous les 3 faire une suite à Second Souffle ?
Heins dites ?? Heins ?? Hein ??

Bon en tous cas ça serait cool de voir ON comme un véritable trio . Un peu comme SAP(e) d'Aurélien Besnard et Guillaume Contré .
Vous êtes en quelques sortes un ensemble de 3 compositeurs talentueux
Gigi Masin

Gigi Masin



Jul 3 2008 8:35 PM

Pure beauty..
Greetings from Venice, Italy
silenceplease

silenceplease



Jun 20 2008 10:52 PM

thanks for add
great music & sound

be happy
A1000

A1000



May 28 2008 5:26 PM

Welcome .
With pleasure!
See you
*°* Amelie *°*
ongaku-hh

ongaku-hh



Mar 24 2008 4:52 PM

enchanting...
thanks so much...
an acustic expedition.
My best
from Hamburg
Udo

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