Taylor Deupree, William Basinski + Richard Chartier, John Hudak, Boca Raton, Andrey Kiritchenko, Level, The Alps, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Ken Ikeda, Opitope, Minoru Sato (m/s, SASW) + ASUNA, Yair Etziony, Mathieu Ruhlmann + Celer, Joe Grimm, Felicia Atkinson, Dirac
Stephan Mathieu + Taylor Deupree : "Transcriptions"
release date : June 2009 (Worldwide)
cat : KK019 / format : CD
'Transcriptions', a collaborative work by Stephan Mathieu and Taylor Deupree, contains 8 tracks of music that is both historic, decayed, angelic and revolving, while also existing in warmth, purity, and transcendence through acoustic instruments, and vintage synthesizer.
Delving deeply into the history of the earliest recording methods through mechanical phonographs, Stephan Mathieu created a method using wax-cylinders, the predecessor of records, as well as 78s, which have a larger frequency range, to create his music through playback of these pieces of musical history. With a setup consisting of playing the cylinders through two portable gramophones, and then sending them directly into the computer by microphone, Mathieu was able to record the sounds, and perform software processing in realtime, rendering a resulting flow of deteriorated angelic elegance, decomposed beauty, and reborn awakenings.
From this result, Taylor Deupree worked with the recordings, adding acoustic instruments and vintage synthesizer; adding-to, while still maintaining the physicality of the 78s, opening the range of the tracks through unalloyed analog contributions. Upon first listening, it might be thought that the contributions of Taylor Deupree were merely additions to original material, but when listening further, once the music has breathed openly, it can be heard actually how much the cylinder recordings of Stephan Mathieu shape the open pathways of Deupree's acoustics, allowing for a breadth of incredible range. Not merely a compliment, but a modern counterpart.
Through nearly 48 minutes of music, self-described as warm and enveloping, these sounds represent the pivotal movements of the unique, the saturated, and the exploratory, all colliding in what may be sometimes a wave of revolving fuzz, swirling melodies of the supernatural and the human, the delicate echoes of single revolutions, and gentle plucks of the guitar. It is both a conversation, and a translation of both sides. Transcription, after all, means notating the unnotated.
The result of the century-apart sources combined with the methodology and talent of these two leading experimentalists creates an immutable, impressing magnetism, while still balancing so gently on the vibrations of the decayed, and the frail humanity of the past.
(text by CELER)
YOU CAN ALSO FIND INTERVIEW OF THESE ARTISTS BASED ON THIS COLLABORATION HERE.
Established in January 2004 by Nao Sugimoto (aka mondii) based in Tokyo, Japan. Spekk explores and focuses on various interpretations of minimalism ranging from experimental electronics, electro-acoustic to field recordings ... All the artwork is designed by mondii & uison in custom made book-shaped paper packs.
+ DISCOGRPAHY
KK001 "January" Taylor Deupree
KK002 William Basinski + Richard Chartier
KK003 "Room with sky" John Hudak
KK004 "Enzo/Further" Boca Raton
KK005 "Small Melodies" V.A
KK006 "True Delusion" Andrey kiritchenko
KK007 "Cycla" Level
KK008 "Jewelt Galaxies/Spirit Shambles" The Alps
KK009 "The Garden of Forking Paths" Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
KK010 "Mist on the Window" Ken Ikeda
KK011 "Hau" Opitope
KK012 "Texture in Glass Tubes and Reed Organ" Minoru Sato (m/s, SASW) + ASUNA
KK013 "Flawed" YAir Etziony
KK014 "Mesoscaphe" Mathieu Ruhlmann + Celer
KK015 "Brain Cloud" Joe Grimm
KK016 "Opale" Level
KK017 "Misterrious" Andrey Kiritchenko
KK018 "La La La" Felicia Atkinson
KK019 "Transcriptions" Stephan Mathieu + Taylor Deupree
more music to follow by Tetuzi Akiyama & Toshimaru Nakamura,
Dirac, Federico Durand, Peter Wright, Celer etc.
[ DEMOS ]
SPEKK is my life work so I'm willing to release up to catalog KK100..
Anyway, we are constantly looking for fresh minimalist sounds from all over the world.
If you're interested, please send your works on a CDR to the below address.
Please note that I don't check via myspace nor download links as there are so many inquiries and I prefer listening carefully to all demos at once in my studio.
Nao Sugimoto
001, 2-43-16 Chuo, Nakano-ku
Tokyo, 164-0011
Japan
specific philosophy of music/ sound/ art, Edition NIkO and shotahirama presents, Deep Listening Chair Festival 2009. 11th July. 2009 17:00OPEN - 22:30CLOSE 1000YEN + 500YEN for 1 drink
at Loopline Tokyo.
christophe charles (Mille Plateaux)
Tetsuo Furudate (Sub Rosa)
Chihei Hatakeyama (Spekk)
ENG/electronoise group with Cal Lyall+Taishin Inoue+Kelly Churko+Blackphone666+Daisuke Kitabayashi
Darren McClure enormous O'clock Moze Yuji Kondo a snore
Findars space, Lot2.01 The Annexe Central Market, Jalan Hang Kasturi, Kuala Lumpur.
ADMISSION FREE, SEE YOU THERE!!
CV: Goh Lee Kwang is probably one of the most exciting Malaysia sound / new media artists in the scene. He has travelled around the world creating sound installations, sonic-visual interactive installation, single / multichannel video, appeared in electro-acoustic improvised music performances as well as worked on radio broadcasts and soundtracks for theater / dance / indie films. His work has been showcased at festival, galleries and privates spaces in Europe & Asia.
selected exhibitions: 2005 "n desir" Fluctuating Images media gallery, Stuttgart, Germany. "Artist in the box" National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. "Sound, video, media,interactive, installation" Rumah Air Panas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2007 "Good Vibrations" Reka Arts Space, Subang Jaya, Malaysia. "Good Vibrations" Annexe, Central Market, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Oh!!! I have to wait till payday to order... I'll be by your shop around the 27th... But by then you might have even more releases up for sale..? I got to keep my SPEKK collection complete so that i can listen to great music whenever i want... :-)
The fluttering of distant memories comes to life through the sounds of Francesco Giannico, whose blend of electronics and acoustic instruments paint beautiful pictures of lost times. His musical approach is described as a cinematic journey which pushes the boundaries of digital media even further by incorporating smooth melodies and gentle textures. More traditional instruments such as guitar and piano are constantly present into Francesco’s music, within interrupted structures or long and dreaming sonorous carpets.
PORTER RECORDS "FOLKANIZATION" OUT NOW !!! BY FRANCESCO GIANNICO
The fluttering of distant memories comes to life through the sounds of Francesco Giannico, whose blend of electronics and acoustic instruments paint beautiful pictures of lost times. His musical approach is described as a cinematic journey which pushes the boundaries of digital media even further by incorporating smooth melodies and gentle textures. More traditional instruments such as guitar and piano are constantly present into Francesco’s music, within interrupted structures or long and dreaming sonorous carpets.
Palacmusic release #5 feat. Tilman Ehrhorn (D), Rechenzentrum (D), El Fog (D/JP), Beneva vs. Clark Nova (NO), Ennio Mazzon (IT), Moze (JP), Jerome Pergolesi (FR), Talkingmakesnosense (UK), Sonicbrat (SG) and Palac (D). Available exclusively at Zero Inch.
"Reinterpretation turned to be extremely entertaining – as we can see, in the work were engaged the young as well as already eminent musicians. As the result they made Talking to Ghosts an original alloy of very viscous, deep ambient with soft and warm glitch." Pi Micron, Soundproector
