Ground Fault · Auscultare Artist: Zbigniew Karkowski + Antimatter Title: Khz Label: Auscultare / Ground Fault Format: CD Cod. nr. AUS021 "The second collaboration by Karkowski and Xopher Davidson (Antimatter) is a masterful work that rewards any patient listener with slowly unfolding layers of analog hum and buzz. The CD consists of one 45 minute piece, and this format suits the work well, as this kind of piece needs to develop slowly over a long period of time. The first 13 minutes are calm, and consist of low end rumbling and quiet high-pitched tones. This sort of restraint has often been a prelude to a blizzard of harsh noise in Karkowski's past work. KHZ is successful because it develops in a gradual manner, rather than simply being an exercise in quiet/loud interplay. This calm atmosphere eventually gives way to rapid clicking, analog patterns which hover at a moderate volume, and help the piece achieve a sense of movement. By 24 minutes these hums and buzzes have become a much louder chorus of shifting electronic pulses that are a massive payoff. The next four minutes are an excellent study of the interplay between this all-enveloping drone and some subtle, high-pitched staccato rhythms. The arrival of a brief noisy section towards the end is barely noticeable due to the gradual accumulation of intensity that characterizes the flow of the piece. Karkowski benefits greatly from this collaboration, as it seems to encourage his (relatively) subdued side. It is to their credit that the pair have restricted the length of this piece to 45 minutes, resisting the temptation to fill the CD to its capacity. While too many abstract sound artists explore only one end of the sonic spectrum, Karkowski and Davidson have succeeded in producing a work that focuses on the way these elements can work together. It is uncertain what relevance the only sleevenote, "rebounding=junk of life" -R. Selavy, has to the sounds contained within, but any alliance with Marcel Duchamp's feminine alter-ego is a gesture to be applauded." [Jim Siegel - Brainwashed] Price: € 3,00 offerta!     disponibilità immediata - in stock artista : Lionel Marchetti titolo : Portrait D'Un Glacier (Alpes 2173m) etichetta : Ground Fault formato : CD packaging : jewel case cod. nr.  gf017 2001 _________________ Lionel Marchetti has blended field recordings with electronic drones and other sounds to create an incredibly dramatic recording. Recorded on the Glacier de Tré-la tête on Mont-Blanc, in France, at an altitude of 2173 meters we hear low rumbles, creaking, water splashing and sounds of footsteps crunching the icy surface all appearing out of the silence. Voices in the distance...a small propeller rescue plane overhead? Portrait d'un Glacier is a Series I release which puts it in Ground Faults quiet category. While most of the CD is relatively quiet, there are moments at the middle of the CD where things get a little nerve wracking. It's very cold, dark and dramatic. This is one of those CDs that is great to drift asleep to in a darkened room only to be awaken by the sudden "events" that occasionally happen. "I used to hike mountains, (the Alps), and the first time I descovered the Glacier "Tré-la tête", on Mont-Blanc, in France, with my friend Bruno Roche, I realized that we met a strange "vivacity". This glacier is coverd with stones, on 5 "kilometres" at less. It's a sort of desert where it's possible to see, on the floor, near our feet, a strange blue eye looking at us, saying : - do you want to know more about my face ?"... In "Portrait d'un glacier (Alpes, 2173m)", I tried to find beauty of the mountain when it is abble to give us an incredible geomorphic entity as the glacier ; I tried to represent the breath of who is walking in a such beauty, dealing, in that way, with more than only his human condition - "the most difficult area" - ; but with not forgetting this idea of "panic" i can feel when mountain is danger too, archaicism i can feel under my feet, and sometimes should distruct me only with a breath..." --- LM Prezzo : € 12,60 Titolo disponibile su prenotazione. Puoi utilizzare la form oppure inviare una e-mail a bitstream(at)microsuoni(dot)com con i titoli che desideri prenotare. Title available to pre-order. You may use the form or send an e-mail to bitstream(at)microsuoni(dot)com with the titles you would like to preorder.