[Piano e koto accompagnati dalla manipolazione fisica di materiali organici, in combinazione con suoni elettronici minimali per un progetto compositivo che lascia spazio a movimenti strumentali e riflessivi allo stesso tempo.]

LINE is proud to present Intermission/Six Feuilles by artist Tomas Phillips. This work was created out of the desire to wed acoustic and digital instrumentation in a particular compositional field, one that allows room for (a)tonal and silent gestures alike. Piano and koto are accompanied by the shifting texture of physically manipulated organic materials, in combination with minimal electronics whose function is to engage rather than to counter the non-digital elements. More than an homage to Morton Feldman, the title is a direct reference to his own series of "Intermissions", from which Intermission|Six Feuilles draws much of its decisiveness and inspiration.

Tomas Phillips (b. 1969) is a composer, novelist and teacher whose sound work focuses on improv performance and minimalist through-composition. He began composing electronic music in the early 1990s, releasing limited edition cd-rs under such monikers as Sea Optic, Lisbon and Eto Ami (with Dean King) and has since created music for installations and collaborations in dance and theater. Tomas has taught in the disciplines of literature and fine arts at various universities in the US, Québec and Finland. He currently lives in Montreal, where he will have completed an interdisciplinary PhD by 2007.
Recent releases include: On Dit (Trente Oiseaux 2003); If Not, Winter, with Tobias c. van Veen (and/OAR 2005); Anther, with i8u (Petite Sono 2006); A Travers Le Bord, with Dean King (Non Visual Objects 2006)

LINE is proud to present the first full length collaboration by Richard Chartier and Taylor Deupree since 1999's Spec. (12k).
For this collaboration, sound artists Richard Chartier and Taylor Deupree were invited by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, to create a new live work inspired by the Seascapes series of renowned Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto on the occasion of his retrospective exhibition. The result is this live recording, Specification.Fifteen. This work premiered on March 30, 2006 in front of the curved panoramic window of the Museum's Lerner Room as the sun set across the city's skyline. Specification.Fifteen evokes the stillness and opposing yet related spaces of Sugimoto's Seascapes, which suggest infinitesimal change and variation under a seemingly uniform surface.

Water and air. So very commonplace are these substances, they hardly attract attention and yet they vouchsafe our very existence.
Mystery of mysteries, water and air are right there before us in the sea. Every time I view the sea, I feel a calming sense of security, as if visiting my ancestral home; I embark on a voyage of seeing. [Hiroshi Sugimoto]

Alex Peverett studied Phonic art at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside. He has been active in producing electronic music, installations and video works over the past decade. His works have been presented at international events including Sonar (Spain), Lovebytes and All Tomorrow's Parties (England). Alex Peverett is currently residing and working in Sendai, Japan.

Clean is a compilation of digital work by three international artists/projects exploring their own diverse languages/processes to create both sound and sound installations of minimalist aesthetics. The working title of "clean" was the only parameter given to the artists, who were asked to express this term in sound form.
DUUL_DRV (Canada/b.1974) is S. Arden Hill, sound artist and painter, who explores the environment of miniature re-juxtaposition. His sound work combines various forms of processed audible texture, ranging from phonographic recordings to abstract and pop ambience. These textures are processed with lo-tech software, manifesting slow and organic compositions. duul_drv's work has appeared on several international compilations including 12k/LINE's Between Two Points and he has performed at such international events at Extrasensory (London), Mutek (Montreal), and Diagram 11h: Silophone (Montreal) in collaboration with [the user].
NIBO (Japan/b.1977) is active in sound, design and visual art. Many of his works including his multi-media installation pieces focus on scientific or mathematical themes. The n160 label (www.n160.com) was founded by nibo in early 2001 as a laboratory/platform for the input/output of various mediums. His work has been released on n160 and on Germany's Raster-Noton label. He recently performed in a series of Raster-Noton events in Tokyo, collaborating with Carsten Nicolai.
VEND is Alex Peverett (UK/b.1976) and Joe Gilmore (UK/b.1968). Over the past three years, they have have worked together under various project names. Vend was the result of a mutual interest in understated generative/algorithmic audio design. vend.clean consists entirely of sounds constructed using various forms of audio synthesis. No samples or recordings of anything external to the computer were used, all the sounds were synthesised artificially. vend music usually begins with a vision which is brought about through process, the process being an integral [but discarded] element of the finished work. The project's work has previously appeared on Between Two Points.

Originally begun in 1999, this new series of compositions by German composer Bernhard Günter utilizes Immedia's in audio work, available on the collection 2 | 1 (LINE_002), as source material, for which the release was originally intended - an origin for new sound works. The idea for Monochrome White originated while viewing a Bill Voila retrospective in Frankfurt, Germany. Inspired, Günter conceived that "the piece would only use high frequency spectra to lift it off the ground, so to speak, and it would only use 'empty' intervals (4ths and 9ths) to not have it rest on a root note, but to keep it harmonically floating/suspended." The second piece Polychrome w/Neon Nails is a transformation of the Monochrome White, lower in pitch and doubling the rate of change, it results in a sound world that might be likened to a swarm of digital insects..
This release is the first double cd, as well as the first US only full length recording, by Bernhard Günter.