Naturestrip artista : Loren Chasse titolo : The Footpath etichetta : Naturestrip formato : CD packaging : digipak cod. nr.  ns3007 2008 _________________ sample | mp3 "loren chasse places his ear to the earth and becomes a microphone... hands on stones, stones against stones, a cymbal, dust blown, a strum, earth sounding, earth turning, leaves, wind, tones, drones, moments fading in, fields fading out, something from another atmosphere, something as another music, not music of the spheres, but this sphere, a music of the earth rolling, like a cloud floats, like blades of grass walked upon, with gentle tones droning, the music of dirt, the music of dust, the moving back and forth in wind, tones ringing, and more tones ring, quietly, strings are plucked as though moved by wind, and then breeze, and pause, and begin again, in another place. here, sounds move like rolling a coin along the ground on its edge - simple, gentle, yet full of wonder... music at its most tactile nature, quietly rubbing dirt clods in your hands until dust... drift, a whole lot of drift, of small crackling presences, clear wind, field recordings of unknown activities, and tones again but this time more present - more music, and then a feeling like sagebrush rolling in wind, desolate, and then the tones return, and there are all these moments when desolate becomes beauty. there are shifts and also stillness... we are told we are on a footpath, but even more so, we are submerged inside of an ear-path, where the earth is transformed not through handling, but through listening. loren places his ear upon the earth and begins his journey. we've all wished at times that we could present our dreams, or other complex things inside of us, to others exactly as we can see or hear them within us. in this case, loren has given us access to this little listening space inside his head, for we hear things we could only hear if we were inside him - it is the sounds of the world, sometimes manipulated by his hands, resonating through the earth and moving into us through his ears." steve roden (august 2008) Prezzo : € 15,90 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. artista : Joel Stern titolo : Objects, Masks, Props etichetta : Naturestrip formato : CD packaging : digipak cod. nr.  ns3006 2008 _________________ sample | mp3 Brisbane based but often found wandering throughout Australia and regions far further out, Joel Stern, has been restlessly, compulsively, devising, capturing, constructing this album on and off over the past 6 and a bit years (2001-2008). Created from instrumental debris, snatches of environmental sound (Ethiopia, India, Toowoomba, his lounge room), and a poetic sensitivity for incoherence, Objects.Masks.Props, is the clearest and most potent reflection yet of Joel's musical and artistic approach - somewhere between music concrete, art brut, free noise, cinema, abstraction, and the farmyard.. Well known as a catalytic figure in the Australian experimental music and film scenes (organiser of Audiopollen, OtherFilm, Glee Club), Joel cut his chops in the concept-heavy nonsense atmosphere of early 00's London, collaborating with many of the Japanese and English artists connected to the 'reductionist' and 'onkyo' movements (let's not name name's) and attending workshops given by AMM legend Eddie Prevost. Since returning to Australia, Joel's has collaborated widely, most notably in electro-acoustic duo form with Anthony Guerra (resulting in numerous cd's on impermanent, absurd, pseudo arcana) and in expanded cinema form with 16mm filmmaker Sally Golding as Abject Leader (resulting in tours of NZ, USA and appearances at major film and art fests around Australia). In recent years, Joel has been a central player in the burgeoning Brisbane underground scene (featured in the Wire, Signal to Noise), in bands such as no guru and sunshine has blown as well as creating large scale chaotic sound sculptures as part of Watthaus for festivals like Brisbane International Arts Festival and Restrung. Prezzo : € 15,90 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. artista : Loren Chasse titolo : The Air In The Sand etichetta : Naturestrip formato : CD packaging : digipak cod. nr.  ns3004 2005 _________________ sample | mp3 The San Francisco based sound artist Loren Chasse is apt to describe the many facets of his work through a simple metaphor. For example, Chasse often qualifies his microphone as a physical extension of the ear, and site-specific environments become his ersatz studio and mixing board. Yet these metaphors extend far beyond the concept of sound construction and into sympathetic relationships with everything around him. On his critically acclaimed 2002 album Hedge of Nerves, he applied the often fetishized sound of vinyl crackle to elemental recordings of wind, sand, fire, wood, and surf for an album bristling with tactility whose complex details amassed into an transcendent, oceanic blur. This was not a mimesis of an antiquated technology dumped upon a digital production with the facade of "making something real," but an abstracted coupling of complementary acoustics hopefully to engage the imagination of the audience. For his most recent album The Air In The Sand, Chasse posits another metaphor: the composition as a diorama. Within his ideas about the sound diorama, Chasse exaggerates those sounds which he feels to be essential for a space and minimizes everything else. Again, the recording process of The Air In The Sand revolves around Chasse's active participation within a particular environment. In these unspecified spaces, he broadcasts an array of drones, textures, and field recordings back into the sonic environment where they intermingle with the ambience of that location. Part of this process is an attempt to move away from the constraints of the digital workstation; but at the same time, Chasse is far more interested in the curious alchemy that occurs when a space listens to itself making sound. The nighttime chorus of crickets gurgles within aqueous percolations and the tectonic crash of surf crashing against rock. Elsewhere, rain vaporizes in a caustic sizzle as it falls upon overhead electrical wires, and this sound is compounded by the sharp crack of branches and the slow hiss of sand. For all of the elemental sounds that dominate his recordings, Chasse extracts subtle musical timbres and fragile half-melodies that haunt The Air In The Sand. While some of Chasse's recording techniques remain similar, it is important to note that Chasse sets this body of work (along with id battery and Coelacanth) outside of his ongoing pastoral contributions to the polyphonic Jewelled Antler constellation (e.g. Thuja, The Blithe Sons, Child Readers, and even his pseudonymous solo project Of.) With an emphasis placed upon location and its sonic ghosts, Chasse exposes something profoundly beautiful lurking in the shadows of the landscape. - Jim Haynes, June 05 Prezzo : € 15,90 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. artista : Toshiya Tsunoda titolo : Scenery Of Decalcomania etichetta : Naturestrip formato : CD packaging : digipak cod. nr.  ns3003 2004 _________________ sample | mp3 Naturestrip is proud to present the stunning new release by Japanese Sound artist, Toshiya Tsunoda. This is Tsunoda’s first solo release on Naturestrip having contributed to the Overland compilation (NS3002). Tsunoda offers us over 64 minutes of pure sonic pleasure. The 7 tracks span over a decade’s worth of sound exploration and showcase Tsunoda’s talents. Scenery of decalcomania is the title of the album and in Tsunoda’s own words “An event causes vibrations to travel through a certain space, and the vibrations affect this space. Or to put it another way, a space is made to appear through vibration. A similar example; the stain of paint on textured paper is pressed into a new surface, a decalcomania. Tsunoda continues to innovate and challenge in his exploration of ‘vibrating spaces'. The subtle incorporation of electronics and audio filtering, featured on three of these pieces, are an added bonus for fans of Tsunoda's work. Set against the stark beauty of his field recordings, these 'manipulations' further emphasise the unique and perceptive appreciation of acoustic phenomenon for which Tsunoda is known. Prezzo : € 15,90 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. artista : VVAA titolo : Overland etichetta : Naturestrip formato : CD packaging : digipak cod. nr.  ns3002 2004 _________________ sample (Lawrence English) | mp3 In late 2003 Naturestrip invited four artists to submit pieces that would represent their recent work using field recordings. The ‘Overland’ compilation collects these results and demonstrates the wide range of approaches and techniques used by each artist. Toshiya Tsunoda - Reclaimed Land Joel Stern - Saltwort Tarab - Of hollow traces Lawrence English - A Summer Crush Prezzo : € 15,90 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.