Small Voices


artista : Luigi Turra
titolo : Enso
etichetta : Small Voices
formato : CD
packaging : cartoncino apribile
cod. nr.  svr07028
2007
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Dopo una serie di apprezzate realizzazioni su net label nazionali e internazionali firmate con la sigla ESA, giunge al debutto su SMALL VOICES il giovane compositore e artista visuale italiano LUIGI TURRA.
Con la realizzazione di ENSO, LUIGI TURRA conferma la peculiare estetica minimal-riduzionista che da sempre caratterizza le sue produzioni artistiche, optando, in questa occasione, per soluzioni compositive particolarmente organiche e complesse, ben messe a fuoco dall'esperta ed elegante produzione di GIANLUCA BECUZZI (KINETIX), figura di primo piano del panorama avantgarde contemporaneo.
Le tre lunghe piece elettroacustiche che compongono ENSO prendono ispirazione dal simbolo più noto della calligrafia giapponese, un segno che rappresenta l'universo, l'illuminazione e la forza, per tradurlo in un unico corpo risonante, ad un tempo ombroso e rilucente. Circolare ed emozionale, questo lavoro si sviluppa attraverso stesure di materiali evanescenti che veicolano il silenzio attraverso suggestive immersioni nel suono della musica tradizionale giapponese e tramite misurate manipolazioni materiche trasfigurate in segni di bellezza cristallina e profondo senso di spiritualità.
Sottile come la lama di una katana e delicato come un fiore di loto, ENSO è opera di pura contemplazione estetica, poesia sonora di mondi distanti, forse perduti, eppure resi sensibilmente persistenti dalla fascinosa interpretazione dell'autore. Quello di LUIGI TURRA è un lavoro di rara capacità suggestiva, un segno forte che non può essere ignorato da tutti coloro che conservano ancora la capacità di "ascoltare veramente".

After a series of valued net releases for both italian and international labels with the ESA moniker, young italian composer and visual artist LUIGI TURRA makes his official debut for SMALL VOICES.
With the ENSO release, LUIGI TURRA confirms his peculiar minimal-reductionist aesthetic which has always distinguished his artistic production, opting this time for radically organic and complex compositions, perfectly focused by the elegant production of GIANLUCA BECUZZI (KINETIX), one of the prominent figures of contemporary avantgarde scene.
The three long electro-acoustic pieces which make up ENSO take their inspiration from the noted japanese calligraphic font, symbol of the universe, of illumination and force, and represent it through a resonant body, shadowy and translucent at the same time. Circular and emotional, this work develops through faint drawings of quiet materials, through suggestive immersions into traditional japanese music and restrained manipulations of matter transformed into signs of crystal beauty and deep spirituality.
Thin as a katana blade and delicate as a lotus flower, ENSO is a work of pure aesthetic contemplation, sound poetry for distant worlds, maybe lost, yet made lingering by the charming interpretation of the author.
The work of LUIGI TURRA has a rare attractive skill, a strong sign that cannot be ignored by all those still holding the ability to "listen".



Prezzo : € 14,40



artista : Goem
titolo : Robbed
etichetta : Small Voices
formato : CD
packaging : cartoncino apribile
cod. nr.  svr07023
2007
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In the hectic year 2001, Goem played around the world: at Mutek, in Japan, England, Austria, the UK, Spain, France and in between they worked on their 'Abri' CD, which was released later in 2001. Also they organised the 'Gast' CD, with various people (Matmos, Taylor Deupree, Richard Chartier etc.) at the controls of Goem equipment. For the constant changing minds of Goem these activities were also marking the end of an era. The working methods of Goem had been well explored and nothing needed to be added. In the year 2002 they produced a three minute sound piece for an installation and after that: silence. With Peter Duimelinks and Roel Meelkop in Rotterdam and Frans de Waard in Nijmegen it was not very easy to meet up, also due to their personal busy schedules.
Still, in early 2004 Roel Meelkop and Frans de Waard recorded a remix of Esplendor Geometrico and Peter Duimelinks and Frans de Waard a 10" record for Auf Abwegen. Frans de Waard also recorded eleven new tracks as Goem for the Japanese Atak label. Expanding on the known concept, he now incorporated breaks in the music and some tracks do not rely on samples but on pure synthesizer tones. This record breaks away from the old Goem and walks new paths. Now it's Roel Meelkop who recorded 10 new Goem tracks, shedding light on his view of the way to go for Goem. All tracks are entirely based on stolen samples (the source should remain a mystery, but they can all be traced back to one CD...). With these samples Meelkop shows that Goem could walk other paths as well. Sometimes really minimal, sometimes almost poppy, all of the tracks share the same Goem style. Yet more possibilities for this Dutch trio... Goem as a trio will continue to exist and might record new material in the future.


Prezzo : € 14,40



artista : Kinetix
titolo : White Rooms
etichetta : Small Voices
formato : 2xCD
packaging : digipak
cod. nr. svr04014
2005
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The relationships between physical space and acoustic space constitute the main theme of this work. We can subdivide the tracks composing "White Rooms" into four sections distributed in two CDs.
The first CD [CDA] includes the first three sections, each of them made of three tracks. The second CD [CDB] includes the fourth section made of only one track. Each section considers a single dimensional aspect of the physical space to freely translate it into sound-design in conformity with the following order:
CDA
A-section:
Inside the room [presence of sound] / Outside the room [absence of sound] - Volume of sound.

AA-section:
Length of the room [length of the sound event] - Time.

AAA-section:
Height of the room [height of the sound event] - Frequencies.

CDB
B-section:
Volume of the room [resounding space] - Space.
< br> The B-section is specifically planned for a sound installation conceived as it follows: the only track which constitutes this section, made up of frequencies at the limits of the audible range, is played simultaneously through couples of loudspeakers placed inside three empty rooms of different form and size.
In the composition, the author didn't use any artificial reverberation: this way, the differences in the listening we can experience inside each room is only determined by the spatial variable.
In transit through the three rooms, the listener can essentially hear "the sound of space" itself. As a matter of fact, the author inverts the usual order in which the composition should be played in a space, letting the space play the composition. The white rooms become sound.


Prezzo : € 19,80



artista : Kinetix
titolo : Selected E_Missions
etichetta : Small Voices
formato : CD
packaging : digipak
cod. nr. svr03007
2004
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Since 1999, KINETIX is the new moniker of Gianluca Becuzzi, artist active since the first half of the 80's.

This CD includes material written during the first years of KINETIX artistic activity (2000/2002). It's constituted by six tracks (identified by graphic signs) presented in totally unreleased versions. This work can be considered as KINETIX official debut; the start point to approach to the KINETIX aesthetic and artistic dimension.

"Selected E_Missions" presents a collection of deep and wrapping digital soundscapes, dotted by micro-noisy granular material, resonant fields where time and space humble themselves in a single perceptive continuum.

The tracks are the result of a perfect organization of sound. Contemporary, abstract, cold, minimal, dense, intense and evocative drone music. First volume of the SMALLVOICES series of KINETIX releases.


Prezzo : € 14,40



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