After years spent focusing on side-project Failure Circle, this is my first solo album as Kecap Tuyul since 2020. Silent Returns comprises 2 electronic pieces based on minimalist improvisations with analog synthesizers and no-input mixer.
Recorded and mixed may-june 2024, initially released on eg0cide productions net label 9/9/2024.
Frozen Clinamen is serie of works by Failure Circle (a solo project of Kecap Tuyul) started on autumn 2017. It follows a simple method inspired by the the possibilities of his no-input mixer set-up (and sometimes other modular set-ups) and the will to use a limited sound material in a posteriori compositions : all the sounds included in these works are recordings of moments that feature no human intervention. Frozen Clinamen #7 was recorded and mixed between March 2018 and August 2023 using no-input mixer and effects. It was originally released on eg0cide productions on 7 july 2024.
NB : The album was conceived as a single track composition. It has been splitted in 7 parts of equal lengths only for easier listening and upload but this segmentation doesn’t reflect the structure of the piece.
Mp3 version available as free download from archive.org
M.A.K.T. Sono ‘s new release Dedans Dehors is a selection of improvisations recorded during an artist residency at La Générale Nord-Est (Paris), between 8 and 14 november 2021.
More information about this residency here
Direct download links : Wav/ Flac /Mp3/Artwork
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Credits :
Magali Albespy : analog synthesizers, soundbox, voice, no-input mixer, etc…
Kecap Tuyul : analog synthesizers, no-input mixer, feedback, etc…
Artwork is derived from a video of the public performance that took place at the end of the residency, filmed by Patrick Gaïaudo.
Special thanks to La Générale, Harold Schellinx & Emmanuel Rébus
Bonus : We recommend you to listen also to UnPublic, PARIS, 11 NOVEMBER 2021 (improvisation sessions with Har$ (Harold Schellinx) & Emmanuel Rébus)
Frozen Clinamen is serie of works by Failure Circle (a solo project of Kecap Tuyul) started on autumn 2017. It follows a simple method inspired by the the possibilities of his no-input mixer set-up (and sometimes other modular set-ups) and the will to use a limited sound material in a posteriori compositions : all the sounds included in these works are recordings of moments that feature no human intervention. Frozen Clinamen #6 was recorded and mixed between March 2019 and June 2022 using no-input mixer and analog synthesizer.
Click on the picture to visit the download page on archive.org :
Direct download links : Wav / Flac / Mp3 / Artwork
Artwork by Jules-Valentin Boucher
Frozen Clinamen is serie of works by Failure Circle (a solo project of Kecap Tuyul) started on autumn 2017. It follows a simple method inspired by the the possibilities of his no-input mixer set-up (and sometimes other modular set-ups) and the will to use a limited sound material in a posteriori compositions : all the sounds included in these works are recordings of moments that feature no human intervention. Frozen Clinamen #8 was recorded and mixed between february 2019 and september 2021 using analog synthesizer as only sound source.
Click on the picture to visit the download page on archive.org :
https://archive.org/details/eg0_253
Direct download links : Wav / Flac / Mp3 / Artwork
Methodology
step (1) Tweaking the set-up until it produces some seemingly autonomously self-sustained sound sequences.
step (2) Stopping tweaking, then recording for at least 20 minutes without any intervention on the set-up.
step (3) Repeating steps (1) & (2) several times.
step (4) Using the generated sounds as only source in a posteriori compositions. The only variations used while mixing are equalization, panoramics and volume levels.
step (5) play it at low/high volume with open/closed window while complety asleep / fully conscious.
An improvisation recorded October 15, 2018 (no overdubs, no edits).
Credits
Magali Albespy : Moog mother 32, soundbox
Kecap Tuyul : no-input mixer, effects, mix
Artwork by Anne-Catherine Nicoladzé
Recorded and mixed between august 2018 and july 2020, this solo piece of Kecap Tuyul was created partially by using the methodology of the Frozen Clinamen serie published under the Failure Circle pseudonym. Besides a vast majority of electronic sounds recorded in moments featuring no human intervention, it contains vocal elements and a few light live tweakings of the electronic set-ups. This can be seen as an attempt to use the “Frozen Climanen” methodology as a tool for the generation of an unusual form of “song”.
Released by Snow in Water records, september 2020
Recorded and mixed by Kecap Tuyul
Mastering and artwork by Nicolas Tourney
Special thanks to Magali Albespy
Also available on :
Frozen Clinamen is serie of works by Failure Circle (a solo project of Kecap Tuyul) started on autumn 2017. It follows a simple method inspired by the the possibilities of his no-input mixer set-up (and sometimes other modular set-ups) and the will to use a limited sound material in a posteriori compositions : all the sounds included in these works are recordings of moments that feature no human intervention. Frozen Clinamen #5 was recorded and mixed between july 2019 and august 2020. It was released by eg0cide productions on 16 August 2020.
Methodology
step (1) Tweaking the set-up until it produces some seemingly autonomously self-sustained sound sequences.
step (2) Stopping tweaking, then recording for at least 20 minutes without any intervention on the set-up.
step (3) Repeating steps (1) & (2) several times.
step (4) Using the generated sounds as only source in a posteriori compositions. The only variations used while mixing are equalization, panoramics and volume levels.
step (5) play it at low/high volume with open/closed window while complety asleep / fully conscious.
Click on the picture to visit the download page on archive.org :
Direct download links : Wav / Flac / Mp3 / Artwork
Somnambulistic Utopia, the new solo album of Kecap Tuyul (initially released by eg0cide productions) is made of three one-hour long improvisations mixed together. Each new one was recorded without listening simultaneously to the previous one. The only predetermined choice in each of these improvisations was to include at least 15 minutes of silence in it, placed at different moments of each session. The technical set-up of these 3 sessions was the same : analog synthesizer, mixing board feedback and voice.
Two of these improvisations (9 and 20 March 2020) have been recorded for the uni.Sol_ project curated by Slavek Kwi aka Artificial Memory Trace. The 3rd one has been recorded especially for this piece on 13 April 2020.
Special thanks to Magali Albespy and Slavek Kwi
Collaboration album with I, Eternal
Originally released by I, Eternal Records on 31 May 2020
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