This is not a symphony, and this not the 9th one
Released on eg0cide productions October 27 2019
Releases
Frozen Clinamen is a serie of works started by Failure Circle in autumn 2017. It follows a simple method inspired by the the possibilities of his no-input mixer set-up 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 #4 was recorded and mixed between June and August 2019, and released by Snow in Water Records in October 2019. Mastering and artwork by Nicolas Tourney.
Special thanks to John Krausbauer, Kaori Suzuki and Nicolas Tourney (Snow in Water records).
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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.
z(xW+yV) is a solo project started spring 2018 while experimenting different ways to generate low volume feedback with small gear. After some tries with one contact microphone and one 1W battery-powered amplifier it has evolved as a modular system on this basis, in order to generate not only feedback, but also feedback of feedback, and feedback of feedback of feedback (…) by chaining amps and microphones in a circular way that blurs more and more the distinction between sound source and sound’s reproduction, between acoustic musical instruments and electronic sound diffusion.
Unlike its first album 3×2(1W+18V) whose 3 pieces where mixes of 2 improvisations, Trois Prises features only raw improvisations played on more complex versions of the set-up (with 3 or 4 amplifiers). Track 1 & 3 contain no edits, track 2 was edited from a longer improvisation. It was originally released by eg0cide productions netlabel August 2019.
« TTTango » is an improvisation recorded by M.A.K.T. Sono November 19, 2018 with the same kind of lo-fi set-up as the one used on album « 11 Songs ». It was published July 7, 2019 by eg0cide productions.
Noise Tunnel #02, the 2nd album of a my solo project NNN has been published June 21 2019 by Throne of Bael Records
Melting Clinamen was born from a small deviation from the methodology used by Failure Circle in this serie of compositions Frozen Clinamen that normally uses only sounds recorded while no human intervention is applied to the used set-up ( no-input mixer most of the time). The creation of the first track of this album followed the same rules – except that it used a recording that features some little changes created manually (this sound can be heard between 3min11 et 12m06). This is also the first release in which Failure Circle doesn’t use a no-input mixer but a semi-modular analog synthesizer, the Neutron by Behringer, with no effects except its built-in ones. Another notable difference with the past volumes lies into the way the material has been edited & mixed. The other track of the album (Frozen Clinamen #2M) follows more strictly the Frozen Clinamen methodology, but all sounds were also created with synthesizer. Thus, Melting Clinamen is and isn’t part of the Frozen Clinamen serie. It was released on eg0cide proudctions June 7, 2019.
Methodology of the Frozen Clinamen serie
step (1) Tweaking the set-up until it produces some seemingly autonomously self-sustained sound sequences.
step (2) Stopping tweaking and 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.
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Direct download links : Wav / Flac / Mp3 / Artwork
New M.A.K.T. Sono album published June 1 2019 by netlabel Pan Y Rosas Discos, available fro stream and free donwload ; http://www.panyrosasdiscos.net/pyr277-m-a-k-t-sono-tinnitus-flowers/
Improvisations recorded April and May 2018.
Tracks 1 & 2 contain no edits. Track 3 was edited from a longer improvisation.
Magali Albespy: Moog Mother 32, soundbox.
Kecap Tuyul: no-input mixer with effects, mixing.
Reviews
Review by TJ Norris on Tonshift.net, 24 June 2019
In three numbered tracks the Parisian duo of Magali Albespy and Kecap Tuyul bring an assortment of unique effects, synths and improv. The setting is sparse, aided but electrical currents and twisted frequencies in what sounds like the manipulation of amplified tapeheads at first. This abstract fest has all sorts of bells and whistles going off and on with a free experimental flourish that is timeless.
Simple hummed refrains mix with unhinged electronics that are playful at times (like the incidental anthem sounds at a ball game), and mostly hacking knobs and other gizmos. Even the title, Tinnitus Flowers, wreaks of a pun played upon the casual listener. Heck, make lemonade, people! The pitched squeals and revs and mysterious muttering sounds like sames from warehouse tone-tests (or hearing test), remixed for maximum impact. This is a new wave in musique concrète.
M.A.K.T. Sono doles out a similar, and even longer form variation on the first work, but on the second piece there is a clear pace, held in place by a rounded tone repeated at short intervals. The noise handling seems to be far more organized here, still bloated with fragmented effects that seem to utilize the breadth of vibration and frequency within the sound spectrum with curious results. The pulsation begins to dominate alongside some physical paper crinkling, whistling scrapes and wild decibels.
On the final track I’m reminded of that sparse decibel porn in the moments between John Foxx’s seminal Metamatic and Kraftwerk’s Radioactivity or Geiger Counter – of course it’s stripped of any emphasis on pop and ends up chugging like a freight train, banging its own drum, twisting and wielding wildly down the track. It is within the unexpected results that these two sound shapers are to some extent having to respond and catch up with at moments where velocity overshadows nuance. Though the promising premise is that they seem to physically get deep into the fluctuation, kind of wrangling the noise as if cattle herders. It’s beyond simple experimentation for the sake of a jam session, these two are genuinely sculptors of flux.
New Failure Circle album out on netlabel Skitnaste
Improvisations with no-input mixer & effects recorded 22 September 2018.
No edits, no overdubs.
Since their beginnings in February 2018, M.A.K.T. Sono (Magali Albespy and Kecap Tuyul) have been experimenting with different set-ups and ways of playing. Amongst them, they like to play both on the same instruments / set-ups in the same time. It’s what they did on ‘UNK.0, an improvisation played on a no-input mixer. The other tracks of this EP (published on eg0cide productions) are electronic compositions by Kecap Tuyul and Doedelzak using this improvisation as only sound material.
Direct download links : Wav/ Flac /Mp3/Artwork
New Failure Circle album out on netlabel Genetic Trance
Sound material (no-input mixer) recorded july 2017. Edited and mixed march 2019.
Kecap Tuyul / Failure Circle / eg0cide S.A. 