Migration (豆瓣)

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表演者: Janek Schaefer

条型码: 3516620128927
发行时间: 2006-01-17
版本特性: Import
介质: Audio CD

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　　With a penchant for architecture, the sound collages of Janek Schaefer are often the outcome of a deconstructionist methodology: essentially, Schaefer breaks apart pre-existing reels of tape with the intention of digging through and underneath them so as to uncover their fundamental, hidden parts. Once isolated, such components are then manipulated, organized and layered into e... (展开全部) 　　With a penchant for architecture, the sound collages of Janek Schaefer are often the outcome of a deconstructionist methodology: essentially, Schaefer breaks apart pre-existing reels of tape with the intention of digging through and underneath them so as to uncover their fundamental, hidden parts. Once isolated, such components are then manipulated, organized and layered into elaborate blocks of sound that are thoughtfully connected and exquisitely detailed. This hour-long composition - which was initially constructed as a soundtrack for a site specific dance choreographed by Noemie Lafrance - is largely devoid of conventional rhythms and harmonies, and instead takes as its fulcrum the development of minute tones and textures. That being said, the moods explored in the ensuing compositions lie in neither of these terms in themselves - on the contrary, they are born of their relation. Put differently, the granular particles of sound that are on display here are of a finite quantity and stand in a network of differences such that the timbre and fibre of the sound changes depending upon the other patterns with which it is embedded. As such, all of these percolating details are thoroughly enmeshed much in the way the elements in a painting are intricately interconnected. On the first composition, plaintive birdcalls are shrouded in a distended cacophony of Elysian bell tones, vague liminal noises, and a low-end hum that gradually shifts the dynamic of the piece, as it takes on a more upfront, immediate, altogether humid aura. When Schaefer shifts back and allows pieces to grow sparse yet again, he demonstrates fine judgment and a high level of technical skill in the manner in which he is careful to maintain form and tension through subtle clusters of granular sound and filtered organ chords looped to infinity. Near the end, these fragments of sound gather together and coalesce into a slightly discordant roar of paranoid ambience. Even taken away from the artists intentions, the markings of this document are elegantly arranged, and imbued with enough substance to induce a wealth of interpretations.