Sketchbook

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Release Date: 2020-06-26

Label: Elli Records

This is a collection of scattered ideas germinated from an acousmatic piece, Electrode, dating back from 2010. Entirely designed from a pink noise source, Electrode was intended to be the starting point of a Noise Symphony... that never saw the light of day.

In the meantime I got more and more involved with music production and group improvisation (notably with Unmapped and Stahlstuhl). After so many years on hiatus as a composer, the challenge represented by this series "In the room" offered me a unique chance to experiment a bit, albeit with very little time to delve into the process. This is why I decided to work on short tracks, mostly intended to be unfinished, all keeping at least one sound reference to Electrode. The only exception is represented by the last track, acting as a(n) (anti-)cathartic moment, where time is suspended, leaving Chronos to embrace Aiôn.

Main technique here is the (re-re-)reprocessing of the same few sources, until they become unrecognizable. I also had fun using editing functions such as strip silence and drum replacement in unorthodox ways. Additional synth recordings were done with the Virus TI2.