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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : eRIKm & Fennesz
t i t l e : Complementary Contrasts (Donaueschingen 2003)
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Hat Hut Records (hatOLOGY 618)
g e n r e : Electronic
r l s. d a t e : November/2004
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 113,2 MB
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eRikm (Erik Mathon, Marseille)
-computer and 3-k.pad_system
Fennesz (Christian fennesz, Vienna)
-laptop, computer and masterdistortion
36' 10/18/20003 concert performance, plus two 15' studio pieces
recorded the previous day. (The splicing up of the concert-part
in different tracks is just for convenience and is without any
structuralizing connotations.)
About Complementary Contrasts:
Two different temperaments, the same background - this
observation was the basis of the idea of inviting eRikm and
Fennesz to form a duo for the first time. A few days before the
duo premiered at the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2003 the
musicians met in the SWR studio to try out strategies for
playing together. This CD captures the two best takes from
these studio sessions along with the recording of the festival
concert, which lasted about forty minutes. Although they are
much more abstract than the rock-like Donaueschinger concert,
the studio takes reveal most strikingly that the new duo is
united in inner harmony.
About eRIKm
Ever since he started back in 1992, eRikm has instinctively
followed a relatively unusual, even risky, career path.
Stemming from his interest in visual arts and his first musical
experience as a rock guitarist, he has for some years now
become steadily more and more renowned for his virtuoso
turntabling and his use of electronic instruments and tools in
an integrated scenic set-up eRikm has followed up musical
collaborations with Voice Crack, Christian Marclay, Luc
Ferrari, among others.
He is certainly one of the better equipped artists of the new
generation to actually demonstrate a relationship between rock
music (in its widest sense) and contemporary music ; hiding
behind neither cultural camouflage nor an easy pandering to his
audience.
The originality of his style stems from the duality between his
experimentations in sound material, its envelope and its
tessiture, and his work and taste for the anecdote, the
reference.
His interest in other forms of artistic expression being the
terrain on which he builds the images conveyed by his music.
This huge reservoir he has filled for himself has captivated
all the artists he has worked with.
eRikm's recording career and musical encounters rapidly
affiliated him into the chaotic dynamics of the improvised
music scene, helped by his very visual style of listening. But
today he has begun to leave behind his status of noise-dj and
vinyl sculptor, turning towards more solitary work, integrating
into his music new technologies and applying lessons learnt
from his multifarious musical experiences.
His primary aim is no longer simply to quote his system of
references but to create for himself a bank of singular
material to compose without referring to other works. eRikm is
now approaching a subtle abstraction, a new electronic
position: like a pause in the contemporary sonic agitation, in
opposition to this, a desire to weave a musical oeuvre whose
intricacies are easy to follow, easing the listener into the
vistas of his composition, without exaggerated technical or
intellectual posturings.
About Christian Fennesz:
Fennesz uses guitar and computer to create shimmering, swirling
electronic sound of enormous range and complex musicality.
"Imagine the electric guitar severed from clichΘ and all of its
physical limitations, shaping a bold new musical language." -
(City Newspaper, USA).
His lush and luminant compositions are anything but sterile
computer experiments. They resemble sensitive, telescopic
recordings of rainforest insect life or natural atmospheric
occurrences, an inherent naturalism permeating each piece.
For additional informations:
http://www.erikm.com/
http://www.fennesz.com/
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01-Studio Take 5 [16:03]
02-Studio Take 6 [14:02]
03-Concert Donaueschingen (1) [12:28]
04-Concert Donaueschingen (2) [13:59]
05-Concert Donaueschingen (3) [09:54]
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66:26 min
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