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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Le Doigt de Galilee
t i t l e : Object 5
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Locust Music (locust57)
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : February/2005
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 101,5 MB
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Le doigt de Galilee: Jaime Fennelly & Nicolas Field
Jaime Fennelly: electronics & bass drum
Nicolas Field - drums & percussion
A sixty-one minute documentation of the ephemeral overseas
courtship of Swiss/British drummer Nicolas Field (Ph⌠) and
Brooklyn electronicist Jaime Fennelly (psi). Hours before they
parted ways for a still uncertain duration, the two carved
their initials into the Object series with a crystalline set.
At times, the duo ferrets out subdued electronic sounds that
fizzle, evaporate & growl over a bed of undulating bass. At
others, the magical meeting takes the form of a monstrously
squeaky, scattershot percussion summit.
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Praise
"Over the course of an hour, Fennelly slowly slices and drills
through live circuitry, letting off sparks and shrill currents,
while Field rattles an assortment of metals. Discomfort or
blankness are the only options. "
~berndardo rondeau, future forms
"The fifth release in the series is the first collaboration
between English percussionist Nicolas Field and Jaime Fennelly,
a Brooklyn electro-acoustic improviser. The duo, performing as
Le Doigt de GalilΘe, create some of the Object series' most
microscopic music, with the electronics often reduced to an
almost inaudible squeal, and Field's percussion used more as
ambient sound than any sort of rhythmic base. Field's cymbal
scraping and the shallow washes of his more resonant work on
the platters makes way for a rapid pattering upon seemingly
every surface at his command but the drum heads themselves.
Fennelly's high-frequency electronics are often a thin whine,
though his best work is with the more abrasive material; his
command of the arcing static of connections made and broken
often sears the music with a miniature, though sometimes
intense, sense of aural shock. The more ambient side of Object
5 , however, is the most prevalent, with music that hinges on
inaudible undulations to create a false sense of continuity
within the sound. Light, rapid cymbal taps or the ebb of a sine
wave in and out of the upper registers of human audibility
create a haze, almost like a mirage; definitely existent, but
not so opaque as to keep listeners from second-guessing their
own ears. The high-pitched electronics can fill a room with a
palpable tension, and have a surprisingly physical presence
within the listening space. It's impressive that music that
forces the listener to struggle just to hear it can sometimes
be just as hard to ignore." - Dusted Magazine
The music of Le Doigt De Galilee is gradual and layered.
Nicholas Field builds insistently rumbling drum clouds,
sustains nervy rattling strokes or scrapes metallic percussion.
Jaime Fennelly adds further density with bass drum and enlivens
the continuum with unassuming electronic murmurs, feedback gush
and occasional penetrating shrillness.
Instrumentation and temperaments preclude smoothness, but
contours and dynamics nonetheless meet and fuse in a kind of
prolonged musical massage. A sexually aroused robotic figure is
the pair's chosen depicted object. - Julian Cowley, The Wire
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01-Daft Apeth Accord [06:06]
02-My Sun Reverse Your Mailman [27:45]
03-If Only George Hadn't Studied So Much [02:19]
04-Apex Stone Aphasia [13:26]
05-Considering Resignation From Oblivion [12:08]
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61:44 min
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