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a r t i s t : dieb13, Tomas Korber & Jason Kahn
t i t l e : Zirkadia
d a t e : 2005
l a b e l : (1.8)sec(003)
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : December/2005
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 64,2 MB
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dieb13: powerbook
tomas korber: guitar, electronics
jason kahn: powerbook
recorded april 14, 2004 @ werkstatt fur improvisierte musik,
zurich, switzerland
mixed and mastered by jason kahn
cover design by jason kahn
release date: july 2005
live to hard disk collaboration between 3 artists very
comfortable with improvisation and live recordings. 8 trax
that present a variety of textures and subtleties always
keeping a continues momentum and sense of style. This
recording will appeal to those who are interested in
improvised music as well as digital minimalism.
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paristransatlantic.com review:
The intense organic elemental sounds on Zirkadia emanate from
two laptops and Korber┤s guitar and electronics, with
ingredients added and subtracted on each of the eight tracks,
water predominating. Water rushing over rocks, hissing as
steam, burbling and sluicing as streams, soft summer rainfall.
The pieces are concisely edited, and repeated listening yields
surprising details, with many recondite qualities embedded in
the striations. Its resonance is also evocative of night, of
distant railway yards and heavy industry. Most tracks throw a
few precise bold strokes into the foreground, from trebly,
sustained organ chords on track three to curling, wisps of
sinewaves and bells on track 5. The three-note intervallic
progression recalls birdsong, while track 8 sounds a deep
tolling gong, contrasted with kettle whistle and shakers and
rattles weaving in and out of focus.
Listening to Zirkadia is like moving through an installation
of eight rooms, entering and exiting a work in progress. The
shaping and editing recalls Kahn┤s duo with Gⁿnter Mⁿller,
Blinks, and shares some textural overlap with tint, Mⁿller's
duo with Toshimaru Nakamura in the Erstwhile Amplify box.
Korber and dieb13 work in territory that contrasts starkly
with the rock'n'roll of Condenser, their collaboration with
eRikm, released around the same time. Certain elements pierce
the veil, tones that ring and momentarily grab the attention,
but overall Zirkadia subscribes to the wabi-sabi aesthetic:
nothing lasts / nothing is finished / nothing is perfect. The
spirit is captivated by sound of decay, the fleeting, the
transitory.. Zirkadia is made to fade, and it is lovely.
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01-Zirkadia [04:56]
02-Zirkadia [05:14]
03-Zirkadia [05:28]
04-Zirkadia [05:02]
05-Zirkadia [10:18]
06-Zirkadia [04:48]
07-Zirkadia [06:15]
08-Zirkadia [06:05]
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48:06 min