Alex_Dowling-Reality_Rounds-(Carrier_039)-CD-2020-FANG

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2021-06-27

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    :    Artist......: Alex Dowling
    :    Album.......: Reality Rounds                                     :
    :    Label.......: Carrier Records                                .. .:.. .
         Genre.......: Electronic                                         :
         Catnr.......: carrier 039                                        .
    '    Source......: CD                                                 ,
    ;    Rip.date....: 2021-06-27
         Str.date....: 2020-01-31
         Quality.....: 262kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo                     . :..
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         1.    Channeling                                        6:53
         2.    Reality Rounds                                    3:19
         3.    King of Thumbs                                    3:38
         4.    Atoms                                             5:32
         5.    In Silence, In Cold                               3:16
         6.    Vesper                                            1:56
         7.    Channeling II                                     4:01
         8.    God Rays                                          1:53
         9.    God Rays II                                       4:16
         10.   Rills                                             3:51


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    ,:   After years of experimenting with electronic vocal effects to     :,
     :   extend the capabilities of the voice, Irish composer Alex         :
     :'  Dowling has released his debut album, Reality Rounds, on         ':
    ,:   Carrier Records. Written for æAutoTune choirÆ and synthesizer,    :,
     :   the work was performed live by four singers, each controlling     :
     :'  their own vocal effects in real-time. The innovative use of      ':
    ,:   effects allows for a stunning array of sounds from rapid          :,
     :   flickering textures to unusual tunings that would be impossible   :
     :'  for a normal choir to sing. Breaths build into propulsive        ':
    ,:   rhythms by imprinting amplitude modulation on the singersÆ        :,
     :   voices (Channeling II) and two-voice hocketing with delayed       :
     :'  harmonizers forms complex interlocking patterns (God Rays).      ':
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     :   Influenced by the writings of Yuval Noah Harari, Reality Rounds   :
     :'  is a future ritual of æDataismÆ, a new religion that worships    ':
    ,:   the eternal flow of data. The performersÆ voices are digitally    :,
     :   extended beyond their physical boundaries allowing them to        :
     :'  connect with the information stream and become imbued with its   ':
    ,:   spiritual presence. To begin, a form of sΘance is enacted where   :,
     :   the performers chant symbolic playing cards in order to connect   :
     :'  with the Great Data Flow. From this, streams of information      ':
    ,:   cascade through the singers creating a swirling blend of          :,
     :   thoughts from the mundane to the profound, like fragmented        :
     :'  memories ricocheting in the subconscious. They give praise for   ':
    ,:   the vast data centers that sit underground like inverted          :,
     :   cathedrals (æRoom 48 and the Citadel in RenoÆ in Atoms), and      :
     :'  sing hymns for Instagram filters (Vesper) and the fear of        ':
    ,:   isolation (In Silence, In Cold).                                  :,
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