Artist : Richard Chartier
Title : Edition
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2004
Date : Sep-06-2006
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 15
Label : Line (a Division of 12k)
Source : CDDA
Length : cd1: 43:09 cd2: 51:52 cd3: 47:07 cd4: 39:03
Size : 234,4 MB
Tracklist:
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cd1 Series
01.Untitled 06:38
02.Untitled 02:10
03.Untitled 03:47
04.Untitled 09:17
05.Untitled 02:48
06.Untitled 07:09
07.Untitled 03:08
08.Untitled 03:29
09.Untitled 04:43
cd2 Of Surfaces
01.Of Surfaces 26:26
02.Of Surfaces (Variance) 13:44
03.Composition 11:42
cd3 Two Locations
01.Location 24:04
02.Component 23:03
cd4 Set or Performance
01.Untitled 39:03
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181:11 min
ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE
In celebration of LINE's 4th anniversary documenting
installations and works by composers exploring the aesthetics
of contemporary and digital minimalism we are proud to announce
the release of this special limited edition packaging 4 CD set
entitled Edition.
Editionis a collection of the 4 critically acclaimed full
length LINE cd releases by sound artist/composer Richard
Chartier: Series from 2000 (LINE_001), Of Surfaces from 2002
(LINE_008), Two Locations from 2003 (LINE_013), and the brand
new live recording Set or Performance (LINE_018). For more
information on each CD please view them in the LINE catalog and
reviews sectionon this website.
This special re-packaging release is strictly limited to 100
signed and numbered units. Lavishly yet simply designed Edition
is a double gatefold package offset printed in 3 inks in which
the CDs rest on high density foam hubs separated by diecut
vellum sheets. Liner notes from each original sleeve are
reprinted within.
This cd will only be available through the 12k/LINE website
store, 3particles.com, and Richard Chartier live events.
Richard Chartier (b.1971), sound/installation artist and
graphic designer, has created critically acclaimed recordings
for labels such as 12k/LINE (USA), Trente Oiseaux (Germany),
Spekk (Japan), Mutek_rec (Canada), and Fallt (Ireland),
including collaborations with artists Taylor Deupree, William
Basinski, COH, and *0 and has appeared on numerous
international compilations. His digital minimalist work
explores the inter-relationships between the spatial nature of
sound, silence, focus, and the act of listening.
Chartier╒s sound works and sound installations have been
presented internationally including at the exhibits Sounding
Spaces at ICC (Tokyo, Japan), I Moderni / The Moderns at
Castello di Rivoli (Torino, Italy), 2002 Biennial at the
Whitney Museum of American Art (NY), Resynthesis at The Art
Institute of Chicago and with the travelling sound exhibit
Invisible Cities created by digital media curators Fehler as
well as solo and collaborative installations for Fusebox (DC)
and Diapason (NY). He has performed his work live across
Europe, Japan, and North America at MUTEK (Montreal, Canada),
DEAF (Dublin, Ireland), Observatori (Valencia, Spain),
Transmediale (Berlin, Germany), Lovebytes (Sheffield, UK), The
Leeds International Film Festival (Leeds,UK), The Rotterdam
International Film Festival (NE), Garage (Stralsund, Germany)
and other noted digital art/music festivals and at exhibits
such as Frequenzen [Hz] at the Schirn Kunsthalle (Frankfurt)
and A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958-1968 at the Museum of
Contemporary Art (Los Angeles). The conceptual performance
piece ╥Chessmachine,╙ a multimedia collaborative work by
Chartier, Ivan Pavlov and video/installation artists Evelyn
Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand recently premiered at the opening
event of the 2004 MUTEK festival.
In 2000 he formed the recording label LINE and has since
curated its continuing documentation of compositional and
installation work by international sound artists and composers
exploring the aesthetics of contemporary and digital
minimalism. The premiere release on LINE, Chartier╒s Series as
awarded Honorable Mention in the category of Digital Music by
the prestigious Prix Ars Electronica, 2001 (Austria).
http://www.12k.com/line/