a r t i s t : Labfield
t i t l e : Fishforms
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : bottrop-boy
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2008
t r a c k s : 03
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 63,1 MB
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æPhanta RheiÆ - everything flows. Whatever else might happen,
life hurtles on and everything follows its natural course.
Music is also subject to these ineluctable laws. While often
breaking the mould, when everything is in its right place, the
music follows its own course. As it does in the little
experimental cabins of Laboratory Field, or LabField for
short. This Scandinavian monster collective consisting of
David StackenΣs (guitars, electronics) and Ingar Zach
(percussion) knows exactly how to manipulate sound. At the
same time, Ingar Zach is also creating a big stir with three-
piece kindred spirits Huntsville.
Not fussed about getting their hands dirty, StackenΣs and Zach
dig for sounds of gold with successful results. Sound waves
emanate from their instruments slowly. This unstoppable flood
of sound is not distinguished by brute force but rather by its
boundless subtlety and inventiveness. The listener will
completely find themselves submerged by an overwhelming
stream. Bottrop-Boy is proud to release LabFieldÆs first sound
experiments onto the world.
Swedish guitarist StackenΣs and Norwegian percussionist Zach
are known names in the European improvisation scene. They
previously worked together in three-piece TRI DIM, together
with saxophonist Hσkon Kornstad. Two years later, StackenΣs
and Zach decided to work as a duo, deciding on a radically
different course. Improvisation, sound art, minimal music and
drones are fused to form a completely unique style of
performing. Zach plays, among other instruments, the unique
electronic sruti and saranghi boxes. This is music that
evolves quietly and often refers to the dronescapes of free
improv pioneers such as AMM. The sounds which StackenΣs
manages to conjure up from his guitars are unprecedented:
softly humming, viciously rattling and intensely meditative.
Zach answers these sounds with the hypnotic pulse of his bass
drum and electronic sruti box. This is improvisational music
replete with sounds branching in unpredictable directions and
slowly smouldering drones. An aural rite of passage fit for
these modern times.
(http://www.bottrop-boy.com)
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01-Gin [24:14]
02-Rin [05:17]
03-Showa [09:45]
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39:16 min