a r t i s t : Stephan Mathieu
t i t l e : The Key To The Kingdom
d a t e : 2009
l a b e l : Dekorder
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2009
t r a c k s : 02
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 8,9 MB
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"The Key to the Kingdom" is Stephan Mathieu's tribute to the
great gospel preacher Washington Phillips and the world of
raw, early gospel on 78rpm platters.
The 2-part suite, presented in the classic 10" vinyl format
that comes in a authentic, individually stamped and numbered
78rpm archive sleeve, has been performed on a historic
Phonoharp No.2 zither from the 1890s utilizing five E-Bows and
entropic and convolution processes.
"The Key to the Kingdom" is a spin-off of Mathieu's
"Virginals" project, a solo recital of contemporary classics
performed on historic instruments.
Stephan Mathieu is a musician and sound artist based in
Saarbrⁿcken, Germany. During the last decade his music has
been released on 16 critical acclaimed CDs, both solo and in
collaboration with Douglas Benford, Ekkehard Ehlers, John
Hudak, Janek Schaefer and Akira Rabelais on some of the finest
electronic music labels worldwide (Die Schachtel, HΣpna,
Ritornell, Lucky Kitchen, Headz).
His sound is largely based on early instruments, environmental
sound and obsolete media which are recorded and transformed by
means of experimental microphony, re-editing techniques and
software processes involving spectral analysis and convolution
and has been compared to the landscape paintings of Caspar
David Friedrich and the work of Colorfield artists Mark
Rothko, Barnett Newman and Ellsworth Kelly.
Stephan is a collector of 78rpm records from the 1910s and
20s, the era of acoustic and early electronic audio recording.
His most recent album "Radioland" made it into "Best of 2008"
lists in The Wire, Dusted, Boomkat, Milkfactory and many
others.
Edition of 400 label copies and 100 artist copies.
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01-The Key To The Kingdom pt.1 [03:30]
02-The Key To The Kingdom pt.2 [03:12]
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06:42 min