Artist : VA
Title : [ Parvo ] Art
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2009
Date : 04/22/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 07
Label : Parvoart Recordings
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 23:03 min
Size : 27,8 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Porzellan - Vopar Tar 03:10
02.Tomas Phillips & Marihiko Hara - 03:20
Prosa II
03.Rim - Here Are Gold Mines 03:19
04.Krzysztof Orluk - Blind Man 03:24
05.Duncan ╙ Ceallaigh - Re-Fit 03:02
06.Shinkei - JorikI 03:28
07.The Boats - George Herbert Leigh 03:20
Mallory
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23:03 min
the release
the meaning of the word friend took a serious blow when the social networking site myspace decided to
call contacts made there æfriendsÆ, irrespective of whether the contact in question is indeed your best mate
from school or a highly successful chart act û letÆs say coldplay - with over half a million similar
acquaintances. [ parvoart ] recordings, with just 700 contacts at the time of writing, has a hard time
maintaining any meaningful relationship with any more than fraction of them, which has sort of bothered
us (along with the associated devaluation of the language and meaning of words) . it bothered us enough
to think about how to buck the trend, make the term mean something again, if only in a small, i.e. typically
parvoart, sway. [ parvo ] art is the result. [ parvo ] art (latin for small art, in german kleinkunst) is [ parvoart
]Æs first compilation, and features û as you might have guessed by now û friends on the [ parvoart ]
myspace page whose music we also ædiscoveredÆ there. as our seventh release, it seemed a good idea to
feature seven artists, each with just under three and half minutes playing time. the æsmallÆ concept can
refer to the amount of time given to the artists, their sound, the number of instruments / textures used or
any combination thereof.
whereas the first batch of releases from [ parvoart ] only featured artists from wismar, germany. it is a
great pleasure to showcase both new and established talent from the microsound / lowercase / ambient
scene from the US, UK, japan, france, germany, poland, italy and (indirectly) switzerland and ireland (more
on that later).
german artist porzellan sets the tone for the release and the label perfectly with vopar tar (spot the
anagram of an anagram!) with an ear for minimal, unfolding melodies that recalls both mr part himself and
drone artists stars of the lid. this contrasts to great effect with the next track, an extract from a new
extended work, prosa by american sound artist tomas phillips and japanese counterpart marihiko hara.
between several pauses that reveal the acoustics of the room the piece was recorded in, stark yet
beautiful piano phrasings simultaneously evoke both webern and ryuichi sakamoto as a fragile koto adds
distinctive colour and counterpoint. the intimacy of this track fades into an expanse of minimal,
shapeshifting, seemingly endless drone û from the gold mines - from french guitarist rim, which in turn
paves the way perfectly for pole krzysztof orluk to unfurl over the next three and a half minutes his own
particular brand of sculpted, distorted but soothing drone, intriguing entitled blind man. again a shift in
dynamic emphasis follows with [ parvoart ] recordings æbossÆ duncan ≤ ceallaigh, and a track û re-fit û that
uses as its sole sound source ½pas(s)t╗ by swiss artist steinbrⁿchel to create a radical reworking that
effectively melds both artistÆs signature aesthetics. the track ends sucked into itself, once again immersing
the listener into silence û well, near silence, the realm of italian lowercase artist shinkei. his contribution is
truly minimal in every sense û a triptych of one-minute miniatures under the title joriki: highly processed,
discreet yet organic almost insect-like chirps; subtle, possibly radio or turntable-based drones finally give
way a field recording made in a japanese garden. as the sound of feet on gravel, birdsong and wind
chimes fade once again to silence, the scene is set for the final contribution: the boats. their track, george
herbert leigh mallory û their first as a trio with new member danny û is both a summation of all that has
gone before it û warm, fragile noise and live instrumentation (here in the form of a sublime violin melody) û
and more, for it is also the sole track to use beats û subtle, subdued beats, but beats none the less. in this
context their track feels almost like a pop moment, itÆs warmth serving to highlight and contrast its
backstory - a nostalgic, melancholy homage to the climber who tragically died just short of reaching the
summit of mount everest in 1924, and thus an appropriate end to the compilation with itÆs snow covered
imagery.
[ parvoart ] recordings is very grateful to all the artists for their contributions. nothing here can be in any
way described as æfillerÆ or æoff-cutsÆ, making [ parvo ] art in our humble opinion a very special and collectible
compilation. http://www.parvoart.org/