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r e l e a s e . i n f o
Artist.....: VA
Title......: Mesmer Variations
Rip Date...: May-26-2009 Cat.No.....: Ash 1.8cd2
Style......: Electronic Label......: Ash International
Quality....: VBRkbps Type.......: Album
Size.......: 187,2 MB Source.....: CDDA
r e l e a s e . n o t e s
An out of print classic that I regretted not buying when it came
out. I found it recently, and now you have it too.
Notes:
Double CD in oversized plastic wallet with 8 card inserts. Various
original compositions influenced by the work of Friedrich Mesmer.
From an inlay card: "The artists featured on this release were
given a copy of the vinyl recording 'Mesmer' (Ash 1.8) and asked
to compose a piece influenced by the work of Friedrich Mesmer the
animal magnetist. The brief was û there is no brief; method and
style were left entirely to the discretion of the composer."
CD1 track 10, the Ryoji Ikeda track, lasts for 5:05, followed by
16 minutes of silence, then an unlisted reprise of track 7, Mozart
vs Mesmer.
Label blurb:
Drome - NonPlace Urban Field, Some More Crime
Gescom - Warp Music
Bruce Gilbert - Wire, WIR, Dome, The Beekeeper
Robert Hampson - Main, Loop, INDICATE (with Jim O'Rourke) cf Touch
TO:25
RenΘ Hassinger - Resident of Dortmund, this is his first release
Micki von Hausswolff - Phauss, The Hafler Trio/The Sons of God cf
Touch TO:24/TO:22
Ryoji Ikeda - Resident of Tokyo; cf '1000 Fragments' cci
recordings (CCD23001)
Edvard Graham Lewis - Wire, WIR, Dome, He Said, H.A.L.O.
Koji Marutani - Resident of Osaka, Japan cf Touch T_ZERO_1
Daniel Menche - Artist in residence at Soleilmoon, Portland,
Oregon, USA
Peter Rehberg (Mego) from Vienna
Put Put - Andy Diagram, Andrew Jacques, Howard Jacques, Steve
Thrower, John Wall
Quest - Frans de Waard from Beequeen
Resolution - Swim Records
S.E.T.I. - Lagowski, Legion, cf Ash International
The contributors to Mesmer Variations were asked to record a piece
influenced by the work of Mesmer. As a starting point they were
given a copy of the LP Mesmer (Ash 1.8), released earlier this
year. Side one of the vinyl recording consisted of 999 identical
bars, lasting 22 minutes 12 seconds. Side two was made up of an
identical piece recorded at a lower octave, and a separate
original mix by Resolution. Some have directly built on the pieces
on the record; others have started afresh. These works are not
remixes: they are original works inspired by the dynamic effect
the claims of Mesmer had on the thinking world around him -
effects which are still reverberating today.
Franz (Freidrich) Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), 'The Wizard of
Vienna', was an Austrian Physicist who claimed he could cure
diseases by correcting the flow of animal magnetism in the bodies
of his patients during seance-like group sessions. Mesmer was
offered a large fortune at the Parisian court in 1778, but refused
to divulge his secret.
Contemporaries established a commission to investigate his claims,
deducing that any cures were due to the power of suggestion - his
audience at the time were largely from among the rich Parisian
bourgeoisie, and apparently highly prone to suggestibility. His
claims, however, did initiate serious studies into what came to be
called 'hypnosis'. His pupil James Braid (1795?-1860) coined this
term after the Greek God of Sleep, Hypnos. The Marquis de
Puyseacutegur (1751-1825), also a pupil and great admirer,
developed theories of the unconscious mind after sending a patient
into a trance and discovering multiple personalities.
Even now there is very little serious study of hypnosis, or its
bastard offspring, hypnotherapy. It has been sidelined as a form
of mass entertainment or a miracle cure for psychic damage.
Research is desparately needed to study the influence and effects
of 'the flicker effect'(a form of mesmerism induced by the
flickering images of cinema and television screens), the new range
of 'video drugs', or the effects of listening to repetitive sounds
emitted at certain frequencies. Music was an important factor in
Mesmer's work, and he was a close friend of Mozart, later
affectionately teased in his opera Cosi fan tutti.
Some of the artists here need no further introduction; others will
be new to you. Each one has in their own way explored the
possibilities offered within the brief. The result is a highly
original, often startling body of work which offers great insight
into the myriad of options available to the creative worker.
--http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_18cd2_mesmer_variat
ions.html
p l a y l i s t
CD1 ..
..
01 Put Put - Scheme of Consciousness 12:28
02 Koji Marutani - 15 Shots 04:12
03 Bruce Gilbert - Remesmer 02:05
04 Daniel Menche - A Hollow Mesmer 03:37
05 Drome - Mesmerized 06:48
06 CM Von Hausswolff - Mesmer 07:03
07 Mozart vs Mesmer - Mozart vs Mesmer 02:05
08 Rene Hassinger - Dust 09:10
09 Steve Williams - Hired Gun 04:52
10 Ryoji Ikeda - Headphonics 1/1 23:41
..
CD2 ..
..
01 Koji Marutani - Heavenly Bodies Control 04:30
Everything ..
02 Edvard Graham Lewis - Threw Her Gewgaw 10:30
03 S.E.T.I. - Urban Storm Observation 05:11
04 Gescom - Tony LeMesmer 11:15
05 Quest - Come Out 05:49
06 Ropert Hampson - Electron Transport Chain 10:31
07 Resolution - Treatment 04:06
08 PITA - Mesmer 21:05
148:58 min
g r e e t i n g s
agw - amok - bass - bcc - bex - boss - cmg - cmc - cms - d2h
def - dh - disc0 - drum - emp - ftd - fwyh - gem - i8 - ipc
jce - jfk - jrp - just - khz - kinky - kw - lame - maem - mbs
mgc - psycz - r2r - rac - radial - rapid - rks - rtb - sb
sever - sfe - soup - sour - sq - tr - trt - ube - uc - upe
uki - xtc - yard - zi
respect to music lovers worldwide
never forget : go to the show. buy the t-shirt. order the vinyl