Artist : Keith Fullerton Whitman
Title : Generator
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2010
Date : 07/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 07
Label : Root Strata
Source : TAPE
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 50:27 min
Size : 68,1 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Generator 1 09:35
02.Generator 3 01:29
03.Generator 7b 02:46
04.Generator 5 07:32
05.Generator 8 (Edit) 03:48
06.Generator 6 02:04
07.Generator 2 23:13
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50:27 min
"Automatic" analog electronic suite from
KFW yielding a holographic tapestry of
stereo pings amplified into op-art
hallucinations. Collisions of woozy
high-end & bubbly low pass mutate &
multiply to dazzling effect. - Edition
Of 200 pro dubbed cassettes with offset
printed covers.
Following his incredible 7" transmission
'For Oud & Synthesizer', Keith Fullerton
Whitman presents a set of mindblowing
compositions recorded late 2009 for Root
Strata. Frustrated by the restrictions
of performing computer music in public
settings and keen to involve a larger
element of risk into his music, Keith
follows his obsession with "the tenets
of Process music & Systems music" to
investigate "the unpredictable entropies
& slight signal degradation inherent to
Analog instrument design", resulting in
a set of infinitely morphing and self-
modulating sequences subtly guided by a
hand and mind that perceives the
possibilities of music like very few
others we can think of. For the tech-
heads this involves sending three
voltage streams from two LFO's to
different modules... and that's where
we'll stop, because it's all noted in
the lovely heavy card sleeve anyway!
He's basically creating every sound you
hear in-the-moment, on-the-jog, weaving
sine waves into florid patterns which
can range from alien acidic permutations
like the frankly incredible 23-minute
'Generator 2', to lushly psychotropic
sequences such as 'Generator 1', both of
which were left untouched meaning you're
simply listening to the modular synths
organising themselves into stunningly
"musical" arrangements. We can hear the
merest hint of human involvement in the
audible patching and slightly mismatched
levels, but to be totally honest we
wouldn't have noticed this if KFW didn't
point it out. The tracks just seem to
have a hugely varied, constantly
mutating life of their own, expanding
with the vivid pattern arrangements of a
DMT trip to immerse us head to toe in
tactile waves of pure electronic pulse,
panned, pitched and pushed into
timelessly chaotic yet controlled
motifs. In a way, this tape puts swathes
of kosmische imitators and synth
obsessives to shame, being both
eminently listenable, and completely
original. A late night listening session
with this has just left us gobsmacked
and it's a crying shame that there's
only 200 copies for the world because
far more people need to hear it. So
good. - Boomkat
http://rootstrata.com/release/RS62