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| !:. | . album : Choptic Dub . | .:! |
| ::. | artist : The Embassadors | .:: |
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| !:. | label : Nonplace (Groove Attack) | .:! |
| !:. | cat.nr. : NON27 | .:! |
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| !:. | year : 2009 genre : Lo-Fi | .:! |
| ::. | source : CDDA quality : VBRk HQ Joint-Stereo | .:: |
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. Some excerpts from my musings on Coptic Dub .
. .
. ...the instrumental sounds and mixing processes on this .
. album have undergone so many levels of refinement they .
. can easily defend themselves without the justification of .
. the creators (this kind of breathing life into a work and .
. then letting go completely is what we do all the time, .
. only this time I am attaching some simple instructions .
. for use). I believe the discussion of timbre and its .
. degree of refinement, be it acoustic or electronic, is .
. the only semi-objective criteria when it comes to judging .
. music. I am aware that even here there is subjectivity at .
. play but I think there is less than anywhere else in the .
. branches of our sound culture. Whether or not it grooves, .
. bubbles, foams or sinks is up to each individual to .
. decide. .
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. How do I define refinement? I would say the gradual and .
. careful removal of impurities. Mixed in with this, and .
. complicating the process even more, is an aspect which .
. has always been a part of my creations: the Japanese .
. aesthetic of wabi-sabi which views certain impurities, .
. especially those occurring in nature, as beautiful. A .
. good example of this is the saxophone sound itself with .
. its strong air component when listened to or recorded up .
. close. It is especially noticable on this record and I .
. left it in on purpose because of the feeling of nearness .
. and rawness it carries with it. This aesthetic element is .
. crucial in setting such works from the digital polishing .
. applied in regular high end pop or even jazz productions. .
. It almost seems a shame to lay out these ideas bare but .
. here they are for the sun to wither- my grapes to your .
. raisins. .
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. The Heaps Dub production of Root70 (non20) was a drastic .
. turn away from the jazz we had played until then and with .
. the Embassadors I wanted to continue this exploration. To .
. those who were wondering why I had left the sacred jazz .
. isle I asked: Why must we constantly change the groove .
. and feel when everything around us is changing anyway? .
. Why must the horns always build lead voices and solos .
. instead of blending inside the textures? Why the angst of .
. bare simplicity? Why the melodic and rhythmic .
. superabundance at the expense of consistent accuracy? And .
. mein Gott what more is there to prove? .
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. Burnt Friedman┤s style of applying dubs and effects is .
. another way of breathing more life into the sounds. What .
. is happening here is a complex layering upon layering .
. within which the listener can find countless points of .
. reference to navigate her way through the works. The .
. cover art is a simplified visual representation of such .
. layering and open orientation. None of the sound sources .
. are processed for the sake of it and there are deep .
. metaphysical truths behind a simple space echo in the way .
. our hallowed master time is played with and re-evoked. .
. Sometimes it will approach the feeling of listening to .
. music whilst in a dream, when individual elements are .
. blurred in the passage of time which is no longer a .
. simple arrow moving forward but rather an evolving and .
. pliable cloud, inextricably linked to the perceiver. .
. Helping listeners move away from linear thinking models .
. is always one of the benefits of such difficult easy .
. listening. .
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. The album was recorded in a state of super-concentration. .
. I only allowed myself and the musicians one shot at each .
. take, meaning we had to have a heightened awareness .
. before recording. This could be a throw back from being .
. involved in enough productions in which musicians are .
. given too many chances and cut to play like they never .
. could in reality; or it could be that deep down, I .
. believe that if the mindset is right the first take will .
. always be the best. .
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. All of the pieces on this album shared a long genesis. .
. They were worked on in the course of several studio .
. sessions in New York and Germany in the last few years. .
. After I had finished recording all the instruments I left .
. the final steps in the arrangements and mix entirely over .
. to Burnt Friedman who took them all to new shores, .
. sometimes beyond my own recognition- I expected nothing .
. less. It┤s easy to fall when there┤s no landing. .
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. Hayden Chisholm .
. August 2009 .
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. http://nonplace.de/catalogue/27_coptic_dub.html .
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| !:. | 04 05:32 Dagaz Eterna | .:! |
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| !:. | 06 06:15 Albino Maori Dub | .:! |
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