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Mikrophagie II: Funeral (Black Banderole)

from CAA​—​15 by Max Kuiper and Thorsten Soltau

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CAA-15
Source material from
Max Kuiper and Thorsten Soltau
Recorded February-March 2014
at Lichter Raum, Grafschaft.
Additional sounds programmed
by Marina Stewart on the ESE
system. Pre-mastering by
Marina Stewart.

Mikrophagie is a concept
around the importance of
carefully placed acoustic
movements and sonic room.
The term “mikro” is not only
applied to the use of detailed
and rich sound palettes but
also referring to minimal
movements and development
over time. The power of single
sources combined is the basic
stone for these compositions.
The recordings are limited
to a few selected loops taken
from Max Kuipers raw material
plus my own sounds recorded
from empty record surfaces
and run out-grooves.
The first part centers around
emotion and faith- in worn out
images. The sonic movements
are marked by decay
and instability. A chant
overlaid on the synthesized
reel spools creates
a hallucinogenic but also
isolated feeling- despair on a
double binded theory:
faith and despair and the wish
of mankind to keep memories
away from decay and
fragmentation.
The second part is more
stripped, using elements from
Zwölftonmusik as a chord with
influences of an artificial
nature created by oscillations
and filter chains.
Sadness is the overall theme,
depicted in three tape loops
running on various speeds
layered on top of each other.
They unspool over the time and
create Reichian shifts and
harmonic layers of varying
degrees in frequency
and loudness.

Special thanks to Max Kuiper
(for sources and work),
Praveer Baijal (for building
the connection and belief),
Rainier Lericolais &
Olivier Prieur (for inspiration
and feedback) and Mihkel Kleis
(who kindly gave me access to
the sermons of a long lost age)!

Curated by S.Komarov & V.Dobrovolski
Lathe cut by S.Komarov
Text by T.Soltau
Cyland Media Lab 2014
cyland.ru

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from CAA​—​15, released April 16, 2014

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