l.r.j martens “eternal landscapes” long playing record
eternal hunting grounds
spirits and landscapes
may 2011 release ; ... vinyl release of lieven “dolphins into the future” martens’ sound-component to twoinstallation works by visual artistada van hoorbeke ...
a perfect encapsulation of the “music as sculpture” aesthetic ; the two excerpts here arrive fully formed & don’t develop themselves inasmuch as develop you ; the purely natural-sounding environments slowly reveal themselves as partial synthesized affairs, with lieven’s sly midi log-drum improvs & echo-jams resisting center-stage to remain as mere elements of a live-in-able ”real space” ...
lovely record ; comes in a deluxe full-color gatefold with a detailed insert ...
aguirre press release...
zorn08 l.r.j martens & ada van hoorebeke - eternal landscapes lp
collage of continuous sound recordings, created for two expo's by ada van hoorebeke. re-worked for release on vinyl in march 2011 by lieven martens of dolphins into the future.
a) spirits and landscapes (wiels, brussels, iulae 2010) b) the eternal hunting grounds(croxhapox, gent, ianuali 2010)
cover artwork by ada van hoorebeke. a cetacean nation communication, aukake 2010. mahalo nui loa.
* mastered on vhs * gatefold cover * limited to 500 copies * 3 inserts * 160gr. vinyl
august 2009 release ; can’t believe i missed this in the previous round, as in many ways it’s the crystallization of joshua & andrew / beniffer edition’s whole aesthetic / “thing” ::
... a hand-bound, 96-pagebook(printed on heavy card-stock, no less) covering their collage-art, poetry, and assorted constructions presented in a bag with two tapes, offering a side each by dolphins into the future(lieven martens’ new age synth zones), crown now(teenage sound-poetry with a prior tape on jessica rylan’s irfp), man made hill(”pawn-shop electronics” ; but more like the love child of ymo & felix kubin - listen to the sound-sample), and lead sister ii (“a one-man kemialliset ystavat”), along with four double-sided inserts covering the details of each of the musical contributions (see below) ...
the whole thing’s dripping with blind enthusiasm(well, maybe not as much blind as driven) ; by far the most effort-oriented title we’ve have in a while ... highly recommended !!!
beniffer editions press release...
beniffer editions winter anthology - book and 2x cassette
96 pagemonster book featuring the visual smegma of jacob horwood and andrew zukerman and more! contains ayal senior's the last screenplay, an unabridged, unwound stammer through his 340972 film ideas, an instant classic, really... the book includes a 4-way split over 2 cassettes, featuring man made hill(canada), dolphins into the future(belgium), lead sister ii (japan) and crown now(usa) ...
man made hill is all of the jackson 5(even the dead one) channeled through one white-man with his sub-par pawn-shop electronics and extensive knowledge of "avant-aesthetics". this is guilt-free dance music.
dolphins into the future is lieven martens of imvated, or whatever label he's doing right now, a reformed nude-noise ruffian now turned onto the new age by the holographic entities of jung, gurdjieff and watts and trying to replicate the sound a dolphin makes in a napolitaner carton filled with peroxide.
lead sister ii is a one-man kemialliset ystavat forging new directions with a battery of home-made instruments and noise-makers. why this is not a colony of dumpster-diving vegans in the foothills of some 60's parody is a mystery to me.
crown now is a boy and a girl, a dejected duo brought together because they wanted to make the cheerleading squad. this document of their practice the night before and also the reason why they were rejected is the fourth and final side of your patience.
