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odradek (belgium) #odk 001 cd

formatt / allon kayehimiko” double three inch compact disc recordable set

  • himiko (disc one) (20:19)
  • himiko (disc two) (20:19)
odradek press release...
odk001 formatt/allon kaye himiko (2 * 3”cdr)

first in a series of composer/designer collaborations curated by odradek, himiko is a construction kit for a quadrophonic sound piece presented by formatt at galerij jan colle (ghent, belgium) in januari 2007. each disc contains a separate layer of sound with distinct characteristics in dynamics, density and transparency.

typographer and graphic designer allon kaye (entr'acte) bagged, labelled and folded each set into its own unique origami container, effectively combining diy with mass production aesthetics.

simultaneous playback recommended.

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roborecords (belgium) #robo 004 cd

formatt / peter smeekensextended” three inch compact disc

  • orke’o
  • guri
  • l’hermé
  • voir
  • thyone
  • seltzer
roborecords press release...
extended
formatt
robo records

the very matter of sonic microscopy, pulling found sounds out of context to fully explore and adjust their hidden characteristics, never exposing light on their unpresuming origin, has become the driving vessel for investigating the extrems of auditory perception. his sound never stays silent till the last, yet squeamishly evoking timorous phrases that gradually coalesce around the subtle treasures of the soil. fractured breathy analog injections, titled from a scarcely asserted sonic palette, are decidedly adjustable, hovering forward yet peeling their modulated delays fully into the arctic backbone of resonating hollowness. providing a few flirtations with fuzzy pulses and fluctuating watery plops, the frictional rhythmic resistance that comes drifting onto the surface is suspiciously dark in its corners of scooped out complexity. as if the stark subtlety and finesse has fallen into the clutches of a hypnotic state of mind, mysteriously paying homage to imminent dub techniques, that fight like kilkenny cats over evaporated sinewaves. formatts work tends to emphaze a schizophrenic structure, infusing the sound-clusters with highly deliberate analog patterns hence any potential sound grown to the surface gets seemingly restructured into the core of its faceless vessel.

peter smeekens, here working under his formatt moniker, has quickly vindicated himself a place in the international minimal soundsculpting scene with productions on grain of sound and compilation appearances for amanita, skylab operations, tsunami addiction and mp3 work for observatory amongst others. hypnotic surroundings mysteriously paying hommage to imminent dub techniques over evaporated sinewaves, schizo structures and analog patterns.

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entr’acte (uk) #e035 cd

combines e11, e13 - e15” compact disc recordable

  • filter feeder resistance cycle
  • filter feeder invisible orchestra
  • the miligram obedience to authority experiment rorcharge
  • the miligram obedience to authority experiment festo-barbitol
  • the miligram obedience to authority experiment echoldra
  • the miligram obedience to authority experiment the sea is invisible
  • formatt engtevrees
  • jac beloeil an absent-minded track (remix)
collection of the four 3”cdr releases that all but kicked off the label, repackaged/reissued, housed (much like the majority of the 2nd-wave of titles above/below) in a plain-white sealed metallic envelope with nary a shred of information on the exterior apart from the catalogue number... cryptic, yes, but the music is warm(ly cold) & inviting...
entr’acte press release...
filter feeder
resistance cycle / invisible orchestra

the milgram obedience to authority experiment
trail 0f droplets

formatt
engtevrees

jac beloell
an absentminded track (e35)

this cd collects four previously available releases (e11, e13–e15). resistance cycle/invisible orchestra: the first track was recorded with a 1960s valve sine wave tone generator, the second one with records and turntables. trail of droplets: four tracks of filmic and melancholic electronic music by ben norland. engtevrees: peter smeekens’ work straddles analogue and digital technologies without being overly suggestive of either. engtevrees illustrates this well over its 20-minute duration; it’s composed entirely of a recording made at an underground car park in antwerp which was then manipulated with a computer, tape decks and effects. an absent–minded track: a powerful union of error and coincidence, captured onto tape via an erratic analogue keyboard emitting its last battery pulse.

cd/2005

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filter feeder 1 resistance cycle recorded in real time using a 1960s valve sine wave tone generator, analogue filters and digital delays. the act or an instance of resisting. opposition to somebody or something. the opposition to a flow of electric current through a circuit component, medium or substance. the capacity to withstand something, especially the body's natural capacity to withstand disease. the process by which the ego keeps repressed thoughts and feelings from the conscious mind. the magnitude of the real part of the acoustic or mechanical impedance. an 'illegal' organisation fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation. 2 invisible orchestra all sounds made with records and turntables, recorded in real-time onto a digital four-track. there seems to me to be within our culture a tendency to revere technology, to assume all that is new is inherently better especially if it is something that can be sold at a significant profit as opposed to, for instance, something that will help preserve the environment. like all technologies, audio technology is constantly evolving, however, no new innovation or format supersedes or makes redundant any of those already in existence; it merely adds to the array of tools available for the creation and appreciation of audio works. hence, i choose not to 'wince at the scratch' but, like the anonymous 'they' of 1898, to 'marvel at the reproduction of an invisible orchestra'. be led by your ears and not by the marketing strategies and advertising campaigns of corporations. all material written, played, recorded and mixed by julian doyle. © julian doyle 2004. originally released as entr'acte 11,2005.

the milgram obedience to authority experiment 3 rorcharge 4 festo-barbitol 5 echoldra 6 the sea is invisible all material written and recorded by ben norland. remastered by julian doyle. dedicated to gerard and john. © ben norland. contact ben@culturalamnesia.com originally released as 'trail of droplets' (entr'acte 13, 2005).

formatt 7 engtevrees © peter smeekens. contact via formatt.info originally released as entr'acte 14,2005.

jac beloeil 8 an absent-minded track (remix) © jac beloeil. originally released as entr'acte 15, 2005.

published by entr'acte, 2005-6 entracte.co.uk

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