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$11.66

back in stock as of
december 24th, 2007

first in stock on
november 19th, 2006

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
musique-concrète
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-composition

crouton (usa) #crouton 31 cd

robert hampson / steven hess “s/t” compact disc

untitled (4:00)
untitled (4:59)
untitled (4:21)
untitled (5:59)

crisp, minimal sound-research set from main’s robert hampson & chicagoland percussion maverick steven hess (fessenden, duos with greg davis, etc...) - not the musique concrète process-piece set you’d expect; more a set of digital treatments of hess’ attack-based material(s) into gritty, granular clouds punctuated with hess’ acoustic percussion.

quite stark... but ultimately a pretty bold step in a new direction for hampson (hess is in familiar territory)

crouton press release...

crouton no.31
robert hampson/steven hess:
"s/t"
cd

a sensible combination, brought to light by a chance contact resulting in a fairly lengthy process of recording, listening, and mixing. robert hampson, is, of course, the visionary behind sound behemoths loop and main, and even served a highly productive position within godflesh, organum, and also collaborated with jim o' rourke. steven hess is a percussionist who provides comfortably obscure rhythms and textures for pan american, fessenden, on, and haptic.

together, hampson and hess create a delightful peephole into the space where resonance from various percussions exist. these are the indirect moments that are just as real as those obvious times when a drummer nails the snare drum in 4/4 time. this is the stuff that for without, the attack, the beat, the percussion itself, would be lifeless pricks of meaningless sound. these recordings are filled with the active and excited ghost of interaction with material; highly unreal at times, and undeniably human at others. for those familiar with their previous endeavors, this is certain to please. for others, you are about to hear the collaboration of two people who know exactly what they are doing, and have created an even more powerful joined effort. clearly tasty.

cdep released in an edition of 500, packaged in mulitple layers of clear material. see?

$20.01

new to stock as of
march 15th, 2013

threads:
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones
guitar-themed
experimental-instruments
musique-concrète
modern-psych

best of 2013 !!!

editions mego (austria) #emego 160 lp

main “ablation” long playing record

i (10:04)
ii (13:03)
iii (13:54)
iv (9:03)

april 2013 release ; ... the welcome return of robert hampson’s main, on ice for a good decade, but arriving here in a new configuration as a collaborative project with stephan mathieu ...

... those in thrall with the project’s mid-late-90’s run of impeccable guitar-drone records will find much to convulse over here ; the huge swaths of gauzy, treated-string arcing & gradually swirling automations are still resplendent, albeit cut with traces of robert’s contemporary-era sensibilities as a multiple-commission-ee of the grm ...

... i couldn’t imagine a more thoroughly & elegantly executed melding of musique concrète & drone-psych styles ; easily one of my favorites this year thusfar ... highly recommended !!!

editions mego press release...

emego 160 / main
ablation
lp

release date 15.04.2013

recorded at thirst, grm studio 116b and schwebung
mixed at thirst

robert hampson:
analogue electronics, concrète sounds, guitar, piano-treatments

stephan mathieu:
farfisa vip 233, ebowed phonoharp, radio, percussion-treatment

frames by grebo gray
layout by david coppenhall

cut and mastered by rashad becker @ dubplates and mastering

there has been a recent surge in activity from robert hampson, with all manner of solo recordings and performances popping up. its only logical that he reactivates his beloved main project. as we all know, main laid the foundations during the 1990s for much of love of abstract guitar treatments in electronic music throughout the 2000s.

hampson has teamed up with stephan mathieu to create a stunning new album. on ‘ablation’, mathieu adds extra tonal colour and an obscure rhythmic palette to hampson’s exacting treatments and detailed use of layered concrète sounds to create an emotionally charged and fascinating work.

old fans of main will not be disappointed, and neither will new followers of experimental audio.

packaged with images by grebo gray with layout by dave coppenhall, and expertly mastered and cut by rashad becker, ‘ablation’ is a highlight for the spring 2013 season.

$15.51

new to stock as of
april 12th, 2013

threads:
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition
experimental-instruments
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones

editions mego (austria) #emego 160 cd

main “ablation” compact disc

i (10:04)
ii (13:03)
iii (13:54)
iv (9:03)

editions mego press release...

emego 160 / main
ablation
cd

release date 15.04.2013

recorded at thirst, grm studio 116b and schwebung
mixed at thirst

robert hampson:
analogue electronics, concrète sounds, guitar, piano-treatments

stephan mathieu:
farfisa vip 233, ebowed phonoharp, radio, percussion-treatment

frames by grebo gray
layout by david coppenhall

cut and mastered by rashad becker @ dubplates and mastering

there has been a recent surge in activity from robert hampson, with all manner of solo recordings and performances popping up. its only logical that he reactivates his beloved main project. as we all know, main laid the foundations during the 1990s for much of love of abstract guitar treatments in electronic music throughout the 2000s.

hampson has teamed up with stephan mathieu to create a stunning new album. on ‘ablation’, mathieu adds extra tonal colour and an obscure rhythmic palette to hampson’s exacting treatments and detailed use of layered concrète sounds to create an emotionally charged and fascinating work.

old fans of main will not be disappointed, and neither will new followers of experimental audio.

packaged with images by grebo gray with layout by dave coppenhall, and expertly mastered and cut by rashad becker, ‘ablation’ is a highlight for the spring 2013 season.

$20.01

back in stock as of
april 17th, 2013

first in stock on
october 18th, 2012

threads:
analogue-synth
guitar-themed
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones

best of 2012 !!!

editions mego (austria) #emego 148.2 lp

robert hampson “suspended cadences” long playing record

suspended cadences (three) (20:01)
suspended cadences (four) (19:59)

october 2012 release ; ... first in a pair of lp’s from main’s robert hampson, showcasing his electro-acoustic work ...

... altogether a bit busier & noisier than its “signaux” counterpart, the two pieces here stem from “live in the studio” improvisations on processed guitar & analogue synthesizer that recall roland kayn’s epic swarms of electronic light, slowly shifting across ancient sands ...

... killer stuff, not too far removed from the elegant ”small symphonies” robert was unleashing during his main days ... highly recommended !!!

editions mego press release...

emego 148.2 / robert hampson
suspended cadences
lp

release date 01.10.2012

improvised analogue electronics system and guitar recordings
recorded and mixed at thirst

sleeve photography: grebo gray
layout: david coppenhall

mastered by rashad becker @ dubplates and mastering
dmm cut at optimal

suspended cadences (released simultaneously, but sold separately as signaux) is a series of live improvisations for analogue electronics and guitar lasting a duration of 20 minutes each.

each performance is given a number and it can be based either in concert or the studio. two variations of the same theme are presented here. (three) is a majestic uplifting high velocity stormer of a set, which shows hampson’s improvising skills coming into full force. if (three) is the the ‘upper’ then (four) could be seen as the ‘downer’, with its far more concentrated and inward looking affair. another worthy addition to his recent very busy canon of work. no computer manipulations are used in the performances. a computer is only utilized as a recording device in the studio environment to record a direct to stereo mix. the concert performances will not be recorded at any time.

this vinyl album features the first two studio based performance titled (three) and (four). previous concert performances have been:

suspended cadences (one) performed at instants chavirés, paris, october 27th 2011
suspended cadences (two) performed at le batofar, paris, december 8th 2011

$20.01

back in stock as of
april 17th, 2013

first in stock on
october 18th, 2012

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
analogue-synth
musique-concrète
minimalism-drones

best of 2012 !!!

editions mego (austria) #emego 148.1 lp

robert hampson “signaux” long playing record

signaux 1 (17:56)
signaux 2 (18:02)

october 2012 release ; ... first in a pair of lp’s from main’s robert hampson, showcasing his electro-acoustic work ...

... this one offers two pieces of impeccable analogue synthesizer mapping(s), composed for a multi-channel performance at a planetarium in poitiers last year ; on par with such keening high-frequency blasts of analogia as guy reibel’s “granulations-sillages” & pierre henry’s “mise en musique” this takes a decidedly less “whiz-bang” approach to the form, favoring a subtler, slow unveil of automated analogue stems ...

... awesome record, miles beyond the vast majority of what’s repped as “next-level” synthesizer baptism(s) these days (in terms of pure timbral vastness & tightly controlled evolution) ... highly recommended !!!

editions mego press release...

emego 148.1 / robert hampson
signaux
lp

release date 01.10.2012

analogue electronics system recordings
recorded and mixed at thirst

sleeve photography: grebo gray
layout: david coppenhall

mastered by rashad becker @ dubplates and mastering
dmm cut at optimal

after the répercussions cd+dvd, robert hampson returns with 2 vinyl lps released simultaneously, but sold separately. on signaux hampson sets up a rich tapestry of needle like high frequencies and subtle bass spreads, expertly woven into two side long pieces.

signaux 1 is a 2 channel mix of a 8 channel diffusion at planétarium ecm mendes france, poitiers in 2012. whereas signaux 2 is a new composition, made specifically for this release. no computer manipulations are used. a computer is only utilized as a recording and editing device for the compositions.

$15.51

back in stock as of
april 17th, 2013

first in stock on
may 4th, 2011

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones
digital-musics
field-recordings

editions mego (austria) #emego 105 ep

cindytalk / robert hampson “five mountains of fire b/w antarctica ends here” ten inch single record

cindytak - five mountains of fire (9:40)
robert hamspson - antarctica ends here (9:36)

2010 release ; ... lovely split 10”, with a piece each by gordon “cindytalk” sharp & main’s robert hampson ...

editions mego press release...

emego 105 / cindytalk / robert hampson
five mountains of fire / antarctica ends here
10"

cindytalk - five mountains of fire

gordon sharp: electronics
paul middleton: drums
dan knowler: guitar
gary jeff: percussion
sherrill crosby: electronics

pre-mixed /re-played by gs at roi vert, okamoto, japan, march 2009.

robert hampson - antarctica ends here

dedicated to john cale
recorded and mixed at thirst 2007–2009 in london and paris
design: dave coppenhall

cindytalk’s gordon sharp and robert hampson (loop. main. ..) are 2 characters of legend circulating on the periphery of london (and beyond) underground music over the last 2 plus decades. it may come as s surprise then that this stunning split 10" is the first meeting of these two singular minds.

'five mountains of fire' by cindytalk is a cracking track taking their recent brittle electronic experiments and charging them with firecracker like percussion to create a pleasantly disorienting soundscape. flip it over and hampson delivers the practical polar opposite with antarctica ends here. an exceptionally beautiful piece utilizing piano and carefully placed electronics so as not to break the ice, a tribute to john cale's 'antarctica starts here' (from 'paris, 1919' album).

$7.99

new to stock as of
may 7th, 2003

file under:
guitar-themed
minimal-drones

tigerbeat6 (usa) #meow 064 cd

main “transiency” compact disc single

transiency i
transiency ii
transiency iii
transiency iv

guitar-sourced medium-form piece for mr. hampson... i recall with glee fleeing to newbury comics every monday for months looking for new installments of mr. hampson’s “hz’ series of cd5s on beggar’s banquet. beatiful, sublime little things... full of mystery and just gorgeous artwork. now we get tigerbeat6 editions, poorly printed with garish photoshop nightmare dna-strands. fortunately the music’s still the same, the spirit’s still there. for that electric guitar - musique concrète crossover hampson really can’t be beat. brilliant stuff...

$14.51

back in stock as of
september 5th, 2012

first in stock on
march 9th, 2012

threads:
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-composition
musique-concrète
digital-musics

touch (uk) #to:71 cd

robert hampson “vectors” compact disc

umbra (17:08)
ahead – only the stars (13:12)
dans le lointain (20:00)

2009 release ; ... in conversation with robert over the past 6 months (since working at the grm on & off over the past half-decade, he actually ended up moving to paris for good) i realized that i’d never actually heard this one, and that we (at mms) were somehow missing a good chunk of the last 2/3 yearsworth of touch releases ...

... here we get a triad of digital-age musique concrète pieces ; a clean break from robert’s work as main in that the software processes heavily utilized throughout tend to make more of a sonic impact than the source material (which, yes, is comprised of drones, in-situ “field” sound & assorted instrumental color ... albeit torn to shreds via the grm’s “tool-kit” & re-cast well below & above their natural spectral ranges) ... the results are strikingly event-heavy ; while steeped in atmosphere, the rich animations & automations are at the heart of the work(s), showing a great technicality & an incredible amount of attention paid to detail and/or compositional filigree ...

touch press release...

to:71 - robert hampson "vectors"

released: 2009
touch # to:71
cd in digipak - 3 tracks
artwork & design by jon wozencroft

umbra (2006) - is the second commission for grm. this 16 channel piece had it’s debut performance on the acousmonium - grm’s speaker orchestra - at salle olivier messiaen, maison de radio france, paris “the umbra (latin: shadow) is the darkest part of a shadow. from within the umbra, the source of light is completely concealed by the occulting body. in astronomy, an observer in the umbra is said to be in the shadows experiencing total eclipse.” this phenomenon is a direct influence on the work in the sense of the way that sounds are cast in the shadow of others, slowly becoming more distinct and featured as the piece progresses, materialising and then casting a shadow of their own.

ahead – only the stars (2007) - commissioned by vibrö for a performance at the planetarium de poitiers in 7.1 surround ratio. inspired and dedicated to the astronauts of the nasa mercury missions space program and possibly the greatest pilot ever, chuck yeager. after the introduction of jets blasting across the soundstage, the piece is then interspersed with radio transmissions (com. bleeps and static, with dialogue removed) that form the framework.

dans le lointain (2008) - the third commission for grm. a 2 channel stereo piece, it’s debut performance on the acousmonium - grm’s speaker orchestra - at salle olivier messiaen, maison de radio france, paris. sounds of shortwave radios, recorded by hampson in the very early 80’s and recently rediscovered on a cassette, are manipulated through very traditional techniques utilised by early tape experimental works of the grm and collected with more modern forms of digital manipulation. the title (in the distance) refers to the distance radio signals can travel, but also the distance of time that elapsed since the shortwave recordings were made on a four track recorder and dubbed onto cassette by hampson around 1981/82.

$14.51

back in stock as of
april 26th, 2013

first in stock on
july 14th, 2003

threads:
1970s-electronic
electro-acoustic-composition
musique-concrète
digital-musics
minimalism-drones

sub rosa (belgium) #sr 199 cd

“4 parabolic mixes - live recordings” double compact disc set

henri pousseur - first parabolic mix (29:14)
main / robert hampson - second parabolic mix (27:38)
philip jeck - third parabolic mix (27:27)
oval / markus popp - fourth parabolic mix (34:10)

interesting set wherein 3 contemporary electronic musicians of differing backgrounds were asked to compose and perform new constructions of henri pousseur’s 1972 8-channel opus “8 études paraboliques” (itself having been issued in 2001 by sub rosa as a 4cd set intended for partial and complete simultaneous playback). along with a contemporary take by mr. pousseur himself...

sub rosa press release...

4 parabolic mixes
pousseur-main-jeck-oval
sr199
2cd

this double cd proposes 4 unpublished tracks based on "parabolic studies" -(limited edition 4cd box set by henri pousseur / sr174) first one by the pioneer of electronic music henri pousseur followed by robert hampson/ main, philip jeck, oval

transhisorics
in november 2001, we had just published henri pousseur's "8 parabolic studies" ("8 études paraboliques") in a box of 4 cds - these electronic pieces have been created in 1972 at the wdr studios in cologne. the idea was to ask other musicians, of different generations, to attempt a new mix on the basis of these eight studies. the first mix (and not re-mix) was a re-interpretation by henri pousseur himself – this laid the foundation stone of the edifice. contrary to the mixes carried out thirty years ago, these were made digitally. the second mix was robert hampson's - quite nervous of the master's reaction, who was present during the set. robert, who holds an exhaustive knowledge of electronic music from its origins and of all its aspects - even of the more obscure ones -gave a personal but faithful interpretation of pousseur's studies. another degree of alteration was highlighted by philip jeck, who created a massive and powerful set, adding sounds from other sources (which is totally allowed according to pousseur's original concept). and finally, oval - according to the process that is quintessential to his work, markus popp could only produce a piece far removed from its sources; since it is within sound itself that all sonorous source passes through the ovalprocess, thus becoming ovalmusic - that is, music having its very own properties. we already had an unstable timeline that spanned from the original to a radically different piece - engrossing intermediary stages of destructuring. it is precisely these stages that were reconstituted here.

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