francisco lópez “absolute noise ensemble” double compact disc set

• a two-disc lopez collage freakout !!

• 06.16.00
  
• 11.03.00
  
• 01.21.01
  
• 06.08.02
  
• 09.22.02

• untitled sonic microorganisms

russell haswell “acid no!se synthesis” compact disc

• lissajous square (0:33)
  
• logo #2 (ts) (1:00)
  
• call (1:04)
  
• pulsar anthem (4:43)
  
• shapeshifter (5:25)
  
• acid no!se #6 (ws+ts) (3:01)
  
• a.n.s. #1 (10:33)
  
• void (2:13)
  
• a.n.s. #2 (12:15)
  
• no!se pulsar (3:37)
  
• acid wind (4:05)
  
• acid no!se medley (11:17)
  
• perc klonk carrier (1:13)
  
• brainfloss (1:24)
  
• scm vs modular (3:42)
  
• acid verb 17062010 (6:03)
  
• phase ender (0:52)

editions mego press release...

emego 134 /  russell haswell acid no!se synthesis cd comes with a 16 pp booklet with text and 15 vector oscillograms. improvisation on either modular synthesiser, computer or electronics and pedals. recorded and simultaneously monitored on stereo / phase scope (visual) and speakers or headphones (auditory). performed, recorded (direct to hd - 2 channel - no overdub, no midi), edited, compiled and mastered by russell haswell in suffolk, 2010 - 2011 for multi-sensory experience (seeing sound, in this case, lissajous patterns), connect a stereo / phase scope (oscilloscope x-y view or software equivalent) to your audio player... recommended reading: oscilloscope at work. alfred haas, ralph watson hallows (wireless world / iliffe & sons ltd. 1956) audio metering. eddy bøgh brixen (focal press. 2011) this isnt what you think it is.

russell haswell / florian hecker “kanal gendyn” long playing record and digital versatile disc set

• kanal gendyn stereo [a] (29:53)
  
  
• kanal gendyn stereo [b] (33:00)
  
  
• dvd :: kanal gendyn 4.0 (62:53)

editions mego press release...

emego 129 /  russell haswell & florian hecker kanal gendyn lp+dvd recorded and produced by russell haswell & florian hecker, 2004–2011 stereo version mixed by haswell & hecker @ ccmix (centre de création musicale iannis xenakis), paris, march 2004 digitally mastered by russell haswell @ haswell studio, suffolk, england, july 2011 dvd authored by gop , köln, september 2011 editions mego is happy to announce the release of 'kanal gendyn', a vinyl and dvd set by russell haswell & florian hecker. this is the first full length release by the artists following their highly acclaimed albums, 'blackest ever black (electroacoustic upic recordings)' (warner classics, 2007), and 'upic warp tracks' (warp, 2008), in addition to their remix's of popol vuh, and voice crack. in the late 90s, early 2000s, it became common for bands, or solo artists to perform live - often alternative - soundtracks to feature films or silent classics. critical of obvious instrumentation and the combination with known classic film, the artists russell haswell & florian hecker chose to create a real-time soundtrack, to an unscored film, 'kanal video' (1992, 60 min.) by the swiss artist duo peter fischli & david weiss. core to kanal gendyn is haswell & hecker's ongoing research on the legacies of polymath iannis xenakis (1922–2001) and in particular his concept of the dynamic stochastic synthesis, an abstract sound synthesis procedure that creates 'sound out of nothing'. in an interview with peter hoffmann, the artists recall: this video, which consists of an hour long ‘ride’ through the zurich sewage system, with a remotely controlled maintenance vehicle equipped with a video camera to survey the sewers for eventual irregularities of defects — struck us both as an ideal piece to be projected in a ‘nightclub’ or music venue with a gendyn only performance. we found twisted relations with such an hour long ‘tunnel vision’. once with the seemingly endless amount of computer generated video projections used as visuals accompanying raves and techno parties during the 1990’s — and also to the accounts of visual hallucinations induced by mescaline as described by heinrich klüver in the 1920’s — with the so called ‘form constants’ — where he mentions amongst others, ‘tunnel like’ patterns. the particularities of gendyn, with its ever changing and meandering waveforms appeared to us as an ideal counterpart. kanal gendyn was performed on the occasion of the event ‘musterraum 9. dual presentation — peter fischli & david weiss — russell haswell & florian hecker’ at musterraum, munich, 30.01.2004. originally constructed as an experimental building, ‘musterraum’ — german for sample or reference room — was a freestanding cube with a base area of 10 12 meters. built as a test and reference space for the planning and construction of the adjacent pinakothek der moderne. two stereo feeds were crossed for quadraphonic (4.0) diffusion using a l&b f12 / b12 loudspeaker system. performed concurrently to the peter fischli & david weiss, ‘kanal video’ (1992, 60 min.) screened on three facing walls. kanal gendyn is released as stereo vinyl lp + 4.0 dts 24 bit / 48 khz dvd (audio only) set. the cover features 10 stills from the original fischli & weiss video, included inside is a 30 x 30 cm 170 gramm paper insert with a further, full-page still, plus extensive sleeve notes by musicologist and software developer peter hoffmann, and everything was designed by norm, zurich. its also worth noting that, with a running time of over an hour, this is one of the longest single lp releases you will come across!  cut by rashad 'the master' becker at dubplates & mastering, berlin, september 2011

russell haswell “in it (immersive live salvage)” long playing record and digital versatile disc set

• budapest, march 29, 2010, part 1 (uhj)
  
• zurich, march 24, 2010, part 2 (uhj)
  
• berlin, april 1, 2010, part 2 (uhj)
  
• encore from bologna, march 27, 2010 (uhj)
  
  
• encore from nantes, march 21, 2010 (uhj)
  
• encore from luxembourg, april 8, 2010 (uhj)
  
• london, april 10, 2010, part 4 (uhj)
  
• hamburg, april 6, 2010, part 3 (uhj)
  
• encore from hamburg, april 6, 2010 (uhj)
  
  
• milan, march 25, 2010, part 1 (5.1)
  
• leeds, march 17, 2010, part 2 (5.1)
  
• encore from brighton, march 18, 2010 (5.1)
  
• birmingham, march 12, 2010, part 2 (5.1)
  
• amsterdam, april 8, 2010, part 2 (5.1)
  
• brussels, april 9, 2010, part 2 (5.1)
  
• encore from manchester, march 11, 2010 (5.1)
  
• geneva, march 23, 2010, part 3 (5.1)
  
• lyon, march 22, 2010, part 3 (5.1)

russell haswell “wild tracks” compact disc

• exceptionally loud propane gas cannon bird scarer (6:00)
  
• jamaican blowhole (5:03)
  
• ant colony (featuring eurofighter typhoon f2 flyby) (10:00)
  
• wasp-war (featuring apache ah mk1 duet) (10:43)
  
• helicopter trip (edit) (12:05)
  
• a horde of flies feast on a rotting pheasant carcass (extract) (6:30)
  
• electroswat (playlist re-edit) (3:14)
  
• local gamekeepers shooting a few fields away (2:00)
  
• missing/hitting beer can target (1:00)
  
• rocket launch (0:10)
  
• high force from above (2:42)
  
• summerhill force from inside gibson's cave (3:02)
  
• trappers bait digital caller (3:00)
  
• falling snow #4
  
• +20db (extract) (4:50)
  
• dramatic whining wind (3:39)

editions mego press release...

emego 099 / russell haswell wild tracks cd total time: 73:59 recorded in suffolk, co. durham, st. lucia & jamaica 2007-2009. edited, compiled and mastered @ haswell studio, suffolk warning: extreme dynamic levels. listeners experience may change during playback! "wild track: sound recorded during production without picture." (sound-on film. vincent lobrutto. praeger, 1994. p.287) russell haswell returns with a complete departure from his real-time computer generated improvisations (‘live salvage’ & ‘second live salvage’). wild tracks is a collection of ‘deliberate recordings’ made with other multi media / film projects in mind. these recordings do not contain any overdubs or compression, and document a wide variety of audio experiences. taking you to a blowhole in jamaica, inside an ant colony and to the entrance of wasp nest in suffolk, on a helicopter ride in st. lucia, two waterfalls in county durham, as well as the sound of freshly fallen snow, flies being electrocuted and contributions from various military tactical airlift planes, air defence fighters and attack helicopters. the recordings on wild tracks were realised using a variety of techniques including using hydrophones to record falling snow, recording gamekeepers many fields away with a parabolic dish, as well as binaural, ‘near-field’ & ‘direct’. at editions mego, we understand this to be the first commercially released audio cd to be packaged in a kidzbox™ containing a full colour a2 poster with photographs and detailed recording notes. unlike any other release this season!

russell haswell “second live salvage” double long playing record set

• 2000, museu de cièmcies, valencia. (08:12.14)
  
• 2002, färgfabriken, stockholm. (10:53.82)
  
  
• 2002, schirn kunsthalle, frankfurt. (16:02.84)
  
  
• 2004, engine rooms, brighton. (18:37.59)
  
  
• 2006, point éphémère, paris. (5:08.62)
  
• + 'bonus recording', russell haswell & toshiji mikawa: 2007, ikki, kita kyushu. (10:12.81)

russell haswell “value + bonus” double compact disc set

• left right mono stereo (0:10)
  
• my no!se floor test (2:00)
  
• sub bass test (0:55)
  
• wino (4:05)
  
• room voice freeze tone (2:41)
  
• motorway sequence (2:10)
  
• the artist and the record company would like to warn you that consistent high volume playback of these recordings may damage your audio system and ears. do not set levels to maximum. (0:21)
  
• multicultural no!se @ 17.5 db rms (black, brown, pink and white no!se + mix) (5:01)
  
• sine wave/no!se @ -10.2 db rms (1:40)
  
• none (5:17)
  
• trk 4 (6:46)
  
• computer no!se (8:44)
  
• acid no!se (3:39)
  
• coventry (6:20)
  
• thursday afternoon 15102009 (11:59)
  
• no!se set + acid no!se encore (live @ 23 romily st, 12082009) (11:43)
  
  
• nocturnal playlist edit + wave repeat variations (10:02)
  
• roberts r871 fm/mw/lw/sw 1-12 unedited radio scan solo (after michael snow, consumer electronics, toshiji mikawa) (63:45)

no fun productions press release...

57 russell haswell 'value+bonus' 2xcd combining cd player demonstration test signals, 24 bit digitally recorded improvised freeform analog pedal/electronic no!se, direct to hd computer generated and recorded no!se, flashbacks from the 1980s of 303 and 909 no!se assaults including free-style repeat and reverse editing, a frog call editing experiment, finishing off the second disc is a unedited long-form radio de-tuning session! value + bonus is the sixth solo album release by russell haswell.it comes in deluxe no fun gatefold jacket and is limited to 1000.

“all tomorrow’s parties 1.1 • sonic youth curated” compact disc

• sonic youth - fauxhemians
  
• unwound - behold the salt
  
• stephen malkmus - good kids egg
  
• stereolab - old lungs
  
• bardo pond - white turban (the traveller)
  
• cat power - come on in my kitchen
  
• papa m - how can i tell you i love you?
  
• cannibal ox - pidgeon
  
• the dead c - load segment
  
• boredoms - super now
  
• kevin drumm - my tree bears no nuts (part 2)
  
• satanstornade - enhanced amalgamated computer experience