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threads: electro-acoustic-composition musique-concrète field-recordings
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| | | cmr (new zealand) #cmr 05 cd roel meelkop “(onkyo ok)” compact disc - i (6:54)
- ii (8:34)
- iii (8:21)
- iv (7:50)
- v (7:53)
- vi (6:31)
| | 2004 release of pieces by roel meelkop. |
| | launching cmrs new line of hand-numbered 78rpm dust jacket cd packaging is dutch sound artist roel meelkop. roel was a founding member of audio art group thu20 in the early eighties who continue to perform and record, is currently a member of electro-acoustic live project kapotte muziek, and the electronic rhythm group goem (both along with frans de waard and peter duimelinks).
roel has a long history of visual art, sound installation, curation and organization of various live music events in rotterdam, his city of residence, and abroad. his well-received solo work has been released on numerous labels including trente oiseaux (ger), v2_archief (neth), line (us), intransitive recordings (us), korm plastics (neth) and most recently tariff records (us) and klingfilm (bel).
onkyo ok is composed of recordings made during roels tour to japan in summer 2001 (along with frans de waard and peter duimelinks). where kiyoshi mizutanis yokosawa-iri cd (cmr1) uses primarily rural sound sources from a selected area, onkyo ok may strike a special chord and familiarity with anyone who has visited japans urban areas, cities and outlying regions.
various components of the rich japanese soundscape (to name a few: pachinko parlours, train crossings, crows, electrical machines, people) have been captured, abstracted (or not), blended and re-composed creating unique sonic snapshots of this beautiful and at times bewildering country.
the sound pieces are relatively constant over time (roels characteristic silences are at a minimum) containing numerous complimentary sources simultaneously building together into broadband structures, then falling away to focus on various seperate objects and events.
this album serves as a beautiful document and expression of the ever-changing japanese acoustic environment as it was at the beginning of the twenty first century. |
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