michael vallera “divisions of the source” cassette

• immovable
  
• bedroom painting
  
  
• ablaze is all the world
  
• gone

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michael vallera - divisions of the source (lde 019) c-23 normal tape, black shell. home-dubbed, one at a time, on nad and marrantz tape decks, in real time. professionally printed j-card with front die-cut. edition of 75. recorded at experimental sound studio, soma electronic music studios, and at home. assembled over a series of late nights in the summer of 2011 in chicago, illinois.

greg davis “states (4)” cassette

• states (part 7)
  
  
• states (part 8)

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greg davis - states (4) (lde 016) c-21:30 normal tape, white shell. home-dubbed, one at a time, on nad and marrantz tape decks, in real time. professionally printed j-card with front die-cut. edition of 120.  'states' is my name for a series of explorations and studies of modular synthesizer music. this series is meant to document the evolution and journey with this particular instrument (which is ever changing) the condition of matter with respect to structure, form, constitution, phase, or the like the pieces are generally constructed by spending a lot of time setting up complex, multi-voice patches on the synthesizer and working with it for hours / days to sculpt the sound into an interesting space. then i normally record the patch for a length of time, usually without much interaction during the recording. i tend to gravitate towards autonomous systems that are interesting enough as they are (this is an aspect of modular synthesizers that is very fascinating to me). after various patches are recorded, then i work with the materials as sound objects (or states) and put together the compositions through editing / mixing / layering, etc…each of the larger 'states' pieces is composed of many smaller parts of many hours of recordings. the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes states (4) was particularly focused on working and building patches around two sequencers in my system. these were the core of all of the patches and everything grew out of that center. (except for the first and last part of the cassette which were earlier computer controlled oscillator experiments). i was also interested in further focusing in on more rhythmic patches (no matter how off kilter or polyrhythmic they may be). i think this was a natural outgrowth of working with the two sequencers. this cassette has the most simplistic compositional structure so far of the whole series. it is simply 5 patches per side separated by sine tone beeps (which is a descending overtone series on g). there were four 'states' releases on cassettes on four different record labels over the last year. this is the last one for a little while. i felt that this was a good place to pause the series while i work on other music projects and dig deeper into the modular synthesizer to discover an even more personal music. a particular condition of mind or feeling

ben vida “trading prescriptions” cassette

• asuna #2
  
• buuh
  
• full damage #1
  
• stutter fux’es (w. monobloc)
  
• krnk prt 1
  
  
• taap lungy bounce 2
  
• ubsyrs
  
• sm for a and jpn friends

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ben vida - trading prescriptions (lde 015) c-34 normal tape, yellow shell. home-dubbed, one at a time, on nad and marrantz tape decks, in real time. professionally printed j-card with front die-cut. edition of 120. "trading prescriptions" is a collection of works for computer controlled analog modular synthesizer. these eight pieces focus on disjunct rhythm and abstract propulsion.

robert aiki aubrey lowe “terre plate” c38 cassette

• aperçus lunaires p.1 (10:46)
  
• ngc 6872 (5:5)
  
  
• positionnement à la dérive (5:44)
  
• aperçus lunaires p.2 (12:55)

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robert aiki aubrey lowe - terre plate (lde 014) c- 38 premium basf - emtec chrome tape, yellow shell. home-dubbed, one at a time, on nad tape decks, in real time. professionally printed j-card with front die-cut. edition of 120. like viewed from a high place, at a first glance the sounds seem to offer a flat dimension only to slowly open up and reveal layers, complexity of the natural construction of all things. perfect companion to long walk in the death of crumbling cities, these sounds will transport you in a state of post futuristic state, transforming what you once knew into something straight out of a sci-fi movie.