"Subtle Movements is a small masterpiece of sound and its processing. Working in the vein of acousmatic music, while completing her Master's Degree in electroacoustic composition at the Université de Montréal, Freida Abtan has conducted a grand alchemical experiment- one lasting four years. In her words:
"There is a very real magic in the manipulation of sound. Hidden intricacies that might not be perceptible when a sound is ingested raw are rendered audible through processing. Samples take on the characteristics of the methods by which they are treated and become
indistinguishable from others only to regain their separate identities after careful filtering. My compositions follow the path forged by visual collagists: a unified beast created from shards of the mundane."
This "unified beast" seems to be part chimera and part golem. Sometimes it staggers towards toward us with uncanny rumblings, other times it tickles the ear with intimate delicacy. While Abtan takes some points of departure from collaborator Steven Stapleton/ Nurse With Wound (who appears here on two exceptional tracks), she definitely stakes her own territory, a meadow where beauty and weirdness commingle. In a mode that suggests synaesthesia, her sound conjures unusual places, smells and sights. Subtle Movements is a musical potion designed to draw you into the Eighth Climate, stimulating your imagination as it caresses your quivering pineal gland. It is, by turns, exotic, erotic and awe-inspiring. Surrender to its magic; an unforgettable transmission from some distant oneiric outpost."
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Lightness And Weight
2
Creeping Ivy
3
The Works And Days Of Hands
4
Manifold
5
Cackles Of My Heart
Engineer - Colin Potter Technician - James Duhamel Written-By - Freida Abtan , Steven Stapleton
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Hereditary Disorder
7
The Act Of Repetition
Technician - James Duhamel
8
Electric Smudge
Engineer - Colin Potter Technician - James Duhamel Written-By - Freida Abtan , Steven Stapleton
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Yellow Flowers
10
Shimmer And Dissolve
11
Even Small Things Break (Into Smaller Things)
12
Carnival Lights
"All tracks Freida Abtan except for cackles of my heart and electric smudge Freida Abtan and Steven Stapleton with help from Colin Potter. Some of the sounds on those two songs as well as on the act of repetition were recorded with the help of James Duhamel. Shimmer and dissolve was originally composed for TILT as a tribute to the work of Hugh LeCaine and is dedicated to Constantine
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2 comments:
Thanks for this intro. I had never heard of her before but she is really interesting. Agree somewhat with the brainwashed article that this album is a little disjointed but...I would love to hear her more recent CDR's and see how she is proressing. I think this album works if you look at this as a sketchbook with some sketches more completed than others...
Thanx again.
Regards/
That would be 'progressing'!
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