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Steve RODEN
“A thousand breathing forms”
“A thousand breathing forms”, the second boxset of Steve Roden archive works released by Sonoris, is a selection of unreleased or hard to locate works from 2003 to 2008, a very prolific and creative period for the californian artist.
The boxset is centered on his hard-to-describe loop based sound works that are uniquely his own (such as Stars of ice, A Christmas play for Joseph Cornell) but also includes the conceptual “One hour as the bumps of surfaces” and some more musical or instrumental works. “So delicate and strangely made”, the title of one of his very first records, could still be the right description of his sound work, rooted in visual arts and architecture, mixing conceptual rigor and experimentation without neglecting musicality.
Steve Roden (1964) is a visual and sound artist born in Los Angeles. Roden’s work includes painting, drawing, sculpture, film/video, sound installation, and performance.
Most of Roden’s sound works tend towards using a singular source - such as objects, architectural spaces, field recordings, or texts. These things, become abstracted through humble electronic processes to create new audio spaces, or “possible landscapes”.
Mastering by Giuseppe Ielasi.
CD1
1. stars of ice (2008, cdr, new plastic music)
2-9. stills for guru dutt (2004, unreleased)
CD2
1-4. in flows and spuns (2004, released as a 100 copies lp by en/of)
5. 22 letters and the resonance of a three pointed star (2006, compilation track)
CD3
one hour as the bumps of surfaces (2003, radio broadcast, unreleased)
CD4
1. calmem (2008, unreleased)
2. for you the sunrise (2008, unreleased)
3. banjoharmonium (2006, unreleased)
CD5
1. a christmas play for joseph cornell (2007, cdr, new plastic music)
2. thomas sat down and looked at the sea (2004, compilation track)
3. vester fields (2007, cdr, volume projects)
CD6
1. winter is herd or heard (2007, unreleased)
2. to these 4 horizons (2008, unreleased)
3-5. sleep/walk/drive (2003, unreleased)
6. aucla irde lalu ne (2008, compilation track)
+ the 3” CD “A slow moving boat” included in each box.
500 copies
“as i listen to the tracks that are compiled here, i realize that for so many times my works have been inspired by the works of others, and other objects. ‘stars of ice’ was inspired by a chinese 7” record salvaged from a thrift store. ‘stills for guru dutt’ came out of my love of discovering my favorite bollywood director, and the en/of record used the sound of the great indian playback singer mohammed rafi. ‘22 letters and the resonance of a three pointed star’ was inspired by an early 1960’s building for the olivetti design firm in ivrea italy, where the original installation was placed within the lobby where it was “modulated” by the space. ‘a christmas play for joseph cornell’ was of course, inspired by the work of joseph cornell, but also george brecht’s water yam scores. the banjo used in banjoharmonium was found at the flea market (my home from home), and the harmonium was a gift from my friend damon. yes, maurice blanchot!, herd and heard - wordplay always. ‘these 4 horizons’ was, again with collaborating with architecture, making recordings in the rain on the site of le corbusier’s roncham after getting lost for hours while trying to find our way through torrential rains (that you can hear on one of these tracks). ‘sleep walk drive’ was a collaboration, also something important to keep one honest. the last track, so tiny, was a cover version of the oldest recorded sound we know, and the story of that not only generated this track, but a sound and video installation… and so i have been collaborating not only with people but with objects, ideas, and forms.” Steve Roden
40,00€
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6 CD
Kevin DRUMM
“Elapsed Time”
Since his emergence in the experimental music scene, about 20 years ago now, Kevin Drumm has perpetually shaken up conventions of various sub-genres with his major albums, for example, shifting from the tabletop/prepared guitar with his first self-titled album, to noise with Sheer Hell Miasma, to ambient/drone with Imperial Distortion. He has been notably prolific recently, with numerous self-released cdr and digital releases.
Elapsed Time is a collection of some of these recent works, dating from 2012 to 2016: desolate ambient drone (Middle Of Nothing, February), "cassette tape music" or raw musique concrete (Earrach, The Whole House), computer assisted live electronics and rough spectral music (Crooked Abode, Bolero Muter), with additional tracks from Tannenbaum and Shut-In.
This boxset documents one of the key figures of today american avant-garde at his peak of creativity.
Nicely remastered by Giuseppe Ielasi for an optimal listening experience (hifi system recommended).
40,00€
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6 CD
Steve RODEN
“Every color moving (1988 – 2003)”
“Every Color Moving” consists of 6 discs, covering 7 hours of the 15 first years of Steve Roden musical activities. The first 4 discs contain unreleased works and impossible to find small editions. The last 2 discs offer a selection of tracks made for compilations during the same period. From the surprising early experiments to the development of his often imitated but never equalled ‘lowercase’ aesthetic, these are some of Roden’s earliest works, documenting numerous rare and unreleased recordings.
The discs are accompanied with a 32 page booklet with an essay and extended track notes, written by the artist.
Steve Roden (1964) is a visual and sound artist born in Los Angeles. Roden’s work includes painting, drawing, sculpture, film/video, sound installation, and performance. Roden’s earliest musical experience was as the singer of the Los Angeles punk band “Seditionaries” from 1978 - 1982, performing locally with some famous bands from this scene. Roden’s early works moved from loud to quiet in the midst of an emotional crisis at age 18, fueling a shift in his work, with the discovery of Eno’s Obscure label. In the early -1990’s Roden discovered the Broken Music catalog (an encyclopedic survey of records related to visual artists), offering a context for an artistic practice rooted in both visual and sound art.
In 1990 Roden released his first recording on a self-released cassette titled “the secret of happiness” under the artist name “in be tween noise”. Since then, Roden has released 45 solo recordings on various labels, alongside numerous collaborations and compilations. By the late 1990’s Roden began to use his own name as the artist of his solo recordings. Most of Roden’s sound works tend towards using a singular source - such as objects, architectural spaces, field recordings, or texts. These things, become abstracted through humble electronic processes to create new audio spaces, or “possible landscapes”. In 2000, he used the term “lowercase” to describe a music that “bears a certain sense of quiet and humility”. Over the years, he has created a rich and diverse body of work that is uniquely his own, mixing conceptual rigor, experimentation and musicality.
40,00€
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COMPILATION
GOODBYE, BABYLON
Back in stock.
2003.
“In February 1999 a college radio disc jockey named Lance Ledbetter set out on a mission to compile rare and essential recordings of vintage religious music. Four and a half years later the result of this journey was released as a box set called Goodbye, Babylon. The set consists of five CDs featuring 135 Songs (1902-1960) and one CD featuring 25 Sermons (1926-1941). Accompanying the CDs is a 200 page book with Bible verses, complete lyric transcriptions, and notes for each recording. All of the components is reverently packed with raw cotton and housed in a deluxe 8" x 11" x 2.5" cedar box. Six CDs. 200 page book. Cedar box. Raw cotton.” 160 tracks with among others, Rev. T. T. Rose and Singers, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Carter Family, Frank Palmes, Brother Claude Ely, Stanley Brothers, Skip James, Johnson Family Singers, Blind Roger Hays, Blind Willie Johnson, Washington Phillips, Hank Williams, Sam Jones, Famous Blue Jay Singers, Dock Reed and Vera Hall Ward, Jimmie Strothers, Elder Otis Jones…
95,00€
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COMPILATION
WANDELWEISER UND SO WEITER
“Wandelweiser und so weiter” is a 6-CD box set with 8 hours of music by a wide range of composers in or around the Wandelweiser collective. The box brings together previously unissued works by the most well-known composers in the Wandelweiser collective (Michael Pisaro, Antoine Beuger, Radu Malfatti and Manfred Werder), pieces by other Wandelweiser composers (Johnny Chang, Sam Sfirri, Eva-Maria Houben, Stefan Thut, Taylan Susam), as well as music by other composers whose work relates to Wandelweiser in some way, such as James Saunders, Dominic Lash, Anett Németh and John Cage. A central focus of the collection is the way in which Wandelweiser music has in recent years come together with the ’post-reductionist’ strand within improvisation. Many of the pieces on the box set are realisations of Wandelweiser scores by musicians who are better known as improvisers, but who have recently been drawn to the soundworld of Wandelweiser. All the tracks on the box set are new recordings played by different groupings of over 50 musicians including Angharad Davies, Radu Malfatti, Lee Patterson, Jurg Frey, Philip Thomas, Patrick Farmer, Rhodri Davies, Phil Durrant, Sarah Hughes, Dominic Lash, Anton Lukoszevieze, Tim Parkinson and many more.”
CD1, Confluences. Sam Sfirri, “natural at last” (2010) with Neil Davidson, guitar & objects, Rhodri Davies, harp, Jane Dickson, piano, Patrick Farmer, amplified objects / open CD players, Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, zither. Antoine Beuger, “Lieux de Passage” (2008) with Jürg Frey, clarinet + Angharad Davies, violin, Phil Durrant, electronics, Anton Lukoszevieze, cello, Radu Malfatti, trombone, Lee Patterson, amplified objects, Philip Thomas, piano. Manfred Werder”2011(4)” with Anett Németh, recording, instruments, objects. Sam Sfirri “natural at last” (2010) with Angharad Davies, violin, Phil Durrant, electronics, Jürg Frey, clarinet, Anton Lukoszevieze, cello, Radu Malfatti, trombone, Lee Patterson, amplified objects, Philip Thomas, piano. James Saunders, “various distinct spatial or temporal locations” (2011) with Simon Reynell, coffee carton. Radu Malfatti, “Heikou” (2010) with Angharad Davies, violin, Phil Durrant, electronics, Jürg Frey, clarinet, Joseph Kudirka, double bass, Anton Lukoszevieze, cello, Radu Malfatti, trombone, Lee Patterson, amplified objects, Philip Thomas, piano.
CD2, Crosscurrents. Sam Sfirri, “the undulating land” (2010) with NMC Chamber Ensemble: Jason Brogan, electric guitar, Bill Carson, acoustic guitar, Jared Sinclair, flute, Kim Larson, clarinet, Ron Wiltrout, percussion, Sam Sfirri, melodica. John Cage, “Three2” (1991) with Simon Allen, Chris Burn & Lee Patterson, percussion. Pierre Borel / Johnny Chang / Derek Shirley, “Etchings” (2012) with Pierre Borel, alto saxophone, Johnny Chang, viola, Derek Shirley, double bass. Phil Durrant, “Sowari for Ensemble” (1997) with Phil Durrant, electronics, Lee Patterson, amplified objects & processes, Philip Thomas, piano. Michael Pisaro, “fields have ears (3b)” (2010) with Set Ensemble:
55,00€