{"id":1177,"date":"2009-07-14T02:46:30","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T02:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w174.i8u.com\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2010-04-01T03:34:39","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T03:34:39","slug":"ligne-i8u-tomas-phillips-review-by-giuseppe-angelucci-spiritual-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"Review Ligne i8u | Tomas Phillips (ATAK) 2009 – by Giuseppe Angelucci, Spiritual Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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i8u – Tomas Phillips ligne (CD by ATAK) 2009<\/p>\n

Atak is a Japanese label born in 2002, founded by Keiichiro Shibuya and maria, a duo also known as “Slipped Disk”. Its catalogue comprises fifteen releases so far, including Shibuya’s newest work (“For Maria”). All published albums have electronics as predominant factor, although managed from different viewpoints, primarily dealing with experimentation fields and sound art aspects.\u2028\u2028”Ligne”, out two months ago, marks a collaboration (a new synergy after \u201cAnther\u201d in 2006) between France Jobin, Canadian sound-sculpture artist (i8u) and Tomas Phillips, American composer as well as literature teacher.i8u creates, since more than a decade, acclaimed works, live performances and installations, Phillips’ sound is usually associated to reference labels like Trente Oiseaux, and\/OAR, Non Visual Objects, Line, and, recently, Koyuki.\u2028\u2028”Ligne” could be read as a report of visions, feelings and aesthetic attitudes, reflecting the intellectual background of its authors, whose abilities, combined together, produce an astounding result beyond expectation.\u2028\u2028Four tracks here: two “lines” (which open and close the work) as boundary for a point and a data (names given to the other pieces), about a hour of encoded information, a persistent stream from the start-up to the last pulse, unpredictable sound sceneries proposed.\u2028Environmental recordings are present, of course, but it is also possible to notice compositional moments, forceful changes of state, harmonic structures which tangle up.\u2028Dilated, extended soundscapes burst on the scene, fade away and revitalize themselves after a while.\u2028\u2028The first drawing is built on cracklings, glitches, interferences which intersect resounding patterns, melodic (in rare moments) or (more often) soaked with a hypnotic vein.\u2028This scheme is kept for the first half of the track, then new, different perturbations on a more minimal ground and a new mutation around the thirteenth minute: electronic pulses meet repeated, manipulated piano tones.\u2028In the second piece there\u2019s a prevalence of subtle frequencies and defective insertions, what causes a granular effect in pure microsound style.\u2028\u201cDonn\u00e9e\u201d, the third track, is also the longest and the most fascinating: it starts with rustles, scattered noises, rumblings placed in continuum, then evolves in suave patches put on abrasive surfaces.\u2028Lastly, \u201cLigne\u201d, once more an immersion into profound sounds, exploded with more violence, sharp-pointed projections which afterwards dissolve into more peaceful states, almost meditative.\u2028Excellent interaction between the two protagonists, intelligent use of (re)sources, spent for a very complex work, really expressive\u2026or, to be precise, visual.<\/p>\n

Label: Atak\u2028Cat. #: ATAK013\u2028Format: CD\u2028Release date: 2009<\/p>\n

Tracklisting:<\/p>\n

01 – Ligne (18:23)
\n02 – Point (08:38)
\n03 – Donn\u00e9e (19:15)
\n04 – Ligne (10:10)<\/p>\n

-Spiritual Archives.<\/p>\n

Giuseppe Angelucci<\/p>\n

Address: http:\/\/atak.jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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