{"id":3924,"date":"2012-04-27T21:35:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T21:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/?p=3924"},"modified":"2012-11-30T20:38:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T20:38:20","slug":"review-valence-line-2012-igloomag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/?p=3924","title":{"rendered":"Review – Valence (LINE) – 2012 – igloomag"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Valence on LINE\u00a0 054 \u2013 2012<\/p>\n

\"Valence<\/a> Montreal\u2019s France Jobin francejobin.com purveys a kind of audio art in the realm of Roden rather than the Tietchens tradition; quiet sound-sculptures at the intersection of analogue and digital, of musical and visual. Valence<\/strong><\/a> is a kind of coming out, previous recordings bearing the i8u<\/a> alias\u2014on Room40, Non Visual Objects and Dragons Eye. The last mentioned label\u2019s 29 Palms had showcased the artist\u2019s subtle sleight of hand in \u2018ambiguous atmospheres unfolding out of a seemingly infinitely creatively configurable trio of materials\u2014synthetic sustain, wavering tonalities and digital crackle\u2014that commingle with occasional emergent harmonics<\/a>.\u2019 Created entirely from transformed field recordings (of uncertain provenance), i8u familars will find Valence imbued with a similar pared back flowing minimalism, a discreet fishing in interstitial pools that\u2019s become a trademark. As such it feels less like a change of substance than a further refined version of i8u\u2019s delicate pointillism, though there\u2019s seems a clearer and more present affective steer\u2014away from doleful or dark\u2014more glowing than glowering. It feels more integral, likely linked to Jobin\u2019s incorporation of once lumpy lows into a more lissom high-mid spectrum. Press patter invoking Eliane Radigue and Celer is, in spirit rather than literal sound, on the mark, though the latter seems a more pertinent reference, these deep meditative slow harmonic modulations swimming in similarly solicitously designed translucence; slow-shutter sonics draw into a micro-world of heightened focus \u2013 a gentle gossamer drift, weaving a nature tone poem, albeit one studded with odd UHF flickers. Liminal is most definitely the word for the unbearable lightness of opener, \u201cS Orbital,\u201d while the following \u201cP Orbital\u201d is a little less shy and retiring, even generous in passages distinguished by microtonal minutiae, lingering long on designed apertures and occlusions, frequency isolations suspended between pin-sharp high pitches and softer focus harmonic colour forms. Valence<\/strong> draws inspiration from both the valence bond and molecular orbital theories, ignorance of which thankfully doesn\u2019t pre-empt appreciation\u2014though doubtless it would be further enhanced by consciousness of the parallels between quantum theory and compositional incertitude, between the emotional ambiguity of a work-in-process and molecular instability (reading from crib sheet). Ultimately, flipping from critic to fan, and recourse to \u2018I don\u2019t know much about Biochemistry, but I know what I like\u2019 protestations, Valence<\/strong> offers plenty of an absolute musical quality here (particularly on the more fulsome final \u201cD Orbital\u201d) to allure the listening ear, particularly one of a dry-loving ellipsis-seeking inclination. Uncompromisingly minimal and steeped in eventlessness it may be, yet for all that, Jobin achieves a satisfying continuous dialectic\u2014between mid-range sustain and high-end microsonic motion, a suture of binaries of replete evacuation and expansive intimacy. Buy at Line<\/a>, Amazon<\/a>, iTunes<\/a> or Juno<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alan Lockett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valence on LINE\u00a0 054 \u2013 2012 Montreal\u2019s France Jobin francejobin.com purveys a kind of audio art in the realm of Roden rather than the Tietchens tradition; quiet sound-sculptures at the intersection of analogue and digital, of musical and visual. Valence is a kind of coming out, previous recordings bearing the i8u alias\u2014on Room40, Non Visual … <\/p>\n

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