{"id":798,"date":"2008-12-31T21:37:42","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T21:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w174.i8u.com\/?p=798"},"modified":"2010-04-01T04:38:18","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T04:38:18","slug":"review-by-bgn-white-line-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/?p=798","title":{"rendered":"Review -10-33cm (ROOM40) 2008 &#8211; by BGN, WHITE LINE UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w174.i8u.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/i8u_cover_200.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2041\" title=\"i8u_cover_200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w174.i8u.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/i8u_cover_200.jpg?resize=200%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.francejobin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/i8u_cover_200.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.francejobin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/i8u_cover_200.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>i8u &#8211; 10<sup>-33<\/sup>cm (MP3 by  Room40) 2008<\/p>\n<p>Another conceptually provocative piece from Canada\u2019s France Jobin,  operating  under the name \u201ci8u\u201d. \u201c10.33cm\u201d purports to be directly influenced by  String  Theory, a kind of Music of the Spheres for the New Age, directly  associated with  the relative sound frequencies of the strings that make up the physical  universe. Although largely unproven, and still theoretical, the concept  of  String Theory has captivated the minds and imaginations of many creative  types,  and here, Jobin tests the theory in sound.<\/p>\n<p>What materializes is a complex and densely worked set of 7 pieces, named  String  1, String 2, String 3, etc. each piece corresponding to a set of  parameters  initiated by the artist, relating to each string type. From this  somewhat  ambitious point of departure, we are treated to a rangy set of works  that  encompass everything from the shimmering tonalities of the opening  piece,(that  opens with a blister of static, the sonic equivalent of the background  radiation  of the universe) to the glistening, expansive ambiences as exemplified  on String  3, and the more sharply focussed elements of String 2 and String 6,  where Jobin  systematically takes the listener on a series of sonically intriguing  transitions and deformations, taking in the lower end of the auditory  spectrum,  with rich, reverberant cascades of sound. As an attempt at realising a  theoretical concept , then perhaps 10.33cm is still in the elementary  stages,  but with all of the theoretical gesturing aside, this is a masterfully  wrought  set of minimalist ambiences, deep in scope, and ambitious in its  execution, a  technically perfect series that you (like myself) will return to again  and  again. Excellent.<\/p>\n<p>-BGN.<\/p>\n<p>Address: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.room40.org\/\">http:\/\/www.room40.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another conceptually provocative piece from Canada\u2019s France Jobin, operating under the name \u201ci8u\u201d. \u201c10.33cm\u201d purports to be directly influenced by String Theory,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[370,75,790,229,164,233,85,232,231,230,235,234],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-10-33cm","tag-australia","tag-reviews","tag-exclaim","tag-lawrence-english","tag-loop","tag-room40","tag-textura","tag-the-silent-ballet","tag-touching-exttremes","tag-vital-weekly","tag-white-line"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2096,"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions\/2096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}