{"id":815,"date":"2009-02-18T21:50:15","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T21:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w174.i8u.com\/?p=815"},"modified":"2010-04-01T04:36:01","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T04:36:01","slug":"review-by-marcus-whale-the-silent-ballet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/?p=815","title":{"rendered":"Review &#8211; 10-33cm (ROOM40) 2008 &#8211; by Marcus Whale, The Silent Ballet"},"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>A part of the spat of new releases on  Room40 over late 2008 and early 2009, this offering is produced by  Montreal-based sound designer France Jobin, best known for her conceptually mind boggling  sound experiments as I8U. This latest work, 10-33 cm, focuses on string theory, an attempt to adapt these tenets of quantum  physics to a sound context.<\/p>\n<p>Being unfortunately shackled to an  intellect utterly bereft of mathematical knowledge, I have no way of interpreting  the conceptual basis for the piece, but Jobin\u2019s skill as a sound designer is undeniable. Jobin creates a seven-part, 46 minute long universe of  mainly sine-tone based sound worlds that are remarkable in their focus and  detail. Each track is assigned a different \u2018type\u2019 of string and the disparity between  the contents of each section is marked. The most beautiful moments in the  work come at the very beginning, where tiny, high frequency sounds move in and out  of each other and take on a delicate form. Massive arrays of sounds subsequently  provide counterpoint to this initial moment, but ultimately don\u2019t match the  atmosphere that it creates.<\/p>\n<p>The most remarkable element of this  release is the ability for such intellectual, difficult music to become as  evocative, even on an emotional level, as much of 10-33 cm is. A criticism may  be, for all of its intricacies, these experiments occasionally lapse into over-repetition, becoming reduced to its subject matter, rather than  finding identity through the medium by which the concept is being expressed \u2013  sound. However, as a whole, the suite is tight and well constructed, finding  moments of great intensity and poise.<\/p>\n<p>Room40 are known for managing the  compromise between the intellectual aesthetic of this corner of experimental music  and its ability to ascertain a human reaction to it, beyond the arguably dry  conceptual origins that often mark the associated releases. I8U is an example of  this success; above all, a demonstration of the complexity of Jobin\u2019s craft,  an approach to sound design that is difficult to fault, in its strong  intent and flawless execution.<\/p>\n<p>-Marcus Whale<br \/>\nAddress: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.room40.org\/\">http:\/\/www.room40.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A part of the spat of new releases on Room40 over late 2008 and early 2009, this offering is produced by Montreal-based sound designer France Jobin, best known for her conceptually mind boggling sound experiments as I8U<\/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-815","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\/815","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=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2093,"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions\/2093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.francejobin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}