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seth horvitz - Eight Studies for Automatic Piano
Completely brilliant, brain-boxing suite of piano minimalism from Seth Horvitz, inspired by the works of James Tenney, Ligeti, Charlemagne Palestine and Conlon Nancarrow. The aim of Eight Studies was apparently to use simple computer-aided compositional pieces to "test the limits of human perception and machine precision"; it was performed by a Yamaha Disklavier C7 without the presence of a single human being, and recorded live; indeed, it's a work that questions the very nature of "live". It's pointless to go into too much depth about the techniques deployed - the curious can download an in-depth Listener's Guide from the L-ne website - but to take just one example, 'Study No.2: An Approximate Series of Approximate Harmonic Series' finds Horvitz (or at least his electronic avatar) introducing a basic repeating shape and systematically layering it, transposing it, and rhythmically offsetting it against itself. Then, in Reichian style, the length of each repeating shape is incrementally shortened, producing a rhythmic phasing process. It's huge credit to Horvitz that his rigorously mathematical approaches to composing nonetheless yield richly melodic music, lyrical and addictive. Once you've digested this remarkable album, you'll never think of the piano the same way again.
12K
3CD // £15.99
64 minutes of advanced electro-acoustic vibrations - new on Taylor Deupree's esteemed 12k imprint.
ROOM 40
CD // £8.99
Excellent new album from Minamo, edited and mastered by Lawrence English.
ROOM 40
CD // £8.99
Pimmon makes an overdue and excellent contribution to Lawrence English's Room 40 imprint.
ALVA NOTO AND RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
raster-noton
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The fifth and purportedly final collaborative album from Sakamoto and Nicolai.
12K
CD // £8.99
**Standard edition packaged in 12k's new uncoated board gatefold jacket**
Touch
CD // £13.99
A stunning tapestry of field recordings from the master, Chris Watson.
ON (SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU / STEVEN HESS)
Something That Has Form And Something That Does Not
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
NOW: £4.49
Steven Hess and Sylvain Chauveau completely reworked by Christian Fennesz.
Ballads Of The Research Department
12K
CD // £8.99
The Boats return with their debut album release for Taylor Deupree's 12k imprint.
Eight Studies for Automatic Piano
Line
MP3 Download // £6.99
FLAC Download // £8.99
Completely brilliant, brain-boxing suite of piano minimalism from Seth Horvitz, aka Sutekh.
Line
CD // £8.99
Excellent album from Bretschneider produced on a Subharchord, an obscure 1960's electronic module.
Line
CD // £7.99
A typically elegant and challenging offering courtesy of veteran electronic music pioneer Asmus Tietchens.
Line
CD // £7.99
Roden working with a series of tones from a battery powered Paia Oz.
Line
CD // £8.99
The second entry in Line's Segment series is helmed by Antye Greier aka AGF.
Line
CD // £8.99
The best 12k/Line release in ages - dark, Lynchian eroded tape-loops and analogue menace. ESSENTIAL PURCHASE!
CD // £8.99Line
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Richard Chartier with an excellent re-imagining of probably his best-known work, 2000s ‘Series’.
BEDROOM COMMUNITY
CD // £11.99
'Drones' compiles all three volumes - 'Violin', 'Viola', & 'Piano' - of the most recent series by Nico Muhly.
Spectrum Spools
CD // £13.99
*Now available on CD* Reissue of 1981 album by avant-garde operator Robert Turman.
ROOM 40
CD // £8.99
The Polish composer's sophomore helping of microsound delights on Room40
A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN
A Winged Victory for the Sullen
ERASED TAPES
CD // £12.99
Lush collaboration between composer Dustin O'Halloran and Stars Of The Lid's Adam Wiltzie.
ERASED TAPES
CD // £10.49
Absolutely heartbreaking improvisations on piano and strings from Ólafur Arnalds - highly recommended.
ERASED TAPES
CD // £12.99
A close, confessional, nocturnal album that's beautifully wrought and expertly recorded.
ERASED TAPES
CD // £10.99
Gorgeous 39 minute score penned for award-winning British choreographer Wayne McGregor.
Western Vinyl
CD // £12.99
Keith Kenniff's latest album as Goldmund, a collection of 14 traditional Civil War-era folk songs.
Dandelion (Expanded CD Edition)
DIGITALIS
CD // £7.99
NOW: £4.49
*Expanded CD Edition - includes over 35 minutes of material not featured on the vinyl edition of this album*
ZEITKRATZER
2CD // £17.99
Extraordinary solo release of dynamic and almost aggressive electroacoustic piano works.
CHRIS WATSON & MARCUS DAVIDSON
Touch
CD // £13.99
Surprising collaboration between the much lauded BBC sound recordist Chris Watson and Marcus Davidson.
Preservation
CD // £13.99
Finding common ground between dusty old-school hip hop cassettes and the fog of deep ambience...
