Loop Tape & Tea. Winter Edition & 3rd in the series.
The tea provided with the cassette is Satemwa Antlers from Shire Highlands, Thyola, Malawi. Unlike other teas, this tea is composed purely of stems from the tea plant. No leaves. Mirroring the naked trees in winter. Tastes of lychee, lilac & honey.
Sanger & Sanger is a collaborative effort between brothers Joseph Myoushin Sanger, a certified Shakuhachi master and teacher based in Hiroshima and internationally renowned electronic musician, Luke Sanger. The improvised studio session incorporates live Shakuhachi with parallel processing and accompaniment from Ciat-Lonbarde instruments.
Design and build your very own sound experiences in this unique collaborative event run in conjunction with Belfast-based sound art collective, Tone Burst. Using the very latest technology, you’ll be free to explore your creative ideas, with help from the team as required. All materials and equipment will be provided and no technical experience is needed, although a passion for sound and music-making is, of course, essential!
Supported by Cycling 74, Electrosmith and Synthux Academy, this event will give you the run-down on a range of cutting-edge digital fabrication technologies, including 3D printers and laser-cutting machines. Come along and see what sounds emerge!
This album marks the end of a “Four Seasons”-project. The first release in the project was the track “Fanfare of Spring”, featured on the compilation “Tying Up Loose Ends #1 – Culport”. This was followed by the summer album “En Sommerdag I Kroken (Ruter)”. The endless loop tape “Decomposing Transitions” described autumn, containing a two-minute loop, with no beginning nor end. Just like “En Sommerdag I Kroken”, this is an album with a narrative. The narrative here is presented both in the titles, and the enclosed text (program notes). Thus, making this a piece of program music.
Private press, edition of 30. 7″ vinyl with die cut sleeve, insert, postcard & 3 vinyl stickers. Includes a unique collage by Barry Cullen (brown papers, various coloured cardstock and hand marbled paper).
<kat no.45> Mastered by Claude Aldous at Aldous Estate Mastering. Lathe Cut by Lathe to the Grave. 45 rpm – 45 years The Cobbler (45 v2_2-100) From the Cobbler Archives 2022 Horn Joy (3) From the Harsh Missed EP 2005 (Unpublished) Happy Birthday & Thank you all so much x
34 small textures created with prepared drums, a collage of sounds generated through the vibrations and resonances of objects on the surfaces of the drum. (Pel means skin in Piedmontese dialect)
The second tape in the series will be released by Tone Burst on the 28th of November 2022. The cassette will feature a two-minute loop by T. Jervell called “Decomposing transition”
The digital counterpart consists of a twenty-minute snapshot of autumn. Repeating and reflecting the cassette loop, adding parts, removing parts, deconstructing parts. Listening to the decay, as it happens.
The loop tapes have been duplicated by letting each successive tape be a copy of the former, thus being a representation of autumns slow decay. The idea being that audio (in theory) might degrade a small amount, for each duplication. This degradation is furthermore enhanced by the fact that every time the listener hears the loop, the physical tape will get worn, and eventually completely degrade.
The tea provided with the cassette is a Pu-erh tea harvested in 2000. It has been fermented and stored for 20 years in Jinggu, China. It has a distinct earthy taste, with Jujube and liquorice tones.