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Artist:	JLIAT
Title:	The Grandi Series Still Life # 7 (Ambient)
Label:	EDITION
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	EDITION XVI

"It seems that our everyday logic breaks down when applied to the infinite. We must either abandon discussions of infinity, or accept that some questions which seem meaningful for all questions of the finite are meaningless when applied to the infinite. A Thompson lamp is a lamp that is switched on then switched off after 1 second, then switched on again after a half second, then switched off after a quarter second, then switched on after an eighth of a second... and so on. Two seconds after it is first turned on, is it on or off?"Note abut this "conceptual art": "This CD is made from an original source of P.C.M. data @ +1-1+1-1...This will probably not be rendered as sound by a CD player's DAC."

Artist:	BEHRENS, M.
Title:	Transition
Label:	EDITION
Format:	2x3" CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	EDITION XVII

"Two three inch CDs -- one comprising new works and another reworkings of older sounds. Indeed one finds a marked 'transition' in approach to noise-making among the earlier and later material which is heightened by their physical separation. Disc one highlights Behrens' remarkable compositional restraint with slow moving tones and introduction of transient sounds and granular waves into the audio field. Disc two employs an abrupt jump-cut aesthetic and much more primitive sounds in its making: metallic ringing, bursts of low frequencies, voices, and synth-like tones punctuated by sudden dropouts for a jarring overall result. The CDs are carefully packaged in a gatefold plastic sleeve with cards featuring color photographs by the artist. Edition 500."

Artist:	AFFLUX (INFLUX)
Title:	St.Martin-sur-mer, Aizier, Dieppe
Label:	EDITION
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	EDITION XXIII

"Featuring Eric La Casa (processing, contact microphone recording), Eric Cordier (long string recording devices, mixing), and Jean Luc Guionnet (condenser & contact microphone recordings, filtering, processing, mixing). Afflux employs an on-site electroacoustic device in order to work out a set of live interactions with the site. The device connects the three improvisers to the place at the same time. This set of connections creates an infinite interplay of interactions and possibilities. The device is basically founded upon a principle of circulation. The recordings of the environment and devices interacting with the elements: wind, water, etc. are filtered and mixed live by one protagonist. The mix is then broadcast to the other two protagonists (through headphones) who can interact with inflections, altering the course of what is recorded. In this instance the three sites in the Normandy area (each involving a great deal with the water of the sea)find the trio encountering some intermittent heavy weather. Passing rain showers, rising tides, flowing drains, and even communications from a maritime navigation post play heavily into the soundscape, which is a shimmering electroacoustic atmosphere of vibrating strings, rushing water, and crisp, windswept ambience."

Artist:	BEHRENS, M.
Title:	Security vs. Freedom
Label:	EDITION
Format:	2x3" CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	EDITION XXVIII

"The successor to Transition (2001) in the same format -- two mini CDs, six full-colour cards with photographs -- further exploits the idea of the absent transition. Between two poles of music the listener imagines a huge step from one phase of work to another with a distance of nearly seven years in between, or perhaps just one state of mind to another: security and freedom. But does the security lie in the carefully pronounced minimalist compositions of 'The Unknown' on disc 2, or in the dense sound fields of 'Compressed Location 1 and 2' on disc 1 that engulf and embrace the listener? Or vice versa: is freedom expressed in the structurally open, expressive passages of the latter, or in the gap between very low and very high frequencies of 'The Unknown - part 1', in which the noise of the surroundings is framed by sound, but still remaining fully audible -- unsuppressed?" Limited stock, deleted item.

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