Browse by Artist: FELL, MARK

Artist:	FELL, MARK
Title:	UL8
Label:	EDITIONS MEGO (AUSTRIA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	EMEGO 111CD

Written and recorded in Whitby, York and Rotherham (UK) during summer 2010 by Mark Fell (one-half of the duo snd). Mastered at Dubpates and Mastering Berlin in 2010 by Lupo. Part 1: The Occultation of 3C 273. Using 32 operator frequency modulation synthesis configured in 16 pairs of operator and modulator. Frequency, modulation ratio and amount determined by linear interpolation between two spatial extremes, with further interpolation over variable temporal divisions. Panned at equal positions around the circumference of a circle using high order ambisonics. First implemented for the DVD Attack On Silence (Line Records 2008) and developed for the cassette release Thunder Bollocks with Evol (Alku 2009). The compositions here also feature modified Roland TR707 and Linn kick drum samples. Part 2: Vortex Studies with 2, 4 or 8 channel rectangular waveforms with variable pulse width subject to frequency modulation from synchronized sine functions with variable phase offsets. Initially implemented with synchronized blue light at Algorithm, Glade (Thatcham 2008) with further presentations at Enjoy (Leeds 2008), Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Sónar (Barcelona 2008), Three Pieces For Unattended, Somewhat Attended and Attended Computer (Sheffield 2008), Avoid (Leeds 2009), Three Neurocognitive Approaches To The Formation Of Cross-Modal Objecthood (Rotherham 2009) Sonic Materialities (Sheffield 2010) and as Supersymmetry at Matter-Space-Motion (Elsecar 2010). Here with percussion synthesis. "This project takes its name from the Celestion UL8 speaker. My older brother bought a pair of these when I was starting comprehensive school, and between his 10cc and Supertramp records, I first encountered very loud electronically-synthesized sound. I soon noticed a pattern emerging in my musical tastes which excluded guitars or drums. Instead, I favored almost exclusively the electronic textures and rhythms of The Human League, Fad Gadget and other synthesizer-based music of that period. I was quite curious about this prejudice and would try to work out why Kraftwerk sounded so much better than a rock band of the time. Since then, my interest was in the texture of synthetic sound -- there was something much more beautiful (and perhaps more emotionally-charged) about a sustained square wave than any guitar solo. Soon, I began to search out and replay sections of music which dropped to a single sound -- these, for some reason, were the best." --Mark Fell

Artist:	FELL, MARK
Title:	Manitutshu
Label:	EDITIONS MEGO (AUSTRIA)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$25.00
Catalog #:	EMEGO 116EP

In January 2011, UK sound artist Mark Fell was invited by Erik Wiegand (aka Errorsmith) to make some presets for his new software synthesizer which he was building for Native Instruments. After developing about 40 sounds (unfortunately NI rejected all of Mark's presets and none were used for the final distribution), Mark decided to rework his UL8 project by extending the pattern-generating systems used in its construction, which he then connected to the sounds produced in Erik's synthesizer. The result is this double EP (42 minutes), featuring 9 tracks and a remix from Mark's friend and colleague, Mat Steel. Mastered by Lupo at Dubplates and Mastering (DE), March 2011. Comes with a full-color A1-sized poster.

Artist:	FELL, MARK
Title:	Periodic Orbits Of A Dynamic System Related To A Knot
Label:	EDITIONS MEGO (AUSTRIA)
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	EMEGO 133LP

UK-based artist and electronic musician Mark Fell presents Periodic Orbits Of A Dynamic System Related To A Knot, released on Editions Mego. "The music here came about in various ways -- one section is an outtake from my recent Multistablity (R-N 125CD) album and is reworked here, another began as a quadraphonic piece composed for and performed at 'Supersimetria: New Languages In Computer Music' (curated by Anna Ramos and Roc Jiménez de Cisneros in Barcelona 2011), others were taken from live versions of previously-released and unreleased tracks. The idea was to bring these together in an 'almost-live-album' format. The album features three presets taken from Yamaha's four operator frequency modulation synthesizers of the late 1980s -- JazzOrg, LatelyBass and Rich Strg #3 -- modified to produce numerous descendants. The project was entirely written, mixed, and edited with MIDI. No audio recordings were present, with the following exceptions: the sound of a Mac Mini failing to mount a DVD, recorded with the internal microphone on a MacBook Pro (this provided a rhythmic template for the patterns that follow it); and a short section of Pi Saw flute played by Jan Hendrickse. The project was written in transit during a house and studio move, and exclusively produced using the internal speakers on a MacBook Pro. Due to time constraints, the mastering session with Lupo at Dubplates and Mastering was unattended. The cover image is of my partner's arm after cutting the pampas grass in our front garden in preparation for the house's new occupier. Thanks to Paul Emery for early advice and comments about the structure of this album, Jan Hendrickse for Pi Saw flute, Lupo at Dubplates and Mastering, and finally Peter Rehberg for his support of this project." --Mark Fell

Artist:	FELL, MARK
Title:	Attack On Silence
Label:	LINE
Format:	DVD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	LINE 037DVD

"Attack On Silence brings together a series of works by British artist Mark Fell, exploring the relationships between geometry, color, and waveform. These works have been shown around the world as performances, installations, and in print. For the past decade, Mark Fell has been one of the leading innovators in the fields of experimental electronic music and sound art. Combining interests in experimental music, contemporary art, computer technology and philosophy, his work has been performed and exhibited internationally to wide critical acclaim. Mark Fell is one half of SND. Sacred geometries, and their sonic equivalents, are said to mirror the micro and macroscopic structures of the physical world; the complex harmonies of the Tibetan singing bowl, like the patterns of the mandala, allow access to the deepest levels of the consciousness-inducing meditative states that transform the very being of their participants. In the modern reciprocals of these technologies, the shift is one of teleology. The sacred metals and antique art of the singing bowls give way to the magic of digital synthesis as sacred geometry gives proxy to psychophysiology and the cognitive neuroscience of brainwave entrainment. Drawn from these sources -- with mutual ambivalence -- and realized through a distinct aesthetic minimalism, intricate combinations of form, color and sound are projected through a series of transitions, sometimes gradual, sometimes abrupt, sometimes giving way to sustained tones and repetitions. In a process of ever-emerging horizon -- an attack on silence and a space for silence -- the potential arises to be ensconced or alienated, a space for enchantment, for anxiety, for profound boredom or for reverie. Are these phenomena affirmations or reconfigurations of the subject -- routes to an authentic, spiritual or otherwise -- or are they essentially physiological? Are they aesthetic distractions or intrusive technological interventions -- pointers to dystopian possibilities? Are we being enlightened? Examined? Entertained? Enmeshed? Recorded at The Music Research Centre at the University of York (UK) and SND studio Sheffield 2007 and 2008. Digital coding and mastering by Tez in NTSC. Audio presented in both stereo and 5.1 Surround option formats."

Artist:	FELL, MARK
Title:	Multistability
Label:	RASTER-NOTON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	R-N 125CD

Sheffield-based artist and electronic musician Mark Fell presents Multistability, primarily an exploration of erratic and non-regular rhythmic patterns. Drawing equally from his work with snd and his many solo projects, this work promotes a minimal complexity; combining meticulous synthetic chordal layering with convoluted, chaotic, yet fundamentally engaging temporal structures. In the field of Gestalt psychology the term "multistability" refers to the effect where one is unable to perceive a single stable object within complex or ambiguous patterns. A famous example is the Necker cube -- a wire frame with no depth cues that oscillates between front/back orientations. The term is also found in systems theory where it describes a condition that is neither stable nor instable, where a system switches between different states. Fell takes these as a starting point for his project, developing compositional structures and strategies that transform and transcend the familiar; structures that refuse to accept parental advice. Split into two halves, the album contains two versions of itself. Using what Fell describes as "extremely basic" pattern-generating systems, passages reappear throughout... yet these are applied and maneuvered into parallel versions of themselves -- often different sounds and parameters are explored, producing no singular or resolved arrangement. In his recent works, Fell's process has been influenced by his collaborative encounters with friend and fellow musician Yasunao Tone -- particularly Tone's approach to ideas concerning intentionality and time within the context of musical practices. In Fell's work, deliberate actions are layered, and distorted; manipulated to produce unforeseen and often extraordinary aesthetic outcomes, documented here in the form of 17 related pieces. Above all, Multistability should be understood in light of Fell's claim that "Music is a technology for constructing an experience of time." Here, in musical form, Fell aims to disrupt familiar temporal divisions and structures and investigate non-repetitive musical process. Last copies.

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