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01. SHAVIT, AMI - Neural Oscillations
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02. SHAVIT, AMI - Alpha Rhythms 1
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ARTIST
SHAVIT, AMI
TITLE
Neural Oscillations And Alpha Rhythms
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
DEAD-CERT
CATALOG #
VCR 012LP
VCR 012LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
2/9/2018
Dead-Cert dip their dusty digits back in
Ami Shavit
's precious archive for another hemispheric harmonization of biofeedback techniques and hypnotic synth sonics following Finders Keepers ' reissue of 1977's
In Alpha Mood
back in 2015 (FKR 077LP). With an enviable private collection of synthesizers first started in 1972 during his travels to the US and shipped home to Tel Aviv, as an established kinetic artist, as well as a professor of both philosophy an art, Ami's main focus was art that involved technology; in particular being able to give something mechanical an emotive angle. As such he sought to combine his love of electronic music acts such as
Tangerine Dream
and
Philip Glass
and this new synthesizer technology with his interest in the relatively new technique of biofeedback -- a process in which technology is used to relay information about the body's functions enabling a change of physiological activity in order to manipulate them. Combined with his understanding of alpha brainwave, Ami embarked on an experiment with what he called "Alpha Mood" -- a state in which the brain is working in relaxation and in which he used music as a means of helping induce his own meditative state. With practically no formal musical training and working in complete isolation of the Tel Aviv music scene -- with the exception of allowing cult prog nearly men
Zingale
and a handful of close friends to use his private studio -- over the course of two years he recorded hours of experimental improvised music, or "sounds" as he prefers to call it. The fruit of that experimentation came in the form of a single privately pressed LP aptly titled
In Alpha Mood
. Part outsider electronic album; part physiological experiment; part work of art, it was limited to only 500 copies and distributed exclusively by a longtime friend, agent, and owner of a small local record shop in Tel Aviv. Five 1/4-inch tapes (including the
In Alpha Mood
master tape) represent the only remaining artifacts of Ami's experiments -- the rest having been either lost, given to friends, or simply thrown away. Undated and unannotated, these raw studio recordings provide a rare glimpse of Ami at work in his attempts to perfect his technique and reach the plane of "Alpha Mood". RIYL: Tangerine Dream,
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
,
Cluster
. Artwork by
Andy Votel
. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering. Edition of 500.
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