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"Artist, multi-instrumentalist and astral traveler E Ruscha V releases a hypnotic suite of flow-state synth improvisations for Fourth Sounds. Building on Ruscha's 2022 collection Thinking A View, also accompanying an exhibition at Cedric Bardawil, Seeing Frequencies is as intuitive and it is experimental, as Ruscha follows melodic and rhythmic modulations like desire paths across 13 spacious recordings. Drawn in part from the CocoQuantus synth, built by a man Ruscha describes as 'too weird for Buchla,' Seeing Frequencies rides high on tremolo waves and organic vibrations, rooted in ambient, Balearic and Kosmische music traditions, while simultaneously engaging in a dialogue with the synesthetic qualities of Ruscha' painting practice. Allowing the music to flow through him, Ruscha describes the optimum moment of creation as one he imagines for the listener too. 'I really love when music forces you to forget,' he explains. 'There's this beautiful moment where everything coalesces, and you just don't think about anything.' To immerse yourself in Seeing Frequencies is to understand exactly what he means." Edition of 300 marbled vinyl with risograph insert, liner notes by Anton Spice.
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"Artist and musician Gillies Adamson Semple explores the material resonance of drone on new vinyl-only album Volumes. In 2022, Gillies Adamson Semple made a pilgrimage to the Valère Basilica in the Swiss Alps to play the oldest functioning pipe organ in the world. Built in 1435, this unique instrument is the centerpiece of this sensitive and stirring six-track release, tracing the elemental themes of spirituality, anatomy, ecological collapse, and the nature of listening in its glacial minimalist drones. Drawing inspiration from the long-form compositions of Sarah Davachi and Kali Malone, Volumes was built from in-situ recordings Semple made in Switzerland, with the aim of capturing the physical qualities of the sound, from the stops and pedals to the air rushing through the organ's ancient pipes. Treated like sculptural material and re-assembled at Semple's London studio in the tradition of musique concrète, the tracks evoke a sense of exquisite timelessness, at once part of and floating free of their environment. As Semple explains: 'What I like about the organ is that you can make it feel very physical. It has all these mechanical parts that sound really beautiful. And the piece is never performed. It is something that is rooted in the site. The whole pilgrimage to see this organ in Switzerland ended up acting like that, where you're going to this very sacred place to see this specific instrument, but all you're taking back is recording.' Released on vinyl via Fourth Sounds, Volumes was initially conceived as the soundtrack to Semple's 2023 exhibition of the same name at Cedric Bardawil in London. Edition of 200 with risograph insert, liner notes by Anton Spice. Fully remastered for vinyl."
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