Design and photography by Jon Wozencroft Christian. Fennesz と Scott Minorの間で始まったｵﾙｶﾞﾝを用いた音響作品実験が､次第に touchのｱｰﾃｨｽﾄ達 Biosphere, Philip Jeck, Benny Nilsen [Hazard], Chris Watson,を巻き込み､さらにはｱﾒﾘｶのﾌﾘｰﾐｭｰｼﾞｯｸｱｰﾃｨｽﾄ Tom Recchion ､ｽｳｴｰﾃﾞﾝのLeif Elggren 等に広がりを見せた結果生まれた2枚組ｺﾝﾋﾟﾚｰｼｮﾝCD．彼らのｱﾌﾟﾛｰﾁは様々で､あるものはｵﾙｶﾞﾝが教会に設置されているという政治的な意味を問いかけ､またあるものは古いｵﾙｶﾞﾝの持つ暖かい響きを探求し､さらにﾊﾟｲﾌﾟに風を通して音を出すというｵﾙｶﾞﾝの原理のみに注目し､自作の楽器から音を発するものありと､ｳﾞｧﾗｲｱﾃｨｰに富み独自の視点でｵﾙｶﾞﾝを捉えなおしている｡Track listing:CDOne: Leif Elggren Z'EV Philip Jeck Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson Charles Matthews Marcus Davidson Scott Minor/Fennesz Finnbogi Petursson Biosphere Toshiya Tsunoda Tom Recchion Lary 7/Jeff PetersonCDTwo: BJNilsen Scott Taylor Jacob Kirkegaard Oren Ambarchi/Tom Recchion Chris Watson
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"The thought of producing a compilation where the tracks were all either inspired by or more directly influenced by the organ had been frequently aired over the years. The conversations were always animated and expansive. The organ works of Arvo P?rt, those performed by Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, a pupil of Richard Rodney Bennett at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and others, have reached a wider non-classical audience. Eventually Benny Nilsen arranged to visit St. Mary's Church, Warwick and work with one of England's finest, Charles Matthews. Crawling around inside the instrument, positioning microphones most appropriately in the Church, or 'capturing' the psalms composed by Marcus Davidson, Nilsen explored the possibilities with all the familiar lust of the avant-garde. As the brief widened, so did the responses... some contributors referred to earlier versions of the organ and its often highly political usage, others explored aged instruments themselves. Some studied the effects of the sounds produced on the physique and the psyche, others conceptualized the brief and either built their own or recorded natural or man-made phenomena which utilized the same basic process, wind through pipes. The organ represents the marriage between acoustic complexity and ritualized space. It is impossible not to be drawn upward, towards the spire of the church or cathedral, or to the huge and daunting forest of pipes themselves. The organ dwarfs all comers, and unlike other instruments, it is this non-musical element which makes the organ stand apart."
Track Listing:
Disc 1
01. Leif Elggren Royal Organ 03:28
02. Z'ev If Only That Love Lets Letting Happen 04:11
03. Philip Jeck Stops 01:39
04. Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson Details Of A New Discovery 05:26
05. Zephyr Untitled 00:47
06. Marcus Davidson Organ Psalm V 03:40
07. Scott Minor / Fennesz Dwan 02:37
08. Finnbogi Petursson Diabolus 04:35
09. Biosphere Visible Invisble 04:48
10. Toshiya Tsunoda Layered 09:58
11. Tom Recchion Shut-Eye Train 03:40
12. Lary Seven & Jeff Peterson Disorganised 07:15
Disc 2
01. BJ Nilsen Breathe 26:53
02. Scott Taylor Droner 08:39
03. Jacob Kirkegaard Epiludio Patetico 05:56
04. Oren Ambarchi & Tom Recchion Remake 08:22
05. Chris Watson Askam Wind Cluster 04:01
- Design and photography by Jon Wozencroft.
- 1st fruits of collaboration between Fennesz and Sparklehorse - recorded in Geneva by Christian Fennesz and Scott Minor.
- Touch regulars Biosphere, Philip Jeck, Benny Nilsen [Hazard], Chris Watson...
- Newcomers include US free music composer and designer Tom Recchion, UK's Scott Taylor, Icelandic artists Finnbogi P?tursson and Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson, and one of Sweden's premier performance artists Leif Elggren [The Sons of God, Firework Edition Records etc.], and one of the Kings of Elgaland-Vargaland.
- UK finest organist Charles Matthews and classical composer Marcus Davidson.
- Highly regarded Japanese field recordist Toshiya Tsunoda.
