Like mad scientists of sound, sonic explorers Tim Olive and Cal Lyall met in a Tokyo studio in 2012 armed with hydrophones, magnetic pickups and electronics to record this richly detailed and slowly unfolding work, blending organic and mechanical elements of indeterminate origin, finding absorbing dialog without clamor or tumult; intriguing and engrossing.
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Cal Lyall-hydrophones, electronics
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Label: 845 Audio
Catalog ID: 845-9
Squidco Product Code: 27169
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2019
Country: Japan
Packaging: Hand-stamped Recycled Chipboard
Recorded at Subvalent Studios, in Tokyo, Japan, in June and July, 2012.
"The disc consists of a singular twenty-seven minute unstructured diversion to grind your morning (or whatever time suits your wake-up call). A stirring, yet somewhat atypical industrial abstraction, that sounds as if portions were submerged under water while recorded. The cover art (illustration by Jamie Lee Reed) infers some sort of seismic disturbance, monitoring or activity, and the tectonic nature of plates shifting, perhaps an underground documentary about fracking (?) becomes good commentary for such noise distraction. There seems to be a calculated effort underway to mine something.
In fact the duo has brought about this sensation of going below the surface, it's wrought with all sorts of textures, whining, grinding away. More exploratory than a typical disingenuous noise assault, they instead tinker and excavate in a methodical manner. There are lots of layers being unearthed, like counting the endless thin layers in a fine French puff pastry.
I've had a few opportunities to witness a jeweler working on fine gemstones, and this is the closest to the sense of intimacy with the material I've sensed since. It cuts deep, taking gradual steps, while doing so it drills into your subconscious. Lyall and Olive have developed a sound that chips away at the balance between breathy drone, feedback and organic textures with such quizzical methods."-TJ Norris, Tone Shift
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Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Cal Lyall "Born in Montreal, Cal Lyall studied electronic composition and jazz performance in Quebec, eventually moving westward in Canada to teach music and perform. An interest in diverse musical forms led to intense travel and study throughout Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent, including lengthy visits to India, Pakistan and Iran. A visit to Japan in 1998 led to long-term residency in Tokyo, where he is currently active as a sound artist focusing on improvisation, folk music and urban noise. Involved in the arts scene in Japan for over fifteen years, he has organized large-scale performances involving both Japanese and overseas artists, while also remaining a key member of a number of musical groups which have toured both locally and internationally. His musical activities are documented on over 30 albums he has both produced (including three full-length compilations released on medama records in Japan) and contributed to as a writer or musician. As a curator, he established the monthly Test Tone concert series in 2005 at Tokyo's SuperDeluxe. Featuring over a thousand distinct artists over its 9 year run, it reached its 100th installment in 2014. With an active performance schedule in Japan and past tours through Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, China, Korea, Australia and the US, he also heads up the Subvalent record label and oversees the Tokyo Hub of Jolt Sonic Arts (Australia)." ^ Hide Bio for Cal Lyall • Show Bio for Tim Olive "The music of Tim Olive arises from collaboration with fellow musicians/sound artists, collaboration with physical and temporal setting, and collaboration with those involved in the act of listening. Using simple materials (magnetic pickups, steel strings, tuning forks, metal strips, hand-wound motor mechanisms, magnetic tape, dental floss and analog electronics), Olive's work examines presence and the present, the interplay of the human with material/time/space, and the uniqueness, intensity and unrepeatability that lives in each performing and/or recording situation. He is interested in music as a social activity, as a way of creating community, a way of countering the forces which lead to an increasing atomization of contemporary life; music as a felt experience rather than as a concept or a theory. A Canadian residing in Kobe, Japan, Olive has released music on Japanese, European and North American labels, with Jeff Allport, Cristian Alvear, Pascal Battus, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Samuel Dunscombe, Nick Hoffman, Anne-F Jacques, Jin Sangtae, Jason Kahn, Takahiro Kawaguchi, Francisco Meirino, Katsura Mouri, Takuji Naka, Makoto Oshiro and Ben Owen. Olive has performed/recorded in Asia, Australia, North America and Europe, with the recording collaborators listed above, as well as with Akiyama Tetuzi, Maria Chavez, Che Chen, Kelly Churko, crys cole, Joe Foster, Haco, Hong Chulki, Bonnie Jones, Richard Kamerman, Kostis Kilymis, Siew-Wai Kok, Madoka Kouno, Tomasz Krakowiak, Fangyi Liu, James Rushford, Carl Stone, Fritz Welch, Nate Wooley, Jared Xu and Yan Jun. In addition to organizing events in Japan, Olive runs the label 845 Audio." ^ Hide Bio for Tim Olive
10/2/2024
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Track Listing:
1. Lowering 27:08
Electro-Acoustic
Electro-Acoustic Improv
Sound, Noise, &c.
Electronic Forms
Objects and Home-made Instruments
Duo Recordings
New in Experimental & Electronic Music
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