Two slow-motion radio pieces by Swiss audio artist Herbert Distel that blur the threshold between the "real" sound world and the sonic realms of illusion and imagination.
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UPC: 752156059424
Label: Hatology
Catalog ID: Hatology594-2
Squidco Product Code: 18477
Format: 2 CDs
Condition: New
Released: 2003
Country: Switzerland
Packaging: 2 CDs in cardstock foldover
Recorded by Herbert Distel in 1984 on a train raid Zurich-Bern. Recorded in 1984 in Toscana/Italy. Recorded by Gil Distel in 1987 at Central Station in Milan, Italy.
"In Distel's "Railnotes", we can never be sure where we cross the threshold between the "real" sound world and the sonic realms of illusion and imagination. We can never be sure indeed, for this threshold is not defined, it's undefinable and merely a matter of our own perception, our own imagination. If there is a lesson to be learned from these distinctly non-pedagogical two audio pieces, this might be it."-Peter Niklas Wilson
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Track Listing:
CD 1
1. Untitled 15:10
2. Untitled 18:25
3. Untitled 19:59
CD 2
1. La Stazione Act One 26:31
2. La Stazione Act Two 19:24
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