Debuting at the Molten Plains Festival 2023, Colin Andrew Sheffield's work blends manipulated samples from vintage soundtrack LPs into an abstract plunderphonic symphony; using layered loops, ambient drones, and vinyl surface noise, creating a haunting sonic collage of deconstructed melodies and textures, fusing past and present in a dream-like exploration of hidden secrets and lost moments.
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Label: Sublime Retreat
Catalog ID: SR023
Squidco Product Code: 35489
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2024
Country: Poland
Packaging: Cardboard sleeve, w/ eco wallet insert
Recorded at home in Austin, Texas, August to October, 2023.
"Colin Andrew Sheffield's Moments Lost is a standalone, 20-minute piece, issued here as a special edition minimax (partially metalized) compact disc packaged in a printed mini-LP jacket with a printed inner sleeve.
The composition, which debuted at the Molten Plains festival in Denton, Texas in 2023 (and which was accompanied by a short film by Sheffield comprising recontextualized scenes from old movies), embodies Sheffield's signature approach to abstract plunderphonics. His audio collage work is focused on the use of samples: deconstructed loops of hidden melodies and textures found in his collection of physical media. These snatches of sound are edited and layered in harmony and/or at odds with one another, giving rise to the ethereal undercurrents inherent in his selections.
For "Moments Lost", Sheffield solely utilized samples (manipulated beyond identification) from assorted vintage soundtrack LPs to create an assemblage masquerading as a symphony. Ambient drones and vinyl surface noise seamlessly combine with stacked loops of occasionally recognizable instrumentation as movements develop and morph. A haunting fever dream that gorgeously fuses the past with the present, in search of hidden secrets and lost moments.
Colin Andrew Sheffield is a sound artist active since the mid-'90s. Sheffield lives in Austin, Texas where he runs the Elevator Bath label."-Sublime Retreat
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• Show Bio for Colin Andrew Sheffield "Colin Andrew Sheffield (b. 1976, El Paso TX) is a sound artist focusing on the strict re-contextualization of other commercially available recordings. His aim is to distill the essential qualities of these works and to then utilize that essence for new recordings. Usually only very brief sections of the original works are selected. These raw components are then contracted, expanded, layered, and/or otherwise processed until something new is forged. The resultant music is an atmospheric soundscape, gradually shifting and unfolding. In 1998, Sheffield founded the Elevator Bath recording label which has continually issued experimental works from a variety of artists from the United States and abroad (including Tom Recchion, Merzbow, Francisco Lopez, Jim Haynes, Rick Reed, and many more). Sheffield has released a number of solo recordings, including 2005's First Thus, his debut long-player, as well as 2009's Signatures (via the Invisible Birds label), 2010's Slowly (on the Mystery Sea label of Belgium), and 2012's Time Will Tell (on the Quiet World label of the UK)." ^ Hide Bio for Colin Andrew Sheffield
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Track Listing:
01. Moments Lost 20:33
Electro-Acoustic
Organized Sound and Sample Based Music
Sound, Noise, &c.
Electronic Forms
Field Recordings
Solo Artist Recordings
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