| Description | : AUDIOH! 011 / STAALPLAAT STMCD023, 2003; TURNTABLE-ARTIST SCHAEFER HAT HIER EIN BIZARRES LP-OBJEKT GESCHAFFEN, WELCHES TATSÄCHLICH ABSPIELBAR IST UND BEI DEM DER HÖRER INTERAKTIV DAS ERGEBNIS BEEINFLUSSEN KANN. DIE PLATTE IST ZERFURCHT VON SICH ÜBERLAGERNDEN RILLEN - JE NACH GESCHWINDIGKEIT, ART DES PLATTENSPIELERS UND ABSPIELART (DENKBAR AUCH MANUELLES DREHEN DES PLATTENTELLERS ODER FIXIEREN DES TONARMS) ENTSTEHEN GANZ VERSCHIEDENE GERÄUSCHKOMPOSITIONEN (DIE QUELLENSOUNDS ÜBRIGENS STAMMEN VOM MUSIQUE CONCRETE-PIONIER UND NAMENSVETTER JANEK'S: PIERRE SCHAEFFER). WITZIGE, INNOVATIVE UND GAR NICHT TEURE KLANGOBJEKTKUNST. DAZU GIBT ES (VERPACKT ÜBRIGENS IN EINEM EDLEN GATEFOLD-COVER) NOCH EINE MCD MIT SCHLAPPEN 99 INDEXEN MIT AUFNAHMEN EINER IRLÄNDISCHEN INSTALLATION, WO DIE OBJEKT-PLATTE ZUM EINSATZ KAM. , THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT FOR THE 'SKATE' LP WAS TO MAKE A RECORD THAT USURPED THE DETERMINISTIC SPIRAL (AND THE 'ANTI-SKATE' MECHANISM) AS A WAY OF PLAYING AND LISTENING TO SOUND ON VINYL. TO DO THIS I DEVELOPED THE 'FRAGMENTED' CUTTING TECHNIQUE, A METHOD OF CUTTING A CONCENTRIC COLLAGE OF INDIVIDUAL SHORT 'SOUND SCARS' ONTO THE DISC. WHEN PLAYED, THE STYLUS NAVIGATES IT'S OWN RANDOM PATH ACROSS THIS INTERMITTENT TERRAIN OF PHYSICAL/SONIC DIVERSIONS. THE TYPE OF RECORD PLAYER, ITS SPEED AND THE USER WILL ALL AFFECT THE RESULT AND THUS EACH AND EVERY PLAYBACK OF THE LP WILL ELICIT A DIFFERENT COMPOSITION. JANEK BUILT HIS OWN LATHE BY CONVERTING AN HMV 78RPM GRAMOPHONE. BY VERY QUICKLY PLACING THE STYLUS/CUTTING HEAD ONTO THE DISC HE BUILT UP THE FINAL COLLAGE, SOUND BY SOUND. THE COLLECTED WORKS OF PIERRE SCHAEFFER (A PIONEER OF VINYL MANIPULATION) WAS THE SOURCE SOUND. THE LP IS INTENDED TO BE THE STARTING POINT FOR 'REAL TIME' EXPLORATIONS BY THE USER. IT WORKS VERY WELL AS A REPETITIVE DEVICE IF YOU PLACE AN OBSTRUCTION (LIKE A 7) IN THE PATH OF THE TONE-ARM AS IT LOCKS THE STYLUS INTO A LOOP. ANOTHER METHOD IS TO PLAY THE RECORD BY JUST USING YOUR HAND TO ROTATE IT SLOWLY INSTEAD OF AT 33 OR 45. THIS PRODUCES A MUCH MORE SUBTLE AND CONTROLLED RESULT. EXPERIMENT WITH IT.", [STAALPLAAT][STMCD 023]: 'RINK' IS A COMPOSITION USING SOUNDS SOURCED FROM THE LP COMBINED WITH LIVE ROOM RECORDINGS TAKEN FROM THE 'SKATE' INSTALLATION AT TRISKEL ARTS, IN CORK, IRELAND, AUGUST. THE CD STARTED WITH A SINGLE COPY OF THE LP. FIRSTLY, 60 DIFFERENT RHYTHMIC AND TEXTURAL SOUND EVENTS WERE RECORDED BY PLAYING THE LP ON THE TRI-PHONIC TURNTABLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 30 SILENT TRACKS OF VARYING LENGTHS WERE THEN ADDED TO CREATE A MASTER CD. A COPY OF THIS CD WAS THEN LOADED INTO 3 CD PLAYERS AND BROADCAST TOGETHER IN RANDOM MODE AND RECORDED TO DISK. A COPY OF THE INSTALLATION RECORDING WAS THEN ADDED AND THE RESULT WAS THEN MELDED 'ON SCREEN'. 'RINK' WAS COMPOSED IN SPRING 2002 BY THE INVITATION OF STAALPLAAT. THE 3"CD HAS 99 TRACK MARKS FOR ADDED FLEXIBILITY. HAVE FUN!" [PRESS RELEASE] |
