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Auricular Audio Magazine #14 Brings Together Label Veterans and
Welcomes New Artists to an Ever Growing Family
Los Gatos, CA, April 15 2009 - Experimental and soundart record label
Auricular Records has released the 14th compilation in their Auricular
Audio Magazine series. This most recent release features the return of
some early veterans of the label as well as recent additions to the
Auricular roster.
Auricular Audio Magazine #14 opens with an exclusive sonically organic
17-minute track by reunited Voice of Eye. Jim Wilson and Bonnie
McNairn shine like never before on this deeply illuminating shamanic
interlude. This is the longest single track ever released on an
Auricular Audio Magazine and stands out as one of the brightest to
date.
Long time veteran artist and multimedia contributor to the label, Drew
Dobbs, returns with a singularly unique track entitled Gowl, produced
specifically for the series. Drew, a past member of Big City
Orchestre, Neighborhood Bass Coalition and Chotchke has appeared on
past Auricular Audio Magazine volumes and releases as a member of BCO,
Rob & Robo, producer and member of The Chambermaidens, member of the
Sense/Net collective as well as contributed art and resources to many
of the Auricular productions dating back to 1989. Drew had been an
integral participant and supporter of the label from its' onset.
Giligadi, project of Jason Murry established for mapping, capturing
and presenting emotions in a sonic form, returns to Auricular as well.
Having begun his efforts in sonic sculpture in 1989, he found his
works released as 'Fissures in the Faithful', through Auricular on
cassete in 1993. This haunting collection stands solid to this day.
Plans for a re-mastered release of Fissures in late Spring of 2009 are
underway. Giligadi has composed a unique and remarkable track for this
project entitled 'Scars Throw Blight Like Mars'.
Composer Eldad Tsabary creates electroacoustic and instrumental works
that are inspired by the concepts of metamorphosis and sound-mass, and
often reflect intercultural subjects. His works won prizes and
mentions in several international competitions. The profoundly
textural piece presented on this compilation, "In memoriam Karlheinz
Stockhausen' was a finalist in the Miniaturas Electroacusticas 2008
contest.
Microsound composer Barry Dillon provides a track entitled 'Three
Voice Ahh' from his previously released CD on Auricular. Dillon
utilizes the processing techniques developed in musique concrete,
enhanced with the present day developments in Digital Signal
Processing, Electronics and Computer Music programming languages like
Csound, Max / MSP
Formed in 1999, the Israeli project Chaos as Shelter arrived at a
point of transformation. Vadim Gusis, its founder, decided to step out
of the borders of the dark ambient genre explore other music styles
and dimensions. As a result, Thunderwheel was founded. This new
exploration is presented in the piece 'Vajra'.
Andrez Bergen, a Australian expatriate currently residing in Tokyo,
and better known as Little Nobody, shares his piece 'Old Skool Gagsta
Slap'. Andrez, straying from his more structured and 'danceable'
releases as Little Nobody, slices, cuts and dices his way through his
new work and shares this Dada-incised piece from the full-length
January 2009 release "Eat Tatoo Dead Tiger: Squalid Cold Tokyo
Collectibles" on the Auricular label.
ÜL was formed in 2006 with members of Argentinian legendary band
Reynols and side projects Minexio VII and Virgen Vapor. In May 2005
they played as the band for Japanese singer Damo Suzuki (ex Can) on
his first shows in Buenos Aires. ÜL explores the timbric posibilities
of the electric guitar, combining elements of noise, drone,
contemporary, rock, psych, concrete, atonal music and free
improvisation with their track 'v v v'.
Hovering in a unique singularity between EDM, IDM, Industrial and
experimental ambience, Novachild is a solo project utilizing a range
of virtual synthesis, found sound, and hardware synthesis. Novachild
shares their track 'Chewy Center'. Swedish experimental artist
Pythagora also joins this release. Pythagora is an ongoing project for
music by Dan Palsson, residing in Malmo, Sweden since almost forever.
Rounding out the release is Bureau of Nonstandards with their
spastically tweaked yet comforting compositions created on devices
such as Furby mods.
Welcomes New Artists to an Ever Growing Family
Los Gatos, CA, April 15 2009 - Experimental and soundart record label
Auricular Records has released the 14th compilation in their Auricular
Audio Magazine series. This most recent release features the return of
some early veterans of the label as well as recent additions to the
Auricular roster.
Auricular Audio Magazine #14 opens with an exclusive sonically organic
17-minute track by reunited Voice of Eye. Jim Wilson and Bonnie
McNairn shine like never before on this deeply illuminating shamanic
interlude. This is the longest single track ever released on an
Auricular Audio Magazine and stands out as one of the brightest to
date.
Long time veteran artist and multimedia contributor to the label, Drew
Dobbs, returns with a singularly unique track entitled Gowl, produced
specifically for the series. Drew, a past member of Big City
Orchestre, Neighborhood Bass Coalition and Chotchke has appeared on
past Auricular Audio Magazine volumes and releases as a member of BCO,
Rob & Robo, producer and member of The Chambermaidens, member of the
Sense/Net collective as well as contributed art and resources to many
of the Auricular productions dating back to 1989. Drew had been an
integral participant and supporter of the label from its' onset.
Giligadi, project of Jason Murry established for mapping, capturing
and presenting emotions in a sonic form, returns to Auricular as well.
Having begun his efforts in sonic sculpture in 1989, he found his
works released as 'Fissures in the Faithful', through Auricular on
cassete in 1993. This haunting collection stands solid to this day.
Plans for a re-mastered release of Fissures in late Spring of 2009 are
underway. Giligadi has composed a unique and remarkable track for this
project entitled 'Scars Throw Blight Like Mars'.
Composer Eldad Tsabary creates electroacoustic and instrumental works
that are inspired by the concepts of metamorphosis and sound-mass, and
often reflect intercultural subjects. His works won prizes and
mentions in several international competitions. The profoundly
textural piece presented on this compilation, "In memoriam Karlheinz
Stockhausen' was a finalist in the Miniaturas Electroacusticas 2008
contest.
Microsound composer Barry Dillon provides a track entitled 'Three
Voice Ahh' from his previously released CD on Auricular. Dillon
utilizes the processing techniques developed in musique concrete,
enhanced with the present day developments in Digital Signal
Processing, Electronics and Computer Music programming languages like
Csound, Max / MSP
Formed in 1999, the Israeli project Chaos as Shelter arrived at a
point of transformation. Vadim Gusis, its founder, decided to step out
of the borders of the dark ambient genre explore other music styles
and dimensions. As a result, Thunderwheel was founded. This new
exploration is presented in the piece 'Vajra'.
Andrez Bergen, a Australian expatriate currently residing in Tokyo,
and better known as Little Nobody, shares his piece 'Old Skool Gagsta
Slap'. Andrez, straying from his more structured and 'danceable'
releases as Little Nobody, slices, cuts and dices his way through his
new work and shares this Dada-incised piece from the full-length
January 2009 release "Eat Tatoo Dead Tiger: Squalid Cold Tokyo
Collectibles" on the Auricular label.
ÜL was formed in 2006 with members of Argentinian legendary band
Reynols and side projects Minexio VII and Virgen Vapor. In May 2005
they played as the band for Japanese singer Damo Suzuki (ex Can) on
his first shows in Buenos Aires. ÜL explores the timbric posibilities
of the electric guitar, combining elements of noise, drone,
contemporary, rock, psych, concrete, atonal music and free
improvisation with their track 'v v v'.
Hovering in a unique singularity between EDM, IDM, Industrial and
experimental ambience, Novachild is a solo project utilizing a range
of virtual synthesis, found sound, and hardware synthesis. Novachild
shares their track 'Chewy Center'. Swedish experimental artist
Pythagora also joins this release. Pythagora is an ongoing project for
music by Dan Palsson, residing in Malmo, Sweden since almost forever.
Rounding out the release is Bureau of Nonstandards with their
spastically tweaked yet comforting compositions created on devices
such as Furby mods.