Dear SPECTRE readers, IMPEKA [http://impeka.org/] released a couple of cassettes recently which may or may not be of interest to you...
////////// [!CS007] *ORPHAN *| *YIJODA *[C40] Spread across nine tracks of disorienting beats, processed voice samples, haunting synths, tape hiss, distorted rave-sirens and painfully (mis)treated acoustic instruments, this album explores the boundaries between noise music, club culture and sonic art, capturing the moments in between being in total control and fully relinquishing it – by your own will, or by force. Whilst the opening few seconds seem to offer calmness and content, we are rapidly thrown into a harsh, confounding and unforgiving aural landscape: snapshots from a Tyneside rave party being tossed into a tumble dryer and re-arranged by the blink of an ear... *MORE: *https://impeka.bandcamp.com/album/yijoda [!CS008] *JAKE WITTLIN* | *TWO FEEDBACK COMPOSITIONS* [C60] Two mesmerizing, immersive pieces based on a manipulated feedback loop created by the artist's set-up of turntable, mixer and sampler; one composed for a Resonance Extra <http://extra.resonance.fm/about> broadcast in May 2016, the other specifically created for this release during the winter months of 2019-2020 using the same processes and methodology. Although they were both composed in the noughties, using a single sound source - and with only four years between them - these pieces seem like very distinct manifestations and representations of two rather different fields (as well as eras) of experimental electronic music, with «Feedback Composition No. 1 (2016) <https://impeka.bandcamp.com/track/feedback-composition-no-1-2016>» evoking droney tape manipulations and analogue synth experiments, whereas «Feedback Composition No. 2 (2020) <https://impeka.bandcamp.com/track/feedback-composition-no-2-2020>» echoes glitch, minimalistic- and algorithmic composition, and even dub techno - yet these two monumental sound sculptures accompany each other remarkably well. *MORE: *https://impeka.bandcamp.com/album/two-feedback-compositions [!CS009]* AUTOMATIC WRITING CIRCLE* | *WORKS 2009 - 2019* [C66] Live recordings and studio mixes from a decade of the group's existence, documenting their activity and creative / compositional approaches over the last ten years. Formed in London in 2007, and having featured a number of artists and musicians from very diverse backgrounds throughout the years, the group - now semi-dormant - has performed at several prestigious festivals and venues across the United Kingdom and Europe. The three pieces on this cassette present us with a wide range of sonic material - from electro-acoustics and jittery concrete, to free improvisation and contemporary classical - reflecting upon both the cultural and musical backgrounds of the performers, as well as the environments in which performances have taken place. *MORE: *https://impeka.bandcamp.com/album/works-2009-2019 //////////
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