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Skate LP + Rink 3"CD in gatefold by Janek Schaefer on audiOh!/Staalplaat



Hello happy micros
I have very very exciting news, my 3 year project Skate has finally hit the
streets. It's my most lavish release to date.

A 220g random play LP 'Skate' with a 3"CD composition 'Rink' in a colour
gatefold glossy sleeve.
Released jointly between audiOh! Recordings and Staalplaat.

I have the first 25 copies to sell exclusively from the Kiosk signed and
numbered and each comes with a bonus CDr of the Skate installation recordin=
g
[audiOh!10] http://www.audioh.com/projects/skatelp.html

Press Text:

Skate LP
[audiOh! Recordings] [audiOh! 011]

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 =8Csound scars=B9 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 use=
r
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 3=
3
or 45. This produces a much more subtle and controlled result. Experiment
with it!

+

Rink CD
[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 2001.

The CD started with a single copy of the LP. Firstly, 60 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 source CDr. A copy of this CDr was then loaded int=
o
3 CD players and broadcast in random mode and recorded together. A copy of
the installation room recording was then added and the result was then
melded =8Con screen=B9. =8CRink=B9 was composed in spring 2002 by the invitation of
Staalplaat. The 3"CD has 99 tracks for further flexibility, works well with
i-tunes on random. Have fun!

'Skate' & 'Rink' <c> + <p> Janek Schaefer
audiOh! Recordings: London. www.audiOh.com. Email: skate@xxxxxxxxxx
Staalplaat: PO Box 11453, 1001 GL Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
www.staalplaat.com
Produced and designed at the audiOh! Room from 1999 to 2003
Distributed by Staalplaat.

thanks
Janek@xxxxxxxxxx

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