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Re: [microsound] Silence But Louder
On Apr 24, 2004, at 11:28 PM, Dale Lloyd wrote:
That aside, one release that contains tracks using sounds that are
inaudible to the average human ear would be by *0 (Nosei Sakata)
entitled 0.000. There is also an audible test tone track at the
beginning and end of the disc. And yes, it was pressed on a
"professionally pressed CD." Big deal.
Reminds me of an interesting artifact of importing a Ryoji Ikeda CD.
The track '+ / -' off of the CD of the same name is one very high
pitched tone, clocking in at ~ 1:05. When imported to MP3 (I can't
remember the settings), the track was silence.
In other 'commercial pressings', silence is used on some meditation CDs.
http://www.holisticshop.co.uk/GeneratedProducts/MUNEOSNM.asp
In iTunes Music Store,
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?
playlistId=4340413
Personally, I've been enjoying either just the native sounds of my
environment {and became rather curious about its sounds without me, the
basis for the upcoming 'apt.' Eucci release}, or just mild
augmentations with either field recordings of other environments {Time
Stereo's 'Weeds' has been a favorite}, subtle electro-acoustics, or
both {Hafler Trio's 'Dislocation' cassette being a long favorite here}.
I could *potentially* see placing an album like 0.000 in the middle of
a playlist of more active albums for a long day spent reading, bathing,
writing, thinking, as a spacer {so that after its duration, the other
sounds kick up again}. But I'm really more interested in coming across
tracks and recordings that seem like silence, but are in fact such
tones or volumes as to escape casual notice {the end of the rare recent
His Name Is Alive instrumental album, 'Brown Rice', fits in here}.
There's a small bit of personal joy that comes from discovering such
moments. 'Is it silent?' 'No, just quiet'
Then, like Southern Rock, one has to turn it up.
--
J.Shell for Eucci
http://euc.cx/laa/
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