[microsound] hardhatarea.com first release

[robert van heumen <robert@xxxxxxxx>]

first release on hardhatarea.com:

solitude sample (3"CD) - by robert van heumen

the first installment of a piece based on the extatic feeling of 
loneliness - awareness of the sounds normally unheard: the fridge, 
faint sound from outside the room, heater switching on - based on texts 
from 'the invention of solitude' by paul auster

review in The Wire:
"Robert Van Heumen plays laptop for OfficeR, a dutch organisation 
dedicated to a merger of live and electronic improvisations. For his 
new solo work, Solitude Sample (hardhatarea promo 3"cd), Robert has put 
together four tracks based on text by Paul Auster. This is not to infer 
that there are many audible words - far from it. The sounds here are 
sparse and extremely minimal. There's one part where some people are 
making mouth noises in the background while a guy tries to get into his 
car with a can opener, but apart from that, most of the events here 
sound like they're electronically generated (or treated) and are open 
to any kind of narrative interpretation that the listener may care to 
create. My favorite has to do with robotic rabbits attempting to chew 
their way into cyberspace (by strategy), but yours may be rather 
different. And why not?"

For more info on getting a copy of solitude sample, goto 
http://hardhatarea.com/solitude/ .


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