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Artists: j.frede / Scanner

Title: "j.frede rewrites scanner's diary" CD
Label: current recordings
Catalog number: current.002 

www.current-recordings.com 


In 2000 UK based artist Scanner released a cd titled DIARY on
Sulpher Records to accompany a tour he was doing directly related to his diaries.
Robin Rimbaud (aka.scanner) has keep a diary since 1976,
never missing a single day regardless of his location in the world
or the hour of day he was able to do so.

The tour in 2000 he incorporated some of these very personal entries
into public performances. The Diary CD was
a collection of live recordings. In 2001 Robin gave me a copy of
the Diary cd while i was visiting him in London, and explained
the tour and intention of the tour. I was very intrigued by the personal
aspect of him sharing passages from his diaries, electronic music
is one of the more impersonal forms of music, often seen as cold
due to the synthetic sounds and processes used in creating it.

In 2003, Robin and myself were discussing working together, and
i suggested this project, and since we both share a sense of humor
the titled seemed fitting and funny.

j.frede began taking apart his live recordings from the CD, taking care to
not mix the sources from track to track, out of my own neurotic
conceptual nature, and create new tracks or in this instance "pages"
from the recordings. The finished piece is a full length album that
explores the textures and sounds created by Scanner, arranged in
new compositions. all of the sounds and samples on the rewrite cd
are taken from the original CD.

the packaging is silk-screened digipaks, with full color inserts.
limited to 500 copies






 



CD liner notes: 

 

May 28 2004

22.48

A diary is a means of recording our history, moments that are lost each 
and every day, our passions and ideas, our frustrations and 
inspirations, people we've seen, places we've visited. I have kept a 
diary since I was twelve years old, never missing a day since 1976. No 
matter where I am nor at what hour, I still record each day with a fine 
black fountain pen.

In 2000 I released a series of live recordings, 'Diary,' on CD (Sulphur 
Records) to accompany a UK tour where I incorporated some of these very 
personal entries into public performances. Much of my work experiments 
with diverse media in order to search out, find, reveal, process, 
distort and re-present elements of our environment, to make the 
ordinary extraordinary.

July 23 2004

21:50

I dreamt that the artist J.Frede had rewritten my diary in sound. He 
had created a delightfully impressive re-interpretation of the original 
Diary CD, transforming and expanding the music into a sonic reflection 
of cloudy elegance. When I woke up I wished it were true.



Robin Rimbaud

 

 

Related weblinks:

 

www.current-recordings.com 

www.jfrede.com 

www.scannerdot.com 

 

Publicist:

Lynn Hasty, Green Galactic

lynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

www.greengalactic.com 


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bio.scanner
 
Battersea-based ambient composer Robin Rimbaud, aka Scanner, takes his curious pseudonym from his compositional tool of choice; the cellphone scanner. Although only recording and releasing music since the early '90s, Rimbaud has already earned a reputation as a boundary pushing experimentalist, wedding scanned vocal samples with sparse electronics and other textural elements that underscore the degree of strain and isolation often associated with modern telecommunications technology. Though working increasingly toward other, more musical compositional devices, his first several releases went heavy on the lifted convo, attracting as often the comment of postgrad pocket theorists interested in the critical implications of Rimbaud's work as the music critics. Although admitting to a certain voyeuristic fixation even in his childhood, Rimbaud's began exploring it through music only recently, acquiring a police scanner from the Brixton Hunt and Saboteurs group (a sort of wargames/survivalist collective) at a surprising discount. He's since recorded a number of albums and completed remixes for Oval, Scorn, and others. Thought not as varied or complex in his approach as some of his peers in the European electronic music avant-garde, Rimbaud's probing experimentalism and developing focus has won him high praise among the more cerebral of the emusic set, resulting in a number of commissioned performance and composition opportunities that have brought him in contact with the likes of David Shea, Bill Laswell, Oval's Markus Popp, and Karlheinz Stockhausen (the latter of which Rimbaud counts among his admirers). He also worked on the score for the film The Garden Is Full of Metal, about late film director Derek Jarman. In 2001 Scanner returned with the album Wave of Light by Wave of Light, using the name Scannerfunk.~ Sean Cooper, All Music Guide



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j.frede | biographical information
 
(b.1975) 
Originating from New Mexico, j.frede works as a composer, sound designer and installation artist. Frede has been residing in Los Angeles since 2002, previously living and working out of Colorado from 1996-2001. Traveling abroad consistently since 1998, his work has been presented throughout Europe as well as here in the United States. 
 
In 2003 "Blip: the glitch electronica standard reference" loops for acid CDROM was released by Sonic Foundry / SONY. Blip contains over 700 copyright free sounds for composers to use in their music and is part of the extensive "loops for acid" series. Frede created this library along with C. Archuleta and is scheduled to release a second volume in 2004. 
 
When performing live, j.frede utilizes a variety of PC based software to write compositions in real time using found sounds and digital manipulations. His installation work is designed to create subtle listening environments in galleries and performance spaces. Each installation follows a conceptual basis and is presented with documentation of the project.
 
The Curatorial work of j.frede includes several events at The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art as well as The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Frede also founded the Denver Atonal Festival that ran for 5 consecutive years and presented over 50 artists. He also owned and operated the Chernobyl Tone Gallery in Denver, Colorado from 1999-2000 showcasing countless touring acts from the United States, Europe and Japan. Chernobyl was dedicated to sound art and a direct relation between visual art and music. A number of infamous performance art pieces were presented during its existence including the "bomb" performance and "vegetarianism" which was reminiscent of the 1960's actionist movement. In 2000 he curated the audio portion of the Telluride International Experimental Cinema Exposition, which provided a continuous flow of sound and music throughout the festival. 
 
The most recent event Frede co-produced, along side Green Galactic & ACF/LA, was the west coast launch party for e|i magazine. It featured live performances by Steve Roden, Akira Rabelias, Kit Clayton, Sue Costabile as well as Frede himself. 
 
 
 
j.frede | artistic overview 
 
As a composer, j.frede collects sonic atmospheres of both organic and manmade origin that are natural occurring in regards to the sound's source. Seeking out sounds that could be mistaken for synthetic or electronically created, frede arranges them into composition form and presents the work in both live performances and in the form of sound installations.
 
In the past, frede has created computer or synthesizer based works but primarily works with field recordings. Live, j.frede utilizes a variety of software to create sound banks with real-time control to create soundscapes that range from quiet and minimal to dense surround sound performances. 
 
Frede also works with acoustics from both instruments and objects to create subtle compositions. One example would be the "Quiet series" performance in which an Indian banjo was used in a non-traditional manner to create near silent sounds using the keys of the instrument and the resonating strings. The sound was slowly brought into the laptop and mixed subtlety into the sound system. Another other example is the "glass music" performance j.frede presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Using various sizes and shapes of water filled wine glasses j.frede and Marleah Tobin performed a drone based work using the resonating sounds of the glasses to create a think sonic environment. The duo was followed by a surround sound piece created by 6 performers and 27 wine glasses.
 
The installation work of j.frede is designed to create subtle listening environments in galleries and performance spaces. Each installation follows a conceptual basis and is achieved using multiple cd players, multiple small speakers, and compositions specific to the installation. The most recent installation, Selected Phonographies, was featured at the Soundvision Gallery in Portland Oregon in May 2003. The installation consisted of 24,1 inch speakers divided into 3 stereo channels. The speakers where hanging from the ceiling of the gallery space at various lengths. The sound for the installation consisted of binaural field recordings from the United States and Europe and was arranged to enhance the binaural properties and to create new spatial properties for the visitors to experience. This piece was sold and is now installed in a private residence in Corvallis, Oregon.
 
Some of the pending projects include a documentation of the American west titled American Gothic. Working with photographer Marleah Tobin, American Gothic will explore the ruins of rural America, taking photographs and recordings of rather insignificant abandoned structures to showcase the beauty of these long since forgotten locations.
 
The other major project that Frede is currently perusing is a process of turning architecture into musical scores or notation. Using a combination of the visual lines and corners and the topographical data of the building itself, Frede will create notation using the vertical, horizontal and depth data. There are plans to present a finished work of this technique by the end of 2004.