[microsound] [12k/LINE] new releases MARK FELL "TEN TYPES OF ELSEWHERE" +SHUTTLE358 "CHESSA"

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ARTIST: MARK FELL
TITLE: TEN TYPES OF ELSEWHERE
CAT.NO: LINE019
EDITION: 500

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LINE is proud to announce the new solo release by Mark Fell, Ten Types 
of Elsewhere.

Topology is a branch of mathematics concerning possible spaces and 
spatial objects - curves, surfaces, knots, manifolds, phase spaces, 
symmetrical groups, etc. The work explores a link between objects and 
alterity through spatial and temporal deformations, twistings, 
rotatings, reflections and stretchings. Here spaces and objects are not 
self-evident and singular, but multiple, irregular, anomalous.

The work began as a documentation of recent installations - some in 
public spaces, some gallery works, some large works, some small etc. 
Inspired by the problems brought up by this activity, instead of using 
recordings to document these, ten processes came about each of which 
relates to the spaces and works in a different way - a recording, or 
system used to run the work, a pattern, a method or technique, a way of 
working, a name, or a reference point outside the work.

This is Mark Fell's first solo full length release in the United States 
and is a exciting new departure for LINE.

Mark Fell (b.1966) is a sound/installation artist born and educated in 
Sheffield, UK. His works - usually interactive, time based or 
generative - draw upon an interest in contemporary philosophy, computer 
science, and being human. With collaborator Mat Steel he works as SND, 
and has released critically acclaimed recordings on Mille Plateaux 
(Germany), with other projects on OR (UK), Bottrop Boy (Germany), and 
Fals.ch (Austria). Fell has exhibited installations and performed 
around the world including at the Hong Kong National Film archive, ISEA 
(Paris), Sonar (Barcelona), Creativity Cognition Studios (Sydney), 
Siggraph (LA), Mutek (Montreal), Lovebytes (UK).
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ARTIST: SHUTTLE358
TITLE: CHESSA
CAT.NO: 12K1030
EDITION: 1000
FORMAT: CD/DIGIPACK

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Without a doubt Shuttle358 has become one of the most admired artists 
to emerge from modern electronic music's sea of musicians. From the 
humble beginnings of a demo CD in 12k's mailbox to 4 critically 
acclaimed cds, Dan Abrams is, to some, the one credited for bringing a 
warmth and human touch back into what has often been considered a very 
cold, sterile genre. It began with 1999's Optimal.lp (12k1005), a 
groundbreaking debut release that immediately defined the Shuttle358 
sound; a hybridization of the then-emerging "microsound" genre with 
Eno's true ambient explorations. In 2000 Abrams outdid himself with 
Frame (12k1011) by honing his sound design and exploring production 
techniques at rates that made his "now" quite brief and creating what 
was to become one of the most sought-after cds in the 12k catalog. Also 
with Frame emerged Abrams photographic influences which he explains:

"my photos take the concept of framing "real life" quite literally. 
more specifically, i focus on pieces of life that are left behind, but 
still part of us. thats why often i leave the human presence out from 
situations that usually have many people. in that case, i am capturing 
the moment that an object (or space) is left behind or about to be left 
in a state of stillness. it is parting temporarily from its human 
companion. or simply, i am capturing our life as humans from the point 
of view of those objects. but in the end, they tell the story about our 
lives because the subject of my photos are the objects of humanity."

Chessa is the third release from Abrams' Shuttle358 moniker on 12k and 
he continues to do what he does best: attempt to move microsound away 
from the world of theory and towards absolute real life. LIke his 
photographs, Chessa is music about, and to be listened to in, 
unexpected places. It is a narrative, a simple slice of life that plays 
out through the incidental photography of the cd cover. To achieve this 
Abrams fuses irregular granular sound particles, like the movements of 
everyday life, with a deliberate melodic base that captures emotion and 
simplicity.

Chessa is packaged in an expanded 6-page digipack that features Abrams' 
photography which is an equally important part as the music. He is 
planning a printed series of works as well as an online gallery of 
images to develop this unexpected story.


DISCOGRAPHY:
Opitmal.lp (1999, 12k), Frame (2000, 12k), Stream (as Dan Abrams) 
(2001, Mille Plateaux), Understanding Wildlife (2002, Mille Plateaux)


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