hello spiral Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Mark Fell returns with an incredible album of rhythmelodic cadences performed with Drumming Grupo De Percussão on the Sixxen metallophone system: a set of six microtonally tuned instruments originally conceived by Iannis Xenakis in 1976. The eight-part Intra stands out as one of Fell's most immediate and unusual releases; high in concept but also satisfying an obsession for complex polyrhythms as explored and developed by the likes of Beatrice Dillon, Don't DJ, and further out to augmented realities rendered by Kara-Lis Coverdale, Kassem Mosse and even Jlin. Making use of a kind of conceptual future-primitivism, Fell probes the perceptive difference between ideas of simplicity and complexity by sending instructions to acoustic drummers via electronic triggers relayed through headphones, an idea he first explored on the Time and Space Shapes for Gamelan installation made in collaboration with Laurie Spiegel. His ongoing interests in the classical Indian "Carnatic" music systems also play a big part here; its mathematical sound rules or Tala, have 35 possible combinations - many more than the usual Western structures of minor and major scales. It's this structure that imbues these recordings with such complex, propulsive and oddly pensive energies. Concept aside, Intra is a beautiful piece of sound art which sidesteps convention and perceptions of music in a way that’s highly pleasurable, even strangely soothing in its stilted trickle of off kilter tones, revealing successive dimensions with each repeated listen. https://boomkat.com/products/computer-generated-rhythm-for-microtonal-metallophones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Cylob only just lent Mark those mood bells two days ago, what a fucking state they're in now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 samples sound great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Sombrero Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Could be good. Is it more dance or sound art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 the latter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Sombrero Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Cheers. Will pass then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 I did not know about this album. Now I listened to it and think it's great. Furthermore hello spiral is a funky banana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseburgerwalrus Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 wtf mark fell.. forgot INTRA-4 from this LOOOOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertsk8er419 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Could be good. Is it more dance or sound art. the latter Cheers. Will pass then. BIG mood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ovitus Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 well, this was a nice reminder to rediscover Atavism..that album is the tits (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 "I knocked this album together in a day lol" - Mark Fell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 lol it's process music though really. I can appreciate it because most of my recent output has been basically process music.. it kinda has to be approached in a different way to "idm bangerz" I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 http://www.factmag.com/2018/10/06/mark-fell-signal-path/ TIL: House has been around since at least the mid-80s. Lots of little stuff in the room photos, worth poking around in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enthusiast Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 What happened the other Tannoy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 and who was phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 What happened the other Tannoy? mono is the new stereo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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