Descent est la suite des études par Akumu des résonances et de micro-sons trouvés dans notre monde de tous les jours. Basées sur des enregistrements in situ (field recordings) capturés entre stations de train, banques et autres grands édifices, ces quatre pièces re-synthétisent et réduisent ces larges structures dans l’infinitésimal — le réel dans l’abstrait. Le résultat est une «trame sonore moléculaire» imaginaire pour les résidents et voyageurs de ces espaces. Faisant simultanément partie, et pourtant isolés de leurs entourages et autres passants, ces pièces pourraient être l’équivalent sonore de leurs interconnections entre elles, et avec le monde autour d’elles.

Crédits

Écrit, enregistré et froissé par Deane Hughes à Toronto, Canada entre 2009 et 2010.

Reviews:
“I’ve been a fan of Akumu for a number of years now and I’m happy to report that Descent continues the trend of intelligent and engaging work that makes Deane Hughes’ project so appealing. Made from field recordings and re-imagined sound sources, Descent uses cyclical patterns of cuts and clicks that build in complexity while static washes ebb and flow resulting in a dense aural landscape that surrounds the listener. It’s a study in reductions and the minimizing of grandeur, and it’s not so much an album that you listen to as an album that you experience. You owe it to yourself to check this out.”
—Rik MacLean, Ping Things

“When music is described as ‘organic’, this will often refer to a warm, almost acoustic and almost ‘live’ sound. On Descent, Akumu (Deane Hughes, Toronto, Canada) has a different approach in describing organic structures in sound. The basic material comes from ‘field recordings’ (but do NOT imagine birds or crickets here): “based on field recordings captured within train stations, banks and other large buildings, these four pieces re-synthesize and reduce those grand structures into the infinitesimal — the real into the abstract. Descent is the continuation of Akumu’s study of resonances and micro-sonics found in our everyday world.” There are four tracks on this album. The first three, taking up 31 minutes, are called The Hive – as depicted on the (fascinating!) cover artwork that accurately symbolizes the music you can expect to hear. High-pitched electronics, suggesting a ‘grand structure’ but impossible to relate to their original sources. Descent, the 24 minute title track that closes the album, slowly introduces lower region rhythmic pulses before gradually becoming an immersive surrounding of electronic noisefields. For the approach to sound, and being much more ‘electronic’ than what is usually called ‘ambient music’ , “Descent” will definitely appeal to listeners familiar with the Raster-Noton electronic music releases. Definitely worth checking out.”
—Peter Van Cooten, Ambient Blog

“Panospria sigue marcando su propio camino mediante obras como esta a cargo de Akumu, un artista de Toronto (Canadá), quien influenciado por la música electrónica, ambiental y oscura nos presenta a Descent, cuatro piezas experimentales de larga duración en el cual ruidos, glitchs, microsonidos y frecuencias abstractas van tomando su lugar dentro de cada pieza sonora. Muy Interesante.”
—Música Selection

“Akumu es un artista canadiense que trabaja con grabaciones de campo realizadas en grandes espacios (estaciones de tren, edificios…) manipuladas y reducidas a su mínima expresión. Burbujeos digitales y drones larguísimos caracterizan este Descent, con un sonido muy fino.”
—Oír Para Creer

• Disponible le:
  2011-04-29