CRONICA new release [pt]

http://www.cronicaelectronica.org

LITERAL:
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| new release
| o.blaat: Two Novels: Gaze / In the Cochlea
| Crónica 012~2004
| cover photos by Helen Cho
| 18 tracks, 1 video
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I once saw o.blaat perform seated with her laptop in the back of a club, connected to the stage by a string of lights, like an umbilical cord she was holding on to while at the same time eager to break. The confused audience was looking at an empty stage oblivious to the performer in the back. With our experience of music being more and more mediated it seems normal that the live physical presence of the performer is being questioned by musicians like o.blaat. How can one reconcile the live presence of musicians with acousmatic music, now so easily downloadable whenever and wherever you are? For this CD o.blaat interfaces with some of her regular collaborators such as Kaffe Matthews, Toshio Kajiwara, dj Olive, Eyvind Kang, Ikue Mori, Aki Onda & Akio Mokuno. The second half of the CD is designed for headphones listening, like a scientist looking through a microscope. It reveals soundscapes full of minutiae and electric movements. o.blaat’s shoe tapping has now morphed into light keyboard clicks, subtle and precise.

This is o.blaat’s first release and introduces her as one of the players of the new downtown electronic music scene. This recording finally make o.blaat audible for a wider audience, while at the same time remaining invisible — a fact she must enjoy. (excerpt from Christian Marclay’s liner notes)

Gaze:
01: one morning (w/ Kaffe Matthews)
02: egg salad sandwich (w/ Toshio Kajiwara)
03: bulle-1
04: bulle-2
05: gone fishing (w/ dj Olive)
06: afternoon (w/ sound modules by Aki Onda & Akio Mokuno)
07: hanging sky (w/ Ikue Mori)
08: nightfall
09: froid (w/ sound module by Eyvind Kang)

In the Cochlea:
10: scatsil
11: 39°
12: eight-o
13: yonofushigi
14: snowlight
15: nightvision
16: miminohone
17: miminohonenouta
18: centipede

19: swel [data track / quicktime]

Escuchar bulle-2, 03’38”, 4.5MB

Escuchar eight-o, 01’01”, 1.5MB