stria
(with jgrzinich)
Erewhon CDWhon008 · 2003 CD · 45 minutes · Composed 1998–2001
Companion album to Confluence. Sources include voice, bowed metal, pebbles, motor-driven instruments, beans in wooden and plastic containers, a worn copy of Alvin Lucier's Music on a Long Thin Wire — alongside recordings of fire, a field in the Columbia Gorge, microphones dragged through grass, and previous sounds broadcast on radios in rooms and on streets in Koper, Slovenia.
"If we follow a line of inquiry without particular concern for the outcome, what are the unknown effects of space, time or distance?... Sounds attempt to 'move through' rather than to be 'something'... Meaning is not dependent on us, even though it is true that we use a focus and a filter." — from the liner notes
"The drones expand and contract like in a drug-induced hallucination, and the massive vibration sends powerful shockwaves to the cerebellum." — Piero Scaruffi
"A true collaboration that bends whatever rules would necessitate such meaningful relationships in sound space." — TJ Norris, SoundVision