Talking of Line , as we were , ahead of Richard Chartier 's revived William Basinski collaboration comes a showdown with Robert Curgenven . Built Through feels like a further instalment of the earlier Oltre ' s austere, challenging beauty , but though also on Line that was solo Curgenven ( with a little help from Joerg Maria Zeger, his partner in TSU ) . In contrast, all but one of BT's four pieces of industrial hum & whisp are based on previous Chartier work between 2000 & 2005 - then duly processed (through a 16-foot pipe organ in invariance strata 's case & " a matrix of pieces for nine turntables, linear dubplates and ventilator " in acquisition eviction 's...). Only displacement takes Curgenven material (Australian field recordings) as its point of departure - on through " an improvisation for binaural microphones, wine glasses, two turntables and linear series dubplate " . Blurb: " The acoustic architecture of Robert Curgenven and Richard Chartier forms a delineation of space built through dismantling the constitution of internal and external. Beyond dividing space, creating a façade or habitable zone, the perceptibility of the surface is turned back in on itself and with it a shift in the ideological and social context of the space. A seamless integration of digital and analogue, a suffusion which creates a mutual modulation, transforming purpose chosen materials—dense, undulating foundations through to stratified filaments and needle-point framework—defining the approach, the entry, the walk-through, the departure . " So there... Both collaborators have valuable solo offerings out too. Honorary Cornishman Curgenven splits a Winds Measure 12" with Will Montgomery . His share is the richly crackling "impossible topology" of Looking for Narratives on Small Islands - an extract of which loomed out of futuresequence's first mega-compilation last summer. Meanwhile, at the opposite end of his admirably broad spectrum Chartier's pinkcourtesyphone alter ego ( " the sonic essence of some nicely dressed 1960s housewife wistfully peering out her window while reclining on some lovely couch or divan, with, of course, a slowly sipped cocktail and perhaps half of a Valium " ) surfaces with a playful, deviantly post-pop debut " formed from places, plastics, and particulars during 1997, 2004, and 2011 " . Foley Folly Folio is also a debut for the sub-label Line Segments. This " will highlight some, perhaps, very non-LINE-like works. Works that stray from the norm... more maximal, maybe... louder, maybe... noisier maybe... beat-oriented, maybe. So many possibilities... a chance to showcase some things LINE loves. " Other voices populate the indisputably more maximal (though none too beat-oriented) FFF , particularly wishful wistful wanton 's woman-child. Chartier's tongue features too - wedged firmly in his mouth, terming the release "lugubrious" & himself "considered by some to be quite fancy" & characterising the possibly punning pcp as " dark but not arch, with a slight hint of humor ". robert curgenven + richard chartier - built through (album preview) Robert Curgenven + Richard Chartier - acquisition eviction (extract) <p><p>&amp ...
Lend Me Your Ears
25 May 2012