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wh215 Materia Confusa – Axis Mundi

C.P. McDill — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:01:15 +0000

Materia Confusa’s fourth release on Webbed Hand is a pair of musique concrete compositions built around some intriguingly deep concepts.

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About:
“The title track, Axis Mundi, revolves literally around the idea of its namesake. The sound of a Jacobs Ladder creates the core central rhythm which is yet another incarnation of the theme. An attempt at representing both ascending, and descending, movement around the cosmic axis.

The second track, Strange Loop, is patterned after the ideas set forth in the book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid around the concept of a “Strange Loop”. Specifically in relation to recursion, the fugue compositional technique, and Johann Sebastian Bach.” — the artist.

Materia Confusa: www.materiaconfusa.net
Vocals & Cover art by Monica René Rochester: www.gentressmyrrh.net

Track List:
01 Axis Mundi [06:55]
02 Strange Loop [07:35]

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wh176 fosel – dull stars

C.P. McDill — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:02:35 +0000

fosel’s debut on Webbed Hand is this fine collection of dark ambient, richly sculpted soundscapes.

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“This album is inspired in part by the exploration of new musical apps offered on the iPhone. It is primarily the result of late night experimentation without any specific idea or concept in mind beyond the creation of sound.

All soundscapes created on a MacBook Pro with Ableton Live and an arsenal of soft synths and effects via Reaktor. iPhone apps used include Runxt, Jasuto and modAxis.

Recorded in Austin, Texas, January through March, 2011.”
–Kurt

http://fosel.net/

Cover art by Kurt Nimmo

The Webbed Hand release is mp3-only. A FLAC version is available here.

Track List:
01 angstrom scenario [06:56]
02 the blue window [04:39]
03 gamma correction [06:20]
04 only the snow can begin to explain (adrián juárez remix) [06:42]
05 adenine [08:47]
06 electrolyte [09:11]
07 rule 30 (juan josé calarco remix) [18:00]
08 terribly afar in lost lands [09:50]
09 dull stars [04:30]

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wh134 Ghostheory and Tree Helicopter – The Insidious Effects of Nostalgia

C.P. McDill — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:34:35 +0000

A team-up of Ghostheory with Tree Helicopter has resulted in richly textured long-form dark ambient compositions.

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Ghostheory provided a set of dramatic and complex recordings that were then given radical processing and a final mix-and-mastering by Tree Helicopter in late October, 2010. The result is a three-part suite that evokes ever-changing movement and activity, filtered through curtains of darkness…

01 The Insidious Effects of Nostalgia: Part One (00:15:29)
02 The Insidious Effects of Nostalgia: Part Two (00:15:31)
03 The Insidious Effects of Nostalgia: Part Three (00:30:00)

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wh097 Tree Helicopter – Blatant Beast

C.P. McDill — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:53:03 +0000

After an absence of several years, Tree Helicopter returns to Webbed Hand, now venturing deeper into a musique concrete/noise style. This work is more abstract than that found on “Moon Calf” (wh014), but at the same time more unified and perhaps more accessible.

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Recorded & Produced by C.P. McDill
Winter 2007-08
Total Length 00:45:43

01 Rakshas pt1 (08:01)
02 Flanders Poppies (03:23)
03 Rakshas pt2 (03:42)
04 Flivver (03:51)
05 Lotus Blossom (03:29)
06 Flux (02:36)
07 Cloches (07:40)
08 Blatant Beast (07:45)
09 Spidireen (05:16)

Note: Some of these tracks appear in a somewhat different form on a forthcoming split cassette release alongside work by Mystified. Watch for the announcement, and if you enjoyed this album, please buy the tape.

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wh094 Materia Confusa – Tales of Adventure

C.P. McDill — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:38:56 +0000

Materia Confusa returns to Webbed Hand with another pair of Musique Concrete compositions inspired, as the title implies, by the adventures that excited earlier generations of youth.

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“Tales of Adventure is comprised of two tracks, each its own unique tableau. Track one, Nautilus, finds its inspiration in the voyages of Captain Nemo and his vessel the Nautilus as told by Jules Verne. The second track, Deadeye, comes from the distinctive visions of the Wild West as seen through the lens of the Spaghetti Western. Both pieces hold true to the tradition of Musique Concrete and are assembled from entirely acoustic source material.”
– Materia Confusa

01 Nautilus [00:09:00]
02 Deadeye [00:05:52]

Recorded & Mixed 2007-08
Collage by Monica Rene Rochester
Released concurrently as Sonance 003
www.materiaconfusa.net

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