Dr. Klangendum
ma 2 mrt 2020 00:00 uur
#325. Onafhankelijke geluidskunst, radiofonische projecten en andere audio-non-visuele misverstanden en vondsten. Met Ronez, Renaud Marchand en 'RFG Inventions for Cello and Computer' van Peter Zinovieff & Lucy Railton. 1. Peter Zinovieff & Lucy Railton. 2. Ronez – Oily Teardrops. 3. Renaud Marchand – Fouille Clandestine Electronique. (excerpt) • 'RFG Inventions for Cello and Computer' is a steeply adventurous, highly structured and rewarding electro-acoustic collaboration between pioneering British/Russian inventor and engineer Peter Zinovieff and preeminent cellist Lucy Railton.' • The collaboration is notably issued as Peter Zinovieff's first album and also becomes the follow-up to Lucy Railton's acclaimed solo debut 'Paradise 94'. It finds Zinovieff, co-founder of London's influential EMS Synthesizer company and owner of the world's first home computer, using custom computer software to create and orchestrate a "soft" version of Railton's vast instrumental vocabulary, modelled from a large series of cello improvisations inspired by objects such as an Egyptian figure, pots, and old computer boards, as well as tales of pre-revolution Russia from his Grandfather. Railton added solo cello to the manipulated results, before these quasi-improvisations were recombined into the work's filigree matrix during final co-production with members of ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany. Initially conceived as a live project and performed at festivals including Norberg, Atonal, Rewire and FAQ between 2016-2017, the final 33 minute recording thrillingly sustains the duelling, visceral tension and unpredictability of their live shows in its… more
