Artificial Memory Trace ~ Vol. 7: Ritmax Asimetra ~ 1999
Cream Gardens Cgr 02
 
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39 tracks in 5 parts: Architekton I, Intersurfer, Architekton II, Architekton III, (closing)

All sound situations designed, composed & recorded by Slavek Kwi in studio C&C, Antwerpen, Belgium between December 1996 and June 1997. Originally released as Planktone 008.

Mastered at low volume to conserve the natural dynamic character of Sounds & the definition of spaces. No limiters or compressors employed. Recommended for listening at a relatively high volume. No MIDI, samplers or synthesizers involved. All sounds are of Concrete origin except for the Computer Voice Simulator.

Basic drum material rerecycled from sample-cd "Kickin' Lunatic Beats Volume I" by Keith Le Blanc (1-6,8,9,10-13,17-19,21-23)

Liner notes: Jay di Kay, January 1999

This volume of Slavek Kwi's Artificial Trace Memory project concentrates on pulsation and rhythm. All sounds used come from concrete sources (birds, animals, household objects, street sounds, etc.), except for a computer voice and the drum beats, which were taken from a sampler CD. This album contains five works, but they are subdivided into 39 tracks -- between 16 seconds and 4 minutes -- themselves indexed, all this to help those who would like to sample the album (Kwi extents an explicit invitation). Stripped from their beats, these pieces would lie somewhere between electro-acoustics of a quasi-environmental nature and sound collage. With these rhythmic foundations anchoring them (from drum beats and ethnic percussion to Ping-Pong balls), they take a completely different form, even getting very close to techno on "Architekton III: Ptakodisk" (but replace the usual synthesizers with bird sounds). Vol. 7: Ritmax Asimetra should be listened to with headphones and at high volume. Stereo distribution is cleverly used and an astonishing number of sound layers give these works unusual depth. There is a whole ecosystem living in this CD and the listener needs to be able to let himself be engulfed by it. Quite a sonic experience. - Francois Couture, AMG