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CURTIS ROADS - Point Line Cloud
Asphodel
CD + DVD // £16.99
EXTREME / NOISE
Released: Apr 2005
Catalogue Number: ASP3000

We are in some serious electronic sound sculpture terrain here. No doubt an influence on Autechre and the like, AE booked Curtis for the ATP party in 2003. 'Point Like Cloud' is an abstract suite or what is called granular synthesis music. From Asphodel's website to continue in Wirespeak : "Beneath the level of the note lies the realm of sound particles. Each particle is a pinpoint of sound. Recent advances let us probe and manipulate this microacoustical world. Sound particles dissolve the rigid bricks of musical composition - the notes and their intervals - into more fluid and supple materials. The sensations of point, pulse (series of points), line (tone), and surface (texture) emerge as the density of particles increases. Sparse emissions produce rhythmic figures. By lining up the particles in rapid succession, one can induce an illusion of tone continuity or pitch. As the particles meander, they flow into liquid-like streams and rivulets. Dense agglomerations of particles form clouds of sound whose shapes evolve over time." To these pair of lugholes it brings to mind the environmental works of Bernard Parmegiani and Keith Fullerton Whitman's 'Manchester-By-The-Sea SVP' and 'Car Passings At Night'. Bonus DVD brings interviews with the artist, plus abstract visual representations of the audio by Brian O'Reilly. Recommended.