Star's End update 31.01.16: Invisible Spectra review
Jan 29, 2016 16:25:52 GMT
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Post by esp on Jan 29, 2016 16:25:52 GMT
Modulator ESP is the union of two crucial ideas which arose from the
western world's 1970s new music scenes - the direct expressiveness of
free-form improvisation, and the singing electricity of technology. Acting
upon this untamed art, in his unassimilated underground, is UK synthesist
Jez Creek. INVISIBLE SPECTRA (60'49") is but one of his many releases of
live concert performances. Unfolding in two unbroken continuums, this
music wanders from its point of origin within Creek's gear, to its
terminus in the listener's fleeting moment of experience. Completely
unburdened by temporal continuity INVISIBLE SPECTRA forms a borderless
dreamscape. Odd and weird, but fully organized, it possesses physical as
well as aural characteristics. As time becomes space in the mind of the
listener, Creek employs the portent sounds his synthesizers are capable of
issuing, yet also releases energies of fragmentation and collapse.
INVISIBLE SPECTRA manages to capture the languorous ebb and flow of the
cosmos in forms structured and strung together based on rhythm and
instinct, rather than any overt narrative concerns. Following his natural
tendencies Creek's live shows establish an environment where sounds and
ideas circulate freely, and where opposites meet. As fragments of
sequencer patterns, expressionistic clusters of dissonance and
impressionistic washes of sound create a state of volatility and flux,
this tone color realm attempts to lift the audience into infinite spaces.
From provinces of pure auditory activity, and opposing harmonic spheres,
to scuttling arpeggio scales pulsing in nightflight circuits, Creek's
lonely roads of exploration consistently produce a unique
boundary-suspending feel. If art is too clear, it is not very compelling -
its vagueness adding to our sense of discovery. An act of free and brave
thought, INVISIBLE SPECTRA conjures a particular atmosphere - a sonic
setting we must apply meaning to. But, despite the logical rigor this
music may seem to possess, it truly belongs to the world of spirits.
Please tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from the recent
concert release INVISIBLE SPECTRA by Modulator ESP
-
Modulator ESP - Live on STAR'S END 18 September 2016
Producing improvised experimental soundscapes using synthesizers,
sampling, sequencing, looping and processing to create strange worlds of
sound somewhere between '70s Spacemusic, noise and dark ambient drone, the
music of Modulator ESP travels to the furthest reaches of sound and art.
Please remember to tune in to the 09.18.16 broadcast of STAR'S END, as
Modulator ESP performs a unique live-to-air radio performance. This will
follow his Philadelphia concert debut at The Gatherings Concert Series on
Saturday 17 September 2016.
For more information, please access: www.thegatherings.org
www.starsend.org/update.html (only valid for one week)
www.starsend.org/InvisibleSpectra.html (review)
www.starsend.org/playlists/01.24.16.html (excerpt)
www.starsend.org/playlists/01.31.16.html
western world's 1970s new music scenes - the direct expressiveness of
free-form improvisation, and the singing electricity of technology. Acting
upon this untamed art, in his unassimilated underground, is UK synthesist
Jez Creek. INVISIBLE SPECTRA (60'49") is but one of his many releases of
live concert performances. Unfolding in two unbroken continuums, this
music wanders from its point of origin within Creek's gear, to its
terminus in the listener's fleeting moment of experience. Completely
unburdened by temporal continuity INVISIBLE SPECTRA forms a borderless
dreamscape. Odd and weird, but fully organized, it possesses physical as
well as aural characteristics. As time becomes space in the mind of the
listener, Creek employs the portent sounds his synthesizers are capable of
issuing, yet also releases energies of fragmentation and collapse.
INVISIBLE SPECTRA manages to capture the languorous ebb and flow of the
cosmos in forms structured and strung together based on rhythm and
instinct, rather than any overt narrative concerns. Following his natural
tendencies Creek's live shows establish an environment where sounds and
ideas circulate freely, and where opposites meet. As fragments of
sequencer patterns, expressionistic clusters of dissonance and
impressionistic washes of sound create a state of volatility and flux,
this tone color realm attempts to lift the audience into infinite spaces.
From provinces of pure auditory activity, and opposing harmonic spheres,
to scuttling arpeggio scales pulsing in nightflight circuits, Creek's
lonely roads of exploration consistently produce a unique
boundary-suspending feel. If art is too clear, it is not very compelling -
its vagueness adding to our sense of discovery. An act of free and brave
thought, INVISIBLE SPECTRA conjures a particular atmosphere - a sonic
setting we must apply meaning to. But, despite the logical rigor this
music may seem to possess, it truly belongs to the world of spirits.
Please tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from the recent
concert release INVISIBLE SPECTRA by Modulator ESP
-
Modulator ESP - Live on STAR'S END 18 September 2016
Producing improvised experimental soundscapes using synthesizers,
sampling, sequencing, looping and processing to create strange worlds of
sound somewhere between '70s Spacemusic, noise and dark ambient drone, the
music of Modulator ESP travels to the furthest reaches of sound and art.
Please remember to tune in to the 09.18.16 broadcast of STAR'S END, as
Modulator ESP performs a unique live-to-air radio performance. This will
follow his Philadelphia concert debut at The Gatherings Concert Series on
Saturday 17 September 2016.
For more information, please access: www.thegatherings.org
www.starsend.org/update.html (only valid for one week)
www.starsend.org/InvisibleSpectra.html (review)
www.starsend.org/playlists/01.24.16.html (excerpt)
www.starsend.org/playlists/01.31.16.html
