Author: EMPTYSET
Format: Remixes included
PartNumber: dXMHUkq4291WeZWa
Release Date: 27-01-2017
Details: Emptyset is the innovative electronic duo of James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas.brThe duo composes within a complex set of self-imposed parameters or rulebrsets and the results of their expeditions on Borders are at once minimal andbrvisceral. Focusing on shifting timbral changes over melody, Emptyset s work isbran exploration of the relationship between rhythm, texture and space.brThe pair shares a history in Bristol s underground music scene as well as anbrimpressive list of production credits. Ginzburg, now Berlin based, runs abrnetwork of record labels including electronic music label Subtext and ArcbrLight Editions, whose reissues include a work by Arthur Russell. He s a prolifibrproducer and remixer for both independent and major labels, with diversebrprojects such as Faint Wild Light, Ginz and more recently Bleed Turquoise.brPurgas, now based in London, founded the We Elude Control label in 2009,bra curated collection of rare experimental music. Purgas is an artist, writer andbrcurator who has presented projects with Tate, Whitechapel and SerpentinebrGalleries, and he is also an active promoter of electronic music in eclecticbrspaces from a carpark to a Modernist pavilion.brEach project s framework and parameters dictate how the sound or performancebrevolves. In the past, Emptyset have explored the ways in which the sonicbrand spatial interact within different architectural contexts: often site-specifibrlocations such as the decommissioned Trawsfynydd nuclear power station inbrNorth Wales, or the neo-gothic Woodchester Mansion. Borders takes a differentbrapproach, centering around the performative and the performer. Having eachbrcreated their own tactile instruments, a six-stringed zither-like instrument andbra drum, Emptyset focuses on how organic sounds interact with the analoguebrprocesses that have defied their work to date.brContrasting typical approaches to making electronic music, Emptyset set outbrto emphasize live performance rather than creating sequences within devices.brWhile Purgas and Ginzburg utilize vintage analogue electronics, compressingbrand distorting the signals, the album itself is performed entirely live, wherebrsubtle movements make for substantial changes in sound.brFrom the very fist track, Body, one can hear how the physicality of thebrinstruments have imbued the sound s texture. The physical characteristics ofbrthe metal strings create a layer of dynamic juxtaposition to the grinding timbresbremerging around them. The broody Ascent, features the album s clearestbrcall-and-response between the stringed instrument and the drum, barking andbrthudding back and forth at one another. Evident in tracks such as Border brand Speak, Emptyset uses basic rhythmic structures drawn from an array ofbrbroad cultural practices, expressed neutrally and without overemphasis on thebrsource. Taken as a whole Borders distills the duo s inspirations to their essencebrand the resulting music is as raw as it is captivating.
UPC: 790377042924
EAN: 0790377042924
Model: dXMHUkq4291WeZWa
Languages: English
Binding: audioCD
Item Condition: New
