[Microsound-announce] HADES :: MARC BEHRENS PAULO RAPOSO [ CD, and/OAR ]

[paulo raposo :: sirr]

Hi everyone,

New release:

and/OAR
catalog number: and/25
artist: MARC BEHRENS   PAULO RAPOSO
title: HADES
release year: 2006

After "Further Consequences of Reinterpretation" (Crónica, 2003)
Paulo Raposo and Marc Behrens have created a new dynamic sound work: HADES.

HADES is based on sound recordings made aboard Lisbon ferries and at the
quays of
Cais do Sodré, Trafaria and Cacilhas 2001-2005. Both artists had initially
set out to
record independently, being fascinated with the sounds of the ship hull and
landing
gear, as well as with the actual passage on the river, which gives a
magnificent (maybe
the best) view on large parts of the old city of Lisbon. During the course
of the work
which took three years to complete, some more, precisely directed recordings
were
made together.

Understanding the actual crossing as a symbolic passage, once it is reduced
to
sound and memory, it was associated to the crossing of the mythic river Styx
to enter
Hades, the ancient Greek underworld. As the different sound recordings
provide the artists with very diverse material (for example low frequencies
from the
ship's hulls and motors, high frequencies and beats from the gates at Cais
do Sodré),
they understand the composition as hovering on the delicate borderline
between a
soundscape portrait and a multi-strata arrangement, in which things happen
parallelly, and individual layers move on more than one path simultaneously.

Behrens and Raposo have also worked together since 2001 on the Lisbon based
label SIRR.

In the opinion of and/OAR, HADES is not only one of the strongest works to
surface
from either artist, a/O will go out on a limb to state that it could very
well set a new
precedent of quality for collaboration work of it's ilk.
Needless to say, a/O is highly honored to be releasing it.
Please give it a very attentive listen. Especially in headphones!

and/OAR -> http://and-oar.org
HADES -> http://and-oar.org/pop_and_25.html
Marc Behrens -> http://www.mbehrens.com
Paulo Raposo -> http://www.sirr-ecords.com/pauloraposo

Besides and/OAR, this CD wil be very soon available through Sirr Shop.
http://www.sirr-ecords.com/shop.html
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Greetings,
Paulo Raposo
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