[microsound-announce] Dragon's Eye Recordings – News + Releases + Events – June 2009

[Yann Novak]

Summary

1. New Releases
     Relocation.Catalog | Yann Novak  exhibition catalog

2. Upcoming Events
     Stage | Yann Novak solo exhibition

3. Recent Releases  Celer | Breeze of Roses
     Novak / Drouin | +ROOM-ROOM Live at The Henry Art Gallery
     Son of Rose | All In
     Lissom | Nest of Iterations

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1. New Releases

Yann.Novak | Relocation.Catalog
smlEditions | 40:32 | 24p. BOOK + CD-R | 100

Relocation.Catalog contains the essay "Striation, Erosion,
Deformation, Recollection: The Erased Field Recordings of Yann
Novak" by Christopher DeLaurenti which takes a look into the
work and process of Yann Novak and draws some interesting
comparisons. Included with the catalog is Relocation.Edits, a CD
containing abridged versions of the sound works associated with
each of the installations in the Relocation exhibition. The
catalog also includes preparation and installation photos of
Novak's previous works.

The catalog is now available through the  DER Shop
[http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/shop.htm].

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2. Upcoming Events

Yann Novak | Stage
June 3 - August 2
Opening reception: Friday, June 5 7:00pm

Burien Art Gallery
421 SW 146th St Seattle, WA 98166

In Stage, Yann Novak creates a site specific installation in
response to the Burien Art Gallery's built-in cabinetry that
resembles a stage. Utilizing a recording of the last 8 minutes
prior to a performance as a point of departure, Novak explores
feeling of stage fright and the release of that fear throughout
the duration of a performance. By taking advantage of the
control that site specific sound installations provides, Novak
presents this piece as an impossible "performance," free of
interruption or imperfection do to his fear of public
performance.

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3. Recent Releases

Celer | Breeze of Roses
de5021 | 47:46 | 5" CD-R | 250

"Breeze of Roses downplays the “real world” aspect of the release
and instead transmutes those originating sounds into a largely
synthetic-sounding and ethereal weave of wavering tones (the
faint rustle of environmental noise is occasionally audible but
faintly). Though the work includes six “Imprecise Parts” it
unfolds as an uninterrupted vista of softly stirring sound.
Curlicues of wind gently blow across the tonal drift at around
the thirty-two minute mark and a slight hint of industrial noise
simmers near-imperceptibly below the surface elsewhere, but
Breeze of Roses sonically suggests the empyrean more than any
earthly locale."
– Textura

"The resonant atmospheres within Breeze of Roses are superb and
it's one of those pieces of music that gradually builds and
flows into several distinct parts. As ever there's a sense of
melody that pervades every moment of this work, but it's joined
by a creeping dissonance that brings into stark relief. Over the
course of the album you'll be gently massaged, lightly
challenged and totally invigorated. "
– Smallfish

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Novak / Drouin | +ROOM-ROOM Live at The Henry Art Gallery
de6004 | 28:14 | 5" CD-R | 250

DOWNLOAD
[http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/catalog/de6004.html]

1. +ROOM-ROOM Live at The Henry Art Gallery

Recorded live at the Henry Art Gallery auditorium during the
opening reception for Novak and Drouin's installation +ROOM-ROOM
, the performance re-contextualizes the sounds from the
installation. Now abstracted from the installation rooms, the
sounds take on new potential meanings as the artists build a
dialogue of tones and textures in an improvisational environment
. The performance is recorded using omnidirectional microphones
placed on the stage. The result is a mix of the effect of the
room on the sound, and the physical interaction with the
performers' equipment.

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Son of Rose | All In
Blanket Fields | 5" CD | 700

"Though organ isn't listed as one of the instruments, an organ
-like sound functions as the nucleus in many tracks and as a
result a subtly transcendent aura pervades the release. That
organ emphasis also imbues the music with an Eastern and
psychedelic aura, perhaps most clearly felt during “All In,” for
example, where one can easily imagine a singing group sitting in
a circle within a temple chanting along to the organ drone while
it glistens and smolders."
– Textura

"'Falling Forward' starts the album with beatific shimmering
drones and what sounds like pitched-up wind chimes. It's
understatedly gorgeous and calming, conjuring a mystical healing
-music sensation. 'Movement Transposed' sounds like an altered
dulcimer or harp riff ka-chinging amid steel-wool whorls, while
'Toward Sensation' is a stellar, metallic drone, akin to
Charlemagne Palestine's Bösendorfer organ, honed to a needle
-sharp tone. 'RADii' is quite possibly the sound of Saturn's
rings forming. 'Fragrant' evokes Xenakis's oblique atonal
thrusts and corkscrewing diminuendos; it's a kind of a skeletal,
electroacoustic dub and a disturbing anomaly from the rest of
the disc..."
– The Stranger

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Lissom | Nest of Iterations
de5020 | 50:34 | 5" CD-R | 250

"Insidiously alluring surface structures are rent by strange
streaks or suffer slippage - to teeming undertow, dissonant
dives. Billows of hiss, tintinnabulations, and rumble wreathed
in shadow and whispers tell the tale of "Fallow;" while "Forage"
is forged with deep drones and crepitations, a scrim of antique
vinyl and arcane reverberations..."
– Igloo Magazine

"Lissom’s soundscapings are restless, uneasy structures that
fluctuate between micro-minimalist interventions and complex,
near dissonant frequencies; a tense and effortlessly immersive
listening experience that draws the auditor in with each
subsequent piece."
– White_Line

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Thanks for all the support.

Yann Novak