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RUHLMANN, MATHIEU - This Star teaches Bending

Format: CD-R Label & Cat.Number: 3LEAVES - 3L021 Release Year: 2013 Note: extraordinary conceptual field recording album made from sounds of the human body of MATHIEU RUHLMANNS mother (!) (with additionals from medical equipment & location recordings) who was diagnosed a rare malicious lung desease; astonishing micro-sounds, very reduced and concrete...forming slow granular drones after a while.. think of JOHN HUDAK, DALE LLOYD, JGRZINICH.. lim. 200 Price (incl. 19% VAT): €10.00 More Info "In 2012, my mother at the age of 63 was diagnosed with a rare terminal lung disease. She was given a six-month life expectancy at this time. These recordings were created over the same period of time, comprised of amplifying the human body, various medical equipment and devices, as well as location recordings, that were involved, related to, or used during her treatment. The title "This Star Teaches Bending" refers to a painting on paper by the artist Paul Klee that he completed in the year of his death. Klee lived the last few years of his life in Bern, plagued by scleroderma, a rare skin disease. Although he never recovered from this illness, he always maintained his love of life, facing his suffering with a trenchant ‘so what?’ But by 1940 he had to accept that there was no hope of a cure or any improvement in his health. The star had taught him to bend to the blows of fate. The track titles refer to titles of paintings that Klee created in 1939-1940, the last year of his life. These recordings are dedicated to Valerie Joy." [Mathieu Ruhlmann] www.3leaves-label.com