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WYNESS, JAMES - Stultifera Navis

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Mystery Sea MS75 Release Year: 2013 Note: Scottish field recording artist & builder of self made instruments & objects with music that is rather 'pure atmosphere', that floats by completely unconsciously, somehow derived from field recordings.. lim. 200 full-colour cardboard sleeve with inlay Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00 More Info "Steeped in Scottish panorama, ears-educator James Wyness brings theory and practice face to face…armed with a PhD in electroacoustic composition and keen on biological sciences, semiotics and anthropology, using field recordings as well as hand-made instruments, and found objects, he weaves detailed sonic universes & audio-environments attentive to timbres & spectra… these often acquire an extra dimension in the live context of installations & performances… Most of his works so far are self-releases, though he has some out on netlabels like Impulsive Habitat, Green Field Recordings, and also one on Gruenrekorder…he has recently set up his own structure and a further bunch of ltd edition releases is scheduled to appear on his Reekin Lum Records label…through the convergence of mutual interests, he is in the process of collaborating with Giancarlo Toniutti… “stultifera navis” has already had some public presentation during his 2013 Czech residency at my Školská 28 in Prague… Deep down bubble barely visible lifeforms, an unrecognized language of ridges and folds, and sibylline marks… Once skimming the surface, they’re welcomed with wind moanings, trembling wires, and rustlings in interlaced layers… Dry wood, an entanglement of clear scratches and wild weed line old doors, like openings to dormant wonders… “stultifera navis” is a dense trip where the past lurks into the present, within the very heart of learning… an hamper of new found significances…" [label info] www.mysterysea.net