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LOWE, ROBERT AIKI AUBREY - Levitation Praxis Pt. 4

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Distort Decay Sustain DDS025 Release Year: 2017 Note: experiments on HARRY BERTOIA's sound sculptures by the man behind LICHENS (and member of OM), also using his own (high) voice, to create something unreal and ethereal... recorded in July 2016 in conjunction with the "Atmosphere for Enjoyment" exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York; out on the DEMDIKE STARE label, black vinyl ed. 500 copies Price (incl. 19% VAT): €20.00 More Info "Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s incredible experiments with Harry Bertoia’s sound sculptures are here documented on this beautiful new edition for Demdike Stare’s DDS imprint, coinciding with his appearance on the cover of this months issue of The Wire magazine. Lowe is something of a polymath; having started out as part of Math Rock outfit 90 day men and doom metal trio Om, he progressed to forge his own solo work (often under the Lichens moniker), as well as a whole slew of collaborations including work with Johann Johannsson on scoring both Arrival and Sicario, an acclaimed album with Ariel Kalma for RVNG Intl’s FRKWYS series, plus active involvement in site specific video art and sound installations. His most recent work under his own name has seen him release diverse music for Type, Latency, More Than Human and, of course DDS - who have with this album presented what might just be the most beautiful Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe artefact thus far. In 2016 Lowe was commissioned by New York’s museum of Arts and Design to contribute to a Harry Bertoia exhibition, which he undertook alongside video director Johann Rashid. He was asked to create sound recordings with Sonambient sculptures; metal rods and gongs that produce highly distinct, resonant sounds when struck, brushed or touched. Beginning in 1968, Bertoia set up an eighteenth-century stone barn on his property in Barto, Pennsylvania, to house these sculptures and from which he would go on to record works for his highly collectable Sonambient label, as recently documented on Important Records’ breathtaking box set and reissue series. Lowe was given full access to the barn, beautifully filmed footage of which can be found on youtube. Lowe’s work with these sculptures is quite unlike anything you might have heard from those original Bertoia recordings. Instead of serendipitous improvisation, Lowe weaves his way through the sculptures on a path that was mapped out in advance, imbuing them with a more “composed” and arranged feel. As well as that familiar and distinct sound palette, he subtly manipulates and feeds in vocal layers that take proceedings into ever more ethereal and haunting dimensions." [label info] "Lowe is something of a polymath. Having started out in the math rock outfit 90 Day Men and later as member of doom metal trio Om, he progressed to forge his own solo work for celestial droneworks (occasionally under the moniker Lichens). He also embarked on a number of fruitful collaborations with Johann Johannsson and Ariel Kalma. His solo work also involves site-specific video art and sound installations. In 2016, Lowe was commissioned by New York's Museum of Arts and Design to contribute to a Harry Bertoia retrospective. He was asked to create sound recordings with Bertoia's Sonambient sculptures – metal rods and gongs that produce highly distinct, resonant sounds when struck, brushed or touched. In 1968, Bertoia set up a studio in an eighteenth-century stone barn on his property in Pennsylvania to house these sculptures. With these sculptures, he would go on to record works for his collectable Sonambient label, as recently documented on Important Records' breathtaking box set and reissue series. Lowe was given full access to the barn, and Lowe's work with these sculptures is quite unlike anything you might have heard from those original Bertoia recordings. Instead of serendipitous improvisation, Lowe weaves his way through the sculptures on a path that was mapped out in advance, imbuing them with a more "composed" and arranged feel. As well as that familiar and distinct sound palette, he subtly manipulates and feeds in vocal layers that take proceedings into ever more ethereal and haunting dimensions." [Stranded Rec.]