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ARS SONITUS - Transfuturism Manifesto

Format: CD-BOX / object Label & Cat.Number: Impulsy Stetoskopu 056 Release Year: 2023 Note: "Action Directe de la Conscience de Soi Transcendantale" - the project of ARTUR R.SZTUKALSKI, probably the first Polish composer of industrial music, starting in 1980, with a three track album based on tape decks, broken piano, metal objects, field recs, sampler and effects.... - the CD comes in a big, printed box (18 x 19cm) with huge manifesto-flag (80 x 120cm), lim. 100 copies - a true collector's item on the Polish label who also published the "ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF INDUSTRIAL MUSIC" Price (incl. 19% VAT): €18.00 More Info All recordings were recorded in 2015. There were used: sampler AKAI S1000, tape echo "Echolana", mixer Boss BX600, tape decks, broken piano, everyday and metal objects/devices, analog/digital effects, less or more known voices and urban/noise field recordings. No synths and other traditional acoustic or electronic instruments. Manifesto was written by Artur R. Sztukalski and Guillaume Toussaint (1957-2016†) in 2015. Translated by Przemek Chojnacki. Poem and other words were written by Artur R. Sztukalski. Manifesto graphic project by Grzegorz Ambroży. Limited edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. In 18 x 19 cm black box. Including 80 x 120 cm a flag with written manifesto. https://thecatcherinnoise.wordpress.com/2023/02/ "It may come as a surprise (or shock), but I was never too big into the Futurist movement. Sure, I like the art of noise manifesto as a starting point in which noise is also music, but beyond that? They are a bunch of war-loving fascists. Oke, I am overdoing it, but there are some unhealthy aspects to the whole movement (I guess not many people in Ukraine today might discuss the war in terms of a tremendous musical experience). Ars Sonitus, for one, might not agree. They use a manifesto, which may or may not be called ‘Transfuturism’. Just like the futurists, they use sounds as source material, tape decks, broken pianos, every day and metal objects/devices, analogue/digital effects, urban/noise field recordings, “less or more known voices”, sampler AKAI S1000, tape echo, mixer Boss BX600, and it’s mentioned there are no synths and other traditional acoustic or electronic instruments. So much for the information side; how does it sound? Keeping up with the spirit of the original futurists is not bad at all. There are some repeated mechanized actions from old equipment, randomly used spoken words and the sounds of a demonstration. There is quite a randomized aspect to the music here, especially in the first (and longest) piece, ‘Action Directe De La Conscience De Soi Transcendantale’. It could be an excerpt of a much longer piece or a sound installation. ‘Evoking Dasein’ is the noisiest excursion here, with some nasty sounds, again with much gratitude to nearly broken equipment. ‘The Last Breath Of A Machine’ is a very ample title for the closing statement. Machines die, too; end of noise? Quite a lovely release, and ones that come in an oversized box and a flag to wave. Is there a noise day already?" [FdW / Vital Weekly]