This was followed by Watermusic, self-released in 2000 on Basinski's 2062 Records. Although created in 1983, it was first released on vinyl in a small edition in 1998 by Carsten Nicolai's Raster-Noton label. He developed his meditative, melancholy style experimenting with short looped melodies played against themselves creating feedback loops. In 1978, inspired by minimalists such as Steve Reich and Brian Eno, he began developing his own vocabulary using tape loops and old reel-to-reel tape decks. A classically trained clarinetist, he studied jazz saxophone and composition at North Texas State University in the late 1970s. Norman w.William Basinski was born in 1958 in Houston, Texas. Haruo okada + fabio perletta – genkai 12-17+19 (excerpt)
Read our in-depth LINE label feature following this link. So many of the works on LINE are longer, extended experiences. Sometimes conceptual, sometimes abstract, sometimes somewhere between the two, or just out of any category, the works published by LINE condense a vast and exotic catalogue of sound art, initially created as a division of the mythical 12k, to later become independent in its own search, permeated by a marked but broad vision of sonic minimalism.Īmong LINE’s catalogue, there are true jewels of experimental contemporary music and sound art, such as the legendary Series by Richard Chartier, the compilation Between Two Points, the tribute/non-tribute to John Cage by Lawrence English, and the special Forms of Paper by Steve Roden, considered one of the essential works of the so-called lowercase movement, characterized by music played at low sound levels and lacking in prominence pretensions, a sonic philosophy close to that many of the label’s releases.Įach release is characterized by always bringing true sonic rarities to the label’s universe, one of the most select and diverse catalogues of contemporary sound art, where the meeting of sonority and concept not only satisfies the listener’s ears: it extends them, shows something that is very difficult to find elsewhere.Ĭhartier shares that this 64-minute mix is a selection of the history of LINE since 2000, focusing on an overlaying of shorter pieces and excerpts to give an idea of the variety of sounds, aesthetics, and compositions of the label.
Marking our 50th Mixtape volume, sound artist Richard Chartier has prepared a very special selection of tracks giving an overview of the exquisite work he’s been doing with his label imprint LINE, founded 22 years ago.
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