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NOT FOR MOVEMENT OF HUMAN BEINGS |
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 Over an hour of experimental minimal beats and textures, stripped bare of all unnecessary frith. Lo-tech hi-fi, somewhere on the road between organic and industrial.
All the tracks were built using a variety of sonic sources: 'Found sounds', binaurally recorded with 'in ear' microphones for true 3D sound quality, of anything from rattling duty free bottles on a ferry to a thousand guinea fowl chorus; the computer generated frequencies of colours and even the odd 'live' musician.
By taking these original sounds, manipulating them for further sonic uniqueness and arranging them into patterns and sequences Lefthandpath's NOT FOR MOVEMENT OF HUMAN BEINGS takes you on a strange voyage in the quest for the heart of the new.
Whether listening on headphones or at high amplification, just try not to be moved.
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Now and Then |
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 Now and Then is a compilation of work spanning the last ten years. From the very old, well '95, Pipe, Awry, and Nearside to '04 with Inside the fridge, Dubweiser and Dr Rhythm.
Initially the tracks were built using a good old Atari ST to sequence an SU10 sampler, the classic pairing of TB303 and 606 and an old FM synth.
Over the next few years the analogue gear was sold, unbelievable, and a Novation super bass station, a portable DAT and a PC were purchased.
Now, everything has gone except for a Laptop, portable minidisc and a MIDI controller keyboard.
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The 8 to 12 Htz Overture |
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 Lefthandpath has always been interested in the 'found sound' - sounds recorded with microphones in the field or in the studio. Sounds such as a saucepan full of water hit with a slipper, wine being opened in the bathroom, a modem dial tone or the accidentally recorded sound of an ill fitting door creaking shut can all inspire. The sound of a tattoo needle buzzing into skin, as in Are You Ready? The sound of a car driving past, with the mid and high frequencies removed, gives a heavyweight bassline, like in Spacetrian. Sometimes just a regular bass guitar string with plenty of filtering and pitchshifting can give a sound like a toy piano, hear Void and Substantial. A UHF TV signal with booster fed straight into the line in of a sound card gives outstanding results.
Lefthandpath also likes to experiment with sounds too low or high to hear but that nevertheless vibrate you all the same, the 'physical frequencies'. Manipulating the Schumann Resonance frequency, the frequency of the earth's ionosphere, or simulating frequencies of brain-waves both give mind and body altering effects. Currently germinating in the lab are works using the frequencies of colours and deep brain stimulation using minute resonant frequencies.
Lefthandpath uses these sounds to create interesting and unique music, with every sound having an individual quality, depth and history.
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