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bruno spoerri and betha sarasin - ax+by+cz+d=o (aka kunst am computer) - dead-cert - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Techno / Electro - Electronics

1. Fragen an den Computer
2. Klangparabel
3. Feder und Blech
4. Trompe l'oreille
5. Improvisation fur Lyricon
6. Intervalle
7. Skulpturenklange
8. For Papa

Second release from Finders Keepers' and Pre-Cert Home Entertainment's bespoke Dead-Cert imprint, a new pressing of a super-rare 1982 sound sculpture from revered electronic pioneer Bruno Spoerri. Edition limited to 700 copies.

Pre-Cert Home Entertainment and Finders Keepers' Dead-Cert venture follow up the amazing Suzanne Ciani record with this pressing of an obscure sound sculpture souvenir side by maverick Swiss electronic musician Bruno Spoerri and theoretical material mechanic, Miss Betha Sarasin. Their previously un-traveled and un-promoted aural thesis documents a one-off 1982 collaboration employing nascent computer technology and electromagnetically oscillated stainless steel "instrument sculptures" to map morphing, melodic and non-melodic tones, textures and polyrhythms in a detached and esoteric manner.

For those familiar with Spoerri's work - best heard on FK's 'Glückskugel' compilation and 'Extrakugel' addendum - this LP will reveal a largely unexplored, uninhibited side of his oeuvre, expanding on his brilliant experimental recordings while sharply contrasting with his much loved library productions, re-contextualising his work in the lineage of European contemporaries such as Gruppo d'Improvvisazione, Nuova Consonanza, Giuliano Sorgini or Egisto Macchi (from Italy), and Igor Wakewich and Richard Pinhas (from France). Using new developments in Arp technology and Bill Bernardi's Lyricon 1 windsynth, 'AX+BY+CZ+D=0 (Kunst Am Computer)' plays through from twinkling micro-tonal timbres to isolated underwater drones, cacophonous percussion and noirish jazz minimalism on the A-side, and from echo chamber jazz notes to stranded space station noise and industrialized tribal drum cadence on the B-side.