MURMER : They Were Dreaming They Were Stones

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Format: CD [GF030]
Shipping Weight: 0.1lbs
Label: Ground Fault

1,498円

::: artist notes :::
this piece was composed very slowly over the course of 2 years; part one came first ? inspired by the hypnotic rhythm of the ancient gas meter in my basement ? and was then left alone for about a year. finally, with a desire to reuse some old telephone feedback recordings that had been made for a composition that I hadn’t been happy with, the prologue came into existence, and then, much later, the longer conglomeration of parts two, three and four. i mastered these as a single track as, while they are three distinct parts, they do not have distinct transitions, blending slowly from one into the next. the piece shares many of its elements with the live soundtrack to the show K.A.., which I have been performing over the past year (2003) with the french performance company urba. the earlier parts were completed when rehearsals began, and were integrated into the show, and much of the latter work came directly out of the rehearsal process.

::: liner notes :::
- prologue: car seat massager, telephones, the brooklyn bridge
- part one: gas meter, feedback, car seat massager
- part two: hewitt’s cove marina, elevator shaft
- part three: ringtone
- part four: airplane cabin, turkish football victory celebrations, 600 gallon galvanized steel water tank

all source recordings made between 1999 and 2003
composed 2002/2003 using minidisc, 8-track and effects

Tracklist
1 Prologue 6:42
2 Part One 11:39
3 Parts Two, Three & Four 43:03

Credits
Design - R. Yau
Photography By [Photo One] - Ben G.
Photography By [Photos 2 And 6] - Martin H.

Notes
Phonography: 1999-2002
Composition: 2002-2003
Phonography:
Prologue: car seat massager, telephone feedback, the brooklyn bridge
Part One: gas meter, feedback, car seat massager
Part Two: hewitt's cove marina, elevator shaft
Part Three: ringtone
Part Four: airplane cabin, turkish football victory celebrations, 1950's 600 gallon galvanised steel watertank
Mummel is dedicated to the memory of Hanna Antman