<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear SPECTRE readers,<br><br></div><div>IMPEKA [<a href="http://impeka.org/">http://impeka.org/</a>] released a couple of cassettes recently which may or may not be of interest to you...</div><div><br></div><div>//////////</div><div><br></div><div>[!CS007] <b>ORPHAN </b>| <i>YIJODA </i>[C40]<br></div><div>
<font size="2"><span style="font-family:sans-serif" dir="ltr">Spread across nine tracks of disorienting beats, processed voice samples, haunting synths, tape hiss, distorted rave-</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif" dir="ltr">sirens and painfully (mis)treated acoustic instruments, this album explores the boundaries between noise music, club culture and sonic art, c<span style="font-family:sans-serif" dir="ltr">apturing the</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif" dir="ltr"> moments in between being in total control and fully relinquishing it – by your own will, or by force. Whilst the opening few </span><span style="font-family:sans-serif" dir="ltr">seconds seem to offer calmness and content, we are rapidly thrown into a harsh, confounding and unforgiving aural </span><span style="font-family:sans-serif" dir="ltr">landscape: snapshots from a Tyneside rave party being tossed into a tumble dryer and re-arranged by the blink of an ear...</span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:sans-serif" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:sans-serif" dir="ltr">
<b>MORE: </b><a href="https://impeka.bandcamp.com/album/yijoda">https://impeka.bandcamp.com/album/yijoda</a></span>
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</div><div>[!CS008] <b>JAKE WITTLIN</b> | <i>TWO FEEDBACK COMPOSITIONS</i> [C60]</div><div>
Two mesmerizing, immersive pieces based on a manipulated feedback loop
created by the artist's set-up of turntable, mixer and sampler; one
composed for a <a href="http://extra.resonance.fm/about" class="gmail-class2">Resonance Extra</a>
broadcast in May 2016, the other specifically created for this release
during the winter months of 2019-2020 using the same processes and
methodology. Although they were both composed in the noughties, using a
single sound source - and with only four years between them - these
pieces seem like very distinct manifestations and representations of two
rather different fields (as well as eras) of experimental electronic
music, with «<a href="https://impeka.bandcamp.com/track/feedback-composition-no-1-2016" class="gmail-class2">Feedback Composition No. 1 (2016)</a>» evoking droney tape manipulations and analogue synth experiments, whereas «<a href="https://impeka.bandcamp.com/track/feedback-composition-no-2-2020" class="gmail-class2">Feedback Composition No. 2 (2020)</a>»
echoes glitch, minimalistic- and algorithmic composition, and even dub
techno - yet these two monumental sound sculptures accompany each other
remarkably well. <br></div><div><b>MORE: </b><a href="https://impeka.bandcamp.com/album/two-feedback-compositions">https://impeka.bandcamp.com/album/two-feedback-compositions</a></div><div><br></div><div>[!CS009]<b> AUTOMATIC WRITING CIRCLE</b> | <i>WORKS 2009 - 2019</i> [C66]<br></div><div>
Live recordings and studio mixes from a decade of the group's
existence, documenting their activity and creative / compositional
approaches over the last ten years. Formed in London in 2007, and having
featured a number of artists and musicians from very diverse
backgrounds throughout the years, the group - now semi-dormant - has
performed at several prestigious festivals and venues across the United
Kingdom and Europe. The three pieces on this cassette present us with a
wide range of sonic material - from electro-acoustics and jittery
concrete, to free improvisation and contemporary classical - reflecting
upon both the cultural and musical backgrounds of the performers, as
well as the environments in which performances have taken place. <br></div><div><b>MORE: </b><a href="https://impeka.bandcamp.com/album/works-2009-2019">https://impeka.bandcamp.com/album/works-2009-2019</a></div><div><br></div><div>
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