Plume

The vast array of compositional, performative, and listening practices that have grown out of the phenomenon we can collectively refer to as “electronic music” have, in some way or another, engaged with an inherent and essential provocation: the coexistence of “artificial” technology with more “organic” resonances of musical tradition and human experience. A truly symbiotic relationship between technology and acoustics can alert us to the fact that what we might think of as “natural” tastes are, in fact, just as “artificial” as processes of digital signal manipulation and re-synthesis.

Plume est un recueil poétique, publié en 1938 par Henri Michaux (bien que la première version ait été écrite en 1930). Il s'agit d'une œuvre originale, composée de treize chapitres se présentant comme des récits très courts (quelques pages au plus), mettant tous en scène le personnage de Plume dans des « aventures » parfois cocasses ou rocambolesques, parfois surréalistes. …

"Plume" is a quintessential example of what Kranky has to offer - complexity through subtlety and vice-versa. Once a one-man project of Scott Morgan, Loscil has flourished into an ensemble effort that combines something premeditated with masterful improvisation. His previous album, "First Narrows", introduced other performers into Morgan's muted world, and the structure of each piece was created by the tight editing of their performances. This time, he has again laid down simple themes and mechanical rhythms for his group to improvise over, but he has chosen not to edit, allowing each piece to unfold naturally and letting the players determine the direction of the music…