Two of Argentina’s leading Sound Artists have joined forces for a second time to record an EP. “Termosistor” by Adrian Juarez and Juan Jose Calarco is a single, continous piece culled from field recordings realised in Buenos Aires and La Plata. Capturing the sounds of late-night streets, subways stations and “electrical devices” of an unspecified nature, the result is an eery, unreal, yet strangely consoling soundscape, panning threedimensionally into all directions. As on their previous encounter “Tierra Abierta” on Resting Bell, the duo works with suprisingly active dynamics, always balancing at the edge of a space which consciously blurres the borders between what is “real” and what is “virtual”, between the physical reality surrounding us and a virtual world created by almost inaudible sonic manipulation.
While “Termosistor” remains on the level of a discreet hum for most of its duration, noisy street scenes in the middle section add a touch of sudden excitement to an otherwhise dreamily floating ambient atmosphere, a 20-minute journey into mysteriously undefined waters.
(Tobias Fischer, Tokafi)
credits
released September 11, 2018
Remastered version of long deleted 2008 edition by Koyuki label.
Original artwork (insert) by Loretta Brazzale.
Based on processed field recordings from some streets of Buenos Aires at late night and La Plata evenings, subway stations and electrical devices.
A quiet listening environment or headphones recommended.
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