Narraciones de un Retorno by Eli Wewentxu
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On Tue 08 Oct 2024 we listened to: Harry McCanna, Blue Hour, The Bug, Mercury Rev, Allmanna Town, Fold, An-Ting 安婷, Snowdrops, Jules Archive, Jichael Mackson, Dylab, Gareth Jones, Lara Jones, Cybotron, These Liminal Days, NTHNG, Sulk Rooms, Iván Muela, Maresz, Charlotte Keeffe, Sad Madona, Ellen Allien, Head Shoppe and Inyan
Dub-infused Techno with a funky edge
For the uninitiated, Lifefiles are creative exchanges between Mat Smith from Mortality Tables and a range of invited artists. Mat provides an inspirational sound file (could be recordings of places, people, objects and moments in time, usually produced by Mat himself) and the artist responds in their own way by cutting, chewing, remixing, sampling or possibly just allowing the contents to seep into their brains before eventual manifestation. Importantly a new corresponding sound file (or multiple files in some cases) is the result. The last two releases are the perfect introduction:
If there's one sound that could represent Lifefiles it would probably be grainy. Something that fittingly reflects life. With a source recording made in a concrete void, under a busy bridge, Gareth Jones has produced the prime example.
On the opposite hand, a few Lifefiles have ventured beyond a single response. While still imprinted with texture, Allmanna Town (Jonas Geiger Ohlin and Phil Dodds) have produced an upbeat response, with wonky keyboards and discordant beats, all inspired by a range of recordings Mat made in the 90s.
Previous contributors to the series include Simon Fisher Turner, Veryan, Xqui, Audio Obscura, Elizabeth Joan Kelly and Sulk Rooms.
To top it all, all profits are given to charity.
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London-based, Taiwan-born An-Ting 安婷 is about to release a nature-inspired album of electronic music called Lost Communications. In the same way Ben Frost used birdsong to highlight man's devastating effects on nature (on his album Broken Spectre) An-Ting draws our attention to the beauty to be found in nature, using birdsong to explore her artistic expression. As a taster for the album, she's released the track Willow Tit 褐頭山雀 (Mongolia), which features appropriately arresting visuals.
There's a few live UK gigs forthcoming too.
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