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LA CASA, ERIC - Everyday Unknown 4 & 5

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Swaming - 1S2001 Release Year: 2021 Note: mysterious recordings from the daily environment that appear as manifestations of the Unknown and Inaudible... - "You are aware of impending danger; you pay close attention, but you can't put your finger on it. Then it disappears and is replaced by something else that is equally mysterious. Nice!" [FdW/Vital Weekly] - 2 long tracks of most abstact soundscapes, comes with 8 pages full colour Leporello, lim. 200 copies Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info Wallet (12,5 x 12,5 cm) with Leporello (8 pages of original photos) with audio CD [2 tracks | 35:07] Limited edition of 200 copies "How does the present time, physically so unspecified, become so unique for us?" [Etienne Klein] These compositions were conceived mainly from researches on the Inaudible, and the Unspeakable. Everyday Unknown is a series devoted to the represententation of infraliminary sound phenomenon of reality, of everyday life. Recordings and Mixings : 2017-2021 Special Thanks to Irene Omelianenko, Tarek Atoui, Christian de Vito, Jon Abbey, Francisco Lopez, Eamon Sprod, Etienne Klein, Yves Klein. https://swarming.bandcamp.com/album/everyday-unknown-4-5 Here we have a composer mainly known for his work with field recordings, and this new release is no different; perhaps, in some way, it is. La Casa writes that the two compositions on this CD deal with the inaudible and the unspeakable, and that "Everyday Unknown is a series devoted to the representation of infraliminary sound phenomenons of the reality, of everyday life". I had no idea what infraliminary is, and it seems a straightforward translation of the French word "infraliminaire". But let's assume this is the sort of sound we usually don't hear, and now La Casa made them audible. The recordings are from his immediate environment. I believe I heard an old fashioned fax machine at the beginning of 'Everyday Unknown 4'. While the sources may be inaudible, they are no longer now. La Casa 'translated' them back into the audible domain, and via the use of sound collage, he combines various sound events into two compositions. He uses slow crossfades to get from one section to the next and just very occasionally by a short montage of sound. Except for the previously mentioned fax machine, none of these sounds can be easily traced back to something you might recognize. The 'invisibility' gives the music a much more abstract character, electronic obviously. The field recordings are obscured, and I must say, I enjoyed this abstract character quite a bit. There is a certain vagueness about the music that makes it obscure and mysterious. You are aware of impending danger (that breach in the electricity network you just can't hear?; you pay close attention, but you can't put your finger on it. Then it disappears and is replaced by something else that is equally mysterious. Nice!" [FdW/Vital Weekly]