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AMPTEXT - Seeds of Erasure

Format: mCD-R Label & Cat.Number: 1000füssler 023 Release Year: 2014 Note: a late discovery on Hamburgs "1000füssler" label, this two track mCDR (20 min.) by GARY ROUZER aka AMPTEXT, using objects - tapes - field recordings - cello he creates unusual and captivating atmospheric soundscapes, with hardly recognizable elements it's a trip into hissing subtlety and intimate sounds... - lim. 60 copies, printed cardboard gatefold sleeve Price (incl. 19% VAT): €7.00 More Info Music by Gary Rouzer, 2013. Mastered by Mark Beazley. Photo by Gary Rouzer ‘My musical collages often contain the sounds of domestic and city life. I have used traffic, washing dishes, transformer hum, zippers, a can opener, couch springs, cicadas, keyboard typing, a coffee machine, rain, distant conversation, and furnace noises to name a few. My amplified objects are everyday items, such as egg slicers, combs, paint brushes, cardboard, and wooden boxes with contact mics attached. The only functions I use on the computer are simple cut and paste editing, never effects or plug-ins. Ex fan club. About a year ago I started using small cassette players in my music. At first I was using just the sounds of the motors as amplified by a contact mic attached to a cassette without tape. Later I started creating tapes from recordings I had made of amplified objects and field recordings to use in my live performances. Ex fan club uses such tapes. Last summer I recorded various air conditioning fans in downtown Washington DC alleyways during my lunch break. I created a 9 minute composition, which included patches of silence, from these fan sounds. I repeated the composition 5 times to fit on one side of a 45’ cassette tape. I made 4 such identical tapes. Lastly I turned on my digital recorder surrounded by four cassette players, each one playing the tape starting at a different random point. This became the canvas or starting point for ex fan club. Seeds of erasure. A common compositional technique I use is to take two different tracks and paste them side by side to see what might result. I then go about erasing sections to expose any narrative flow that might be hidden. Another meaning of the title, seeds of erasure, is about undoing or ignoring my musical technique and education. The cello is used very simply, almost childlike, by blowing into the f holes, open string pizzicato, drones, and bowing the body.‘ (Gary Rouzer, 2014) About the Artist: Gary Rouzer (amplified objects, cello) was born in Washington DC and works in the area between free improvisation and composition. He used to masquerade as a bass player but now his Cageian preparations have taken on a life of their own. His focus is on electro-acoustic sounds and the relation between musician and listener within the performance space while exploring noise, silence, texture, and abstract narrative. He is an active member of the DC experiment music scene and has performed at Sonic Circuits, Electric Possible, Fringe Festival, and Artomatic in addition to performances in Baltimore, NYC, Hamburg, and Berlin. www.amptext.wordpress.com www.1000fussler.com/seiten/reviews/info_amptext_seeds_of_erasure.html