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Artist: Toshiya Tsunoda Dunadd Sallean Mor Bellanoch About: I did field recording there as usual. The essence of my work focuses on the state of places; this concern can be found on the recordings featured on these two discs. Below are a few simple explanations about these recordings. Some materials are not stereo recordings. The sound signal appears on one channel only. This is due to the materials being recorded with a single mono contactmicrophone. I have placed the same signal on both channels in contrast to usual stereo listening. I have used this solution in the past when I also felt that stereo was an incongruous technique to the material I was recording. On tracks 2 and 4(disc 1), I used a pair of omni-directional microphones placed inside tall grass at a hillside slope. The recordings capture phase shifts created by the grass shivering in the wind. On disc 2, there is one long track. It’s a very simple composition that focuses on length of the audio signal. In the first part, I have used a wire fence recording on L channel and in the R channel there is no signal. The second part contains a 440hz sine wave on R channel and in the L channel there is again no signal. The sine wave is the same duration as the wire fence recording. When I returned to Japan, several months passed in which I didn’t touch the Argyll recordings. One day I found a reissued CD of Scottish folksinger Dick Gaughan’s music in my local record shop.I listened at home with no expectations, then came a surprise. On the first track I heard a lyric about "Argyll". At that moment I felt the urge to release the Argyll recordings. This album may not provide a favorable impression in comparison to my other albums but I like this album, especially its structure as a double album. (translation help: Luke Fowler) Toshiya Tsunoda Yokohama, Sep. 2008 |
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