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STAUBDIG 017CD
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Strings Of Consciousness have united acoustic music and digital technology. Their sound is meant and dreamt to be adventurous and creative. Even if they sculpt and craft their music with a lot of focus on detail and days and days of editing, the most important is to convey emotions and feelings. Many musicians and singers take part in the collective, though the music is composed by Herve Vincenti and Philippe Petit from Marseille. From Beyond Love is the second installment in their trilogy involving various vocalists, whose first effort Our Moon Is Full was internationally acclaimed back in 2007. In the meantime, they released a disc of remixes and a collaboration with Angel featuring Dirk Dresselhaus (Schneider TM), Hildur Guðnadóttir and Ilpo Väisänen (Pansonic), and took longer to produce this new one because in the meantime, Petit was really busy with his solo and collaborative works. But here they are with an incredible line-up consisting of Julie Christmas (Made Out Of Babies), Andria Degens (Pantaleimon/Current 93), Graham Lewis (Wire), Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle) and no less than Lydia Lunch in duo with Eugene Robinson from Oxbow. Andy Diagram (Spaceheads/Pere Ubu) is still contributing his magical trumpet and Alison Chesley (Helen Money) delights with her amplified cello.
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STAUBANA 006LP
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LP version. Strings Of Consciousness have united acoustic music and digital technology. Their sound is meant and dreamt to be adventurous and creative. Even if they sculpt and craft their music with a lot of focus on detail and days and days of editing, the most important is to convey emotions and feelings. Many musicians and singers take part in the collective, though the music is composed by Herve Vincenti and Philippe Petit from Marseille. From Beyond Love is the second installment in their trilogy involving various vocalists, whose first effort Our Moon Is Full was internationally acclaimed back in 2007. In the meantime, they released a disc of remixes and a collaboration with Angel featuring Dirk Dresselhaus (Schneider TM), Hildur Guðnadóttir and Ilpo Väisänen (Pansonic), and took longer to produce this new one because in the meantime, Petit was really busy with his solo and collaborative works. But here they are with an incredible line-up consisting of Julie Christmas (Made Out Of Babies), Andria Degens (Pantaleimon/Current 93), Graham Lewis (Wire), Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle) and no less than Lydia Lunch in duo with Eugene Robinson from Oxbow. Andy Diagram (Spaceheads/Pere Ubu) is still contributing his magical trumpet and Alison Chesley (Helen Money) delights with her amplified cello.
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OCD 007CD
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This is the second full-length release by international electro/rock/jazz collective, Strings of Consciousness. Uniting acoustic music and digital technology, the collective is comprised of 14 well-seasoned musicians, though the heart of Strings of Consciousness is a string quartet, as its name makes clear. It is also a direct literary reference to "stream of consciousness," a term coined in the 20th century to illustrate an organic flow of words devoid of conventional narrative structure that reflects a protagonist's or narrator's inner monologue. This narrative technique deeply resonates with the collective: they believe that music should be freely-formed, with plenty of space, improvisation and willful creativity. However, since the release of their first album on the Central Control label in 2007, they have noticed that more and more experimentalists are expressing less and less concern for their potential listeners, forgetting to respect some structures/directions in their composition. Strings of Consciousness choose to craft their music with a lot of focus on detail, with days and days of conscientious editing and honing. Fantomastique Acoustica features four new tracks and a stream of remixes by artists including Rothko, Scanner, si-cut.db, Marsen Jules, Sutekh, Gamial Trio, Mira Calix, Kammerflimmer Kollektief and Leafcutter John. This release also features two videos made by Anne Sulikowski and Oxygen. Band members include Hervé Vincenti (guitars/samplers/keys), Perceval Bellone (saxophone/piano/harmonium/Tibetan bowls) and Philippe Petit (laptop/turntables).
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