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ARTIST
CAREY, BEN
TITLE
METASTABILITY
FORMAT
LP+CD
LABEL
HOSPITAL HILL
CATALOG #
HH 04230753LP
HH 04230753LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
8/11/2023
"
METASTABILITY
was composed and performed on the 1975 La Trobe Serge 'Paperface', a colossal modular synthesizer designed by
Serge Tcherepnin
, currently housed at the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS), Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. The fruits of two residencies at MESS in 2019 and 2021,
METASTABILITY
explores some of the vast sonic terrain of this unique machine across its five tracks. The Serge was commissioned for the La Trobe University Music Department in the mid-1970s by composer
Warren Burt
and has since been restored by renowned Serge expert
Ken Stone
. Affectionately dubbed 'Paperface' due to the characteristic paper graphics used on its front panels, the La Trobe Serge is one of three instruments designed by Tcherepnin to make its way to Australia during this period. The La Trobe Serge is a beautiful, complex instrument. At the core of Tcherepnin's design philosophy is the concept of 'patch programmability', where low-level functions of the instrument are made available to the musician. This approach pushes the performer to define and re-define the scope of the instrument's architecture as part of the compositional process. In my encounters with the Serge, I experience the instrument as an electronic ecosystem, one that makes me work hard for every sound, but always in collaboration with the machine. What fascinates me most about working on the Serge is this sense of human/non-human collaboration. As a patch begins to grow in complexity, I'm acutely aware that my compositional decisions are not solely my own. They've become part of a sprawling human-machine network, the history of which sits in front of me as an imposing tangle of patch cables. In
METASTABILITY
, I was interested in exploring this relationship, resulting in sounds and processes that push and pull on each other, moving in and out of equilibrium.
Apparent Equilibrium
, the bonus CD included in this release, documents a live recording made on the La Trobe Serge at MESS in July 2022. Extending upon sounds and ideas from
METASTABILITY
, this recording was made in preparation for an octophonic surround sound performance at The Substation (Naarm/Melbourne), as part of Sonorous V, curated by MESS. Piloted through some custom software, the performance weaves in live Serge with pre-recorded materials from
METASTABILITY
, diffused in a virtual surround-sound environment. As this CD was mixed for binaural playback, please use headphones for an optimal listening experience." --
Ben Carey
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