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01. Yann Novak - A Monument to Oblivion
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03. Yann Novak - Traversing the Substrate
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04. Yann Novak - Interlude: The Translator
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05. Yann Novak - Super Coherent Light
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06. Yann Novak - Patterned Behavior
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07. Yann Novak - The Inevitability of Failure
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08. Yann Novak - Seeing Light Without Knowing Darkness
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09. Yann Novak - We Went out, Not with a Whimper, but a Whisper...
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ARTIST
NOVAK, YANN
TITLE
The Voice of Theseus
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
ROOM40
CATALOG #
RM 4192CD
RM 4192CD
GENRE
EXPERIMENTAL
RELEASE DATE
7/7/2023
In a radical re-approach to his musical output,
Yann Novak
devises his most dynamic sonic offering to date.
The Voice of Theseus
, expands his mode of operation, inviting in key contributions from vocalists
Dorian Wood
and
G.Brenner
, both of whom contribute to the core compositional elements of the record. Starting at voice as a point of departure,
The Voice of Theseus
traces sensation and sense making as a primary means to understanding the reality you find yourself within, a reality that is fraught by, and forged by, physiological and psychological ways of being. This record significantly expands Novak's oeuvre and in doing so opens an entirely new chapter in his practice.
A note from Yann Novak: "In Greek mythology, the legend of Theseus describes how the king-founder of ancient Athens rescues the children of his city from
King Minos
' minotaur on the island of Crete. In commemoration, Athenians began a pilgrimage to honor his victory, taking the ship of Theseus and sailing it from Athens to Delos. It was with this tradition that a philosophical paradox about the historic ship was raised: As the ship was repaired, piece by piece, until it was no longer composed of any original parts, at what point could the ship no longer be considered the same entity? In recent years, I've become interested in exploring the perceptual differences I experience. While some of these differences? partial color blindness and dyslexia -- have been with me my entire life, tinnitus caused by hearing damage is a relatively new change to how I experience the world. It is these sensory challenges which have shaped my artistic practice by creating what I call a perceptual insecurity -- an uncertainty of how accurately I discern the world around me.
The Voice of Theseus
is my attempt to explore the obstacles I face in processing external sensory information. If I have trouble perceiving reds and greens, if I have trouble hearing certain frequencies, if I don't interpret written language in a standard way, how closely can I experience reality in the way that others experience it? The album asks the listener to question how their unique means of perception and interpretation might differ from that of others. For The Voice of Theseus, I asked two of my favorite vocalists to assist with this experiment. Both Dorian Wood and G.Brenner recorded vocals for me to manipulate throughout the album . . . The myth of Theseus' ship allowed me to tease at the nuances of how reality can be observed, interpreted, and altered in an indeterminate number of ways; it can be dismantled and rebuilt, many times over..."
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