Editions Mego – EMEGO 129
Florian Hecker and Russell Haswell present their first major
collaborative release since 2007's 'Blackest Ever Black' LP for Warner
Classics. 'Kanal GENDYN' is their soundtrack to an unscored film, 'Kanal
Video' by the Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli & David Weiss, which
documents an hour long 'ride' through Zurich's sewer system as seen from
the perspective of a remotely controlled maintenance vehicle. Their
accompanying soundtrack was created using an abstract sound synthesis
procedure called Dynamic Stochastic Synthesis - written by Xenakis in
the 1990s and here using the version implemented by computer music
pioneer Alberto De Campo - which essentially 'creates sound from
nothing' by methods of Pure data analysis. They realised and performed
the soundtrack in 2004, intending their combination of sound and film to
reflect the 'tunnel vision' feeling of much Techno club and rave
projections from the '90s - and also nodding to Heinrich Kluver's
accounts of Mescaline trips experienced in the 1920s - in effect taking
wormholing visuals to the next dimension. Aesthetically the meandering,
morphing waveforms bear a strong resemblance to their previous works
together - GENDYN is based on the UPIC sequencer employed on their 2007
and 2008 releases - but synced with the visual corollary the experience
of their sound is intensified, pot-holing a mind-bending, subterranean
labyrinth of discordant, intrepid sonics. It's not for the casual
listener, but those searching for an intense, visceral thrill will
discover much to get excited about.
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