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Szkieve Des germes de quelque chose Hushush [2000] CD |
01 Silence Fiction
02 Two Green Jumpin' Dragoons
03 Piano aqueux
04 Grotesque Wounds
05 Des fois j'attends vite
06 Il faut allécher le coiffeur
07 Leipzig Zig Spoutnik
08 Monoise
09 Tes mots insultent le silence
10 Ce soir, c'est la samba du démon
11 Farsifalafel / Heavy Métal
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PRESS RELEASE
It is neither ambient nor noise music. It’s somewhere in the universe separating those two not necessary oxymoronic concepts. This eleven-track debut opus is going to deserve you a feeling of uncomfortable flimsy silence, very low frequencies and unheard artifacts. "Do you really think this was made on purpose?" is often saying Szkieve’s front head Dimitri della Faille. This album is disturbing the mind of the honest person by the use of very extreme frequencies and unusual compositions. Only original sources were sampled for this record. Szkieve used for this album his own technique called "Palimpseste" by the name of his first demo. It is actually referring to the fact that most tracks are made by two or even more layered tracks. This is the secret of his very rich and textured sound.
ARTIST'S NOTES
Des germes de quelque chose (DGDQC) is Szkieve's first long playing compact disc. However this is not were it all began. After a few years of attempt, we concieved Palimpseste - which had to be released prior to DGDQC. Palimpseste is more than a recording, it's a technique, a technique we believed would be an improvement to our early tracks (such as L'enfant and Chrup released on compilations). The technique consisted of simple (hardware and computer) sequencing of audio samples. With the exception of L'enfant, the only samples we have EVER used so far were field recordings, our own recordings of instruments or in some instances exclusive sounds provided to us by friends. After being sequenced, audio tracks were deconstructed and reconstructed. They were used as samples for new tracks. This could be compared to sculpture for which the stone would be our audio sequences and the chisel, the sound editor (Sound Forge). Some tracks from DGQC are in fact the second or third track overdubbed and reconstructed from the same audio material, pretty much like a palimpseste for which you cover the artwork by the new piece. In some instances, if listened with much attention you can notice a different, covered track.
The disc is sold out by the label and can sometimes be found in mail order catalogues. I have seen the disc available in some record stores here and there. The audio and musical discourse from DGDQC are still valid to us. The one thing we would like to change from this album is definitly the cover art. It was originaly inspired by my aunt's (Étude pour un monument) artwork, but it didn't turn out like I wanted it to be. There has also been a batch of postcards printed for the promotion of this album.