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Remote Sensing

by Punctum

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Glory Bitch 07:29
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Uncharted 06:24
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Quick Botta 07:26
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Tensione Fresca 08:30
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Innocecocchito 05:45
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Curve Sciolte 06:34

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Recorded by Carlo Maria and Caterina Barbieri at Elektronmusikstudion (Stockholm) in February 2016.
Roland TB303, TR606 and Verbos Harmonic Oscillator processed through delay lines and Buchla 200 series.
Released on ∑ on May 2nd 2017 (12'', ∑ 8): hardwax.com/08880/punctum/remote-sensing/

Punctum takes an alien phenomenology approach to the naked sound of Roland TB303 and TR606, by stripping compositional tactics down to brutal minimalism. Expanded through multilayered delay lines and resonant chorus effects, the widely-recognisable Roland sound signature turns into an hybrid where the culturally established source bonding is dramatically blurred.
The choice to limit the sound palette to such a legendary timbre further reinforces the subversion effect of sound disembodiment and revisionism. By means of reduction and subtraction, the iconic sound of the silver boxes is virtually projected into an ideal desert. Where extrinsic links are hard to grasp, the perception of the sound object itself is enhanced and refreshed, thus revealing uncharted territories of sonic investigation. Unified into an archetype of sonic purity, the high tech soul of the Roland machines coexists with a dimension of timeless acoustic phenomena such as resonance, reflection and reverberation.

"303s, 606s and Buchlas dance around each other like an harmonic kaleidoscope. (...) It’s like a set of opening credits, or an tuning orchestra, setting the stage for something huge, before snaking away into the distance. Fitting then, this should be the opening for one of the most exciting records in recent memory. (Stray Landings)

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released June 29, 2017

Images by Giovanni Brunetto.
Photography by Angelo Jaroszuk Bogasz.

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Carlo Maria Berlin, Germany

Carlo Maria's sound is a paradox. Trained in compositional techniques having little to do with the dance floor, he channels his mindset through the needle's eye of minimalistic grooves –glassy, euphonious and somewhat somber. Though refined, his techno, ambient and dub are of the kind you blast outside of your window as dew settles on the morning grass with little regard for your neighbours. ... more

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