The latest installment in "PORTRAITS GRM," the series spun off from "RECOLLECTION GRM," the joint project between venerable electronic music institution EDITIONS MEGO and French electronic music research center INA-GRM! A split between FELICIA ATKINSON, the sound artist who runs cutting-edge electronic music imprint SHELTER PRESS, and RICHARD CHARTIER, the Baltimore-based electronic musician and head of LINE. Both confront "silence" and "stillness," probing the limits of the audible.
Volume 8 of PORTRAITS GRM, a series that has spotlighted leading contemporary music talents like KALI MALONE, JIM O'ROURKE, and LUCY RAILTON. It feels like it was only a matter of time, but here comes the gifted FELICIA ATKINSON. Field recordings, fragmented samples, and a lyrical tapestry of electronic tones. Piano that clearly traces a melody is placed minimally throughout, making for a beautiful work poised between meditation and art. Her distinctive character comes through as strongly as ever on this Portraits entry, and it really got to me. On the flip, veteran RICHARD CHARTIER's deep-bass electronic drones are sublime. He seizes your hearing with drone, then sharpens your ears—and your senses—on finely placed electronic pulses and noise: the pinnacle of hushed, quiet music. Given their respective approaches, this pairing couldn't be better.
(Original Japanese text by Akie)
Volume 8 of PORTRAITS GRM, a series that has spotlighted leading contemporary music talents like KALI MALONE, JIM O'ROURKE, and LUCY RAILTON. It feels like it was only a matter of time, but here comes the gifted FELICIA ATKINSON. Field recordings, fragmented samples, and a lyrical tapestry of electronic tones. Piano that clearly traces a melody is placed minimally throughout, making for a beautiful work poised between meditation and art. Her distinctive character comes through as strongly as ever on this Portraits entry, and it really got to me. On the flip, veteran RICHARD CHARTIER's deep-bass electronic drones are sublime. He seizes your hearing with drone, then sharpens your ears—and your senses—on finely placed electronic pulses and noise: the pinnacle of hushed, quiet music. Given their respective approaches, this pairing couldn't be better. (Original Japanese text by Akie)