artist: PHILIP SAMARTZIS & KOZO INADA
title: H[ ]
label: Room40
country: Australia
format: CD EP
title: H[ ]
label: Room40
country: Australia
format: CD EP
"Australian electro-acoustic composer Philip Samartzis is an increasingly vital
presence in the Australian sound community. His work over the past decade and a
half has offered a prophetic vision for each of his chosen formats and aesthetic
approaches.
On h[ ] Samartzis is joined by minimal Japanese composer Kozo Inada, who brings
with him an equally refined and austere sound sensibility. Between them, these two
composers collaborate to produce a highly detailed work that juxtaposes, obscures
and ultimately unites pure electronics with environmental recordings. These
elements are set to work against and within one another, the results causing the
listener to reconsider which sounds are emanating from the interwoven tapestry of
source materials.
Celebrating the rich tradition of acousmatic sound and musique concréte, this
composition provides a potent reminder of the potentials of sound as a
transformative and (imagined) narrative medium." (Room40)
presence in the Australian sound community. His work over the past decade and a
half has offered a prophetic vision for each of his chosen formats and aesthetic
approaches.
On h[ ] Samartzis is joined by minimal Japanese composer Kozo Inada, who brings
with him an equally refined and austere sound sensibility. Between them, these two
composers collaborate to produce a highly detailed work that juxtaposes, obscures
and ultimately unites pure electronics with environmental recordings. These
elements are set to work against and within one another, the results causing the
listener to reconsider which sounds are emanating from the interwoven tapestry of
source materials.
Celebrating the rich tradition of acousmatic sound and musique concréte, this
composition provides a potent reminder of the potentials of sound as a
transformative and (imagined) narrative medium." (Room40)