Jacob Kirkegaard - 4 Rooms (2006)
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5 stemmen
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Electronic / Avant-Garde
Label: Touch
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Church (12:47)
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Auditorium (13:05)
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Swimming Pool (13:30)
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Gymnasium (13:04)
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Ik Doe Moeilijk
geplaatst: 6 september 2009, 23:13 uur
"This work is a sonic presentation of four deserted rooms inside the 'Zone of Alienation' in Chernobyl, Ukraine. Jacob Kirkegaard deliberately picked rooms that once were active meeting points for people: A church in village Krasno, an auditorium, a gymnasium and a swimming pool in Pripyat.
The rooms he found and recorded were abandoned abruptly, urgently, and for good: Their inhabitants were evacuated by Soviet military and had to leave all their belongings behind. On April 26th, 1986, the explosion of Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant had extinguished all possibilities of human survival in the vicinity.
Two decades after the event, Kirkegaard explores the phenomenon of radiation with the medium of sound. By listening to the silence of four radiating spaces he aims to unlock a fragment of the time existing inside the zone.
SILENCE; unfolding in space
The sound of each room was evoked by sonic time layering: In each room, he recorded 10 minutes of it and then played the recording back into the room, while at the same time recording it again. This process was repeated up to ten times. As the layers got denser, each room slowly began to unfold a drone with various overtones.
The sound of each room was evoked by an elaborate method: Kirkegaard made a recording of 10 minutes and then played the recording back into the room, recording it again. This process was repeated up to ten times. As the layers got denser, each room slowly began to unfold a drone with various overtones."
Kan het mooier dan dit; geïntensiveerde stilte.
The rooms he found and recorded were abandoned abruptly, urgently, and for good: Their inhabitants were evacuated by Soviet military and had to leave all their belongings behind. On April 26th, 1986, the explosion of Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant had extinguished all possibilities of human survival in the vicinity.
Two decades after the event, Kirkegaard explores the phenomenon of radiation with the medium of sound. By listening to the silence of four radiating spaces he aims to unlock a fragment of the time existing inside the zone.
SILENCE; unfolding in space
The sound of each room was evoked by sonic time layering: In each room, he recorded 10 minutes of it and then played the recording back into the room, while at the same time recording it again. This process was repeated up to ten times. As the layers got denser, each room slowly began to unfold a drone with various overtones.
The sound of each room was evoked by an elaborate method: Kirkegaard made a recording of 10 minutes and then played the recording back into the room, recording it again. This process was repeated up to ten times. As the layers got denser, each room slowly began to unfold a drone with various overtones."
Kan het mooier dan dit; geïntensiveerde stilte.
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Sietse
geplaatst: 7 september 2009, 00:15 uur
Jacob Kirkegaard is behoorlijk geïnspireerd door het werk van Alvin Lucier. Met name het "I am sitting in a room" stuk van hem heeft als inspiratie voor dit album (en zijn live optredens) gezorgd. Als je dit kan waarderen zou ik zeker eens de moeite nemen om dat stuk eens te luisteren, niet omdat het heel erg mooi is, maar wel omdat het heel erg bijzonder is wat daar wordt gedaan.
Verder vind ik dit een sterk album, al raad ik zeker aan om Kirkegaard live mee te maken, dat is echt immens intens.
Verder vind ik dit een sterk album, al raad ik zeker aan om Kirkegaard live mee te maken, dat is echt immens intens.
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