MATRIXSYNTH: Caterina Barbieri - Vertical


Tuesday, February 02, 2016

Caterina Barbieri - Vertical


Published on Jan 3, 2015 caterina barbieri

This one in via IMPREC. Recorded entirely on a Buchla 200. There is a chance there will be an LP pressing in the future.

"From Caterina Barbieri's debut album Vertical (Important Records/Cassauna, 8 October 2014) composed for Buchla modular synthesizer and vocals.

Vertical originates from a meditation on primary waveforms and the polyrhythmic dancing of harmonics in synthetic sounds, stylized in severe architectures of time and space, on the boundary between drone, minimalism and techno in multichannel listening environments. This minimalistic focus arises from the exploration of the stratigraphic potential of voltage-controlled synthesizers, in terms of polyrhythm and polyphony.

www.importantrecords.com
www.caterinabarbieri.com

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Side A

Undular
Pneuma
Limen

Side B

Perspectiva
Traum_abc

Music composed and performed by Caterina Barbieri in Summer 2013
Recorded at EMS and KMH in Stockholm (SE)
Mixed in Bologna (IT)

Buchla Modular Synthesizer + vocals
Traum_abc vocals by Ellen Arkbro

Released by:
Cassauna/Important Records
Release date:
8 October 2014"

And some additional info via http://importantrecords.com/imprec/sauna22

"Vertical is Caterina Barbieri's debut album and it was composed for vocals and Buchla 200 modular synthesizer.
Vertical takes a meditative approach to primary waveforms and the polyrhythm of harmonics, stretching the boundaries between drone, minimalism and techno in multichannel systems. This minimalistic focus arises from the polyrhythmic and stratigraphic potential of voltage-controlled sequencers.

Synthesis, drone and immersive listening are three fundamental conditions to enhance an advanced auditory art, not based on extrinsic links but solely built on the experience of the spectrum, able to develop our very limited ability of perceiving the vertical domain of music, involving us in a holistic way.
Caterina Barbieri (1990) is a composer and performer of electro-acoustic music. Mostly interested in modular synthesis, three-dimensional spatialisation and psychoacoustic aural sculpture, her music arises from a meditative approach to primary waveforms and the polyrhythm of harmonics..

She received a degree in classical guitar and electro-acoustic music at the conservatory of Bologna, Italy (plus an exchange programme at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden) with a thesis about time, space and spectrum in vertical music. She's currently attending a bachelor in literature and she's active as audiovisual artist, acousmatic composer and guitarist. Her work has been commissioned and performed in festivals and venues of experimental music."

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