Stasis by Zbeen

Zbeen is an electro-acoustic project by Gianluca Favaron
and Ennio Mazzon. Zbeen’s improvisational approach is
developed from the human-machine paradigm which
is represented by the interaction with digital instruments
specifically designed and developed for this project.

K-Frame, Zbeen's debut EP, was released by Ripples in
January 2012.

Unlike K-Frame, which was developed as a sonic counter-
part to the linear algebra concept of an ordered set of ‘k’
linearly-independent vectors, Stasis elaborates the mathe-
matical metaphor but shifts the attention from the geo-
metric theme of ‘the frame’ towards a more physical
approach to structures such as vector fields and particularly
examining the response of the particles placed within them.
The basic premise is that the sonic behaviour exhibited by
the source particle will depend on the shape of the fields.
Specifically, the scope of Stasis is essentially the definition
of the potential field of a hypothetical acoustic behaviour.

Edition of 200 copies
Co-released with Entr'acte (E149)

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Programming, digital signal processing, field recordings:
Gianluca Favaron and Ennio Mazzon

Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi

Tracklist

1.	Skyr Stillheten	32:35

2.	Flytende Stillheten	16:34

Credits

released September 10, 2012

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il cd brulica di vita, di forme in divenire, di colori (sia pure desaturati sino a diventare toni di grigio) e di inattese aperture quasi melodiche che non riescono a trattenersi dall’arrancare tra fredde e desolate rovine digitali. Un bug nella programmazione che lascia filtrare residui di emozioni che il pulsare dei circuiti e degli algoritmi non possono arrestare.
- Alfio Castorina per Kathodik

It’s like a sonic laboratory: electric whistles quiver gently like agitated molecules under microscope slides, stutters of computer processes churn out real-time analysis and error codes, reverberant howls and distant high-pitched drones hint towards the reactive experiments occurring in neighbouring rooms.
- ATTN:Magazine

Both pieces require a large degree of deep listening. Multiple listens can result in greater understanding not only of the sound but of one’s environment. Stasis teems with life.
- Beach Sloth

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License

CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.