Substrata by Deison

SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA is a release-series from Drone Records about the "The Unknown". A concept that embraces the prospect of infinite possibilities for artists to create music about the intangible such as: The Unnameable, The Unspeakable, The Unthinkable, The Unidentifiable, etc. Various aspects related to 'The Unknown'. Sound artists and artwork designers were invited to work on the theme of the 'grey matter' / the 'dark continent' surrounding us & within us: Transforming this paradoxical idea into acoustic and visual objectifications.

In this chapter Deison is exploring atmospheric vibes with an electro-acoustic approach.

"Substrata" collects three extremely crystalline and immersive drone pieces based on prepared tapes, metals, strings, wires and electronics... imagine a forest glade in moon-light with cold white sonic radiations, half-frozen calyx are clanging at each other, liquid metallic forms appear and disappear, hypnotic slow motion pulses suck you into.. "something"... these are incredible strong, deep and complex drone compositions, drones with the spirit of the "Noise Culture" - using "fragmentation, collage, arrangement and layers", as Germano-Chinese philosoph Lutz Schridde puts it. Sounds of elementary transformations, metamorphosis, and overcoming the usual sense of time.

“Substrata” contains three new compositions where sounds are conceived as they are “excavated” from the earth beneath our feet “Terra Firma” (erosion) and then taking to the light (awakening); it describes its interior solid surface (“Prima Materia”), the primitive formless base of all matter similar to chaos, the quintessence or aether."

Deison is involved in the experimental electronic area from more than 25 years He collaborates with artist like L.Marhaug, KK Null, T.Teardo, Thurstone Moore, Maurizio Bianchi, S. Balestrazzi, Scanner, Mingle, John Duncan,etc...He operates with loops, field recordings and drones to develop swirling electronic sounds of enormous range and complex musicality.

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