HAZARDAJ by VEIDRIK
HAZARDAJ was originally released via Amateur Electronics on cassette and digital on 4/16/21:
https://amateurelectronics.bandcamp.com/album/hazardaj-2
https://www.amateurelectronics.org/product/ae10-veidrik-hazardaj (SOLD OUT)
If you intend to purchase this album, please do so via one of the links above.
Noise Not Music review excerpt:
https://noisenotmusic.com/2021/04/17/review-veidrik-hazardaj-amateur-electronics-apr-13/
"...the eight concise tracks that comprise HAZARDAJ are as confrontational and exhilarating as the most energetic tabletop-harsh, soaring and piercing and painful and gestural—plenty of pointers taken from Hasegawa and friends. Complementary layers are meticulously arranged to create an immersive stereo listening experience..."
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Liner note excerpt:
The sounds created in this project are derived from my past photographic work by converting those images, which serve as both cover art and thematic inspiration, into sound and then manipulating them with a variety of effects. In essence, you are hearing me play the photographs as an instrument.
This release, HAZARDAJ, serves as a retrospective of sorts. Rather than using the raw data of a single photograph for the entire release, I used the raw data from seven of my recent albums (some of which may not be released yet by the time this comes out), plus the raw data of the cover artwork on the title track.
Speaking of the cover art, it was actually created from a photograph of mine that I heavily manipulated in 2007 as a random experiment. It was the one and only time I made something like this and I have always been drawn in by it each time I revisit it. Believe it or not, the subject of the photograph is something you likely have in your home right now.
Thematically, HAZARDAJ is about embracing randomness, shedding inhibitions and being open to change, for better or worse. In my day-to-day life I tend to be rather ponderous and deliberate and one of my goals with this project was to allow myself to be spontaneous and create sounds as intuitively as possible by getting out of my own way. This release is possibly the closest I have come to achieving that original vision and I offer my sincere gratitude to you for making it a part of your personal collection.
Thanks for listening.
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Fully improvised and presented here just as it was recorded, without any editing or post-processing.
Headphones suggested.
Recorded 3/10/21 - 3/13/21
