waul by EXEDO
attenuation effect ° 1030 ° 2022
originally released in 2014
photos and design by EMERGE
attenuationcircuit.de ° attenuation-circuit@web.de
Credits
released March 19, 2022
Certainly harsh noise, but almost meditative and strangely soothing by virtue of its even, slow pulse. Just like babies sometimes fall asleep when the vacuum cleaner or washing machine is switched on, the forced stasis of this sound can actually help drown out everything beyond its wall of noise, which has something very relaxing about it. The effect of this tape was not actually tested on babies, though.
Exedo uses samples snatched from other projects on attenuation circuit as source materials for his noise treatment. Bringing out the noisy rather than the musical side of the recordings, the audio “waste” that is virtually present in every recording, Exedo makes a statement about the fact that every medium has a limit, an outside. This is not at all about pessimism and entropy, because Exedo uses this self-created waste to create new works from it, works with a fierce beauty for those whose ears are attuned to noise art. The companion release “Waul” shows that this way of “upcycling” very similar material can in fact yield pretty different results even as noise.
File under: Noise
Certainly harsh noise, but almost meditative and strangely soothing by virtue of its even, slow pulse. Just like babies sometimes fall asleep when the vacuum cleaner or washing machine is switched on, the forced stasis of this sound can actually help drown out everything beyond its wall of noise, which has something very relaxing about it. The effect of this tape was not actually tested on babies, though.
Exedo uses samples snatched from other projects on attenuation circuit as source materials for his noise treatment. Bringing out the noisy rather than the musical side of the recordings, the audio “waste” that is virtually present in every recording, Exedo makes a statement about the fact that every medium has a limit, an outside. This is not at all about pessimism and entropy, because Exedo uses this self-created waste to create new works from it, works with a fierce beauty for those whose ears are attuned to noise art. The companion release “Waul” shows that this way of “upcycling” very similar material can in fact yield pretty different results even as noise.
File under: Noise
License
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EMERGE is inspired by the minimalist traditions of experimentalism and non-academic noise music, focusing on generating sound structures intended to make atmospheres emerge that are open to each listener’s own interpretation.
The choice of sound sources used is usually very limited. In most cases only rudiments of the original sounds are recognizable due to various treatments.