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THOMAS
TILLY
SCRIPT GEOMETRY
APO_09
2LP+CD + Digital |
Edition of 500 | July 2014
AVAILABLE
Composed and recorded by Thomas Tilly (2013-2014)
Vinyls / Mastered by : James
Plotkin
Cd / Mastered by : Thomas Tilly
Lacquer cut by : Rashad Becker, Dubplates and mastering.
Produced by : Aposiopèse,
Le Confort Moderne, Jazz à Poitiers, le Lieu Mutliple and Thomas Tilly. Artwork by MB.
label-aposiopese.bandcamp.com/album/script-geometry
© Thomas Tilly. 2013-2014. All
rights reserved.
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Script geometry
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Approaching the forest as if were a city, a construct, an ensemble of
strata and vertical heights where signals answer, contrast and ignore
each other.Variations occur, fullness and emptiness are created
according to the weather and the peak and off-preak hours. This density
that language can't define presents a challenge for the ear, and from
this density surfaces, frm time to time, certain analogies to a modern
sound environment. Cultural leads fraw our experience of these natural
acoustic phenomenin towards the domain of technology : "it sounds
like... it's like..."
The timbres ? The sound structures ? There
exists something in a tropical forest that sounds like and plays within
the realms of electronics, music and electronics noise ; something
characteristic of an era long before the birth of biotopes that form
this forest and create this sound. Script geometry comes from this idea
and the desire to work with density, in an attempt to extract forms
that characterize these analogies. Taking these sounds out of their
context and rearranging them as we would patch cables on a synthesizer
; weaving these strata and vertica heights into a different pattern by
using the signals from the forest as if they were synthetic sounds :
dissecting this spectrum and looking for something that can only be
revealed through listening, this is the essence of the project —
Thomas Tilly • Winter 2012
Version — Fr + (Photo Nouragues) : aposiopese.com/pages/thomas_tilly_script_geometry
©
Thomas Tilly. (2013) All rights reserved.
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Artist : Thomas Tilly
Title : Script geometry
Format : 2 Lp + Cd / Wav
Lenght : 02.27.57
Tracklist
A1 | At night, mass
(Composed
from A-B stereo recordings of the same zone made during several nights.
Raw recordings from 0,00 to 3,40, mixed from 3,40 to the end).
A2 | Hyla nana
(Stereo phonography. No
mixing, no editing, low cut filter. Recorded in Cayenne - species not
found in the Nouragues zone).
B1 | In the ground
(Phonography - no mixing,
no editiong).
B2 | Crossroads, phasing
(Composition, classic and
ultrasonic recordings. Mixing & editing).
B3 | Castaneotica
(Mono phonography. No
mixing, edited at 1,39).
C1 | °°°°°°
(Ultrasonic phonography.
No mixing, no editing).
C2 | Crossroads, Nodes
(Composition, classic and
ultrasonic recordings. Mixing & editing).
C3 | Epipedobates hahneli
(Mono phonography. No
mixing, no editing).
D1 | La grotte, parfum
(Phonography.
Two simultaneous tracks recorded with a microphone and an heterodyne
sensor (ultrasounds) in the same localization. No editing).
D2 | Turtle breath
(Stereo phonography. No
mixing, no editing).
D3 | Unidentified insects colony
(Ultrasonic phonography.
No mixing, no editing).
E_ | Reference recording (Cd)
(AB
stereo recording, at night. No editing, no mixing. The refercne
recording is a document added to the work found on the vinyls, it' a
sound reference point giving an exemple of Nouragues zone, and the
sound activity present there over a relatively long perido of time)
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Nouragues station
Scientific research station of the CNRS / Tropical rain forest of the Natural reserve, French Guiana.
The Nouragues Station is a
scientific research station of the CNRS set up at the heart of the
tropical rain forest of the Nouragues Natural reserve, French Guiana.
It is a privileged place for the study of the functioning of of
tropical forests and its biodiversity. The Station is part of a network
of Environment Observatories in the tropical forest. Scientific
equipments for the long-term monitoring of the forest have been set up,
and they are operated by the technicians of the Station. The Station
welcomes scientists from France as well as from foreign countries.
The development of a research station faces two antagonistic
challenges. On the one hand, more intensive research should improve our
knowledge of the ecosystem, and insure a critical mass of research at
one site, one the other hand, access should be limited to avoid
disturbances in a site that has been very little disturbed by human
activities in the recent past.
The Nouragues station is organized around two permanent camp, 8 km away from each other:
• The Inselberg site, is optimal to study the variety of
vegetation types in a tropical forest, and it is a focal point for the
study of mammals in an area where hunting pressure is close to zero.
• The Pararé/COPAS site, is adapted to the study of riverine
forests and fish populations. With the new canopy access equipement
COPAS (Canopy Operating Permanent Access System), the Pararé site will
soon have in hands a unique tool for measuring, monitoring and studying
the canopy of tropical forests.
Each site is fully geared to welcome scientists from a few days to
several months. Traditional sleeping houses (carbets) are available, as
well as electricity, potable water, and refrigerators. Connection with
the exterior is possible through satellite phone and wireless internet.
More details on this equipment can be found in Scientific Research >
Facilities.
The Nouragues Station is part of the Resource Center managed by the CNRS-Guyane (UPS 2561).
It is fully integrated with the equipments of the Silvolab group in
French Guiana. The Nouragues Station is opened all year long.
nouragues.cnrs.fr
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In March 2013, I traveled to the Nourages scientific research station in French Guiana.
Situated in the heart of a tropical rainforest, this station welcomes
international scientific research progams dealing with tropical forests
and their biodiversity.
For the 30 days and nights of my stay, i listened to and captured the
sound environment with an emphasis on animal communications : those
wich are perceptible to the huan ear, but also the inaudible spectrum.
The result is a collection of compositions and phonography
characteristic of the zone.
No electronic treatement has been added to these recordings other than a low cut filter and a light EQ mix.
Script Geometry was conducted as an artist-in-residency programme at
the Confort Moderne, Jazz à Potiers, the Lieu Multiple and the
Nouragues Station in Franch Guiana between february and June 2013. A
series of concerts, conférences, broadcasts and a creative workshop
took place in accompaniment to the project.
fissur.com
nouragues.cnrs.fr
scriptgeometry.wordpress.com
confort-moderne.fr
jazzapoitiers.org
lieumultiple.org
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