Description
Hoolscrawls is the sound of the small town I reside in New South Wales Australia. The bird calls fused with farm animals and the noise in my head are the Hoolscrawl.
The sounds to create this recording have become from an evolution of experimenting for years with trying interject test the sounds of a Double Bass in the electronic sonic world with the aim to sculpt the sounds to enjoy the company of unique origins rather than a forced marriage.
Equipment used include reel to reel tape machines, double bass, amplified silent bass, HP pulse generator, B&K Beat Frequency Oscillator, Effect boxes, LOM microphones, various prepared double bass bows.
‘Hoolscrawls’ is a slightly more chaotic affair, more dwelling on free improvisation, and the long opening track ‘Hopper the One Legged Magpie’ reminded me of early P16.D4, which is, of course, a good thing. There is an excellent brutalist attack on the double bass, and electronics are used effectively. Cauvin doesn’t take the material to another level; in that respect, it’s not like P16.D4. If you get my drift, the music is electro-acoustic but not musique concrète. The music also reminds me of Kasper T. Toeplitz, another bass player using electronics, who is never shy of some noisy music. Sometimes, the double bass disappears in the electronics, covered by a noisy layer of dust and rust. Quite the difference with the other one. I have no preference for one or the other. I think it’s a wise decision to separate both musical interests in two different releases. (FdW) Vital Weekly 1478
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