my album comme is now available from mOAR
from the and/OAR blog:
“Electronic sound caught gazing at its own physicality, acoustics in love with their own abstraction.”
If this statement exemplifies Comme to a fault, then the cover art would only confirm it. Music that seems to take on a personality of its own immediately after birth during the first track, then gradually wandering off to further contemplate its place in a new found sonic world with Billy and the rest of us following along as dazed observers.
from the mOAR catalog:
Billy’s debut CD release displays abstract and complex dimensions of texture and tone that might make more sense at first on a subconscious level before it will on a conscious one. Therefore, it is advised to first approach this music from a pure listening standpoint, free from preconceived notions of musical structure and form since it can defy such prosaic logic.
These tracks are the start of my working toward a more immediate sound – improvisation w/software, real-time construction of the sound material and structure, taking priority. While some material comes from software in real-time, all other sound was generated by Roland Juno synthesizers, plus a few tracks incorporate my voice. Post-production editing and treatment were mostly employed to find the clearest expression of my improvisations and shape them into more conventional ‘tracks’ or ’songs.’ When improvising in this style, I do have a sense of trying to find a ’song,’ and letting that take me somewhere else.
Somewhat more abstractly – where was I when I started this work – a good portion of this album was started just after I moved to Brooklyn in 2005. Risking cliché, this is raw sound, a discovery of style (or a total lack of it). I just make music, it’s a space between the listener and myself. In this way, sound is ’simple’ – its presence as we listen gives it expression, our listening finds its language.
I am very excited about this collection, and nothing short of tremendously satisfied with it. Much gratitude to Dale for his support and vision with this album, and the and/OAR family of labels.
comme is available at the and/OAR diffusion shop.
