{"id":415,"date":"2009-06-25T09:05:38","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T14:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fraufraulein.com\/billy\/?p=415"},"modified":"2009-12-01T16:43:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T21:43:48","slug":"comme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fraufraulein.com\/billy\/2009\/06\/comme\/","title":{"rendered":"comme<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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my album comme<\/b><\/em> is now available from mOAR<\/a><\/p>\n

from the and\/OAR blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n“Electronic sound caught gazing at its own physicality, acoustics in love with their own abstraction.”<\/p>\n

If this statement exemplifies Comme<\/em> 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

from the mOAR catalog:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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 clich\u00e9, 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

comme<\/b><\/em> is available at the and\/OAR diffusion shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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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. 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