{"id":758,"date":"2011-08-18T12:53:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T17:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fraufraulein.com\/billy\/?p=758"},"modified":"2011-08-18T13:37:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T18:37:21","slug":"give-or-give-in-digitalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fraufraulein.com\/billy\/2011\/08\/give-or-give-in-digitalis\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Give Or Give In<\/em> (Digitalis 2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fraufraulein.com\/images\/digitalis_crop_web.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Emerging out of the summer is a packed release schedule for the last half of 2011.  First up is an exquisite looking cassette from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxydigitalis.com\/digi_ltd.html\" target=\"new\">Digitalis Ltd<\/a>.  <em><strong>Give Or Give In<\/strong><\/em> lifts two sides of synthesizer, electronics and field recordings.  On side A, &#8220;Rude Divides&#8221; brings my performance from this spring&#8217;s Qwartz awards in Paris (complete with a contribution from Offthesky), and the reverse &#8220;Shown Up In Your Chest Like Silver&#8221; weaves field recordings taken in Paris with varying weights of synthesizers, loops, and treatments.  Here&#8217;s the official line:<Br><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>billy gomberg operates out of brooklyn, utilizing whatever tools and instruments he can get his hands on to create sprawling compositions. these two 30 minute treks of synthesizer &#038; field recordings morph in countless and often unexpected ways. irregular drones and muddy rhythms inhabit strange, interplanetary dance zones, pumping along until a spectral wave of tones overrides everything and slows it down to a crawl. gomberg has an innate skill in combining so many fine details into a deliciously cohesive whole. edition of 75. chrome.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><Br><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Brad Rose @ Digitalis.<Br><\/p>\n<p><object height=\"81\" width=\"100%\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18644638\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object>  <span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/foxydigitalis\/billy-gomberg-rude-divides\">Billy Gomberg &#8220;Rude Divides&#8221; (exerpt)<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/foxydigitalis\">foxydigitalis<\/a><\/span> <br \/>\n<object height=\"81\" width=\"100%\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18644639\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object>  <span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/foxydigitalis\/billy-gomberg-shown-up-in-your\">Billy Gomberg &#8220;Shown Up In Your Chest Like Silver&#8221; (excerpt)<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/foxydigitalis\">foxydigitalis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Give Or Give In<\/strong><\/em> is currently available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.experimedia.net\/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&#038;cPath=1&#038;products_id=3840\" target=\"new\">Experimedia<\/a> and will shortly via the other usual channels.<Br><\/p>\n<p>already -> <a href=\"http:\/\/earslend.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/optional-to-view.html\" target=\"new\">track of the day at Lend Me Your Ears<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emerging out of the summer is a packed release schedule for the last half of 2011. 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He\u2019s been releasing music of his own and with Fraufraulein, a duo with Anne Guthrie, for nearly a decade. 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Both are issued on C30s with custom paper cases. Each side features field recordings and duo improvisations with Anne playing French Horn, Oboe, Flute & Percussion, and myself playing Synthesizer, Chinese Flute & Percussion.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/www.fraufraulein.com\/billy\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":715,"url":"https:\/\/www.fraufraulein.com\/billy\/2011\/05\/fraufraulein-on-homophoni\/","url_meta":{"origin":758,"position":5},"title":"Fraufraulein on Homophoni","author":"billy gomberg","date":"May 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE: Homophoni has ceased operation and this music is no longer available. The links on this page are dead. Really excited to announce a double fraufraulein release on Homophoni. 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