.....Buy it here!'Alone at last' Janek Schaefer A collection of commissioned compositions 1997 - 2007 CD
Sirr.ecords Portugal. 27th March 2008 [SIRR 0031]
.....Buy it here!
'Alone at last' is a studio album, written over the first decade of Janek's career as a composer, sound artist, and musician. Each of the eight tracks is a response to an invitation to write a piece of music for a compilation CD or installation. The source sounds are produced using location recordings and manipulated vinyl, which are simply processed through his collection of foot pedals & mixing desk, and then assembled on screen. Anamnesis - refers to the ability of sound to trigger mental images in our minds eye. Each new series of images is specific to each of us - and they are all uniquely generated and framed by these evocative compositions.
The CD is housed in an elegant 100% black jewelcase with an 8 page black & white booklet of Janek's photography.
With thanks to all who commissioned the pieces:
Lawrence English, Martijn Hohmann, Yannick Franck, Philippe Petit, Colin Fallows, Philip Blackburn, Denis Boyer, The Urban Salon, and Sirr.ecords.
Special thanks to Catherine who has been such a supportive listener from the very beginning.
Track listing :
01. Alone at last [5.00][2006] > play sample MP3
Composed for a symposium in Tasmania on the theme of Isolation:
'On Isolation' CD [::Room40::, Australia]
02. come on up... [19.00][2007] > play sample MP3
Sound & Projection installation for a tiny listening room with a 3 seater Chesterfield sofa:
Geluidpost Gallery [Lookal01, The Netherlands]
03. Scarlett Arrives [5.00][2005]
Composed the week my first child was born, at home, in front of the fire, under the christmas tree:
'Idioscapes' CD [Idiosyncratics, Belgium]
04. Vasulka Vauban's 'A day in the Good Life' [10.00][2003] > play sample MP3
Composition for a compilation of experimental electronic musicians:
'BiP_HOp Generation Vol 7' CD [BiP_HOp, France]
05. End of Hope & Glory [1.00][1998]
Live collage using a 'Land of Hope and Glory' 78 shellac for a CD on the theme of Hope:
'Hope' CD [Audio Research Editions, UK]
06. All bombing Is Terrorism [11.33][2006]
Produced using 5 loop pedals playing sounds from the Henry Cowell/Leo Theramin 1930's tape loop instrument recreated online by The American Composers Forum:
'The Art of The Rhythmicon' CD [Innova, USA]
07. Boulevard Peripherique [10.00][2006] > play sample MP3
Composed for the French fanzine Feardrop, partly using the soundtrack from the French film 'Alphaville':
'Feardrop 13' CD [Feardrop, France]
08. Ever Ending Story [1.00][1997]
Created using the Tri-Phonic Turntable for my first live concert, in a courtyard outside Stock/Aitken/Waterman's recording studio,
Tri-Phonic Revolutions party, 14th July 1997 [The Urban Salon, London]
Running time : 1 hour - Produced at the audiOh! Room - Artwork by Miguel Carvalhais.
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