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Timbres

by Yethiel

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    This first run of MiniDiscs (PFMD1) is printed and recorded in-house on translucent blue Best Media discs.

    Comes with one of a kind hand drawing created and signed by Piet.

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  • TDK S-CD Type II Cassette (PF002)
    Cassette + Digital Album

    This is the second run of Timbres, featuring a different B side compared to the first one. The new B side includes new tracks of an upcoming album, other tracks not released digitally and an alternative version of "Bike Trail".
    Carefully recorded on new old stock TDK S-CD IEC II tapes from a digital master using an AKAI HX-27W deck, over the course of a week.
    Adjusted so that peaks reach 0db, so this edition is more dynamic than the first one.
    Translucent cover art, hand-cut inlay, blank white on the outside, track list and description on the inside.

    Additional tracks: Surface A, – B, – C, Train 2, Arpeggio, Oscillatorrun, Alea Solo, Bike Trail (Take 2/3)

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Bike Trail 08:35
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Blank Basket 04:04
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Carestase 01:10
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Sitting on a Cliff 02:06
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The Yellow Tamarin of Gsyns Bo 06:12
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A Bird and the Wind 02:29
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Favorite State 03:42
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Place to Live 03:28
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Coweb and Undo 05:24
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Uher 01:59
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Music keeps us warm. (feat. Yseto) 07:03
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Far Told 06:08
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about

Every instrument can inspire you to take completely unique paths based on their interface, rhythm and timbre. Over time you get to know the ways of an instrument, what it can do and where it can lead you. Experimentation becomes a major way of playing the instrument and sessions become progressively more structured and musical. Timbres is a result of experimentation with synthesizers, effects and field recordings.
None of these tracks could be played like this again. The notes, rhythms, echoes, timbres and field recordings are a snapshot of a specific moment. I would not call them compositions at all, they're much more like memories.

The album mainly features synthesizers that embrace experimentation as a workflow:
The one you will hear most often is my custom Volca Modular. It is an arrangement of knobs and banana jacks on olive wood. You can see its jacks and knobs on the cover art of the album.
The other synthesizer is the Ouroboros Electronics Alea (which inspired me to build the Volca Modular B). The Alea is made of sapele wood and has a similarly experimental layout. There are no labels and explanations, inviting you to come up with creative patches.

With Timbres I invite you to listen to moments composed of timbre, rhythm and sound.

There was a very small home-produced run on IEC-II tape.

This album is also available on archive.org. You can download it there for free. Your support on bandcamp is very appreciated but I know it's impossible to purchase music from all the artists that you want to support. If you like an album enough to download it, I think you should be able to listen it on your favorite device in a decent quality.

There are 12 tracks. You can read more about each track on the individual tracks' info pages. Here is an overview:

01 Bike Trail:
Volca Modular, SunVox as looper echo, Ouroboros Electronics Alea
recorded on tape

02 Blank Basket:
Ouroboros Electronics Alea, software synth
Alea recorded on tape, software synth digitally

03 Carestase:
Volca Modular, SunVox as looper echo
recorded digitally

04 Sitting on a Cliff:
Ouroboros Electronics Alea
Alea recorded on tape

05 The Yellow Tamarin of Gsyns Bo:
Volca Modular B, Pure Data as reverb and feedback delay
recorded digitally

06 A Bird and the Wind:
Ouroboros Electronics Alea
Alea recorded on tape

07 Favorite State:
Ouroboros Electronics Alea, Volca Modular
recorded digitally

08 Place to Live:
OP-1, samples provided by Yseto
recorded on the OP-1

09 Coweb and Undo:
Volca Modular, tape loop, SunVox as looper echo
Coweb was recorded digitally

10 Uher:
Volca Modular B, UHER Royal Deluxe as tape delay
recorded on reel to reel

11 Music keeps us warm. (feat. Yseto):
OP-Z (Yseto), OP-1 (Yethiel)
recorded digitally

12 Far Told:
OP-1, software synth
recorded on the OP-1

Tracks that were recorded on tape have been digitized with a Tascam DR-05X.

credits

released July 3, 2021

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· ambient/drone
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