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Robert Curgenven
Transparence

Album IT 2008 on Recorded Fields label
Spoken Word (Sound Art)

10" vinyl dubplate composed from 19 minutes of unprocessed feedback recorded 5.30pm, 5 November, 2008, O'Artoteca, Milan with two Rode NT2 and two Soundman Professional binaural microphones. Mixed in O' during November 2008. Developed as part of the O'A.I.R. Artist in Residence program at O'Artoteca. Limited to three copies available in two different transparent sleeve designs, printed and assembled by hand by Angelo Colombo at LAB (laboratorioartibovisa) Milan. Cut at Dubplates and Mastering in Berlin at extremely low volume and having no audible bass response of its own, the dubplate works within the physical limitations of the vinyl medium, employing the object as sound source and sound medium to become an instrument in its own right. The ephemeral audio signal becomes present only when played at high volume, allowing the dubplate to produce room-filling bass feedback via the resonance of the turntable and additional overtones - "Transparence" is designed to produce a unique physical response from the room, air and amplification with each playing and simultaneously to gradually cause its sound to disappear every time it is played, as the needle gently abrades the soft vinyl surface, replacing the high overtones slowly with new artifacts and crackle that cause the sound to continuously change and evolve.

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	Robert Curgenven ttbl, *1974 AU album by
	Rashad Becker , *1970 DE lacquer cut by

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