Foxy Digitalis
Static frequencies permeate the ephemeral, electronic veil on France Jobin’s “Unified Quantum State,” like cryptic morse code messages being sent from in between worlds. A harsh resonant field saturates our synapses, burrowing into the smallest granules where lives flash in and out in the blink of an eye. Jobin harnesses the microscopic for an outsized […]
Since I was a teenager and first read about String Theory, I have been fascinated by it, wanting to understand the internal resonances that connect all things. “String 9,” from Canadian composer and sound artist France Jobin’s new-old work, 10-33 cm revisited, explores these concepts through refined sonic creations. Initially released in 2008, the original has […]
Robert Takahashi Crouch’s 2021 album, Jubilee, is special. He upped the ante earlier this year with a collection of reworks from a host stellar artists of album opener (and standout), “A Ritual.” The world of Jubilee continues to grow and evolve and for listeners, the expansive scope is a gift. Crouch adds an additional orbit with this Ritual Variations […]
The opening track on Robert Takahashi Crouch’s last album, Jubilee, is the 19-minute “A Ritual,” culled from a longer, two-hour improvisational piece. For Ritual Variations, out on May 6 via Room40, he commissioned seven friends and artists to use the original two-hour recording as source material for further investigations and contemplations on the intimate nature of the music. The […]