New review of The Luminous Ground appeared on The Silent Ballet:
There is also a review by Rob Young in the latest issue of THE WIRE magazine:
“Hearing this music for the first time has a similar impact to the first exposure to Oval’s Systemisch from 1994, or the early Sähkö recordings like Ø’s Metri, in that it has a beauty partly derived from having travelled beyond the reach of human influence”
Looking forward to my first ever concert in Milan on 22nd June 2011. It will be #18 in The Lift series. Seats are very limited, so if you want to come you need to confirm by writing to liftthe@yahoo.it – The Lift is close to Piazzale Loreto-Viale Monza in Milano (MM1 stop Rovereto), the exact address is contained in the booking confirmation.
“The Lift ha luogo all’interno di un piccolissimo studio di registrazione.
Musicisti, sound artists, ricercatori sonori e liutai sono invitati a
presentare il proprio lavoro in un ambiente acusticamente accurato.”
“Sound is spherical, round. There’s a risk of listening to it only as height and duration. But it is not as we believe it is. Sound is round and spherical. All spherical things have a center, you must reach the heart of sound. Sound has a heart, as spherical it has a center, the center of its heart. You have to arrive at that center, only in this way we become musicians, otherwise we are craftsmen. A craftsman of music is a very respectable figure, but you are not a real musician nor a true artist, but a craftsmen of art or music. You have to go to the heart’s sound” Giacinto Scelsi http://soundcloud.com/liftthe/giacinto-scelsi
Solo (electronic music box):
Monday 9th May 2011 – Corsica Studios, LONDON w/ Tim Hecker, Talvihorros
Thursday 12th May 2011 – Corsica Studios, LONDON w/ Tony Conrad, Lichens
Wednesday 25th May 2011 – Cafe OTO, LONDON w/ Mountains, Simon Scott
Saturday 28th May 2011 – Unitarian Church, CAMBRIDGE w/ Mountains, Simon Scott, Ypsmael
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22-24 June 2011 – ITALY. dates/venues TBC.
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Outshine Family (playing drums/organ):
Friday 27th May 2011 – Arnolfini, BRISTOL w/ Mountains, Sleeping States, Simon Scott
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email john[at]room40[dot]org for booking enquiries.
Copies of ‘The Luminous Ground’ will be available for £10 at all of the above shows.
First 4 and a half minutes of A3/Untitled#3 from the Luminous Ground (listed incorrectly as #2) is available to stream here:
john chantler – the luminous ground – untitled#2 (room40) by pdis_inpartmaint
LPs arrived yesterday and should be shipping from next week…