Vertonen: Piano Miniatures (Cobalt Studies I-V) 5 x business card CDR, edition of 20
I’ve been releasing audio as Vertonen since 1991, and this release is, as far as I can assess, a bit of an aural anomaly, which is kind of exciting.
I had done two recordings on the piano at my folks’ house and decided to cut up and reassemble the recordings in a manner that, perhaps obvious to many, pays homage to the utterly brilliant Conlon Nancarrow.
Each copy comes with a unique collage, and the artwork on the business card sleeves was created with the 88 keys on the piano in mind. The release is housed in a clear plastic playing card case.
price is $20 ppd in the US; overseas orders, please get in touch so I can calculate shipping based on your location.
Each of the discs for Dislocation Studies creates a place that does not exist as presented—if only by dint of geography and chronology. Each recording is assembled from elements of field recordings collected from different locations, seasons, and events and also combines recordings made under different circumstances (covert, overt, active, or passive recording).
The texts hover around narrators who have allowed themselves, through mental or physical choices, to be enveloped in unfortunate environments—or wish to extricate themselves from said environments but lack the full capacity to do so.
This release is in an edition of 33 signed and numbered copies.
$20 ppd in the US; for folks overseas, please contact me so I can calculate shipping.
The art on the CDR sleeves for this release, by the way, are gestural paintings of the four cardinal compass directions.
