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Ridge

by Jamie Drouin

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Ridge 32:49

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A ridge made by folding,
incising, and from the passing of shadow.
A ridge made by the absence of something else.

"Strewn with ligneous creaks and crackles, manipulated field recordings of rain and light breezes, ominous overlain and quivering tones, and unidentifiable ambient sounds, Ridge tells the story of reconnoitering a folded, craggy terrain. The effect is disorienting, but, in the tradition of Infrequency releases, directive. Using a toolbox of electronic devices, (amplified objects, sine wave generator, and a Buchla modular synthesizer) Drouin traces the contours of a winding, (synthetically?) wooded, and treacherous range. The journey follows the scarps and vales, alternately densely and loosely packed. The end is lighter than the heavy, though placid beginning. But there is also an inherent danger to reaching the lightness and elevated openness at the end of the road. Beauty can be disorienting and dark. Its pursuit is also necessarily laden with all the experiences, struggles, and failures accrued throughout the journey. Ridge is a sonic meditation of that ambivalence, and, as the final line of the poem implies, an examination of what is not there but could be, as much as any tangible actuality. That is, beyond the compounded sounds themselves." - Nick Ostrum | The Free Jazz Collective

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released August 16, 2019

Originally released by Infrequency Editions on August 16, 2019

Jamie Drouin - amplified objects, sine wave generator, and Buchla

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Jamie Drouin Victoria, British Columbia

Jamie Drouin is a Canadian composer of abstract electronic music, and visual artist. The reductionist nature of his work focuses on the subtle, perceptual experiences which can emerge from closely related colours and tones.

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