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Rough Tongue

by Beam Splitter

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flames 02:00
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and 02:33
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strange 00:39
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music 03:05
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Hummed 01:48
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made 02:49
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about

BEAM SPLITTER‘s debut album „Rough Tongue“ on Corvo Records is one part, a timbral collage of carefully extracted sound material and in another, a longer moment taken from an intimate room below the din.
All tracks are taken from three live concerts in 2016. Utilizing the pure sounds of acoustic and closely amplified trombone and voice, the record exemplifies the joining together of these two individual voices into a distinct dialog that delves beyond the borders of the corporeal elements of extended technique and sound.
There is an intimacy and conflict that becomes evident as the two personas intertwine, in moments joining together seamlessly and in the next, being left with the feeling of irrevocable fracture. The two manage between these extremes with a kind of improvised grace that reveals an effort towards a common goal. It is an honest metaphor for human relationship in process that even in the most serene moments can leave one raw and entirely exposed.

Since beginning their collaboration in 2015, Nørstebø and Chen have been extensively touring the globe, in Europe, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, Taiwan and the USA. They have presented their music in a wide variety of spaces, taken part in larger commissioned works at the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires and largely conceptualized a theatrical adaptation of MEDEA in front of the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine (for butoh dancers and musicians) produced by the Ukho Agency.

They have shared their collaborative projects with artists such as Phil Minton, Bob Ostertag, Michael Vorfeld, Thomas Rohrer, Valentin Tszin, Flavia Ghisalberti and Leonel Kaplan.

credits

released December 19, 2017

Audrey Chen — voice
Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø — trombone

Track 1 – 5 recorded 19.10.16 at Rhiz (Vienna) by Der Blöde Dritte Mittwoch.
Track 6 – 10 recorded 18.10.16 at Confine aperto/Zavod Sploh (Ljubljana) by Tomaž Grom.
Track 11 recorded 19.07.16 at Weincafé (Berlin) by Hilary Jeffery.
Mixed and mastered by Lasse Marhaug.
Design by Wendelin Büchler, Collage by Audrey Chen.
Photo by Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard.

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Corvo Records Berlin, Germany

Corvo Record is a label for sound art and contemporary music, founded 2010 in Berlin by Wendelin Büchler. We focus on the production of primarily vinyl records and art books. Each of the label’s release, is ambitiously produced with the highest possible sound quality and great care for both the visual and haptical aspect. This gives our releases an object-like character. ... more

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