Brute Cartography by Andy Klingensmith
"Here, Andy offers a beautifully crafted set of sound pieces using constructed/deconstructed layers of field recordings, delicate fumbling and quiet amplification of interactions with natural objects, spoken words, and tape loops..."
The delicate, yet grounding array of sounds and movement the artist presents is one that invokes a sense of nostalgic calm, a string of watery memories, a hole now filled "with things on which we may all walk."
Brute Cartography is an assemblage of lowercase works that gently occupy the space between ethereal tape music and intimate and emotional electroacoustic techniques and practices. Intensely personal then immensely spatial, dizzying then burrowing, indeterminate, blissfully fateful.
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Tracklist
| 1. | Conflict As Instinct | 2:33 |
| 2. | In Orbit Over Mombassa | 4:00 |
| 3. | Today Is The Last Day (I'm Leaving) | 6:11 |
| 4. | Everywhere Is Empty Baseball Diamonds | 4:20 |
| 5. | A Clear Jar of Clean Air | 3:35 |
| 6. | Twombly | 15:00 |
Credits
Brute Cartography was recorded and composed by Andy Klingensmith, a sound artist based in Chicago, Illinois, between February and May of 2020. Active since January of 2020, his practice focuses on concepts related to place and pace, and his work has been released by labels such as Invisible City Records, Small Worm, Absent Erratum, and Skupina. Brute Cartography was originally released digitally on September 11, 2020 by Warm Milk Recordings.
Words by Nicholas Maloney.
Photography shot by Vanessa Valadez (vanessavaladez.com).
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License
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