German composer and sound artist Marc Behrens has put forth a beautiful\r\ninstallment of sound work for CMRs second CD release, entitled\r\nArchitectural Commentaries. Marc has been working with sound (in one form or\r\nanother) since 1986 and is probably most recognised for his digitally\r\nre-worked field material and composition. With a long history of\r\ninstallation work and live performance, he has exhibited alone and in group\r\nexhibitions; and performed live internationally in locations such as Japan,\r\nSwitzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, and the UK. He has completed tours with\r\nfellow sound artists Francisco Lopez, Bernhard Gunter and John Duncan and\r\nhas had notable CD releases on Gunters label Trente Oiseaux (Germany),\r\nDigital Narcis (Japan), Raster Music (Germany) and Intransitive Recordings\r\n(USA). \r\nArchitectural Commentaries is comprised of five tracks. The first three\r\npieces, entitled Architectural Commentaries 1-3, are some of Marcs most\r\nrecent compositions arranged in 2001 using basic material recorded from\r\n1990-2000 in various global locations. Taking title, sleeve images and sound\r\ntogether we are left with new audible environments for architectural\r\nstructures; jets of forced air and amplified nothing, distant machinery and\r\ntiny bites of frequency, faded and cut together to create beautifully\r\natmospheric soundscapes. Track 4 was previously released on RLWs Tulpas 5\r\nCD set (Selektion 024) and was constructed using source material from Ralf\r\nWehowsky. Track 5 was composed in 1992 as a soundtrack to accompany the\r\nvideo Der Raum by Torsten Grosch - stills of which feature on the CD sleeve.\r\nThe album permits a smooth flow between Marcs earlier and more recent work\r\nand shows the artists continuing exploration into the depth and dimensions\r\nof sound recording. - CMR.
After nearly a decade of false starts, multiple game plans veering off the rails, and a handful of shattered hopes and/or dreams, the odyssey is finally complete—the new Fusetron site is here.
This is the first phase of a multipart rollout that will span the next few months: the currently browsable stock includes miscellaneous new releases from the past 8+ months (we have a lot of catching up to do), plus approximately a third of our backstock. Note that we’ve reduced/slashed prices on many titles and will continue to do so in order to make room for new stock. We’ll also be expanding / tweaking / improving / debugging the site itself (for example, we still have work to do on the automated international postage system, not to mention the inevitable inventory discrepancies that come with transferring an ancient and massive database to a new system).
Over the next few months, as we take inventory, clean house, and delve into our storage, we will be uploading thousands of additional items, gradually, on a near-daily basis. This will include the majority of the LPs, as well as many titles, in all formats, once thought long-gone. Many currently “sold out” items are likely to resurface.
Finally, once our general backstock is up (probably in the next two or three months) we’ll begin making our extensive stockpile of rarities available online for the first time: tons of random out-of-print titles, "deadstock," warehouse finds, secondhand collectibles, etc., accumulated over the past few decades.
Frequent/returning customers will be getting early access to these items. Details to follow on how this will work (a priority mailing list? a 'frequent flyer'-like program?), but it will not be based on dollars spent. We want to reward those who consistently support us, especially in the discogs marketplace era (to those who show up trying to poach five copies of a one-off rarity, and nothing else, ever… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).
So—we suggest you take some time to dig through the site—even we’ve been surprised by what’s been turning up, and there’s much more to come.
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