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Zeno van den Broek

Divergence (LP)

Label: Moving Furniture Records

Format: LP

Genre: Electronic

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A four-movement work probing the reciprocal interference of sound and space. The source material is reduced to elementary sonic primitives - sine waves, white noise - then physically degraded through tape manipulation to generate pulses, beats and emergent waveforms. From this collision between idealised digital signal and the analogue artefacts of magnetic media, van den Broek builds a heightened spatial perception where pure tone and altered source act on the listening field simultaneously.

Divergence” explores the tension between space and sound induced by their manipulated representation: sounds alter, calibrate and form space while simultaneously the sound is formed and manipulated by the space it is placed in. The album is based on pure sound sources such as sine waves and white noise. These sounds are physically manipulated and destroyed by the use of tape in order to form pulses, interferences and new wave forms. These manipulations create a divergence between the perception of sound and space: real and digital space interacting with pure and altered sound sources. The result is an intense sensory reaction and heightened spatial awareness through four movements. 

Zeno van den Broek is a Dutch-born, Copenhagen-based composer and artist. Van den Broek works in a multi-sensory way to research and express physical, social and acoustic notions. He utilises audiovisual means to create site and concept specific works. He works with a characteristic artistic language based on minimalist and fundamental elements such as sine waves, lines, noise and grids.

Details
File under: DroneMinimal
Cat. number: MFR025
Year: 2015
Notes:
Limited to 300. Includes a download code for bandcamp. "All sounds based on physically manipulated tape recordings of sine waves and white noise. Artwork based on details of "Icarus" (Oil on canvas, 1963) by J.K. van den Broek." Mastered by Earlabs.

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