Anthropological Constants by Kymatik

Who is Kymatik?
Kymatik first appeared on Paradigm back in 1995 with a spontaneous composition created alone in the control room, with all the sounds being derived from a simultaneous improvisation being played in the studio by Morphogenesis.
Three years later Paradigm released the full length Kymatik CD Dar-As-Sulh, a selection of pieces, some based on purely mathematical ideas, others are more hypnotic pulse based psychedelic soundscapes, some works being performed live in surround sound, with the audience floating on air-beds in a swimming pool.

On this latest release side 1 is mostly taken up with a remixed version of one of these more disorientating soundscapes, structured around dense, ever shifting and phasing polyrhythms. The piece dates from 1997. The side closes with a short field recording.
Side 2 is one piece that combines elements from 2 later pieces composed in 1998 and 2001 and use a similar combination of ambisonic field recordings and abstraction as used on side 1. These long tracks still sound strangely contemporary, and as such, are glorious examples of early domestic computer music.

The compositions could be said to be loosely akin to the musical areas explored at that time by The Hafler Trio, NWW, Sähkö and some of the far reaching aspects of techno music.

Kymatik remains anonymous, even the name he goes by, is not his real name. For the last few years he has been living in northern Spain and continues to make ambisonic field recordings, which are either released untreated, or used to create further sonic collages.

This is his brief statement -
“The works on Anthropological Constants straddle a fence between field recording and experimental composition. The intention of each piece is to lead the listener astray in their environment by firstly identifying cues or references, and then slowly transforming them without replacing them with other [more] cues.”

This vinyl edition was cut at SST and pressed at Optimal in a numbered edition of 500 and comes with an insert and download code

see https://kymatik.bandcamp.com/ for further titles

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