A full electronic soundtrack accompanying the eponymous silent movie inspired by Butoh performances & iconography — realized by Elvire Bastendorff & Franck Smith. The disc Butoh sweets, Adventures in dance, flour & colours, interlaces subtle noise machinery, refined glitchy pulses & sophisticated bitcrushing, to create an inedit composition full of passion for darkness. A work dedicated to Butoh founder Hijikata Tatsumi (1928-1986).
Dual micro pulses (test session) by Zn'shñ (Elvire Bastendorff & Franck Smith) w/ Sleepdrone 5, Dual Tone Generator & analog filters (Sherman Filterbank 2, Jomox M-Resonator) + MBase 01 analog bass drum module & digital manipulations via Korg Kaoss Pad KP3. Contents : micro-pulses, clicks, glitches, square wave, oscillators, analog filtering, noise manufacturing... — IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.
Material in this video: - Sleepdrone 5 (via main output) - 2 Benfox Dual Tone Generator - Sherman Filterbank 2 - Jomox M-Resonator - Jomox MBase 01 - Korg Kaoss Pad KP3 - Electro Harmonix Pulsar
See also http://www.youtube.com/znshn ........................................ Zn'shñ Franck Smith Elvire Bastendorff alternative digital techniques Live Electronics Odiolorgnette Sherman Filterbank 2 Jomox M-Resonator MBase 01 Sleepdrone 5 Benfox Dual Tone Generator Korg Kaoss Pad KP3 Analog Filters triggering analog bass drum module phonocrafting noise manufacturing
High frequency trajectories and delicate glitchy micro pulses between Japanese gagaku, digital machinery and Morton Feldman's string quartet colours. Elaborated as a peculiar ceremony for desertic places, this second opus by the dual electronic unit Zn'shñ (Elvire Bastendorff & Franck Smith) displays a suite of radical sonic manipulations.
*CONCEIVED FOR NOCTURNAL AMBIENT USINGS. DO NOT PLAY AT LOUD VOLUME.
Composed & performed by Elvire Bastendorff & Franck Smith Recorded in 2009, time 48:37, Ref. odl.9173-657 Released in September 2009 on Odiolorgnette More details: http://www.myspace.com/znshn
Wave study by Zn'shñ (Elvire Bastendorff & Franck Smith). Recorded in August 2009: Contents : square wave, oscillators, analog filtering, micro-pulses, clicks, glitches, high tones, digitalisms, minimal electronics, soundtrack production w/ Sleepdrone 5, Sherman Filterbank 2, Jomox M-Resonator, Dual Tone Generator + Tenori-On — IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.
Warning : This video contains very high frequencies.
Material in this video: - Sleepdrone 5 (via main output) - 2 Benfox Dual Tone Generator - Sherman Filterbank 2 - Jomox M-Resonator - Benfox Ben HF - TENORI-ON - Space Echo RE-20 - Electro Harmonix Pulsar
See also http://www.youtube.com/znshn ........................................ Zn'shñ Franck Smith Elvire Bastendorff alternative digital techniques Live Electronics Odiolorgnette TENORI-ON Yamaha Sherman Filterbank 2 Jomox M-Resonator Sleepdrone 5 Benfox Dual Tone Generator Space Echo RE-20 Analog Filters triggering analog bass drum module phonocrafting noise manufacturing
"The winter book" (2009) is an original audiovisual (de)composition conceived for noise-manufacturing and white-light sculpting. The result is a 30mn digital film for projection contexts. Elaborated as a progressive process of work, the project was developped over a period of two months, from December 2008 to January 2009.
N.B. A version for free-download of the soundtrack is available since mid-March via Moscow-based Netlabel Clinical Archives http://www.archive.org/details/ca231_zn
Glitches by Zn'shñ (Elvire Bastendorff & Franck Smith). Recorded in Paris, June 2009. Contents : digitalisms, minimal electronics, click & glitch soundtrack production w/ TENORI-ON(s), Sherman Filterbank 2, Benfox Dual tone generator, Benfox BEN HF, Moogerfoogers + digital manipulations via Korg Kaoss Pad KP3 — IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.
Material in this video: - TENORI-ON - Sherman Filterbank 2 - Moog Ring Modulator (MF-102) - Moog Analog Delay (MF-104SD) - Benfox Dual Tone Generator (x2) - Benfox BEN HF - Korg Kaoss Pad KP3 - Moog Low Pass Filter (MF-101) - Electro Harmonix Pulsar
See also http://www.youtube.com/znshn ........................................ Zn'shñ Franck Smith Elvire Bastendorff alternative digital techniques Live Electronics Odiolorgnette TENORI-ON Yamaha Sherman Filterbank 2 Benfox BEN HF Dual Tone Generator Korg KP3 Kaoss Pad Moog Ring Modulatol MF-102 Moog Analog Delay MF-104SD Moogerfooger Moog Low Pass Filter MF-101 electro harmonix pulsar minimal electronics click & glitch soundtrack production 2 TENORI-ON(s) Analog Filters phonocrafting noise manufacturing
Zn'shñ is a dual electronic unit devoted to noise-manufacturing, designed for soundtrack production & live performances. "Specializing in electronics, French artists Zn'shñ (aka Franck Smith & Elvire Bastendorff) creates expansive soundscapes of the highest order. Under the Odiolorgnette imprint, Zn'shñ has produced albums and soundtracks steeped in minimalist sensibility, influenced by artists such as Ryoji Ikeda and butoh legend Hijikata Tatsumi." (from Test-Tone program, Tokyo, Japan).
