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cat-nr: verazität: 002, release date: Nov. 2001, ltd.-edition: 50 `A soundscape of footage of news on the WTC & Pentagon attacks! Rec.: 11-09-01 10.00h-14.00h EST, mix 13-09-01, Liner notes Slavoj Zizek, written 17-09-01, total duration 75:46 min., total tracks 99 - 1-49 The Southern Tower, 50-99 The Northern Tower.´ | |
Dokumentarisch-politische Konzept-Veröffentlichung, welches Originalaufnahmen zur Berichterstattung des Angriffs auf das World Trade Center und das Pentagon benutzt, dekonstruiert und verfremdet. Dazu der gute Text von SLAVOJ ZIZEK. Welcome to the desert of the real im Cover. A political and documentary experimental mix of recordings made on 11.Sept. 2001 from different sources, with the very good text Welcome to the desert of the real by the czech philosoph SLAVOJ ZIZEK. by stefan knappe @ drone records ....deals with September 11 2002, through an extended collage of television announcers and reporters, commentators, politicians and witnesses, all gathered from the media between 11am and 3pm that day and mixed on the 13th. The voices create a web of overlapping messages, mainly in english but also other languages, the volume and density rising and falling, occasionally interrupted by other noises. It is a carefully constructed piece that carries you back to those hours when the electronic media were at their most hypnotic, watching the same images repeated, listening to each minor piece of information, latest theory of responsibility. The essay inside the paper sleeve is more probing, looking at the US's awakening to the real world. The resulting collage is, surprisingly, somewhat cool as the voices wash over you, capturing the mood of confusion without expressing the shock and outrage that we felt. Perhaps i:wound was being too careful, as this is a delicate project; but I think that perhaps it was created too soon after the event, while still overwhelmed by the impact. However, as record of that miasma that overtook you during that time, it is successful and a brave move, and continues the diverse output from this interesting soundartist. (ampersand etc.) The release deals with news broadcasts of September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It's one lengthy stream of spoken voices, in which one occassionally recognizes George Bush. But listening to this, there is no angst, agony, alienation and any sense of the mayhem of that day. If you listen without really taking care of the words, it's sounds like someone recording the dial of the radio, looking for a nice radio broadcast. by ampersand & frans de waard @ vital weekly | ||