We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recording

by Jos Smolders

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €5 EUR  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recording via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 1 day
    edition of 200 

      €12 EUR or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 210 Crónica releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Textuur 2 [ |||| - - - - ], Transformation Sonor, Textuur 3 [Register], Installations: (Re)Verso/Flexo, A Divine Comedy, 20 Years × 180 Minutes, Installations: octo _ _ _ _, Luci Fisse + Luci Erranti, and 202 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      €252.50 EUR or more (50% OFF)

     

1.
2.
NowHere 07:49
3.
4.
5.
6.
NoWhere 19:40

about

During his preparation, setting up the paper, wetting the brush and grinding the ink stone, the calligrapher is in deep concentration. Then, when he is ready, he performs the drawing in a few swift strokes.

My works have always been precise, meticulously edited. In the last decade or so I have left the idea of a preconceived/designed composition. There is only a vague idea before I start recording. Through my Zen practice I have become interested in the approach described above. I translated the calligrapher’s method to my sessions with the modular synthesizer. I concentrate while connecting the patch and setting the parameters at the start of a session. Then I start the various sonic movements, letting things flow and interfering only when necessary. Afterwards I leave the original sounds intact as much as possible, trying to limit overdubs and extensive editing. The flow of the ‘here’ and the ‘now’ guides me.

Jos Smolders

credits

released January 10, 2017

All compositions performed, edited, and mastered by Jos Smolders at EARLabs Studio, 2015-16.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Crónica Oporto, Portugal

Crónica is a label based in Porto, Portugal.

contact / help

Contact Crónica

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Nowhere: Exercises in Modular Synthesis and Field Recording, you may also like: