Music for Lock Grooves by Adrian Corker - SN Variations [SN5] FLAC download included with physical items

Music for Lock Grooves

Adrian Corker

A 6 track electronic ep (19m 48s) — released June 28th 2019 on SN Variations

#classical #electronic

SN Variations is pleased to announce its 5th release.Adrian Corker returns after a break living in Warsaw with two tracks composed for Lock Grooves recorded onto acetate,percussion by Sam Wilson(Riot Ensemble/Actress) and violin performed by Aisha Orazbayeva.The tracks also feature the piano of Mark Knoop and the voice of Josephine Stephenson.

A lock groove is one cycle of one groove on a record.This is 1.8 sec cut at 33RPM and 1.33 cut at 45RPM.Having used lock grooves on film scores for British film Waiting for You and The Have Nots directed by Florian Hoffmeister, Corker wanted to explore their potential further in a standalone more percussive release. He used the cutting lathe currently residing in the living room of The Exchange mastering legend Graeme Durham to experiment with different sounds cut onto acetate and then recorded over different durations back into a computer. The process is similar to print processes in the visual arts where there is a high degree of unpredictability in how the eventual lock groove is recorded and then plays. Also because of the softness of the acetate the lock grooves break down as they are re re-recorded causing unexpected effects as the needle carves away the surface of the vinyl. This generative process adds layers of unpredictable noise culminating finally in white noise. These are combined and edited forming frames for performances of violin, percussion and piano. The pieces reflect on the tension between the mechanical and the human gesture/expression and place where they merge.

Whilst in Warsaw Corker discovered the Foundation of Archeology of Photography which stores the archives of many Polish photographers including those working under the Soviet era. There was some resonance between the light photos of Wojiech Zamecznik and the developing tracks and the Foundation kindly allowed some of the photos to be used for the cover designed by Chris Bigg. Zamecznik work has subsequently been shown alongside photographer William Klein at the Pompidou Centre but is still relatively unknown in the UK.

The record will be released on a vinyl pressing of 250 copies and download on July 5th
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