Life. An Abstract Organisation Of Frequencies

The work is designed as a tracing of an unfolding of a life (my life to some extent), as a journey through various sonic and visual aesthetics, that are imagined or were present during my youth and childhood. 
Every track represents a different approach to sound, making use of different instruments and production aesthetics. 
The sonic story is told in reverse chronology. It starts from the moment of death and moves towards the gestation of a baby in a womb. 
Inspired by Martin Amis’s “Time’s Arrow” and the novel’s formal structure, the title is a nod to George Perec’s “Life. A User’s Manual”. 
Except track 2, every track has an accompanying video available at Vimeo and YouTube (links below), possibly providing additional depth and context to my efforts. Majority of audio recorded at home in various locations.

1. leave without the chance to practice.
chakra tuned tubular bells, electronics, field recordings, voice.

2. . .-. ..- – ..- ..-. / -.– .-. .- -. .. –. .- — ..
field recordings, granular synthesis

3. Youth in Music (Psychogenic Fugue)
prepared snare drum, electronics 
vimeo.com/1173406141

4. Childhood in Imagination
radios, field recordings, cassette players 
vimeo.com/1176352490?fl=ip&fe=ec

5. We come here improvised and …
field recordings of baby heartbeats, electronics, chimes 
vimeo.com/1168911513

YouTube playlist

Album concept acknowledgment: Martin Amis ‘Time’s Arrow‘
Album title acknowledgment: George Perec ‘Life. A User’s Manual’
Track 1 and 5 title acknowledgement: Wisława Szymborska ‘Nothing Twice’
Track acknowledgments
1. Maria Koszucka-Dębicka, Sandor Márai, Martin Amis
performance:
breathing: Sharon Gal
electronics: Florence Christman
tubular bells: Linda Jankowska
2. Alexander Harker, Orhan Pamuk
3. Mauricio Pauly, Rodrigo Constanzo, David Lynch ‘Lost Highway’, Type O Negative
performance:
prepared snare drum, electronics: Linda Jankowska
4. my mother Jadwiga Jankowska, Aki Onda
performance:
violin: Charline Saint-Georgesch, Willard Darwin
crying: Bianka i Antonina Jankowski
5. ELUCID and Alan Duggan ‘RFID’
field recording credits: free sound*
performance: 
electronics (audio processing): Linda Jankowska  

* CC0

project supported by the Arts Council UK, funded through the DYCP fund

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