tsukubai, by mathieu ruhlmann

tsukubai

by mathieu ruhlmann

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drone2805 This first title opens the curtains of the collection on SKILLFUL WORK! The sound of bubbles in water exposes various origins: boiling, piping, currents, forced air flow, free air flow, hot water, chilled water. The composition is very intense and disturbing. Let us bet that the unconscious recognizes the strange similarity between the ghostly specter which derives its origin from the past and the aura of the earthly energy which is materialized in ephemeral spectral bubbles!

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Glass mastered CD. Packaged in clear vinyl sleeve with folded insert on 300gr matt offset paper. Limited edition of 200 copies.

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	1.	part I 05:40
	2.	part II 01:05
	3.	part III 04:24
	4.	part IV 04:52
	5.	part V 02:35
	6.	part VI 04:14
	7.	part VII 04:52

about

Approached for elaborating an audio-gift on the occasion of close friends’ marriage, and being given a few of their specific interests (of whom, mainly Japanese culture), Mathieu opted for the Nitobe memorial garden in Vancouver as the place to investigate and collect some sound material…
Not very frequented, that garden epitomizes some typical zen values, each element of its scenography/design being symbolic of an idealized conception/representation of Nature…
Spanning a period of two years, and paraphrasing its theme of temporality, passage through time, and the ambiguous question of choice, “tsukubai“, through its different versions seeped gradually further into the bowels of the place, literally catching the “kami“, which can be translated as the spirit residing in all surrounding natural objects…
this is especially true since Mathieu wanted the final version to be a reflection of his current craze for hydrophone recordings, a most appropriate way of sneaking in, under the surface of things…
“tsukubai“ is a Japanese word for a stone container filled with water strategically placed in front of temples or ritual spaces – literally, “the basin where you lean over”, used for purifying ablutions before performing the tea ceremony… probably an apt metaphor for sharpening perception of an evasive reality…

credits

released October 17, 2009

Location : based mainly on Hydrophone recordings made at the Nitobe Memorial Garden, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

All sounds collected and composed by Mathieu Ruhlmann.
Mastered at the Woodenspinebox.

Cover design by Daniel Crokaert.
Photos by Mathieu Rulmann & Robynne.

for Jean-Marc + Delphine.

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