On Isolation ::: Various Artists ::: Room 40

On Isolation ::: Various Artists ::: Room 40

This little release offers up some gems, along the lines / theory / inspiration of disconnection, isolation and solitude in the current climate of media overload.

The cd was provided to conference delegates at the University of Tasmania’ in 2006 to “help awaken a deep imagination and engagement with these matters. The conference, set up as an antidote to dominant discourses of globalism, seamless connectivity and information flows, provided a space to discuss both the despair and enchantments that might be contained within numerous fractured spaces, unknown remaining landscapes and social constellations”.

The cd contains fifteen tracks by notable artists such as Stephen Vitiello, David Toop, Richard Chartier – who also designs the minimal packaging - Sebastien Roux and Robin Rimbaud. There are also artists who I haven’t heard of, one of whom – Dale Lloyd – ( WWW.AND-OAR.ORG/DALELLOYD.HTML ) provides one of the tracks I liked the most, ‘Among The Many’. It’s a collage of field recordings, and musical pieces. On the third or fourth listening I realised that part of the recording I was listening to was the sound of passing cars, in a rather liquid, relaxing type of aesthetic. Beautiful.

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