Communal Music Vol. 2, by various artists

Communal Music Vol. 2

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Justin Norman A fantastic example of the wide variety of ways composers will interpret the same source material. It's truly remarkable the variety of moods and textures on display here, which all stem from the same set of samples. The manipulations of those samples cause them to sound at times serene, at others terrifying. My favorite track on the album, "Rainspotting" blends unnerving tones with gentle ones to create a track that chugs along to an intermittent beat with ambient textures swirling overhead. Favorite track: Rainspotting.

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1.	Bayun the Cat - Safety Island Gardening 06:00	buy track
2.	Six O'Matic - Antemeridian Electric Monkey Corner 07:12	buy track
3.	Sermet Cakmak - Petrichor 04:05	buy track
4.	Mark Daelmans-Sikkel - Walking through a black hole 07:25	buy track
5.	Kanton Levine - Multi-Stained glass Window Crunchy Envelope 04:54	buy track
6.	Sta Ner - Rainspotting 05:29	buy track
7.	Medicine Lake - All Sixes & No Sevens 06:14	buy track
8.	Nate Johnson - So Few, The Many 03:47	buy track
9.	James Schlesselman - Primal Crevasse Traffic on the Open Difference Farm 06:38	buy track
10.	Givun - Secret Creatures 04:28	buy track
11.	Toto Tobass - The Chase 02:30	buy track
12.	Oyster & Scallop - Lychgate 05:23	buy track

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This album is part of the Communal Music series. AEMC created this ongoing experiment as an exploration of the usage of audio sources, the methodology of experimental ambient composers and sound in general.

Beforehand, each composer contributed audio - recorded instruments, field recordings, analog synthesizers, etc - resulting in a collective sample pack. The composers then had to translate this audio material to a musical composition. They weren’t allowed to add anything, so each composition is made with the same audio material.

It is striking to hear how the audio is interpreted, used and contextualized differently by the individual composers and how diverse and unique the compositions are. This clarifies the agency of the creators: they - not the audio - make the music. On the other hand, the audio sources demarcate a certain musical terrain, similar as to the limits of an acoustic instrument.

Above all, the Communal Music series is a celebration of experimental music and the collaboration between - often underappreciated - artists.

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released January 3, 2020

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