leverton fox / megascopz
Alex Bonney(アレックス・ボニー)、Tim Giles(ティム・ジャイルズ)、Isambard Khroustaliov(イザムバード・フルスタリョフ)の3人によるユニットLeverton Foxが2019年にリリースした、ジョン・ケージが「ハプニング」と呼んだものを、現代のビット時代の「あらゆるものがあらゆる順序で常に存在する」というマキシマリズムを通して捉えた解釈を提示している、アナザーワールド・ミニマリズム作品。 こちらは、デジタル配信でリリースされたアルバムの収録曲から2つのミックスを収録した限定25部/シリアルナンバー付きのカセット販で、独ベルリン在住の映像作家/グラフィックアーティストのJoji Koyamaによるオリジナルアートワークをハンドプリントした、1点ずつ異なるジャケット付き。 Megascopz by Leverton Fox https://not-applicable.bandcamp.com/album/megascopz For their latest release, Leverton Fox, the trio of Alex Bonney, Tim Giles and Isambard Khroustaliov offer up an intriguing take on what John Cage termed 'happenings' filtered through the 'everything in every order all the time' maximalism of our bitwise age. Evolving out of their live performances and recordings, which have become increasingly focused around exploring the atmosphere and musical states of particular performance situations and idiosyncratic pieces of musical equipment, 'Megascopz' explodes this approach out into a kaleidoscope of speculative parallel reality mixtapes. A journey begun with the super exclusive 12" 'I Am Zebra' (only previously available at concerts and from the band directly, but which is now officially released alongside 'Megascopz'), the trio began to see their process of music making as meditations on sound, timbre and process, an approach that gives form to the two stately improvisations that comprise 'I Am Zebra'. Having embarked on this course with 'I Am Zebra', there followed many twists and turns in the recording and compiling of the sessions that comprise 'Megascopz'. Musical pathways divided and multiplied, describing varied landscapes and exploring the architecture of the instruments that shape them. Like adventures travelling in the footsteps of Miles Davis' 1970s electric period or early Super Silent, they revelled in this thrill of discovery and 'musicing'. Part of that thrill was also realising that in the same moment everything might equally have been completely different, a realisation that lead to the idea that the 'Megascopz' sessions could ultimately be edited into any number of different albums to describe this same world. Conjuring the ghost of Teo Macero they put together some software that would do exactly that; create a unique journey through the musical landscape of 'Megascopz' for every listener in the form of a mixtape. (Not Applicable) Alex Bonney - Electronics & Trumpet Tim Giles - Elecxtronics & Drums Isambard Khroustaliov - Electronics Recorded at Coda to Coda, London. Artwork by Joji Koyama, Printed at We Make It Berlin. Format:TAPE Label:Not Applicable (UK)