Bruno Spoerri, Betha Sarasin ‎– ax + by + cz + d = 0

Label: Dead-Cert Home Entertainment – VCR-002
Format: Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 21 Jun 2012
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, Acid Jazz, Minimal, Ambient

Dead-Cert 2012 reissue, what we said about the original...

Overlooked electro-acoustic synapse-sizzler from pioneering Swiss electronics musician Bruno Spoerri and sound sculpturist Betha Sarasin.  A textual mish-mash throughout, the piece journeys from garbled vocal cut-ups and ominous noir-lounge-jazz minimalism before descending into billowing drones and great swathes of atonal pressure produced by Sarasin's 'electromagnetically oscillated stainless steel' which is now vibrating to produce hallucinogenic, alien noise before retreating to reveal a delicate chamber piece tainted by subtle electronics.  And that's just the A-side!  The trip home mashes up smoozing jazz to dizzying computer interference and tumbling industrial drums, yet what's really unique about this one is the interdisciplinary sparing match between jazz, sculpture, cutting edge synthesis (at the time), traditional avant-garde / chamber music and unbridled experimentation which follows in a similar vein to pioneering European works by Gruppo d'Improvvisazione, Alvin Curran / MEV, Luc Ferrari the the likes.  High geekery for sure, but crucial for anyone who regularly nosedives down the Creel Pone rabbit hole..

Tracklist
«Kunst Und Computer»
A1a Fragen An Den Computer
A1b Klangparabel
A1c Feder Und Blech
A1d Trompe L'oreille
A1e Improvisation Für Lyricon 1
«Kunst Und Computer»
B1a Improvisation Für Lyricon 2
B1b Intervalle
B1c Skulpturenklänge
B1d For Papa