Musica Excentrica

avantgarde post-music netlabel

Kim Cascone — “The Astrum Argentum”

Sounds like field recordings, electroacoustic...

There is no reason to introduce Kim Cascone, as he is one of the most respected avantgarde musicians in the world of last 30 years. He worked with David Lynch, released his music on Sub Rosa, Mille Plateaux and his own labels Silent and Anechoic.

The Astrum Argentum was recorded in Budapest, Zurich, Aarhus, Berlin, San Diego, San Francisco and Pacifica and mixed at Anechoic Studios, California in May-June 2007. It contains field recordings processed with Max/MSP.

It would be the crime to lose any piece of this diamond, so you can listen to this record in FLAC lossless quality. Just be patient to download your zip and take a look inside.

Spectral voices on track #5: Kathleen Cascone, Annett Bourquin and Zeynep Bulut. Kim Cascone would also like to thank Kathleen and Cage, Annett Bourquin, Zeynep Bulut, Paulo Raposo, Derek Holzer, Jacob Kirkegaard, Lars Hansen, Rob Danielson, Ralph Steinbrüchel, Nikita Golyshev, Chris Carfagno (The Sound Professionals, Inc.), micbuilders list and naturerecordists list.

Listen mixed!
...or get track by track (320kbps mp3):

“Blue Fluorescent” [4.4mb, 1:55]

“Grayscape” [15.1mb, 5:38]

“Brown_Fox” [15.9mb, 6:57]

“Ocean Overhead” [5.8mb, 2:32]

“Spectral Space II” [11.6mb, 5:03]

“The Silver Star” [26.3mb, 11:03]

Did you like exc009?
Here is a list of recomended releases to continue

exc001: Various Artists - Magnificentia Naturaeexc006: Various Artists - Tribute to Iannis Xenakisexc010: Nikita Golyshev - 15 Songs from Glass, Oil and Other Sources:  - es30: Various Artists - A Place to Livesmw010: Maguett - Mixing Archive: Mixtape One

Kim Cascone — “The Astrum Argentum”

Release date: 06 aug 2007

Playback time: 34:36

Artwork by Grigory Kochenov

Download all
MP3 in ZIP (79mb)

Also available in
FLAC lossless (157mb)