{"title":"Andrea Taeggi","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"mycorrhiza-2","title":"Mycorrhiza","description":"\u003cp\u003e► One half of duo Lumisokea and persistent sonic explorer ANDREA TAEGGI (Opal Tapes, SM-LL, Type, Präsens Editionen) debuts on OOH-sounds with a new solo album under-the-influence of mushrooms.\n► Recorded at Willem-Twee synthesis studios in Holland, Mycorrhiza is a lucid excursion into a new form of 'ritual-computer-music' — gamelan from the future.\n►Master + Cut by Helmut Erler, D\u0026amp;M Berlin. Limited Edition of 200, 12\" black vinyl housed in gold cardboard sleeve with 'ad-hoc' fluo sticker.\nOf course this is not the first album born under-the-influence of mushrooms, but apparentlyTaeggi doesn't take them here as he rather observes the cognitive and intelligent behavior of mycorrhizal fungal roots—one of the great mysteries inhabiting the forest soil, and from which a network of beneficial underground relationships with plants sprouts. Known as Mycelium, this fascinating wood-wide-web very much resembles the intricacy of the human neural system—transporting carbon, water and nutrients from one tree to another. A mutualistic symbiosis that Taeggi similarly establishes with the rather rare arsenal of sound machineries he had access to at Willem-Twee synthesis studios in Holland—a center for experimentation inspired by Berio and Maderna's Studio di Fonologia RAI in 1950s Milan. \n\n\n\nIn the process of tweaking and feeding electric impulses and sound signals into instruments of the likes of the iconic ARP 2500\/2600 and a number of testing\/measuring units from the 50\/60s—originallynot conceived as musical instruments—Taeggi engages into an exchange of nutrients and information, while abruptly sabotaging un-welcome elements, hence accelerating the sound superhighway towards spectral psychedelic tension—a process he seems to be extremely in control of. Taking a step aside from his usual minimal approach to address more complex structures and augmented mind-sets, Mycorrhiza sounds at times like gamelan from the future: a lucid excursion into a form of \"ritual-computer-music\" with a conspicuous penchant for detail,alluding to a continuitybetween pseudo-cerimonial and laboratory-like computer music, steering clear from any reference to a specific creed or religion—imagine Stockhausen drinking the Amazonian sacred brew Ayahuasca..\n\n\n\nThe swarming micro-movements of \"Cuttleburrs\" multiply in a series of crescendos marked by sudden falls, saturated drums incursions and tense sonic clusters, introducing the more explicit gamelan percussive tones and compositional forms of \"Kodama\" and \"Icaro\". Recorded on the ARP 2500, \"Mycorrhiza\" uses white noise generators, resonant bass and spring reverb to conjure up a magical fungal diorama, which expands into the spooky shadows of skeletons and demons of \"Phantasmagoria\" and the spectral mystics of \"Oculus Cordis\"—the Eye of the Spirit — in which Taeggi grapples with the same sine-wave generators that Stockhausen used in his seminal \"Studie I\" and \"Studie II\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ooh-sounds","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50394719191371,"sku":"2056004","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_f42cdd1b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726446749"},{"product_id":"nattdett","title":"Nattdett","description":"\u003cp\u003eBerlin-based, Italian-born sound artist Andrea Taeggi introduces his debut release on Hands in the Dark records with \u003ci\u003eNattdett\u003c\/i\u003e, an album showcasing six mesmerizing and rhythmically intricate electronic compositions. Drawing inspiration from previous works such as 'Mama Matrix Most Mysterious' (2015), 'Batch 0006' (2017), and 'Zimní Král' (2018), \u003ci\u003eTaeggi\u003c\/i\u003e delves further into his exploration of cyclical patterns and tension-filled compositions within his creative process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album's tracks focus on unsettling atmospheres, unusual rhythms and percussive tones, using a vast array of rare equipment, including the analog computer from the Willem-Twee synthesis studio in the Netherlands, initially employed for flight simulation in the Cold War-era. \u003ci\u003eNattdett\u003c\/i\u003e eloquently showcases Taeggi's talent in transmuting the essence of vintage machinery into a compelling primal language, offering an immersive and mind-expanding listening journey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hands In The Dark","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50531129786699,"sku":"2195511","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a3060388245_16_1447c96b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728095752"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/andrea-taeggi.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}