X3 / Phonophani - Unit the Fish Eyes Shine

X3 by Amina Hocine draws progressively, subtly and inexorably on the complementary nature of sound materials. Patiently blending pure sine waves, field recordings and sounds produced with a “foghorn organ” developed by Hocine, X3 invites both introspection and contemplation.

Inspired by a symbol of the Danish mystic Martinus Thomsen representing the evolution of a being in the physical world, Hocine invites us on a long journey, balancing between the static and the changing, the almost imperceptible and the grandiose.

In Until the Fish Eyes Shine, Espen Sommer Eide takes a panoramic, retrospective look at his musical work, often produced under the pseudonym Phonophani, revisiting the sounds of his early years against the late-1990s ambient techno scene in Tromsø.