Friday, November 22nd, 2013, 19.30
SHUT UP AND LISTEN! AWARD 2013
Jamez Dean (B/CH): Stone Whispering (a brick through society's window) (50% more)
Stone Whispering (a brick through society's window) (50% more)
This composition consists entirely out of sounds made by red clay building bricks. The
duration, number of channels and recordings were decided by chance. Therefore 8 different
pieces of bricks with an attached contact microphone were separately put in water and
recorded. Due to their material and construction process, they microscopically start to absorb
water and release tiny air bubbles. Each piece, dictated by its own nature and structure, is
reacting in a specific way, generating a unique pattern of sounds and is making its own
dialogue. As bricks are irremovable and undeniable present in the current world situation; this
is an endless composition, where the start is the end and the end can be replaced by the
start. It forms a never ending symbolic circle, sonic curve of all the bricks surrounding us in
buildings, which never can be erased from history. Therefore each of the recordings was
reversed and put before the authentic recording. From the start till the middle the listener
hears the eight reversed recordings. From the middle till the end the listener hears the eight
original recordings. For the stereo version all 8 reversed and original parts are layered over
each other. By chance operation 4 of them are panned to the right, the other 4 to the left.
This is a '10:00' rendition by a 50% time-stretching of the original'15:00' composition (hence
the addendum (50% more).
Jamez Dean
Jamez Dean, born in Belgium and based in Switzerland, is an experimental composer and
conceptual visual artist. Starting with experimental music at the age of 15, the focus changed
to visual art while doing a bachelor in photography. Due to some contacts made by music
photography, he collaborated musically in some side projects in other genres of music
(techno, metalcore, industrial, drum & bass, …). The interest in experimental music started
again by a class on sound art while doing a master in 3D multimedia. After that a huge amount
of time was spent on self-study in composition and electronics. And the focus was put both on
visual art & experimental music, its combination and performances.
Explained shortly the compositions can be considered under 2 categories:
- (automatically) generated compositions
- extending micro sounds in to macro sounds
http://www.jamezdean.com
duration, number of channels and recordings were decided by chance. Therefore 8 different
pieces of bricks with an attached contact microphone were separately put in water and
recorded. Due to their material and construction process, they microscopically start to absorb
water and release tiny air bubbles. Each piece, dictated by its own nature and structure, is
reacting in a specific way, generating a unique pattern of sounds and is making its own
dialogue. As bricks are irremovable and undeniable present in the current world situation; this
is an endless composition, where the start is the end and the end can be replaced by the
start. It forms a never ending symbolic circle, sonic curve of all the bricks surrounding us in
buildings, which never can be erased from history. Therefore each of the recordings was
reversed and put before the authentic recording. From the start till the middle the listener
hears the eight reversed recordings. From the middle till the end the listener hears the eight
original recordings. For the stereo version all 8 reversed and original parts are layered over
each other. By chance operation 4 of them are panned to the right, the other 4 to the left.
This is a '10:00' rendition by a 50% time-stretching of the original'15:00' composition (hence
the addendum (50% more).
Jamez Dean
Jamez Dean, born in Belgium and based in Switzerland, is an experimental composer and
conceptual visual artist. Starting with experimental music at the age of 15, the focus changed
to visual art while doing a bachelor in photography. Due to some contacts made by music
photography, he collaborated musically in some side projects in other genres of music
(techno, metalcore, industrial, drum & bass, …). The interest in experimental music started
again by a class on sound art while doing a master in 3D multimedia. After that a huge amount
of time was spent on self-study in composition and electronics. And the focus was put both on
visual art & experimental music, its combination and performances.
Explained shortly the compositions can be considered under 2 categories:
- (automatically) generated compositions
- extending micro sounds in to macro sounds
http://www.jamezdean.com
