the.collapse features a series of tension & rupture responding each other as a kind of permanent struggle between power & weakness. it tells a story about a fragile balance between the human feeling of omnipotency and the fragility of global system on which everything above is based. as a metaphor calling up Jarry’s Ubu Roi play, the.collapse figures and links king reign’s declining vs globalized society’s quasi-physical crackling.
through these 5 pieces, I tried to create a suffocating tension, growing up and being more & more audible through deep listening. each track figures a specific moment in time and some could feel a reverse sorting according to the last one title (opening) ; this specific order emphasizes the idea of disorientation, trying to push our feeling further through confusion and chaos, what is the beginning? the end ? is the end, the real end of story ? did the tensions have disappeared or are they still growing up until the next physical rupture ?
the.collapse has been composed and arranged through a series of specific sound recording in studio, using field recorded samples and synthesis, all as live recordings in order to keep the improvisation feeling and touch more collectable, keeping error & environmental disturbances possible and the fact we have no choice but dealing with it.
Julien Bayle
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Remastered (2024) version.
