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for the second release in collaboration with zckr records, research and waves present artist hannes middelbergÑs installation-based sound piece displacement. the translation of middelbergÑs seemingly improvised, constantly rotating drawing machine onto the one-sided vinyl record makes the complexity of every automated circulation acoustically accessible.

dark loops is the third instance of carbon theater

created by 7 international artists

for the record the artist presents a sonic curation of her work ë.ctu_isbtmí. operating in a space between sculpture, code and electronics, the system scans 3dimensional objects via a live video feed and programmatically encodes the artistís glass sculptures within a language of pitches and rhythms using samples as a transla- tive matrix. following samples are used : 0 basketball, 1 tennis, 2 swim, 3 scubadive, 4 helicopter, 5 race, 6 golf, index side a: codes sounds were produced from rotating black glass objects whose shapes determine the parameters of a 2d synthesis space. side b: the resulting sounds are live coded into musical pattern. along with byrke louís sound piece the physical record features words by agf.

the first release in a series of 12inch records developed in collaboration between research and waves and zckr records. constructed from 800 sampled lead out grooves, each lasting for 1.8 seconds, sebastian reuschels piece blank out is an intense texture of sound, converging repetitive rhythm and constant change.