jammed, by Yannis Patoukas

jammed

by Yannis Patoukas

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Comes in a wallet, which is packed in a 7-inch vinyl sleeve together with a 16-page 14.8 x 14.8 cm booklet and a (picked by chance) hand-numbered printed piece cut out of the graphically interpreted score of jammed by Rob Shuttleworth. Limited edition of 300 copies.

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Bonus item: PDF booklet with information about the compositions, personal notes, diagrams, and photos taken during the recording session and the making of the pieces.

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1.	plod I 07:49	buy track
2.	plod II 08:32	buy track
3.	cloaked I 06:37	buy track
4.	cloaked II 07:38	buy track
5.	canned 13:52	buy track

about

The music in this album is a result of my ongoing exploration of the common ground which is shared between experimental rock of the late 1960s and early 1970s and the field of electroacoustic music, with regard to studio practices / production techniques and their creative possibilities.

jammed was initially conceived as a score for improvising musicians, to work as the very first step of a compositional process rather than being part of the final stages of realising a musical result. The score was organised in such a way to create a framework for the musicians and conductor to… “jam” (hence the title), by using a number of restrictions/rules which resulted in a “controllable” improvisation of spontaneously performed sonic events.

On 20 March 2022, three takes of the score were performed and recorded in the New Music Lab at the Institute of Sonology (Royal Conservatoire, The Hague). The ensemble was "conducted" using visual cues projected on two screens in front of the players. With this setup, I was able to shape the performance in real time, with very little influence over the sound material being generated. Subsequently, these multitrack recordings were used as the principal material for creating the fixed-media compositions which make up this album.

These consist of a mixture of (slightly and heavily) processed material derived from the recorded performances, as well as electronic sounds which are sonically and structurally informed by those same recordings through the use of voltage-control techniques. Most of the sounds were manipulated using analogue devices, methods and workflows exclusively, while others were processed using softwares for granulation/randomisation and digital effects.

credits

released December 5, 2022

jammed was composed, recorded and mixed in the Institute of Sonology between January and June 2022.
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Performers on "canned":
Lucija Gregov (cello)
James Alexandropoulos-McEwan (electric guitar)
Mirto Nizami (piano)
Irene Ruiperez Canales (flute)
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Sound engineering: Marko Uzunovski
Mixing: Yannis Patoukas
Mastered & manufactured by Duophonic GMBH, Augsburg, Germany
Artwork and design: Rob Shuttleworth - robshuttz.com
Photography: Apollonia Duijster, Yannis Patoukas
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Special thanks go to all the talented people involved in the project, and last but not least to Kees Tazelaar, Richard Barrett and the community at the Institute of Sonology for all the help, support, valuable feedback and endless inspiration.

This project is supported by the Fonds Podiumkunsten NL - Performing Arts Fund NL.

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Yannis Patoukas Rotterdam, Netherlands

Yannis Patoukas is an electroacoustic composer, improviser and musicologist currently based in Rotterdam (NL). When inside a recording studio, he usually follows a more improvisational workflow; welcoming mistakes, trusting random or open processes and always making the most of the physicality of any analogue device in the vicinity. ... more

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