Generative Compositions 1998 - 2006, by Dave Noyze (CD on Cataclyst)

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Label:	Cataclyst
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Catalogue number:	clyst001
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Right. What i want to finish the day is a crazed CD of intense electronics, warped classical pieces & general ear-shredding sonic cacophony. Dave Noyze, currently residing down under in Oz (He's getting booted out by immigration on the day of this release!), is a generative artist & scientist producing electronic sounds since the late 70s. His music is a bizarre, yet compelling journey investigating the outer realms of music generated on ancient & contemporary machines. You can one minute get screeing white noise, another, disorientating chinese water style madness, mixed with archive samples & feedback. Now I'm feeling frantic Venetian Snares-esque digital electro gabber that sounds like I-F in a blender. An "ambient" piece follows, sounding like the alternative soundtrack to Pan's Labyrinth, a lip biting hyper-trip in a ghost sleigh through a haunted forest full of Juddermen sporting bagpipes & moths full of pointy teeth. Eerie! More stuttering metal machine music follows sporting some obscure eastern European sourced library sample or other. This is breakcore before breakcore knew it's identity. Algorythmic aggro in space!. He's bouncing off the satellites here. 'Generative Compositions 1998-2006' is a fine collection of brilliantly produced & fascinating outsider electronics from a man who's built equipment for Aphex Twin amongst others, so we're talking a real prodigy here. The album features several colleberations with Garry Bradbury who was a member of australian electronic music pioneers Severed Heads.There are moments that are similar to the more fucked up Team Doyobi stuff and moments of spooky melody amongst the noisier shards, one tune like a treehouse full of cooing cyborg hens trapped in a maze of blooping circuitry. As ground breaking as early Art of Noise in their day is some of this ear deceiving gear. And up there with some of the more revered Jap noiselords. Normally, some sections could get on my nerves if i had it as background music. But you really need to let yourself be absorbed in the melee, for the possibilities here are just as alarming as the latest Autechre album, another recent feat of electronic progress. So here you have it! The debut release for a new CDr label, Cataclyst (deliberatlly released on 29th February), lovingly packaged on black CDrs in a black clamshell with wraparound card sleeve in PVC wallets. All releases in the schedule are to be limited to a mere 50 copies. When we have more info on further exciting progressions we'll keep you informed! TAKE A LISTEN HERE: http://www.cataclyst.net/clyst001.html

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ARTIST NOTES

Dave Burraston AKA Dave Noyze & Bryen Telko is a generative artist/scientist involved in technology and electronic music since the late 70s. After studying and playing classical piano for 10 years from the age of 6 to 16, he was increasingly interested in the possibilities of using electronics / computers in his own music. From the early 80's on he has investigated cellular automata, chaos, fractals and other mathematical systems for his artistic ends using such ancient machines as the Acorn Archimedes, BBC Micro, Dragon 64, Vic 20, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST, as well contemporary machines (Mac, PC, SGI). Since these early experiments he has been involved in many projects with world class institutions, such as MIT Media Lab, appearing on both television and radio. In 2002 Dave built a custom DSP box for Richard D James (Aphex Twin), among other commissions. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation have just commissioned a 4 minute sound piece for Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo.

Dave had an innovative role in the foremost UK telco’s R&D laboratory in diverse areas such as Artificial Life and Virtual Reality. His PhD thesis (Generative Music & Cellular Automata) developed fundamental new concepts, arising out of generative music practice, to a key problem in complex systems. He is now recognised as a leading practitioner and theorist in the field of generative music, producing both peer reviewed publications and musical compositions. His future work is aimed at tackling more key questions in complex systems from a musical practice-based perspective, drawing inspiration from genetics and microbiology. These key questions address, for example, the definition of randomness and high level descriptions of information processing in complex systems. He is also a reviewer for the Leonardo Journal and on the editorial board of Leonardo Transactions.

Dave maintains his own independent analogue/digital research studio called Noyzelab. He has performed music and video sets around the world at a wide variety of events. Dave has worked on many collaborative projects with artists and scientists around the world. More details on Dave Noyze & Bryen Telko's research, music, written publications and video work, can be downloaded at www.noyzelab.com

TRACK LISTING

01       Bhang : An Open Lassie
02       Acorn
03       Bit Player
04       Lectomy Menkota Redux
05       Last Orders at Jock MacGnoshy's Inn
06       Dali Lamatron
07       Shaven & Smell / The Doors of Reception
08       Pierre Deutsche Mark V
09       Unknowable Determinism in Music

RELEASE NOTES

Algorithms (in decreasing order of importance) : Cellular Automata, Self Referential Paradox & HumanTwiddling.

Produced by Bradbury & Dave Noyze.
Additional fiddling on 02, 07 & 09 by Bradbury.

A completely black CDr hand numbered edition of 50 in black clamshell case with wraparound 200gsm card sleeve housed in heavy duty PVC wallet.

LABEL NOTES

Cataclyst is an emergent Independent UK based label specializing in experimental / electronic / noise / electro / techno / contemporary orchestral and avant garde music. The roster is based on a community of established and underground artists which include: Dave Noyze (Sevcom, Tochnit Aleph, Beta Bodega Coalition). Peter Green (Rephlex, Machine Codes). Dez Williams (SCSI, Ai, Acruacree) and Ian Heywood (C0c0s0l1dc1t1, Concrete Plastics).

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