Hello,
Well, most of what you've typed in your message covers the basic premise of
the Aube project. I became acquainted with his music several years ago when
I was really into a lot of noise and experimental industrial stuff. It is
true, though, that Aube can't really be lumped in with more straightforward
noise acts like Hijokaiden or Masonna because his recordings are so dynamic.
Sometimes the source material lends itself to noisiness, sometimes not. The
most interesting one in my opinion is "Pages From the Book" which uses a
sort of cheesy premise (all sounds generated physically by the Bible) but
even if it was simply noted as paper (rather than a religious text) it still
makes for interesting listening.
As with many of the more experimental and/or noise artists, I stopped really
keeping up partially because of my tastes changing but mainly because of
the volume of output from each of them exceeding my budget (i.e. Merzbow).
Aube is worth checking out.... his releases do go all over the place so you
might not find what you are looking for, or you may be pleasantly surprised.
The novelty of using one sound source per release is mildly interesting, but
any sound can be digitally manipulated beyond recognition into 100 different
sounds with relative ease, so it's more a matter of whether the end result
is good or not. Which, in my few experiences with Aube, it is.
matt
quoted 39 lines From: "Moozzuzz & Lieven" <9800393@kahosl.be>
>From: "Moozzuzz & Lieven" <9800393@kahosl.be>
>
>h:,
>Has anyone more info on aube?
>Sonds / samples / any more info welcome.
>for those, like me, who don't know aube,
>this is something i found on the web...
>
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>Aube is a solo project, begun in 1991, by
>one Akifumi Nakajima. Many tend to lump Aube
>in together with other noisicians from Japan.
>Nakajima however, does not agree. "I don't
>think of myself as a musician or an artist.
>I'm a designer. I therefore consider my sound
>works to be designs as well."
>
>Taking a minimalist approach for his recordings,
>Nakajima uses simple source sounds which are
>fed into his system, then heavily processed into
>a vast, dimensional, landscape of sonic textures.
>Source sounds can range from the organic sounds
>of gurgling water, to isolating elements of
>technology, such as the curious hum of luminous
>lamps. The result is a mixture of controlled
>manipulation and beautiful accident.
>
>Since May of 1992, Nakajima started and continues
>to operate G.R.O.S.S. -- his own cassette label
>dedicated to releasing experimental music, and
>noise, in addition to his own recordings as Aube.
>He has worked on recordings with artists from Japan,
>Europe and the United States in various different
>capacities and has designed packaging for many other
>releases. This interview was conducted over the
>course of trading letters with Nakajima via the
>postal system.
></cut>
>Moozzuzz
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