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[pc0910-01] NP - Quinze

NP - Quinze - front cover If there is a common thread to Philippe Nore's approach to arts then it is efficiency and conciseness. Sometimes, everything about an idea can be told within a matter of seconds, yet this does not signify any lack of substance. The French artist not only manages to successfully express his ideas in such a way, but also to embed those bits and pieces into a larger unit. His debut for the Petcord Netlabel, Quinze (which is French for Fifteen) consists, as the name already hints at, of 15 pieces plus another longer piece that serves as closure and is consequently titled X, in order not to interfere with the main sequence. Ironically, the end once was meant as the beginning, the means to an end so to speak, and remains the only piece with a reference to tonality.

The electroacoustic structures are dominated by rhythms, pulses and sequences. Squeaking soundwaves, low sinus bass tones and crackling artifacts of reassembled tone fragments create a rather minimal texture and provide an unique drive and liveliness one would not expect from genuinely experimental electronic. These patterns successfully replace the function of melodies by means of their interaction and a broad range of frequencies colliding at each other never leaves the impression of boredom or unease. Perhaps it is the paradox of irregularity paired with purely digitally created sound events, the objection to electronic music being equal to repetition that makes "Quinze" sound differently.

Olliver Wichmann

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1.	A	1 min 00 sec	2'372 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
2.	B	0 min 45 sec	1'780 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
3.	C	0 min 11 sec	444 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
4.	D	0 min 24 sec	974 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
5.	E	1 min 45 sec	4'118 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
6.	F	2 min 04 sec	4'884 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
7.	G	0 min 38 sec	1'500 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
8.	H	1 min 08 sec	2'660 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
9.	I	0 min 51 sec	2'012 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
10.	J	2 min 02 sec	4'786 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
11.	K	0 min 48 sec	1'906 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
12.	L	0 min 48 sec	1'908 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
13.	M	2 min 41 sec	6'320 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
14.	N	0 min 42 sec	1'670 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
15.	O	1 min 15 sec	2'964 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
16.	X	3 min 54 sec	9'164 KByte	mp3, 320 kbps CBR
	Artwork	Cover art for prints	3'553 KByte	24x12 cm & 11.8x14.8 cm at 300 dpi
	Everything	Entire release plus artwork	49.5 MByte	zip archive