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rare entertainment

by e millar and christof kurzmann

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1 part 1 07:36
2.
1 part 2 05:12
3.
1 part 3 10:25
4.
1 part 4 06:28
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1 part 5 05:00
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2 part 1 08:10
7.
2 part 2 06:33

about

“As the icesnow fell, the wind was guide to a horizontal blinding effect as tiny darts hit one’s eyes. And so it became easier to commit to walking with them closed. The upside of this was that I could now better hear the crystals hitting every surface around me. Metal, plastic, glass, concrete, branches, trash bags, the roofs of buses; all had their signature sound. I could register all angles and reflections, points of contact and ricochet, to situate myself in space. I felt anchored in some strange new way.” - from the liner notes by Steve Bates

This recording is the first meeting of Austrian electropop / new music improviser Christof Kurzmann and Canadian/Australian sound artist Elizabeth Millar. Kurzmann’s close-mic’d vocals meander over samples and loops and the strumming of an elastic band. Millar combines bass frequencies of motors and pitched ventilation fans with amplified, airy clarinet. From the glassy darkness emerges generous, rare entertainment.

Digital versions include a PDF of the artwork and liner notes.

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released August 7, 2022

christof kurzmann - lloopp, voice
e millar - amplified clarinet, fans, motors, objects

Recorded live at Suoni Per il Popolo Festival in Montreal, 17 June 2019
Mixed by Mystery & Wonder
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market
Cover photo and liner notes by Steve Bates

Designed, and assembled by hand by Mystery & Wonder in an edition of 150. Digital versions include a PDF of the artwork and liner notes.

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Mystery & Wonder Montreal, Québec

Mystery & Wonder is an independent label started in 2017,

We are interested in work that takes care with sound and timbre, structure and form, is close, direct and in high-definition. But most of all, we are interested in work that defies our understanding of all this and moves us in ways we don’t expect, work that stands on its own. ... more

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