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"immersion: water works" is the full-length cd debut from archive, sound artist mike hallenbeck's "musique plastique" project. archive explores minutiae, margins, and slow changes over time, imagining new sonic spaces for the listener to inhabit.

in late 2003, when experimental label insides music proposed the release of an archive disc, hallenbeck chose water as a subject. given its array of manifestations, water provided a wide spectrum of sound and musicality to investigate.

hidden harmonies and rhythms emerge in "timeshare" as gurgling lake water under a dock unravels at various speeds and tumbles through digital scrambling. "some other day" evolves from lush rainfall into a chorus of overtones and turntablism derived from individual raindrops. "hear no shovel" plunges the scrape of a snow shovel into a chasm of booms and crunches as audio dissolves at a fraction of its original playback rate.

these long-form abstractions are bridged by brief untreated field recordings: dogs splash around on the banks of the mississippi river, rain splats on a metal roof, snow crunches underfoot on a still night.

one's listening space might provide serendipitous accompaniment, as passing cars and the drone of household appliances blend imperceptibly with the tracks. imagining music-making as a dialogue with one's environment, archive's "immersion: water works" offers an opportunity to experience an unknown world concealed within the everyday.

Check out the artist's website:
http://www.juniorbirdman.com/archive

Track List:
1. dogpaddle
2. timeshare
3. splat on a not-tin roof
4. some other day
5. crunch time
6. hear no shovel

Other Genres:

• ELECTRONIC: Soundscapes
• ELECTRONIC: Ambient
• TYPE: EXPERIMENTAL