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Uncut Carrara

from Uncut Carrara by Julia Bloop

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blindly assembled to 4-track in Brooklyn, NY, summer of 2017; a tape chock full of chance occurrences, unedited in all it's messy glory

some background to the creation of this track:

Soon after I began working with samples, I developed a process that facilitated chance occurrences for composition inspiration. I recorded collections of samples (primarily from older films) onto the 4 tracks of my Tascam 424 MKIII. After filling the 4 tracks, I listened to them combined, usually pitched down, before importing each track individually to work with digitally. It was often messy, but the moments of brilliance were always worth the effort.

After doing this for a while I started to think more strategically about what to include on the tapes, blindly assembling but still considering what would go well together. By the end of this accumulation process, I recorded one tape that I felt could actually stand on it's own as a piece of music. I tested this by performing it live with only my Tascam Portastudio as a set up, selectively muting certain sections but mostly letting the tape speak for itself. The result was surprisingly positive; despite the non-performative aspect of the set, people were into it.

Unlike my edited compositions, this track completely relies on my personal idiosyncrasies for it's structure. I don't actively consider creating a performance while I'm recording samples, but certain habits like repetition, hard cuts, and texture washes lend themselves to an off kilter fluidity. I picture this piece as a collage with all the frayed edges on display, no scissors, just tearing by hand. I hope that listeners lose themselves in the hypnagogic journey and experience a similar joy of discovery as this unconscious assembly unfolds.

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from Uncut Carrara, track released March 20, 2020

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