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This
DVD debut by Semiconductor is one of the first independently produced
DVD compilations of short films to be released. Set within a unique
environment the films can either be searched for individually or
all played on loop infinitely.
Featuring 14 moving image works, 8 by Semiconductor themselves and
6 from guests artists
Semiconductor
literally makes films out of sound and music, transforming it into
a visual material to compose landscapes and sound worlds. Their
music can be described as a contradiction where 'musique concrete'
becomes simultaneously hypnotic and violent, minimal and maximal.
While many of their films are processed based explorations of sound
and the moving image others explore animated fictional cities. 'Retropolis'
takes you through an imaginary London where all you see and hear
is the electricity passing through millions of flickering light
bulbs or 'Linear' that links the sub-atomic world of the 'String
theory' to our own urban landscapes through the vibrations of sound.
Each
of the guest musicians has either produced a film of their own or
collaborated with a film maker:
Dat Politics work with Qubo Gas to produce an insane pixel cut up,
while People Like Us brings her 'plunderphonic' music techniques
to video. Others, such as Ian Helliwell, touch on the infamous early
abstract films or in the case of Amon Tobin's 'Slowly' (NinjaTune),
Ben Rivers and Jeremy Butler create a delicate world out of familiar
products. Cities are further explored by Process / Yvette Klein
who take a trip through fragmented places and moments while Top
Hat Productions test out their specially prepared pattern recognition
glasses in public.
Also
on the disk is a DVD-Rom section 'Earthquake Films' for PC and Mac
where you can search further for the moving image within a sonic
landscape.
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