{"product_id":"leila-bordreuil-geophonics","title":"Leila Bordreuil - Geophonics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrench-American cellist and composer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeila Bordreuil\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e navigates the liminal spaces between improvisation, noise, psychoacoustics and spectral music. Beyond her solo work, Bordreuil is also a sought-after collaborator who has worked with everyone from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaurel Halo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKali Malone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrew McDowall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTamio Shiraishi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSusan Alcorn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLee Ranaldo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Across these projects, she remains committed to a music that privileges texture, presence and sonic exploration over fixed categories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBordreuil does not compose music in the traditional sense so much as summon sounds via the sculpting of naturally occurring frequencies. On \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeophonics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she produces feedback with her cello and a bass amplifier placed against a grand piano; these vibrations then activate the piano's strings, creating dense harmonic overtones. \"Feedback carries powerful psychoacoustic potential, so it's something I've incorporated in my music a lot. But in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeophonics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, I push that potential further. I'm not approaching feedback as a sound in itself, but more as an instrument or a tool to 'sonify' other elements that would otherwise seem silent--in this case, the sound of air, an empty room and a piano without a player,\" explains Bordreuil. \"There is inherent harmony in the structure of our universe--so what if we just listened to that?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded in a former convent in rural Belgium, \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollision\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" opens with a sustained G note that reverberates like a tambura. Bordreuil's drone becomes gnarly and agitated, evoking \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSkullflower\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's electric guitar disembodiment. Soon, the music is interrupted again--this time by high-pitched squeals that Bordreuil gracefully steers as if playing a solo. The piece ends as it began--only now imbued with raw, metallic resonance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoft Landing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\" low-end feedback interacts with the subwoofer-friendly tones of the ARP 2500, mimicking the sound of organ drones until a dissonant chord emerges almost imperceptibly. \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlateau\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\" which reprises the G note that opens the album, combines diffuse ambient textures and Bordreuil's meditative bowing. As on the previous track, multiphonics eventually produce a chord--even as Bordreuil monastically maintains a single note.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile spectral music explores the manipulation of acoustic instruments and physical space, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeophonics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reveals a more natural kind of interaction--establishing conditions that allow the intervals to bloom. In doing so, Bordreuil invites the physical environment to enter her music, rather than the other way around.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.25TH","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":60086598271321,"sku":"SDZ-55282","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/a1789565694_10.jpg?v=1792674916","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/leila-bordreuil-geophonics","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}