ARTIFICIAL MEMORY TRACE

4 tracks, 77:28 minutesfull colour digipak designed by Slavek Kwi. Limited to 300 copiesOn "Tidal"Tidal zone is a fluid line between land and sea, a site of perpetual motion and metamorphoses.During 2008 - 2010 I collected a variety of sounds in coastal areas of Western and Southern Ireland and on the other side of Atlantic Ocean in Newfoundland, Canada: the remote fishing village of Conche, the ghost settlement of Crouse, and the St.Georges peninsula. I recorded underwater: crackles of decapods, dolphins, mink-whales, a breaking iceberg, a sea-otter fishing in the harbor. And on land: a wooden church crackling in the wind, engines of boats, pebble-surf, sea-gulls … All sounds and individual sequences used in the composition were recorded as-it-is. There is no other transformation than editing and mixing. Though sounds are organized in groups by the location of recordings, there is no intention to re-create an acoustic representation of the location itself. Sounds are chosen solely by morphologic associations and treated as abstractions. Recorded and composed by Slavek Kwi in July 2010 (1,2) and April/May 2011 (3,4) in Tentacles-Of-Perception Studio, Ireland. Biography Artificial Memory Trace / Slavek KwiSlavek Kwi is a sound-artist, composer and researcher inter­ested in the phenomena of perception as the fundamental determinant of relations with reality. He has a longstanding fascination with sound-environments, developing what he terms 'electro-acoustic sound-paintings' that oscillate between sound only works and interdisciplinary works exploring social, spatial and temporal processes. These complex audio-based situa­tions are created mainly from site specific recordings, resulting in subjective reports for radio broadcast, 'cinema for ears' for multi-channel playback, sound installations integrated into the environment and performances. From the early nineties Slavek has operated under the name Artificial Memory Trace. Collaboration piece realised with Eric La Casa "Vibratility.Mozaik" received Prize of the Electroacoustic Sonic Art Category in the 29th International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art, Bourges 2002 in France. He facilitates experimental sound workshops with autistic children and those with learning disabilities. The workshop technique emphasises extensive listening and the stimulation of creativ­ity through observation and the support of natural tendencies. Slavek was born in former Czechoslovakia, lived 14 years in Belgium and has been based in Ireland since 2000. www.artificialmemorytrace.com