SIMON WHETHAM

Against Nature is Simon Whetham's third full length release in Crónica, after Mic.Madeira, in collaboration with Hugo Olim, and Never So Alone. With Against Nature, Whetham explores errors and failures. Although this is by no means a new concept, in this work these were used as part of an organic process in the generation of source materials. Sounds emitted by badly built microphones, over-burdened amplifiers, motors driven by sound impulses, misbehaving software, objects toppling, were all arrived at through sonic investigation - and often as an unexpected result. Rather than deleting the unexpected outcomes, Whetham found them more interesting to work with than the desired results. With Against Nature, as with all of Whetham's work, the material was allowed to dictate its order. The nature of the sounds collected and the way they were collected has led to a more erratic and unpredictable composition than in many of his previous works. (label info)