Phonotypic Plasticity, by Pierce Warnecke & Louis Laurain

Phonotypic Plasticity

by Pierce Warnecke & Louis Laurain

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killtime Exceptional experimental music from the fringe of sound. Recommended for fans of Thomas Ankersmit & Valerio Tricoli's collaboration Favorite track: Parasitism.

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	1.	Mimicry 04:55
	2.	Parasitism 06:09
	3.	Mutualism 04:06
	4.	Parabiosis 13:21
	5.	Remains 08:27

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Pierce Warnecke and Louis Laurain have been working together for almost two decades. Their compositions and improvisations come from the idea of a collaborative sound creation laboratory exploring the relationship between acoustic and electronic music.

Phonotypic Plasticity focuses on the potential modification of a sound in response to a shifting surrounding soundscape. Directly inspired by a naturally occurring phenomenon, phenotypic plasticity, in which living organisms (plant or animal) transform their DNA to adapt to changes in their natural environment. This is the compositional approach used to explore the plasticity of sound (its nature) and its setting in space (environment).

For this album the duo combined electronic and acoustic sonic textures via imitation or dissociation to create core sound objects. These elements were then structured by shifting fluidly between composition and improvisation, followed by a third phase of multichannel spatialization, through both traditional speakers and custom systems (ig, mini speakers played through the trumpet). Space was also considered by borrowing from cinema, with the idea of juxtaposing close-ups (close mic'ed or extremely amplified sounds) and wide shots (distant sounds, room resonances, digital reverbs).

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released March 1, 2019

LOUIS LAURAIN - Cornet, objects and electronics
PIERCE WARNECKE - Electronics

Recorded in November 2016 at La Muse en Circuit, Paris

Mix & Master by Pierce Warnecke & Louis Laurain

Layout & Design by Jaime Zuverza.

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