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Folding In On Itself
Artist
Ezekiel Honig
ReleaseProduct
Folding In On Itself
Label
Type
Catalogue Number
TYPE088
Release Date
May 6, 2011

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"As soon as you begin to listen to this album, the title - 'Folding in on itself' slowly begins to unravel its meaning, where the outside world and the inner studio sanctuary, are stitched together with catgut and silk. The universal sounds of a living city are witnessed and documented, evoking locations which are both anonymous and personal. Honig's use of longing tones, ambient textures and muted rhythms, recall the work of Jan Jelinek, Philip Jeck and GAS, and sits as a fitting edition to the Type catalogue.

In the track 'Ancestry Revisiting Each Other' Janet Cardiff's audio walks are referenced, in which a microphone is taken through the streets of New York, with the pulse of the protagonist's breath, and the accents of his feet scuffing on the pavement, are met with someone whistling, a snippet of a conversation, and the drones of cars going by. This 'walk' through the city, is accompanied by the melodic wanderings of hazy chords, slowly layering on top of each other, at times giving the listener moments of clarity where the repeated chords sync together with the rhythm of footsteps, creating a composition of constructed chaos. A more structured and song like approach is taken in the track 'Between Bridges', where a muted electronic beat is meet with vocal snippets extracted to form rhythmic interjections, with the anonymous found sounds creating their own punctuation. These metrical patterns are accompanied by warm minimal chords making up a verse/ chorus arrangement, creating an aesthetic that perfectly balances between electronic and the acoustic.

This is an album that is a fragile work of melancholic nostalgia, inviting the outside listener into the personal inner world of the artist, creating a place to sit and listen."

Words by Margot Didsbury

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Material Wrinkle 4:09 Buy

    Material Wrinkle

  2. 2 Subverting The Memory Of Your Surroundings 4:53 Buy

    Subverting The Memory Of Your Surroundings

  3. 3 Between Bridges 4:26 Buy

    Between Bridges

  4. 4 Drafting Foresight 4:46 Buy

    Drafting Foresight

  5. 5 Folding Us In On Itself 4:38 Buy

    Folding Us In On Itself

  6. 6 High & Low 3:52 Buy

    High & Low

  7. 7 A Closed Loop That Opens Everywhere 6:12 Buy

    A Closed Loop That Opens Everywhere

  8. 8 Ancestry Revisiting Each Other 5:52 Buy

    Ancestry Revisiting Each Other

  9. 9 Tradition Is The Illusion Of Permanence 3:21 Buy

    Tradition Is The Illusion Of Permanence

  10. 10 Distant Breakfast Highway 2:39 Buy

    Distant Breakfast Highway

Ezekiel Honig

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Ambient and Modern Classical

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Experimental and Noise

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