Format: Vinyl, LP / Country: Switzerland / Released: 1986
Style: Avant-garde, Electronic
Recorded and Mixed at Tonstudio WETTER Winterthur, Switzerland, 1985.
Artwork By [Titelbild] – Maria Schüppen
Lacquer Cut By – SONDEREGGER
Mastered At – Tonstudio Rico Sonderegger
Distributed By – H.O.E. Zürich CH
Matrix / Runout (On Label): BISL P010
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): LP BISP 010 A SWISS MADE [Crossbow logo]
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): BISL P 010 B2 SWISS MADE [Crossbow logo]
side 1
A1 - Aniseikonia ....................................................................................................... 19:10
A2 - Etüde Nr. 1 ......................................................................................................... 2:15
A3 - Etüde Nr. 2 ......................................................................................................... 5:36
side 2
B1 - Etüde Nr. 3 ......................................................................................................... 3:24
B2 - Etüde Nr. 4 ......................................................................................................... 5:10
B3 - Zeitsplitter1 ....................................................................................................... 14:10
JAN BERAN – electronics
The devices used for the composition:
Yamaha DX 7, Yamaha TX 816, Oberheim Expander
Yamaha RX 11, Yamaha QX 1, Yamaha CX 5
Warped, asynchronous, mid-80s FM Synthesis assemblages, captured at the absolute cusp of the Analogue-Digital transition, from Czech-Swiss Composer Jan Beran.
But ah, the times, the times. After a few careful listens & a decade+ of consistently softened sensibilities I've relented..... I give you a multitude of small sounds, 6-operator particles, each with their own distinct trajectories. I get why this was such a mystery to so many that sought it, and how unlike anything from its era, before, or beyond it truly is.
Four short "Etüdes", each with their own personality and timbral spec, bookended by the lengthier "Aniseikonia"& "Zeitsplitter".
If you find it, buy this album!