John Wiese - Deviate From Balance (Full Album)
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Drew Daniel/John Wiese “Abhorred Shears”
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Drew Daniel/John Wiese “Abhorred Shears”
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John Wiese and Drew Daniel (Matmos), by their experimental powers combined, announce new album Continuous Hole
I mean, it’s not like other collaborations haven’t been worthy of excitement — buuuuut…
In the case of John Wiese and Drew Daniel, it’s almost as though the album that resulted was the logistically miraculous product of two ingenious minds belying natural law and combining dangerously creative forces. Wiese somehow allowed time in the midst of his exhausting/exhaustive multimedia work, while Daniel managed to offer availability despite his Matmosian gig doing constant loads of laundry and his exploits as an insightful author. I like to imagine that a wormhole opened up upon the moment of their verbal agreement, at which point their brains left their respective bodies to temporarily fuse as one super brain outside of established space and time.
But truth be told, Continuous Hole actually emerged as a result of “over ten years of home recordings in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Baltimore,” and you get the sense from the album description that the results sound every bit as crazy as the project’s temporally varied origins.
The record is out on vinyl May 1 via Gilgongo Records. Wiese’s Helicopter Records is sponsoring the digital release. Have a listen to the track, “Abhorred Shears,” below, and also check out our review of Wiese’s prior album Deviate from Balance.
Continuous Hole by Drew Daniel/John Wiese
Continuous Hole’s finite tracklisting:
01. Intro 02. Abhorred Shears 03. Un Mask 04. Scramble Suite 05. Progress Bar 06. OBV 07. Done It 08. Dress Up 09. Sleek Disorder 10. Cosmic Joke 11. Surprise http://j.mp/2pwBZ6s
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John Wiese, Marionette’s Tears, 2017
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SHOW & TELL: JOHN WIESE Wiese in person! August 4, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Anthology Film Archives
An artist and composer living in Los Angeles, John Wiese began experimenting with recording as a teenager and has since gone on to become a highly respected figure, both in the academic world of contemporary sound art as well as within the international experimental music underground. His music ranges from the serene and sublime to the frenetic and irregular, a sign of his ability to adapt and utilize a plethora of sounds to build captivating aural works. As a performer and recording artist, his expertise in composition, texture, and experimentation with sound is not restricted to work under his own name. Wiese is also known for his influential grind/noisecore band Sissy Spacek, extreme electronics unit LHD, and for his numerous collaborations with some of the finest experimental artists from around the world. He is also an accomplished visual and graphic artist with a long list of exhibitions and printed materials published across the globe. For his program at Anthology, Wiese will present eight film pieces that incorporate elements of documentation, narrative, and abstraction, using image, sound, and often silence, to create a visual score for both real and imagined sound.
PROGRAM DETAILS: SISSY SPACEK (2011, 16.5 min, digital, silent) THE TENSES WITH JOHN WIESE (2014, 12.5 min, digital) UNTITLED (2014, 6.5 min, digital, silent) LEATHER BATH (2013, 6.5 min, digital) SISSY SPACEK—MATA GALLERY (2014, 1.5 min, digital) I BET YOU CAN’T FINISH THAT GLASS OF WATER (2014, 10 min, digital, silent) THREE GLASS BOTTLES (2014, 30 sec, Super 8mm-to-digital, b&w) A SPECIFIC POINT IN A CONTINUOUS WHOLE (2014, 19.5 min, digital, silent)
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Deviate From Balance is available from Art Catalogues at LACMA, along with Kaz Oshiro’s monograph, which was also designed by John Wiese.
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A discussion with the noise musician and composer, who recently welcomed his new album and book 'Deviate from Balance'
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