Black out, by Alex Keller

Black out

by Alex Keller

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In Black out, Alex Keller uses slowly developing sounds to manipulate the acoustic and mechanical properties of a room, in an exploration of the natural rhythm of breath, and the stasis that emerges from its absence.

The piece began as a series of experiments with analog sound synthesizers. The resulting recordings, multiple layers of low frequency sounds, were then played back and re-recorded in an empty theater at Salvage Vanguard Theater in Austin.

In the final recordings, the theater’s lights and other fixtures rustle, vibrate, and wheeze in sympathy with the oscillating sounds, transforming the entire room into an idiosyncratic breathing organism.
We’ve presented those recordings here with very minimal corrective editing and processing.

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released December 1, 2015

Sound source: PAIA and MFOS synthesizers
Breaths: Christina Keller, Marcelle Downing

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Henna Chou/Melissa Seely/George Pasterk from
Church of the Friendly Ghost
Jenny Larson from Salvage Vanguard Theater
Alex Webb
Matthew Thies
Christina Keller
Erin Hannan
Lee and Judy Keller
Marcelle Downing

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Alex Keller Austin, Texas

Alex Keller is an audio artist, sound designer, curator and teacher working in performance, installation, and recorded releases. His work is based in his interest in architecture, language, abstraction and music.

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