2008 . automne fold . raster-noton
r-n 094 . track list :
01. konstruktiv . 1:44
02. automne fold . 4:51
03. downshifters . 2:40
04. the distance . 4:26
05. a protest song . 3:56
06. apnée . 2:27
07. idle . 5:13
08. quarante . 3:40
09. altiz . 5:48
10. parallel . 2:06
11. world within words . 4:50
12. époque . 3:57
13. apnée . part II . 3:09
14. palisades . 5:42
Listen to some extracts of automne fold in the music section
credits :
All tracks written and produced by Kangding Ray / David Letellier
Vocals on a protest song and quarante by Lene Toje
Words on apnée taken from 'the man, the hospital and the helicopter',
written and spoken by Andrew Cannon
Additional musicians :
Olaf Casimir ( contrabass on palisades )
Vincent Feuillet ( detuned piano on downshifters and the distance )
Loïc Lebouteiller ( bowed guitar on apnée )
Judith Stichtenoth ( violins on parallel and quarante )
All other instruments and vocals by KR
Produced in Berlin and Paris in 2007
Artwork by KR
Additional studio recordings at Southstar Recorder (Berlin )
Steim ( Amsterdam ) and RML ( San Francisco )
Mastered by Bo Kondren at Calyx, Berlin
Thanks to : Anne, Bo, Carsten, Daniel, Julia, Nibo, and everyone at U64
©2008 . raster-noton . r-n 094
kangding ray's own words :
“Described as a texture, Stabil was like a white glossy surface, a continuous flow of minimal beats and melodies, whereas Automne Fold is more like a black mat bumpy surface. It’s raw, dark and analogic, it has a certain rugosity, it’s also very emotional and personal in a way.
There’s a lot of recordings in this album: conventional instruments like guitars, double bass, violins, piano, but also some analog synths i had the chance to use and record in some studios and places i’ve been to while touring for Stabil.
I used voices in almost every track, but in different ways: cut, stretched, looped processed, or just natural, I treated voice like an instrument, a tool, so some tracks end up sounding like actual songs, but it’s just a result, there’s a sort of irony behind it, a position toward “songwriting” in an experimental musical environment.
The question of meaning is at the center of this album. Automne Fold is an instrumental electronic record, but it’s also an abstract political statement.”
