Sonicism, by Thomas Dimuzio

Sonicism

by Thomas Dimuzio

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disc one: internment

i unearth
ii lift and spier
iii tread murray fathom
iv happenstance
v wiretap
vi autoNation
vii valve
viii column
ix clearcut

cruciform (interlude)

disc two: intermersion

i transflux
ii contrition
iii atonement
iv inception
v span
vi unsound
vii resound
viii vent
ix konus
x sustention ... more

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1.	Unearth 05:14	info	buy track
2.	Lift and Spier 02:56	info	buy track
3.	Tread Murray Fathom 07:26	info	buy track
4.	Happenstance 05:23	info	buy track
5.	Wiretap 04:07	info	buy track
6.	Autonation 04:41	info	buy track
7.	Valve 09:25	info	buy track
8.	Column 02:41	info	buy track
9.	Ground Error 01:14	info	buy track
10.	Clear Cut 03:47	info	buy track
11.	Cruciform (Interlude) 03:51	info	buy track
12.	Transflux 04:53	info	buy track
13.	Contrition 03:58	info	buy track
14.	Atonement 05:23	info	buy track
15.	Inception 05:06	info	buy track
16.	Span 06:26	info	buy track
17.	Unsound 03:05	info	buy track
18.	Resound 08:39	info	buy track
19.	Vent 02:11	info	buy track
20.	Konus 08:59	info	buy track
21.	Sustension 05:02	info	buy track

about

“...there is more "meat" on this industrial bone than on any six of the typical releases in the genre.” — Option

“...this release showcases a true sonic wizard at work.” (4.5 stars) —All Music Guide

“...If ever 'ambient' was something, this is it.” — Vital Weekly

“Dimuzio meshes his sources into blissful dreamscape washes at once pleasurably familiar and challengingly alien.” — Opprobrium

“Chaos has never been so enticing. Buy this now!” — Feverpitch

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released May 15, 1997

Instrumentation includes electric guitars, analog synthesizer, digital samplers, MIDI-controlled audio processors, clarinet, voice, water spigot, noise gates, shortwave radio, A.M. radio, feedback, loops, sounds culture, acoustic guitar, E-bow, trumpet, and cymbals (in addition to the sampling, resampling, processing, and reprocessing thereof).

Sound sources for samples include (but are not limited to) 19 inch oscillating fan, feedback, resonating water pipe, broken MIDI interface transmitting random MIDI data, shrinkwrap machine, conveyor belt, rhythmic and ambient loops derived from computer crashes, 9 inch exhaust fan, field recordings, SCSI noise, shortwave radio and A.M. radio.

Field recordings include subway trains, freight trains, DuPont factory ambience, St. Mary of Carmen Festival
(Nonantum, MA) cars, thunderstorm, birds, mosquitoes, beads, crows, frogs, blackflies, crickets, streams, fire and rain.

Composed, played, recorded, mixed and mastered by Thomas Dimuzio at Gench Studios in Newton, Massachusetts.

Recorded to a variety of media including 16 track analog, DAT, MIDI sequencer and hard disk recorder.

Paintings by Anne Bonham. Graphic design and layout by Thomas Dimuzio. DAT to CD transfers by Vance Galloway.

© 1996 Thomas Dimuzio. ℗ 1997 Gench Music (BMI). All rights reserved.

Correspondence/catalog/bookings:
PO Box 77766, San Francisco, CA 94107 USA
www.gench.com

Special thanks to Anne Bonham, Ron Lessard, John Dalton, Josh Rosen, Ron MacLeod, Steve Matejko, Chris Cutler, Peter Moore, Michael Thomas Jackson, Hank Hansen, Vance Galloway, Dave Prescott, Rick Scott and especially my mother and father.

In memory of Michael Cope Howard and Charles Jacob Cooper V.

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Thomas Dimuzio San Francisco, California

Thomas Dimuzio's recordings have been released internationally by ReR Megacorp, Asphodel, RRRecords, No Fun, Sonoris, Drone, Record Label Records, Odd Size, and other independent labels. Among his frequent collaborators are Chris Cutler, Dan Burke, Joseph Hammer, Nick Didkovsky, Due Process, Voice of Eye, Fred Frith, David Lee Myers, 5uu's, Matmos, Wobbly, and Negativland. ... more

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