Zn'shñ : Butoh sweets (video of electronic soundtrack studio recording / June 2010)

Electronic soundtrack recording by Zn'shñ for its "Butoh sweets" work.


Details: A full electronic soundtrack accompanying the eponymous silent movie inspired by Butoh performances & iconography — realized by Elvire Bastendorff & Franck Smith. The disc "Butoh sweets" (adventures in dance, flour & colours), interlaces subtle noise machinery, refined glitchy pulses & sophisticated bitcrushing, to create an inedit composition full of passion for darkness. A work dedicated to Butoh founder Hijikata Tatsumi (1928-1986).

*CD available on Odiolorgnette & audio extracts here.


IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Discographic works:
* Zn'shñ, "Butoh sweets" (odl.9173-659) Jul 2010 here
* Zn'shñ, "II" (odl.9173-657) Sep 2009 here
* Zn'shñ, "++" (odl.9173-656) Apr 2009 here

The Darwich Fetish Edition — Selected works on vinyl by Franck Smith

N.B.— The Darwich Fetish Edition is a collection of sound-objects and original specimens including special pressings on vinyl.

* Les pierres de touche
(6 fragments for Butoh dance contexts)



Recorded & released in May 2008
Composed & performed by Franck Smith
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* La pierre de gué
(1 micro-ceremony inspired by Japanese Gagaku)



Recorded & released in April 2008
Composed & performed by Smith
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* Les jeux de la poupée
(Phonographic study on Hans Bellmer's eponymous work)



Recorded & released in March 2006
Composed & performed by Franck Smith
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* J'écoute les marteaux-piqueurs !
(6 bagatelles from an aphorism by Edgard Varèse)



Recorded & release in February 2006
Composed & performed by Smith
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* 0+0
(Circular timescape in memory of John Cage)



Recorded & released in February 2006
Composed & performed by Smith
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