Andrew Chalk (64) Ora/Various - Régénération - Dégénérescence

Various - Régénération - Dégénérescence
Label: Kaon
Catalog#: 1/97
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation

Country: France
Released: 1997
Genre: Electronic, Non-Music
Style: Field Recording, Noise, Experimental
Notes: Limited edition of 500 copies.
In cardboard sleeve with metal plate on the front.

"There is, in the Limoges (France) area, a number of neglected industrial sites. If one's walking in these sites he would be able to experience their past activities - more or less recent; it would be revealed by characteristic material or by the site's layout itself. One of these places has hold our attention : an industrial complex of 10 hectares was created at the end of the 19th century on the banks of a river. Its goal was to regenerate hevea's sap in order to manufacture tires, tennis balls, soles, gloves, teats... It helped the just born latex civilization to grow... This decaying factory, disused since some years, was ruined by many fires due to the numerous flammable and polluting materials located on site. Despite the fact that the place is disused, it has got a strong sound identity, a rich sound spectrum.
It was very important for us to introduce this area to you. The interest was to combine the place's discovery with the discovery of the works of numerous artists - working with field recordings made on specific sites. The recording of sound atmospheres of a place could be considered as fixing a fragment of time, space, history (Quite like a photograph).
Representative matters (wood, stone, rubber) of the factory were taken, then sent to the artists. The parcel also contains photographs of the place and a representative sound sample of 15 mn, a kind of sound plotting. This field recording was made by TOY BIZARRE in January and February 1996 and edited by Bruno MOREIGNE. We decided to avoid human sound sources in order to let the place "express itself". With these 15 minutes of sound and the various samples of the place, each artist was able to give its own sound interpretation of the place. The one and only restraints were: to use ONLY the sounds we gave (to do a sound regeneration) and to record a track of 4 mn 30 maximum. All the sound treatment/composition methods were authorized. [You can listen to the original sounds by playing the uneven tracks.]
We can draw a parallel between the rubber regeneration (past activity of the factory) and the regeneration of the factory's actual sound (the result of the decay of the place); that's the core of this project. This parallel also allows us to apprehend the sensibilities, the place's visions of each artist - because they all worked on the same sound basis."

Tracklisting:
1-01 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:30)
1-02 Aglaopheme Héphaistos (4:14)
1-03 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:32)
1-04 Alio Die Untitled (4:58)
1-05 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:34)
1-06 Aube Reminded Elements (4:31)
1-07 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:31)
1-08 Pierre Bouchet Atmosphère N1 (5:32)
1-09 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:33)
1-10 Brume Résurrection (4:16)
1-11 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:35)
1-12 C.O. Caspar Regeneration 33.32.95.80 (4:41)
1-13 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:32)
1-14 Cranioclast N 43 Breffy Le Ramier (4:32)
1-15 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:32)
1-16 Crawl Unit Response To Site (Water On Metal) (4:24)
1-17 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:39)
1-18 Das Synthetische Mischgewebe Virtual Concret (4:34)
1-19 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:41)
1-20 Hands To Regeneration & Decay (4:53)
1-21 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:35)
1-22 Hybryds Haunted Flies The Phenix (4:49)
1-23 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:33)
1-24 Illusion Of Safety Machine 101 (4:50)
1-25 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:34)
1-26 Inanna Son Of Bony Seeds (5:32)
1-27 Toy Bizarre Untitled (1:37)
2-01 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:34)
2-02 Kapotte Muziek Untitled (4:26)
2-03 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:29)
2-04 Francisco López Implantation De 10 Machines (4:12)
2-05 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:31)
2-06 Maeror Tri Terraformen 1 (5:15)
2-07 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:32)
2-08 Daniel Menche Room Full Of Truth (9:27)
2-09 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:31)
2-10 Bruno Moreigne Hévéa 2nde Génération (4:17)
2-11 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:32)
2-12 Ora Untitled (3:34)
2-13 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:31)
2-14 Small Cruel Party La Poussière Des Murs Détruit Le Passé (4:30)
2-15 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:29)
2-16 Söldnergeist Sand Und Gestein (5:11)
2-17 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:30)
2-18 Asmus Tietchens Industrie Perdue (2:19)
2-19 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:33)
2-20 Toy Bizarre KDI DCTB 41 (3:49)
2-21 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:30)
2-22 John Watermann Untitled (4:56)
2-23 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:30)
2-24 Ralf Wehowsky Kein Schöner... (4:28)
2-25 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:35)
2-26 Wild Shores Le Laminoir Des Filtreuses (4:42)
2-27 Toy Bizarre Untitled (0:30)
2-28 Achim Wollscheid The Little Extra (2:39)
2-29 Toy Bizarre Untitled (1:28)

Regénération-Dégénérescence
(2CD, KAON, FRANCE, NO NUMBER, 1997)
Compilation album containing an untitled track by Ora, and based on field recordings made by Toy Bizarre and edited by Bruno Moreigne. Final mix by Andrew Chalk.
Edition of 500 copies, packaged in black slipcard with oxidized metal plate.