were some sound days, one separately be placed, by Zhao Cong / Zhu Wenbo

were some sound days, one separately be placed

by Zhao Cong / Zhu Wenbo

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

¥850 JPY or more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Includes unlimited streaming of were some sound days, one separately be placed via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 7 days

edition of 200

¥1,500 JPY or more

	1.	one side 28:22
	2.	silence 00:58
	3.	the other side 28:22

about

The recordings were made during January 16th to February 27th, 2022. Recording gear included a cassette tape recorder, a cardioid dynamic microphone and a cassette tape. After some operations, the recorder’s eraser function was temporarily removed so that the sound could be recorded overlapping again and again.

During these days, Zhao Cong and Zhu Wenbo did recordings every day. Every time they chose a random place on tape and recorded a very short length, from a few seconds to one minute around, closing or keeping some distance to the sound source. They recorded separately using the same tape. Only on the last day they made two long recordings: one was cleaning up the room and the other was making bread.

What would the tape sound like? Would the materials match each other well? Would it be too quiet or too loud, or totally not be picked-up on microphone? Everything was unknown during this recording process. But now the final results are placed on CD here. No editing has been made on them.

Zhao Cong (チャオ・ソン) と Zhu Wenbo (トゥ・ウェンボウ) は、中国、北京在住の音楽家。来日経験も複数回あり、ふたりとも2019年の Ftarri Festival に出演している。Zhao Cong は2019年に Hitorri レーベルよりソロCD『Rotating, Rotating』(hitorri-983) を、Zhu Wenbo は2021年に Ftarri レーベルより Yan Jun とのデュオCD『Footprints』(ftarri-884) をリリース。

本CDに収録されているのは、楽器を演奏した音楽ではない。ふたりが使用したのは、一台のカセットテープ・レコーダー、一本のカーディオイド・ダイナミック・マイク、そして一本のカセットテープ。レコーダーは多重録音が可能なように消去機能を取り除いてある。2022年1月16日から2月27日にかけて、ふたりは1分以内の非常に短い時間の録音を随所でおこなった (ただし、最終日の部屋掃除とパン作りの録音だけは長め)。録音は各自別行動でおこなうが、テープは同じものを使う。

CDには、28分22秒のトラックをふたつ、その間に58秒の無音トラックをひとつ挟んで、計3トラックを収録。楽器演奏でも、純粋なフィールド・レコーディングでもない。様々な何気ない自然音や人工音が複雑に交錯し融合した録音は、単に「マイクが拾った音」という以上の何かを聴く者に伝えてくる。ふたりの優れた着眼と創作が生み出した特異な作品。

credits

released December 25, 2022

Zhao Cong and Zhu Wenbo: objects, instruments, home appliances, movements, voices, cassette recorder manipulations

Recorded by Zhao Cong and Zhu Wenbo in Beijing
Mastered by Zhu Wenbo
Design by Cathy Fishman

license

about

Ftarri Tokyo, Japan

contact / help

Contact Ftarri

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like were some sound days, one separately be placed, you may also like:

The Actress
by Vanessa Rossetto

supported by 18 fans who also own “were some sound days, one separately be placed”

captures a brilliant look at human phenomenology, in the many ways the psyche creates itself as a signifier, a simulacrum of itself. breathtakingly beautiful. favorite track - katie cruel iwantyrvoice
go to album
Responses
by Sun Yizhou & Zhu Wenbo

supported by 17 fans who also own “were some sound days, one separately be placed”
go to album
twice
by Yan Jun/Zhu Wenbo

supported by 16 fans who also own “were some sound days, one separately be placed”

inspiring in its simplicity a printer's never sounded so good aliv
go to album
Seeking the intimacy of silence
by Haarvöl

These seven drone-based songs both hypnotize and unsettle, stretching bands of sound to their breaking point. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 9, 2023
go to album
Work of Progress & Etudes
by J.Lynch

J.Lynch (aka Thirty Pounds of Bone) plays with organic elements, including prepared piano, against electronics to impressionistic effect. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 21, 2023
go to album
Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-IV)
by Various Artists

A four-volume experimental compilation serves as protest music for modern-day Iran. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jan 24, 2023
go to album
Yu Yan Lao Gong
by Zhu Wenbo/Yan Jun

supported by 16 fans who also own “were some sound days, one separately be placed”
go to album