Digital/CDr edition via AUBJECTS (US)
aubjects.org/album/0rt0
Romania's Somnoroase Păsărele continues to beguile and surprise. 0RT0 (zero - R - T - zero) continues their explorations of texture and mood within distinctive electronic realms.
They are masters of flow; their pieces spread out and evolve at natural pacings over variable spans of time. No piece is too long or too short. Each is a dynamic journey within the overall expedition of the album. The unsettling and mysterious workings of 0RT0 commence across 41 minutes. These are remarkable minutes akin to the 2 minutes spent in strange eclipse-light experienced by many the 21st of August, 2017. These pieces resonate with that magic strangeness of ineffably colored light and the knowledge that it would (probably) be experienced only once in one's lifetime.
In honor of this astrological event, D. Petri created a video companion (at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJZ6Wz00VaY) to SUITE IV, and pulled images from that video to produce the companion booklet included in the CD packaging.
This 0RT0 proclamation is another remarkable entry in Somnoroase Păsărele's impressive catalog, which is quite worth digging into for those interested in idiosyncratic electronics.
LOST IN A SEA OF SOUND:
«Somnoroase Păsărele's 0RT0 is a dynamic symphony. Divided into four movements, each traversing aural landscapes of gentle moments to swaggering fanfares. 0RT0 lives and breathes, these sounds are similar to the mechanical functions within an organic body. Swiftly crisp tones emitted as cells regenerate by sonic circulation. Brisk notes issued for signals being transmitted to a calculating cortex. The gurgling process of energy being consumed and utilized radiates beyond the form. Connecting all four suites together are the tonal qualities and patience maintained within each piece. There are interludes of meditative drone, at points the entire composition in a state of contemplative rest. 0RT0 is far from ambient quietude though, this is a complex composition providing the consciousness a highly developed introspective companion. Gili Mocanu has effortlessly pushed past listening margins once again.»
lostseasound.blogspot.com/2019/10/somnoroase-pasarele-0rt0.html
released September 10, 2017
All compositions & artwork by Gili Mocanu.
Recorded and mastered between July 2015 - June 2016 in Constanța, Romania.
All suites mixed by Miru Mercury on Rădulescu-Motru St. in Bucharest; August 2016.