Ορχήστρα Θορύβου (Noise Orchestra)

by ΨΗΧΟΣ

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1.	Black Spring 04:55	buy track
2.	Αθήνα 07:00	buy track
3.	Žižkov 06:09	buy track
4.	Endropi 00:49	buy track
5.	Επιτάφιος 11:05	buy track
6.	Blue Russian 02:34	buy track

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Noise Orchestra comprises six pieces of musique concrète in the form of sound collage. Composed of field recordings sourced over the course of two years, across five cities, arranged and looped to create an abstract audio narrative.

From morning coffee to a nightmarish apartment building scene, then heading to Zizkov and other neighbourhoods of Prague, returning to Greece and the cities of Trikala and Meteora over Easter, down to the Peloponnese and the small mountainous village of Partheni in Arkadia, and back to Athens again.

Each track aims to transfer the listener to a specific place and scene. Each sound has been minimally edited, to retain its original, raw qualities—from the passing cars and the wind to birdsong and background noise.

Sounds include but are not limited to: AM radio static, noisy neighbours, power drill, skipping record, children’s playground, spoon being stirred in a coffee mug, tripping on acid walking through an abandoned train tunnel at night, wind blowing through a metal garage door in Zizkov, a water faucet, loose pavement tiles, a Japanese gong, pan lid, monk bells in Meteora monastery, a spring storm, a match that won’t light, a belled Babushka doll being played with by a Blue Russian cat.

ΨΗΧΟΣ (read Psíchos in English) is a made-up homonym, coming from two Greek words: ψύχος (psýchos) meaning frost and ήχος (íchos) meaning sound.

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released June 1, 2018

All field recordings by Lydia A.

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Sound collage and field recordings project from Athens, Greece based in Iceland.

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