U79 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “des-illusions” : an unstoppable yet elating murky flux …

In Vital Weekly 1385, ever honouring his commitments, Frans de Waard gives a big thumb up to “des–illusions“, representing it as a slow dark churning mass of sound in constant motion verging on excellence…

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both U78 Standard Grey “peregrination” & U79 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “des-illusions” are OUT NOW !

In a somewhat disturbed personal context, to be able to present this duo of new titles (the first for 2023, btw) is an even more cathartic & uplifting event……

pls check details + audio-samples by clicking on the images here below
streaming in full on Bandcamp also…

U78 Standard Grey | peregrination CD (special & regular edition)/Digital

Let’s start with a work initially scheduled to appear on Philip Sulidae’s now on hiatus ebullient label, Hemisphäreの空虚…Philip told me it was top notch, and could fit in easily with Unfathomless’ signature, and it did all the way… U78 « peregrination » is doubtless an impacting sensitive work from Standard Grey a.k.a. Christopher Olson, a quite discreet yet experienced fellow and Canadian expatriate living since about 10 years in Nara (Japan) …versed into graphic arts, and of course, experimental and field recording based work, coloured by tape & musique concrète techniques. He’s also the former curator for Muzan editions, and has quite a bunch of releases out on such labels as Falt, Audio.Visuals.Atmosphere, Modern Concern, and Steep Gloss to name but a few… « peregrination »is a plunge into the intangible, and a compendium of his ceaseless wanderings in his past perfused vicinity – a sort of intimate log, holding more than just sketches, but rather elaborate sentient sound narrations taking us by the hand and heart… « peregrination » is activating, it makes old grounds crunch, waking millennial soil spirits…ghost winds roam in the quivering air, while savage cuts rip the glades…much of a procession recounting perhaps an ancient filigree world… Cascades of pulses, bouncing back and forth, hints of disguised distress… Animal instinct, buried streams, a flow of past knowledge running till oblivion… On « peregrination », an erasing breeze pervades and all words fade…
Listening to the smallest of murmurs of a damaged, yet sacred panorama, we step aside, along, then slowly, find a meaning, a purpose… Let yourself glide in, feel the outlines of an immutable landscape full of sense…

order your copy via Paypal at usual price for the regular edition of 180 copies : chalkdc@unfathomless.net

(Belgium) : 14 € (inc.shipping costs)
(Europe) : 15 € (inc.shipping costs)
(World) : 16 € (inc.shipping costs)

Special ultra ltd edition of 20 copies only packaged in black-mass tinted cardboard digisleeve with frame.
It holds a set of 2 double-sided art cards with a different artwork from the regular edition on 350gr satin paper + Standard Grey’s unique “kōfun”acrylic monoprint and watercolor on 247 gm Orion Sirius watercolor paper (all different !), signed, numbered, and name red stamped in japanese on the back. Inner sleeve features a a strip of paper mentioning edition number + artist’s name and title… More details forthcoming…

! SOLD OUT !

order your copy via Paypal for the SPECIAL ULTRA LTD edition : chalkdc@unfathomless.net

(Belgium) : 17 € (inc.shipping costs)
(Europe) : 18 € (inc.shipping costs)
(World) : 19 € (inc.shipping costs)

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U79  Bruno Duplant & David Vélez | des-illusions CD (special and regular edition)/Digital

Very proud also to be able to give body to U79 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez | des-illusions, a release of moving scope… Continuing to pursue his dedicated singular path, french northerner composer and psychogeographer Bruno Duplant uses his talent to blur the lines and create intense fictional evocations, and teams up again for his 6th collaboration with Colombian sound artist David Vélez who is now endowed with a PHD in sonic art…curator as well of the long term, and persistently absorbing Impulsive Habitat label, David has a keen interest in environmental contextualism, acoustics of food and horticulture, and generally in the way we experience sound (as shown with his latest installation « Bones » created with sine waves & field recordings, inviting us to listen through our skull)… Very anxious about the state of this world, both resort to erosive methods, and diverse tattered instrumentation to shape a questioning musical poem of sweeping grandeur… « des-illusions » unfolds an enduring circling yet gradually decaying chant under ominous clouds… A lonesome organ emits a few warning notes tearing the day apart while we hear shards of voices on a background of slowed down, dragging on tones… Percussive clatter, muffled church bell and other urban signals… A devious threnody seeps in, layers of tactile shifting sounds form dust dreams, stars alight in the backyard… The road is long, partially broken, some haunted marimba draws silver-grey furrows, ginned notes let a ringing charm fuse…Imagine a much less minimal and layered William Basinski passing through an old projector…
« des-illusions » decimates the last rays of hope, but deceptive mood never sounded so gorgeous… Could something precious still exist in the crumbs ?…

order your copy via Paypal at usual price for the regular edition of 170 copies : chalkdc@unfathomless.net

(Belgium) : 14 € (inc.shipping costs)
(Europe) : 15 € (inc.shipping costs)
(World) : 16 € (inc.shipping costs)

Special ultra ltd edition of 30 copies only packaged in thick pure white cardboard digisleeve with frame
It holds a set of 2 double-sided art cards with a different artwork from the regular edition on 350gr satin paper.
+ a set of 3 photos on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper Supreme.
Inner sleeve features a strip of paper mentioning edition number, artist’s name + title (details tbc)…

order your copy via Paypal for the SPECIAL ULTRA LTD edition : chalkdc@unfathomless.net

(Belgium) : 17 € (inc.shipping costs)
(Europe) : 18 € (inc.shipping costs)
(World) : 19 € (inc.shipping costs)

Duo Bundle Offer (2CDs) at a discounted price till May 22 only ! 
U79 (regular edition) + U33 David Vélez & Bruno Duplant “Moyens Fantômes”
or U79 (regular edition) + U54 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “our seasons reverse”

(Belgium) : 24 € (inc.postage – SAVE 4€)
(Europe) : 25 € (inc.postage – SAVE 5€)
(World) : 26 € (inc.postage – SAVE 6€)

Trio Bundle Offer (3CDs) at a discounted price till May 22 only ! 
U79 (regular edition) + U33 David Vélez & Bruno Duplant “Moyens Fantômes” + U54 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “our seasons reverse”

(Belgium) : 34 € (inc.postage – SAVE 8€)
(Europe) : 35 € (inc.postage – SAVE 10€)
(World) : 36 € (inc.postage – SAVE 12€)

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U54 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “our seasons reverse” : vast dystopian roaming…

 

 

Brian Olewnick, in a flock of words maps out the blurred outlines of “our seasons reverse” – an ode to up-and-coming world full of dangers and promises …

 

 

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U54 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “our seasons reverse” : a vortex of sounds plenty of shades…

 

 

TJ Norris flushes out the finer points of the engulfing titanesque soundworld of “our seasons reverse” – a truly organic entity…

 

 

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U54 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “our seasons reverse” : prophetic turbulent ode…

 

 

Richard Allen gets blown away into the heavy currents of a 4 seasons globe, enduring a salutary shake-up…

 

 

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U54 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “our seasons reverse” : a bellowing aural constellation…

 

 

Frans de Waard gets carried away in a spiral flow of immense proportion, enthralled by this somewhat desperate chant of climatic debris…

 

 

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U54 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “our seasons reverse” & U55 A.F. Jones “Bourdon du Kinzie” both OUT NOW !

Some recent production worries put the Unfathomless series in jeopardy, but only for a short while…had indeed to find a new printer for the sleeves since mine left the boat mainly for health reasons – this implied a change of printing method, and a change of paper, and going from offset to digital printing – the new look, still classy (don’t worry) but less “vintage” will bring more accuracy regarding details & colours…so, let’s keep sailing !

The last briefly delayed duo set of Unfathomless releases for 2018  has finally seen the daylight :

check all info by clicking on the images here below

 

U54 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez | our seasons reverse CD

 

After “Moyens Fantômes“, previously out on Unfathomless,  “Last Solar Powered” on Still*Sleep, and “Preservation” on Dinzu Artefacts, this is the fourth volume in their ongoing collaborative process, and their creative force is at its shining peak…
With a MA in Fine Arts (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) and currently studying for a PHD at the Dept. of Music & Technology in Huddersfield (UK), and having more than one string to his bow in general, David Vélez is interested in the how we perceive our world, using microphones, piezos, and hydrophones as tools to accentuate the unnoticeable, and increase our level of awareness…the very prolific french composer & autodidact composer Bruno Duplant confuses the limits of many genres (improvisation, field recordings, experimental, minimal…), seeing his music as a personal quest of reaching out for his true self – he’s versed into creating compositions that most often depict fictive locations from where one can make himself and imaginary blossom…

In this new erosive aural movement, “our seasons reverse“, David & Bruno generate a dramatic sound piece where they incorporate their own courses, recent experiences, peregrinations, and fears, blending field recordings, organ, electronics, DIY Theremins…

…Expect a troubled disruptive panorama, like an old half-erased map against a backdrop of climate concerns…organic sound compost for the future generations…

 

order your copy via Paypal at usual price : chalkdc@unfathomless.net

(Belgium) : 13 € (inc.shipping costs)
(Europe) : 14 € (inc.shipping costs)
(World) : 15 € (inc.shipping costs)

! several bundle offers available till January 31 !

BUNDLE 2 : 2 CDs : U54 +1 additional title to be selected among those :

U10 David Velez “Sonido Descompuesto”
U13 Bruno Duplant “Quelques usines fantômes”
U17 David Vélez-Simon Whetham “Yoi”
U33 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “Moyens Fantômes”

(Belgium) : 23 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 3 €)
(Europe) : 24 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 4 €)
(World) : 25 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 5 €)

BUNDLE 3 : 3 CDs : U54 + any combination of 2 titles to be selected among those :

U10 David Velez “Sonido Descompuesto”
U13 Bruno Duplant “Quelques usines fantômes”
U17 David Vélez-Simon Whetham “Yoi”
U33 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “Moyens Fantômes”

(Belgium) : 33 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 6 €)
(Europe) : 34 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 8 €)
(World) : 35 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 10 €)

BUNDLE 4 : 4 CDs : U54 + any combination of 3 titles to be selected among those :

U10 David Velez “Sonido Descompuesto”
U13 Bruno Duplant “Quelques usines fantômes”
U17 David Vélez-Simon Whetham “Yoi”
U33 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “Moyens Fantômes”

(Belgium) : 43 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 9 €)
(Europe) : 44 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 12 €)
(World) : 45 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 15 €)

the “FULL MONTY” BUNDLE : 5 CDs : U54 + all 4 other titles :

U10 David Velez “Sonido Descompuesto”
U13 Bruno Duplant “Quelques usines fantômes”
U17 David Vélez-Simon Whetham “Yoi”
U33 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “Moyens Fantômes”

(Belgium) : 53 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 12 €)
(Europe) : 54 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 16 €)
(World) : 55 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 20 €)

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U55  A.F. Jones & | Bourdon du Kinzie CD

 

Very proud to welcome A.F. Jones in the Unfathomless roster…its’ been a while that he was under my radar with some constant intriguing works, especially his album “Four dot three to one” on the Kendra Steiner editions (a fave of mine)…years on the edge of experimental, avant garde and sound art, A.F. Jones is an experienced audio-engineer of great meticulousness, submariner and dedicated acoustician, he is versed into the physics of sound, and the various ways it spreads, and affects us physically…

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…”Bourdon du Kinzie” is an intense stripped-back auscultation revealing the quasi holistic dimension of reverb…a haunted concrete tale of dronesque proportion…

order your copy via Paypal at usual price : chalkdc@unfathomless.net

(Belgium) : 13 € (inc.shipping costs)
(Europe) : 14 € (inc.shipping costs)
(World) : 15 € (inc.shipping costs)

 

 

 

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pre-order is open for both U54 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “our seasons reverse” & U55 A.F. Jones “Bourdon du Kinzie”

The last couple of Unfathomless releases for 2018 is about to show up :

pls check initial details by clicking on the images here below
audio-samples will follow imminently…

 

U54 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez | our seasons reverse CD

 

After “Moyens Fantômes“, previously out on Unfathomless,  “Last Solar Powered” on Still*Sleep, and “Preservation” on Dinzu Artefacts, this is the fourth volume in their ongoing collaborative process, and their creative force is at its shining peak…
With a MA in Fine Arts (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) and currently studying for a PHD at the Dept. of Music & Technology in Huddersfield (UK), and having more than one string to his bow in general, David Vélez is interested in the how we perceive our world, using microphones, piezos, and hydrophones as tools to accentuate the unnoticeable, and increase our level of awareness…the very prolific french composer & autodidact composer Bruno Duplant confuses the limits of many genres (improvisation, field recordings, experimental, minimal…), seeing his music as a personal quest of reaching out for his true self – he’s versed into creating compositions that most often depict fictive locations from where one can make himself and imaginary blossom…

In this new erosive aural movement, “our seasons reverse“, David & Bruno generate a dramatic sound piece where they incorporate their own courses, recent experiences, peregrinations, and fears, blending field recordings, organ, electronics, DIY Theremins…

…Expect a troubled disruptive panorama, like an old half-erased map against a backdrop of climate concerns…organic sound compost for the future generations…

 

pre-order your copy via Paypal at usual price for the regular edition : chalkdc@unfathomless.net

(Belgium) : 13 € (inc.shipping costs)
(Europe) : 14 € (inc.shipping costs)
(World) : 15 € (inc.shipping costs)

! several bundle offers available till December 31 !

BUNDLE 2 : 2 CDs : U54 +1 additional title to be selected among those :

U10 David Velez “Sonido Descompuesto”
U13 Bruno Duplant “Quelques usines fantômes”
U17 David Vélez-Simon Whetham “Yoi”
U33 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “Moyens Fantômes”

(Belgium) : 23 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 3 €)
(Europe) : 24 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 4 €)
(World) : 25 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 5 €)

BUNDLE 3 : 3 CDs : U54 + any combination of 2 titles to be selected among those :

U10 David Velez “Sonido Descompuesto”
U13 Bruno Duplant “Quelques usines fantômes”
U17 David Vélez-Simon Whetham “Yoi”
U33 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “Moyens Fantômes”

(Belgium) : 33 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 6 €)
(Europe) : 34 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 8 €)
(World) : 35 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 10 €)

BUNDLE 4 : 4 CDs : U54 + any combination of 3 titles to be selected among those :

U10 David Velez “Sonido Descompuesto”
U13 Bruno Duplant “Quelques usines fantômes”
U17 David Vélez-Simon Whetham “Yoi”
U33 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “Moyens Fantômes”

(Belgium) : 43 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 9 €)
(Europe) : 44 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 12 €)
(World) : 45 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 15 €)

the “FULL MONTY” BUNDLE : 5 CDs : U54 + all 4 other titles :

U10 David Velez “Sonido Descompuesto”
U13 Bruno Duplant “Quelques usines fantômes”
U17 David Vélez-Simon Whetham “Yoi”
U33 Bruno Duplant & David Vélez “Moyens Fantômes”

(Belgium) : 53 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 12 €)
(Europe) : 54 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 16 €)
(World) : 55 € (inc.shipping costs – SAVE 20 €)

 +++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

U55  A.F. Jones & | Bourdon du Kinzie CD

 

 

Very proud to welcome A.F. Jones in the Unfathomless roster…its’ been a while that he was under my radar with some constant intriguing works, especially his album “Four dot three to one” on the Kendra Steiner editions (a fave of mine)…years on the edge of experimental, avant garde and sound art, A.F. Jones is an experienced audio-engineer of great meticulousness, submariner and dedicated acoustician, he is versed into the physics of sound, and the various ways it spreads, and affects us physically…

~

…”Bourdon du Kinzie” is an intense stripped-back auscultation revealing the quasi holistic dimension of reverb…a haunted concrete tale of dronesque proportion…

pre-order your copy via Paypal at usual price : chalkdc@unfathomless.net

(Belgium) : 13 € (inc.shipping costs)
(Europe) : 14 € (inc.shipping costs)
(World) : 15 € (inc.shipping costs)

 

 

 

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