Sensus by DAVID LEE MYERS
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In summer 2024 I came across several tracks that had been recorded twenty years earlier but never used. These sounds had been created by feeding a Lexicon LXP15 multieffects unit back into itself with a small specialized mixer. At the time, I appreciated the sounds but did not find them suitable for a project or release, and so set them aside and they were forgotten for decades. In the intervening years, new innovations in hardware and software audio processing have been allowing ever more opportunities to develop complex structures from simple sound sources. The original recordings were put through many alterations and layerings before becoming 'Sensus.'
The title 'Sensus' aims to indicate that this work intends to be experienced in a tactile way rather than a sonic expression open to aesthetic judgement as such. The physical vibrations of 'Sensus' emanating from speakers in a room create a world all their own, not requiring labels like “ambient music” or “sound art.” It is what it is.
'Sensus' is David Lee Myers' first solo album for LINE. His previous collaboration with Asmus Tietchens, '60:00' (LINE_017) was released on LINE in 2004.
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David Lee Myers is a sound and visual artist working in New York City since 1977.
He has had nearly eighty albums released as solo and in collaboration under his own name and also as Arcane Device by Starkland, Important Records, Cronica, ReR, Line, Silent, Pogus, RRRecords, Staalplaat, and many other labels. Collaborations have been produced with Japan’s Merzbow, Toshimaru Nakamura, Thomas Dimuzio, and Dirk Serries aka VidnaObmana. Two Albums were created with legendary electronic pioneer Tod Dockstader, and five with Hamburg’s master sound manipulator Asmus Tietchens.
Myers performed his 'Feedback Music' live from 1988 through 2017 in the United States and Europe and he now concentrates on studio productions.
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Tracklist
| 1. | Pulsus | 9:38 |
| 2. | Tactus | 11:46 |
| 3. | Sensus | 21:52 |
| 4. | Prospicere | 10:37 |
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Richard Chartier's LINE publishes editions documenting compositional & installation works by international sound artists & composers exploring the aesthetics of minimalism.