the tubes, by Michael Fahres

the tubes

by Michael Fahres

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1.	Sevan 08:31	info	buy track
2.	The Tubes 30:53	info	buy track
3.	Coimbra 4, Mundi Theatre 07:04		buy track

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This collection of eerily beautiful, intimate music weaves naturally occurring acoustic phenomena with the playing of celebrated performers. The title piece features the breathy sounds emitted by the rock tube formations on El Hierro (westernmost of the Canary Islands) and performances by Aboriginal musician Mark Atkins and Los Angeles-based composer/trumpeter Jon Hassell (and was mixed by Michael Hoenig). The two other works on the CD are Sevan, recorded near Lake Sevan (Armenia), featuring Armenian singer Parik Nazarian, and Coimbra 4, Mundi Theatre, a soundscape of a city-wide festival in Coimbra, Portugal.

“I was transfixed by the haunting sounds and the poetic pacing of Fahres’ music on this CD. Rather than the sound floating through the room, it was as if I was floating in the sound.” —Morton Subotnick

“An exceptionally well-composed album, comprising very well-thought-out concepts that have been delivered in an utmost ingenious and abstract way.” —Unknown Public (UK)

“Fahres is skillful in creating drama and blending the recorded materials into intriguing, musically satisfying soundscapes. The Tubes, which lasts over 30 minutes, is an especially impressive achievement.” —All-Music Guide

“This is the kind of recording that lets you get wondrously lost in someone else’s sound world.” —Sequenza21

“Another Amazing CD from Cold Blue Music. Fahres’ recordings and manipulations of Parik Nazarian’s magical voice is almost transformative. Recorded with Nazarian singing into large abandoned pipes on the shore of Lake Sevan in Armenia, this is a stunning journey into a sonic feast of imagination. The second piece starts with the ominous distant roar of waves filtered through a maze of caves and tunnels in the Carary Islands, to which is added the gentle breath of Jon Hassell’s distinctive trumpet.… All in all, a beautiful and interesting approach to soundscape composition.” —Randy Raine-Reusch, Musicworks (Canada)

“On the title track of this fascinating album, Fahres recorded the acoustic effect of the rock tube formations on El Hierro: a breathing sound created by waves forcing air through the volcanic rocks. Mixed with Jon Hassell’s breathy trumpet playing and Mark Atkins’ haunting didgeridoo, this piece is an ode to the breath of life itself…” —Peter van Cooten, Sound Is Audible Time

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released February 1, 2007

All music composed and produced by Michael Fahres.

Parik Nazarian, voice (on Sevan)
Jon Hassell, trumpet (on The Tubes)
Mark Atkins, didgeridoo (on The Tubes)

Early versions of The Tubes were recorded and mixed by ABC Radio, Sydney, 1995; NPS Radio, Hilversum, 2002; and Valves, Utrecht, 2003. Its final version was produced and mixed by Michael Hoenig, Factory Place Studio, Los Angeles, 2000/03. Sevan, based on recordings made at Lake Sevan, Armenia. Coimbra 4, Mundi Theatre, based on recordings made in Coimbra, Portugal, were realized at Valves, Utrecht, 2003/06.

Thanks to Sabine Keller, Andrew McLennan, Michael Rüsenberg, Hans-Ulrich Werner, R. Murray Schafer, Dan Schwarz, Morton Subotnick, Dorothée Forma, Jürgen and Petra Drews, Ian Holman, Lena Junker, Anjo Leenen and Carlos Alberto Augusto.

CD mastered by Kevin Gray, Acoustech Mastering, Camarillo, CA.

CD produced by Michael Fahres and Jim Fox.
Design by Jim Fox.
Cover photo © Michael Fahres. Coimbra street photo © Carlos Alberto Augusto. El Hierro photos © Petra Drews. All photos used by permission of their copyright owners.

All music © Michael Fahres (Valves) home.wanadoo.nl/michael.fahres/.
CD ©p Cold Blue Music 2006.
www.coldbluemusic.com

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Michael Fahres Netherlands

Composer Michael Fahres studied with Louis Andriessen and Ton de Leeuw. An award-winning producer for Dutch radio and television (NPS, VPRO, NPS), he has been director of the CEM electronic studio and the European Minimal Music Project, programmer for Soundscapes be(for)e 2000 and other music events. Recordings of his music have been released on the ECM, Trikont, and Goethe Institute labels. ... more

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