Label: Paradigm Discs

2023年重要作。2007年に発表したボルネオ島のフィールドレコーディング作[Borneo]以来となる、英国の大ベテラン実験作家/サウンドアーティストMichael Primeの新作が登場!!氏の活動の主軸の一つとなっている、植物や菌類からの信号を捉える"バイオエレクトリカル・ミュージック"で構成された3CDボックスとなっており、1990年から2019年の間に制作された様々な記録を網羅。作品としての録音、フィールドレコーディング、インスタレーションの3つのカテゴリに大きく分類、それぞれのバイオフィードバック・サウンドがエグい程にカッコ良いパルスの渦となって出現する大傑作。全編本気で最高!!

We have not had a physical release by composer and ecologist Michael Prime since the release of Borneo in 2007. This new 3CD set brings us up to date with a series of recordings from across the years. It also sees a new refinement in his working practice as well as a new extension to his original name. Bioelectrical Music by Michael Allen Z Prime consists of recordings that fall into 3 defined categories - Bioelectrical Compositions, Bioelectrical Field Recordings and Bioelectrical Installations. All three use the bioelectrical potentials generated by plants and fungi, although these sound sources are now no longer purely seen as raw material available for multi-tracking or further electronic processing of the signal path. Now, the bioactivity signals themselves form the basis of the music. Following a framework of self imposed rules that restrict the extent that the source sounds can be altered, such that the essential voice of the living sound sources remain identifiable. The development of this framework is a direction that Prime’s music has been moving towards for some years now, and this box set collects various recordings made between 1990 and 2019 that fall into the remit of this new development. The pieces included here range from short sound studies to lengthy compositions and installation recordings made at a wide variety of locations. The 3CDs are accompanied by a 44 page booklet with an essay by Prime outlining the history and development of our understanding of plant neurophysiology. There is also a short piece written by author and fungal enthusiast Merlin Sheldrake. Available in a numbered edition of 500 copies, 100 of which are available with a Blu-ray disc of films by Prime.