Atak is a Japanese label born in 2002, founded by Keiichiro Shibuya and maria, a duo also known as "Slipped Disk".
Its catalogue comprises fifteen releases so far, including Shibuya's newest work ("For Maria").
All published albums have electronics as predominant factor, although managed from different viewpoints, primarily dealing with experimentation fields and sound art aspects.
"Ligne", out two months ago, marks a collaboration (a new synergy after “Anther” in 2006) between France Jobin, Canadian sound-sculpture artist (i8u) and Tomas Phillips, American composer as well as literature teacher.
i8u creates, since more than a decade, acclaimed works, live performances and installations, Phillips' sound is usually associated to reference labels like Trente Oiseaux, and/OAR, Non Visual Objects, Line, and, recently, Koyuki.
"Ligne" could be read as a report of visions, feelings and aesthetic attitudes, reflecting the intellectual background of its authors, whose abilities, combined together, produce an astounding result beyond expectation.
Four tracks here: two "lines" (which open and close the work) as boundary for a point and a data (names given to the other pieces), about an hour of encoded information, a persistent stream from the start-up to the last pulse, unpredictable sound sceneries proposed.
Environmental recordings are present, of course, but it is also possible to notice compositional moments, forceful changes of state, harmonic structures which tangle up.
Dilated, extended soundscapes burst on the scene, fade away and revitalize themselves after a while.
The first drawing is built on cracklings, glitches, interferences which intersect resounding patterns, melodic (in rare moments) or (more often) soaked with a hypnotic vein.
This scheme is kept for the first half of the track, then new, different perturbations on a more minimal ground and a new mutation around the thirteenth minute: electronic pulses meet repeated, manipulated piano tones.
In the second piece there’s a prevalence of subtle frequencies and defective insertions, what causes a granular effect in pure microsound style.
“Donnée”, the third track, is also the longest and the most fascinating: it starts with rustles, scattered noises, rumblings placed in continuum, then evolves in suave patches put on abrasive surfaces.
Lastly, “Ligne”, once more an immersion into profound sounds, exploded with more violence, sharp-pointed projections which afterwards dissolve into more peaceful states, almost meditative.
Excellent interaction between the two protagonists, intelligent use of (re)sources, spent for a very complex work, really expressive…or, to be precise, visual.
Its catalogue comprises fifteen releases so far, including Shibuya's newest work ("For Maria").
All published albums have electronics as predominant factor, although managed from different viewpoints, primarily dealing with experimentation fields and sound art aspects.
"Ligne", out two months ago, marks a collaboration (a new synergy after “Anther” in 2006) between France Jobin, Canadian sound-sculpture artist (i8u) and Tomas Phillips, American composer as well as literature teacher.
i8u creates, since more than a decade, acclaimed works, live performances and installations, Phillips' sound is usually associated to reference labels like Trente Oiseaux, and/OAR, Non Visual Objects, Line, and, recently, Koyuki.
"Ligne" could be read as a report of visions, feelings and aesthetic attitudes, reflecting the intellectual background of its authors, whose abilities, combined together, produce an astounding result beyond expectation.
Four tracks here: two "lines" (which open and close the work) as boundary for a point and a data (names given to the other pieces), about an hour of encoded information, a persistent stream from the start-up to the last pulse, unpredictable sound sceneries proposed.
Environmental recordings are present, of course, but it is also possible to notice compositional moments, forceful changes of state, harmonic structures which tangle up.
Dilated, extended soundscapes burst on the scene, fade away and revitalize themselves after a while.
The first drawing is built on cracklings, glitches, interferences which intersect resounding patterns, melodic (in rare moments) or (more often) soaked with a hypnotic vein.
This scheme is kept for the first half of the track, then new, different perturbations on a more minimal ground and a new mutation around the thirteenth minute: electronic pulses meet repeated, manipulated piano tones.
In the second piece there’s a prevalence of subtle frequencies and defective insertions, what causes a granular effect in pure microsound style.
“Donnée”, the third track, is also the longest and the most fascinating: it starts with rustles, scattered noises, rumblings placed in continuum, then evolves in suave patches put on abrasive surfaces.
Lastly, “Ligne”, once more an immersion into profound sounds, exploded with more violence, sharp-pointed projections which afterwards dissolve into more peaceful states, almost meditative.
Excellent interaction between the two protagonists, intelligent use of (re)sources, spent for a very complex work, really expressive…or, to be precise, visual.
Label: Atak
Cat. #: ATAK013
Format: CD
Release date: 2009
Tracklisting:
01 - Ligne (18:23)
02 - Point (08:38)
03 - Donnée (19:15)
04 - Ligne (10:10)
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i8u’s discography:
i8u
Label: Pandora
Cat. #: mpan-0004
Format: CD
Release date: 1999
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Live At Spectre
Label: Pandora
Cat. #: mpan-0006
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2000
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i8ub
Label: Bake Records
Cat. #: Bake Records 047
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2001
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Untitled
w/ Martin Tétreault
Label: --
Cat. #: --
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2001
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VOLT-AA (01) Le Silence
w/Alexandre St-Onge, Ælab
Label: Oral
Cat. #: ORAL cdr 01
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2001
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Grasshopper Morphine
Label: Piehead Records
Cat. #: PIE004
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2002
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Obstacle: Phase 2
Label: Oral
Cat. #: ORAL cdr 02
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2002
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Diffraction
Label: Vague Terrain
Cat. #: Vague 5
Format: CD
Release date: 2006
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Anther
w/ Tomas Phillips
Label: petite sono]
Cat. #: o67
Format: CD
Release date: 2006
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Symbiotic
w/ Andrew Duke
Label: Pertin_nce
Cat. #: Pertin-nce_006
Format: File, mp3
Release date: 2007
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10-33 cm
Label: Room40
Cat. #: DRM406
Format: File, mp3, Digital download
Release date: 2008
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Ligne
w/ Tomas Phillips
Label: Atak
Cat. #: ATAK013
Format: CD
Release date: 2009
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Physical, Absent, Tangible
w/ Christopher Delaurenti, Gil Sansón, Brian Mackern, Gabriel Galli
Label: Contour Editions
Cat. #: ce.cd_0001
Format: CD-R
Release date: 02/2010
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Unter Den Linden / Und Transit
w/ Christophe Charles
Label: Non Visual Objects
Cat. #: nvo 022
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2010
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29 Psalms
Label: Dragon's Eye Recordings
Cat. #: de5030
Format: CD-R
Release date: 10/2010
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Surface Tension
Label: Murmur Records
Cat. #: MMR-10
Format: CD
Release date: 11/2011
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As France Jobin:
Valence
Label: Line
Cat. #: LINE_054
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2012
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i8u appears on:
- Andrew Duke - More Destructive Than Organized (2004, Cognition Audioworks, caw021)
- flag.frog - Secrets Of The Lake / Foreign Sun (2011, Murmur Records, MMR-05)
i8u's tracks appear on:
- Goem - Gast (2001, Mutek_Rec, MTK_CLB01) track: Harusame
- Andrew Duke - Highest Common Denominator (2002, Piehead Records, PIE010) track: Loon Stats
- VV.AA. - Save Your Fork, There's Pie! (2002, Piehead Records, PIE012) track: Onua
- VV.AA. - 60 Sound Artists Protest The War (2003, Atak, --) track: No
- VV.AA. - A Baker's Dozen Part 1 (2004, Adozen, adz001) track: Friday
- VV.AA. - Mutek 04 (2004, Mutek_Rec, MTK04) track: 1/4 (w/ Magali Babin)
- VV.AA. Spellewauerynsherde, Interpretations Various & Sundry (2005, TRANS>PARENT RADIATION, TRANS001) track: Spelle [i8u] 1570-1 In Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) III. 594 For Vppyng Ye Swannes And Wynteryng Them .xxiijs.
- VV.AA. - Keeping The Neighbors Up All Night (2006, Pertin_nce, Pertin_05) track: Felt Not Heard (w/ Andrew Duke)
- VV.AA. - Extract - Portraits Of Soundartists (2007, Non Visual Objects, nvo 011) track: Steganography
- VV.AA. - Hmmm Remix Compilation (2007, Le Son 666, 666-13) track: Dodecahedron
- VV.AA. - Mutek 10 (2009, Mutek_Rec, MTK10) track: Whispering In Body Language
- VV.AA. - Send + Receive: 10 Years Of Sound (2009, Send + Receive Editions, --) track: (2005)
- VV.AA. - Flowers: Dragon's Eye Fourth Anniversary (2009, Dragon's Eye Recordings, de6006) track: Gallowalking
- VV.AA. - Untitled 10 (The Black Album) (2010, Untitled & After, UA10) tracks: Hovercraft, Hovercraft (Chaircrusher Remix) (w/ Andrew Duke)
- VV.AA. - Michelangelo Antonioni - Trilogy And Epilogue (2010, and/OAR, and/36) track: Untitled
- VV.AA. - 10 (2011, Room40, DRM410) track: Higgs
- Mathon - Terrestre Remixes (2011, Everest Records, ER_DVD_046) track: Sublim (i8u Remix)
- VV.AA. - Iron: Dragon's Eye Sixth Anniversary (2012, Dragon's Eye Recordings, de6010) track: Apophis
Tomas Phillips’ discography:
On Dit
Label: Trente Oiseaux
Cat. #: TOC 033
Format: CD
Release date: 2003
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If Not, Winter
w/ Tobias C. van Veen
Label: and/OAR
Cat. #: and/live 2
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2005
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A Travers Le Bord
w/ Dean King
Label: Non Visual Objects
Cat. #: nvo 007
Format: CD
Release date: 2006
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Anther
w/ i8u
Label: petite sono]
Cat. #: o67
Format: CD
Release date: 2006
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Intermission / Six Feuilles
Label: Line
Cat. #: Line_029
Format: CD
Release date: 2006
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Drink_Deep
Label: Non Visual Objects
Cat. #: nvo 012
Format: CD
Release date: 2007
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Les Mailles
w/ Dean King
Label: Monochrome Vision
Cat. #: mv26
Format: CD
Release date: 2008
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Six Notes
Label: Koyuki
Cat. #: yuki_006
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2009
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Ligne
w/ i8u
Label: Atak
Cat. #: ATAK013
Format: CD
Release date: 2009
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IC
w/ Francisco López
Label: Aural Terrains
Cat. #: TRRN0411
Format: CD
Release date: 03/2010
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Blau
w/ Jason Bivins
Label: Dragon's Eye Recordings
Cat. #: de5029
Format: CD-R
Release date: 06/2010
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Quartet For Instruments
Label: Humming Conch
Cat. #: Conch 007
Format: CD
Release date: 07/2010
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Prosa
w/ Marihiko Hara
Label: Tench
Cat. #: TCH02
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2010
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Vignettes Amplifié
w/ Luigi Turra
Label: Nitkie
Cat. #: patch five
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2011
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Le Goût De Néant
w/ Craig Hilton
Label: absinthRecords
Cat. #: 019
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2011
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Five Transpositions
w/ Kenneth Kirschner
Label: SaD
Cat. #: DQC-1133/SADCD-002
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2013
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Limit_Fold
Label: Line
Cat. #: LINE_076
Format: File, Digital download
Release date: 02/2016
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Chuchoter Pas De Mots
Label: Silentes (Private Sounds)
Cat. #: sps1611
Format: CD
Release date: 08/2016
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Tomas Phillips appears on:
- Hideki Umezawa - Suido-Kan (2012, mOAR, moar4)
Tomas Phillips’ tracks appear on:
- VV.AA. - Extract - Portraits Of Soundartists (2007, Non Visual Objects, nvo 011) track: Each More Melodious Note
- VV.AA. - Victoriaville Matière Sonore (2009, Victo, Victo cd 113) track: white.gray
- VV.AA. - [ parvo ] art (2009, [ parvoart ] recordings, parvo 007) track: Prosa II (w/ Marihiko Hara)
- VV.AA. - Flowers: Dragon's Eye Fourth Anniversary (2009, Dragon's Eye Recordings, de6006) track: Tablature I
- VV.AA. - Michelangelo Antonioni - Trilogy And Epilogue (2010, and/OAR, and/36) track: Untitled
- VV.AA. - Unearthed From Airwaves (2011, IO SOUND – IO/001) track: Flore
- Kenneth Kirschner - Imperfect Forms - The Music Of Kenneth Kirschner Remixed (2014, tokafi, --) track: Budenmayer
Latest releases on Atak:
Ø - Oleva
Cat. #: ATAK012
Format: CD
Release date: 2009
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Keiichiro Shibuya - For Maria
Cat. #: ATAK015
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2009
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Mika Vainio - "Station 15, Room 3.064" Parts 1-5
Cat. #: ATAK014
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2009
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Yasunao Tone - Musica Simulacra
Cat. #: ATAK016
Format: CD + CD-ROM, Box Set
Release date: 01/2011
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Keiichiro Shibuya - ATAK000+
Cat. #: ATAK000+
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2011
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Keiichiro Shibuya + V.A. - Sacrifice: Soundtrack For Seiji “Fish On Land"
Cat. #: ATAK017
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2012
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Keiichiro Shibuya feat. Rina Ohta - Sacrifice
Cat. #: ATAK101
Format: CD
Release date: 01/2012
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