78 Fragments, by Ko Shin Moon

78 Fragments

by Ko Shin Moon

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1.	L'Offrande 05:48	info
2.	Narayan 04:04	info
3.	Nava 04:53	info
4.	Segah 03:21	info
5.	Devi Sthothra 01:36	info
6.	Sabat Sabing - Les Consonnes 03:35	info
7.	I-XIII 03:01	info
8.	Bayati Chiraz 04:46	info
9.	La Rivière 02:20	info
10.	Gasba 07:42	info
11.	Le Pêcheur 05:57	info

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(en)

At the end of 2018, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Gallica (the digital archive of the Bibliothèque nationale de France), Akuphone and Ko Shin Moon were invited to create a piece from the library’s audio archives. After working on it for several weeks, a first version was presented during the anniversary ceremony. The project continued to develop over four months before arriving at a definitive version.

The scope of the project was limited to audio recordings from the library’s collection that were free of legal restrictions, which meant: only 78 rpm records from the first half of the 20th century. The format is unique, left to specialists and forgotten by listeners and producers. 78 records are almost never used for sampling and it’s this application that makes Ko Shin Moon’s album stand out. Many factors needed to be considered, including white noise, breaths, the harshness of certain frequencies, and the production style from the era of the recordings.

Using these precious resources as a creative tool, Ko Shin Moon made substantial rearrangements, but they forced themselves to respect the original tuning of the recordings by setting their analog synthesizers and instruments to the same microtonality as the records.

Most of the chosen samples were recorded between 1910 and 1940 and came from different parts of the world. These include: North Africa for Gasba and La Rivière The Middle East and Central Asia for Segah, Bayati Chiraz, and Nava, India for Devi Sthothra and Narayan, Mozambique for I-XIII, South Asia for L’Offrande and Sabat Sabing, Japan for Les Consonnes and France for L’Offrande.

“We’re very thankful to have been able to have our work infused with such cultural heritage,” says Ko Shin Moon. “We thank the Bibliothèque nationale de France for their trust and above all, we want to show our respect to the musicians and singers present on these recordings. ”

(fr)

Fin 2018, pour célébrer les 20 ans de Gallica (la bibliothèque numérique de la Bibliothèque nationale de France), Akuphone et Ko Shin Moon ont été invités à réaliser une création en s’appuyant sur son fonds d’archives sonores. Après quelques semaines de travail, une première version a été présentée à la bibliothèque au cours de la cérémonie anniversaire. Le projet a ensuite mûri quatre mois avant d’atteindre sa version définitive.

Le cadre de création s’est limité aux pièces sonores libres de droit : uniquement des enregistrements de la première moitié du XXème siècle et pressés sur 78 tours. Format à part, terrain de spécialistes, quelque peu délaissé par les auditeurs et producteurs, et quasiment jamais utilisé pour le sampling, l’usage du 78 tours fait toute la particularité de l’album. Il a fallu prendre en compte le bruit, le souf e, avec la dureté de certaines fréquences, également l’ancienneté des productions musicales.

Afin d’utiliser ces précieuses ressources comme outil de création, Ko Shin Moon a réalisé un important travail de traitement sonore et d’arrangements, tout en s’efforçant de respecter l’accordage originel des pièces utilisées en réglant synthétiseur analogique et instruments sur la microtonalité en place.

La plupart des samples choisis ont été enregistrés entre 1910 et 1940, et proviennent de différentes régions du monde (Afrique du Nord pour Gasba et La rivière, Moyen-Orient et Asie centrale pour Segah, Bayati Chiraz et Nava, Inde pour Devi Sthothra et Narayan, Mozambique pour I-XIII, Asie du Sud-Est pour L’offrande et Sabat Sabing, le Japon pour Les consonnes, et la France pour L’offrande).

« Nous sommes très reconnaissants d’avoir pu nourrir notre travail d’un tel patrimoine. Nous remercions la BnF pour sa con ance et tenons avant tout à marquer notre respect aux musiciens et chanteurs présents sur ces enregistrements. »

credits

released June 14, 2019

Axel Moon: Bağlama, Guitare, Basse, Oud, Lautar, Synth, Sampler (Ensoniq Asr 10)

Niko Shin: Synth (Prophet V, Mini Moog, Oberheim Two Voice, Six Trak, Cz 101), Sampler (Ensoniq Asr 10)

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Ko Shin Moon Aubervilliers, France

Ko Shin Moon was born in 2017, at a crossroads between traditional Eastern strings and electronic music machines.
Ko Shin Moon create otherworldly, hybrid melodies where
psychedelia meets space disco.

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