Cabinets de curiosité
Alistair MacDonald
For
MacDonald , staying true to his style was a cabinet de curiosité: “with its ’magic-eye’ tuning indicator and its exotic world of sounds auctioned in hiss and crackle. Language, music and noise combined as I spun the dial.” And so for this albumMacDonald combined sounds that he has collected over the years, into an intriguing whole. — Nieuwe Noten, Netherlands
The music on
Cabinets de curiosité is just as colorful as the gorgeous artwork on the cover — Noise Not Music
- Composer(s): Alistair MacDonald
- Cover image: Shona Barr
- Mastering: Dominique Bassal
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
CD (IMED 18155, 2018)
- 1The Tincture of Physical Things (2000), 13:46fixed medium
- 2Scintilla (2013), 9:00fixed medium
- 3Final Times (1998), 5:04fixed medium
- 4Psychedelian Streams (2004), 8:50fixed medium
- 5Bound for Glory (Postcard from Poland) (2002), 7:28fixed medium
- 6Equivalence (2007), 12:44fixed medium
- 7Wunderkammer (2010), 11:06fixed medium
- Label: empreintes DIGITALes
- IMED 18155
- 2018
- UCC 771028215522
- Total duration: 68:32
- OGpak
- 125 mm × 125 mm × 10 mm
- 50 g
Download (IMED 18155_NUM, 2018)
- This item can be downloaded and/or listened to at empreintesdigitales.bandcamp.com.
- 1The Tincture of Physical Things (2000), 13:46fixed medium
- 2Scintilla (2013), 9:00fixed medium
- 3Final Times (1998), 5:04fixed medium
- 4Psychedelian Streams (2004), 8:50fixed medium
- 5Bound for Glory (Postcard from Poland) (2002), 7:28fixed medium
- 6Equivalence (2007), 12:44fixed medium
- 7Wunderkammer (2010), 11:06fixed medium
- Label: empreintes DIGITALes
- IMED 18155_NUM
- 2018
- UCC 771028215584
- Total duration: 68:32
Liner notes
Cabinets of Curiosity
Wunderkammern or ‘cabinets of curiosities,’ of the 16th and 17th centuries, were fabulous collections of objects brought together, ordered and displayed to inspire curiosity and wonder. They might include religious relics, stuffed birds and animals, shells, artefacts from distant and ancient cultures, mineral and plant specimens, paintings and drawings. In fact, almost anything.
As a small boy, the ‘cabinet of curiosity’ that intrigued me was the large, tabletop radio in our kitchen, with its ‘magic-eye’ tuning indicator and its exotic world of sounds veiled in hiss and crackle. Language, music and noise combined as I spun the dial. Assembled here are some of the sounds I have collected, ordered and displayed in subsequent years.
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Monday, June 10, 2019 / Press
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