Bestiary by Robert Rich

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Ambient | Experimental

8 tracks | 53 minutes

Released Sep 2006
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This musical bestiary maps a perplexing mindscape, shapeshifting organisms painted in sound, a sonic surrealism. Rhythmic, energetic, bizarre and very glurpy.

Editorial review

Thematically, Robert Rich's Bestiary seems to consist of some kind of otherworldly, almost animalistic electronic ambience, with titles like "Dante's Anthromorphic Zoo," "Mentis Intentions," and "Sharpening Her Talons." This work is strange contextually, both from the standpoint of Robert Rich's previous work as well as other electronic music; nevertheless, though, this is a strangely evocative and emotive recording. One of the things that's really distinct about this recording is Robert Rich's use of the MOTM modular synthesizer, which brings an almost Kraftwerkian machine-like aesthetic to this work, an aesthetic that Robert Rich's work really hasn't had in the past; in fact, his work has always been quite organic whether he was working in an ethno-tribal idiom or more of an experimental idiom. Robert Rich's Bestiary is certainly a new chapter in his book of artistry. This is an interesting recording that reveals a more experimental side of Robert Rich's work. ~ Matt Borghi, All Music Guide

Bio / Background

Bestiary

Medieval bestiaries depicted strange and mysterious creatures, allegories from distant new lands filled with wonders. Today, these new worlds lie inwards; so this musical bestiary maps a perplexing mindscape, shapeshifting organisms painted in sound, a sonic surrealism. Like the liquid forms that populate the paintings of Yves Tanguy or Joan Miró, each sonic event takes on the qualities of a living thing; yet each appears evanescent, unnameable and foreign.

Bestiary is rhythmic, energetic, bizarre and very glurpy. It's filled with mutated electronic textures from the MOTM analog modular synthesizer, granular synthesis, chaotic feedback systems and formant filtering, and peppered with twisted contributions from Forrest Fang, Andrew McGowan, and Haroun Serang. Cover art is by John Bergin.

Recording Notes:

Many of the sounds on Bestiary come from the MOTM modular synthesizer by Synthesis Technology.