We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Archive of Loops_Vol​.​1 (Simulation)

by Teresa Cos

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £6 GBP  or more

     

1.
A 13:07
2.
B 13:07
3.
C 15:06

about

The Archive of Loops is an expanding archive of sound improvisations. Layered rhythmical structures are composed and deconstructed through the use of looper and effect pedals, exploring modes of repetition, accumulation and automatic memory. Each session is unique and archived unedited.

The Archive of Loops_Volumes are compositions made of fragments of the archived sessions, re-explored and manipulated years after they first came to life.

_Vol.1 (Simulation) mimics the restitution of the archive as an audiovisual installation. In this configuration the archive is reproduced in its relative entirety by an algorithm that pseudo randomly skips 31 seconds in 31 seconds within the overall duration. At each interval between sound reproductions– which happen in total darkness– the computer script displays on a blue screen the recording date of the following track fragment. While the content of the archive presents itself as a spontaneous and inconclusive sonic diary, the automated reproduction mimics the behaviour of the average user of the online digital music platform Spotify. Data analysis reveals that 35% of users, a percentage that increases up to 50% with age decrease, skips between songs every less than 30 seconds, hence before a song is counted as a stream and its author granted their share of royalties.

The Archive of Loops has been first presented as an audiovisual installation at Fondazione Baruchello in Rome in 2019.

credits

released February 1, 2019

Part of the sessions of The Archive of Loops Vol.1 were recorded during a residency at WIELS, Brussels.

license

all rights reserved

tags

If you like Teresa Cos, you may also like: