Leimer, K. And Marc Barreca

Leimer, K. And Marc Barreca

Arrhythmian (Immaterial Edition)

Palace Of Lights

Arrhythmian ( Immaterial Edition ) is the louder, higher-resolution, greater dynamic range, pure digital masters manifestation of the vinyl release by K. Leimer and Marc Barreca. (Immaterial Edition) includes three bonus tracks — left off of the vinyl release to provide more space for the bass-dominated grooves. Arrhythmian uses rhythm as texture. The tracks gravitate to concussive and bass voices, high bpm rates, and constantly evolving timbres shaped by granular synthesis, sampling, heavy processing, audio manipulation, rich distortion, and the maximum, compression-free dynamic range. Not suitable for easy listening. “There are moments where the combination of electronics and beats calls a little bit to mind the vocals-free material on Eno's Nerve Net, if pushed to a much more severe and uncommercial extreme. Even that's a stretch, however, when the material so completely inhabits its own realm.” —Textura

Leimer, K. And Marc Barreca

Arrhythmian

Palace Of Lights

For their fifth collaboration Marc Barreca and Kerry Leimer set aside their more abstract creative approaches to composition in favor of basing the music of Arrhythmian on beats. Using rhythm as texture, the tracks gravitate to concussive and bass voices, high bpm rates, and constantly evolving timbres shaped by granular synthesis, sampling, heavy processing, audio manipulation, rich distortion, with the maximum dynamic range vinyl can offer. “We’re always thinking about sound quality, about what’s possible in a recording for vinyl demands a very specific approach. Pitch, dynamics, layering, density all play a more significant role in analog recording and reproduction,” says Leimer, as Barreca continues, “Let’s just say it’s not music you can dance to...” Arrhythmian is released as a double disc vinyl set, produced to safely allow the grooves their maximum possible excursion while giving one’s stylus a rewarding and demanding workout. Marc Barreca and Kerry Leimer have worked on a nearly parallel musical course for more than forty years. Nearly parallel because their musical paths do occasionally cross. First in 1980 with “Four Pages From An Unfinished Novel” on K. Leimer’s first solo album Closed System Potentials. Again during the live performance of Music For Land And Water and for the massive loop piece “Heart Of Stillness” from The Neo-Realist (At Risk) by the virtual group Savant. K. Leimer founded Palace Of Lights in 1979 and has been actively producing music since the mid 1970s. Marc Barreca has created and performed electronic music since the mid-1970s. His 1980...