[Af_List] FW - announcing the twilight drone - Johannes Contag piece

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> hi AFers,
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> -- shameless self-promotion follows: --
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> as some of you know, i don't only play in various bands and  
> projects and
> record their albums (currently Bad Statistics and Jay Clarkson), i  
> also
> sporadically release slow-arse electronic/instrumental music under the
> SLEEPYTIME moniker ("you are feeling sleepy" in 96/99,  
> "schlafwandler" in
> 03). the original aim of Sleepytime was to create some music that is
> genuinely good to go to sleep to (anyone remember the frazzled come- 
> down
> after all-night dance parties in the 90s?), or that at least creates a
> profoundly calm atmosphere. many of the Sleepytime pieces are  
> unashamed
> tributes to Brian-Eno-style ambient music - a love affair with long
> consonant tones from analog synths and filters and processed acoustic
> instruments.
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> while the first two albums consisted of more or less song-length  
> pieces,
> this new release - THE TWILIGHT DRONE - is the most hardcore  
> minimal, with
> just the titular 50-minute piece. also, rather than just being a  
> music album
> like the last two, The Twilight Drone is in fact an ambient music  
> film! i've
> been pondering the possibilities of a joint film/soundtrack release  
> for a
> while (after plenty of live soundtracking experience with  
> Cloudboy), so this
> is a bold new step in that direction - where i make the film as  
> well as the
> music. i won't give away the details of the film, except to say  
> that its
> working title was "triangles in the snow", it revolves around three  
> figures,
> and it is composed and edited much like an ambient music recording.  
> (for
> further details see
> http://events.filmarchive.org.nz/event.php? 
> eventInstanceID=4137&eventID=913)
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> the joint DVD/CD is in-stores this week, kindly released by Monkey  
> Records,
> and i'll also be presenting two screenings with live music in  
> wellington and
> auckland - this thursday (17th) at the film archive in wellington (7pm
> sharp), and next thursday (24th) at MIC/galatos in auckland as part  
> of the
> "short fuse" experimental film series (doors 7pm, film starts 8pm).  
> do come,
> as these are the only Sleepytime live outings that i've got planned  
> in NZ
> this year! btw. if you're in dunedin, the DVD can be viewed as part  
> of the
> "twilight language" group show currently on at the fringe festival  
> (the name
> coincidence was just too good to resist!).
>
> if you're interested in the DVD but can't find one in-stores,  
> please get in
> touch with me directly. also, please forward this email to whoever  
> you think
> might be interested... sleepytime isn't on myspace or facebook, so i'm
> relying on direct emails and mailing lists for word-of-mouth! all  
> power to
> good-old-fashioned electronic correspondence!
>
> jo
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