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fon​é​tica

by Stop, Look, Listen

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Fonética is the study of how humans produce and combine the individual sounds of speech​ to create meaning in language.

The samples for this album come from video recordings of 1960’s and 70’s French yé-yé, Brazilian tropicália, Italian pop, bossa-nova, jazz, disco, and classical, mixed with modern sounds and beats.

These video samples are sliced up and played back with a live-video instrument. I’ve broken up words and melody into syllables and short phonetic segments, and have rearranged them to affect their meaning. These visual performances are layered together to produce video and audio for each track on the album. (If you’re already here listening, then please check out the videos too 😀)

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More on the inspiration for this project…

One of my favourite groups from the late 1990’s is Coldcut, a groundbreaking duo who pioneered trip-hop and EDM, and went on to found Ninja Tune records. At the time, Coldcut were performing an innovative audiovisual show: many artists incorporate visuals into their live performances, but Coldcut was actually playing and manipulating short video samples that made up the elements of their music, creating a live multimedia event.

Another major influence from that era is Boards Of Canada, who made music that mixed hip-hop beats with samples from 1970’s electronic music, old analog synths, and clips from TV and documentaries from that period. These elements combined to make timeless music that was both modern and nostalgic.

I’ve always felt that an interesting video can change the experience of listening to music. When Coldcut performed their AV sampling in their live shows, the visuals were an essential piece of the performance, and seeing it played live was a powerful experience. When I was considering this project, I knew I wanted to incorporate some of this, so that music and video would be created live at the same time.

But I also wanted to attempt a little of what Boards had done, to create a more timeless sound by mixing music from the past with contemporary ideas. Most of my samples represent my own nostalgia for international, jazz, and pop music of the 1960’s and 70’s. I hope that some sense and style of the older music can still be felt.

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released January 1, 2024

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Stop, Look, Listen makes electronic music and videos.
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