CASSAUNA
Vertical is Caterina Barbieri's first album released on tape by Important Records’ sub-label Cassauna. Described by Barbieri as a “meditation on primary waveforms and the polyrhythm of harmonics in synthetic sounds”, Vertical is a set of compositions for Buchla Synthesizer 200 and vocals recorded in Stockholm during her studies at the Royal College of Music and the Elektronmusikstudion. Stretching the boundaries between drone, minimalism and techno, Barbieri investigates the polyphonic and polyrhythmic potential of voltage-controlled sequencers to draw severe geometries in time and space.
Vertical is Caterina Barbieri's first album released on tape by Important Records’ sub-label Cassauna. Described by Barbieri as a “meditation on primary waveforms and the polyrhythm of harmonics in synthetic sounds”, Vertical is a set of compositions for Buchla Synthesizer 200 and vocals recorded in Stockholm during her studies at the Royal College of Music and the Elektronmusikstudion. Stretching the boundaries between drone, minimalism and techno, Barbieri investigates the polyphonic and polyrhythmic potential of voltage-controlled sequencers to draw severe geometries in time and space.
RELEASE: OCTOBER 8, 2014
“Vertical reveals the potential present in each singular tone - as well as the movement of a piece as a whole - to envelop the listener with little regard for linear time. Each sound is both a piece of a larger whole - an ever-fluctuating stream of techno-inflected minimalism - and a world unto itself, rich with texture and resonance that draws the listener in with a magnetic pull” (Adhoc Magazine)
