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Mathieu Ruhlmann



Last Updated: 10/27/2009

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Status: Single
City: Vancouver
State: British Columbia
Country: CA
Signup Date: 8/26/2006

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Monday, October 19, 2009 

Current mood:  fascinated
Category: Music
I am very happy to announced the release of 'tsukubai' with bons disc 'funayūrei' on Unfathomless, a new imprint of Mystery Sea. 

It was great working with Daniel again on a release and an honour to start of Unfathomless.  Definitely one to keep a close eye on as it sounds like a lot of great things ahead.

Here is the press info about the release:

U01 | mathieu ruhlmann | tsukubai
format : CD ltd to 200 copies
release year : 2009
length : 34′27
info :
Approached for elaborating an audio-gift on the occasion of close friends’ marriage, and being given a few of their specific interests (of whom, mainly Japanese culture), Mathieu opted for the Nitobe memorial garden in Vancouver as the place to investigate and collect some sound material…
Not very frequented, that garden epitomizes some typical zen values, each element of its scenography/design being symbolic of an idealized conception/representation of Nature…
Spanning a period of two years, and paraphrasing its theme of temporality, passage through time, and the ambiguous question of choice,tsukubai, through its different versions seeped gradually further into the bowels of the place, literally catching the “kami“, which can be translated as the spirit residing in all surrounding natural objects…
this is especially true since Mathieu wanted the final version to be a reflection of his current craze for hydrophone recordings, a most appropriate way of sneaking in, under the surface of things…
tsukubai is a Japanese word for a stone container filled with water strategically placed in front of temples or ritual spaces – literally, “the basin where you lean over”, used for purifying ablutions before performing the tea ceremony… probably an apt metaphor for sharpening perception of an evasive reality…

U01_mathieuruhlmann

U01² | mathieu ruhlmann | funayūrei 
format : CDR ltd to 50 numbered copies
release year : 2009
length : 29′40
info :
funayūrei imbued with the same concern, gives you the opportunity to explore an intermediary state of the tsukubai project… more melodic & structured, perhaps, it’s an attempt to capture the spirit of long faded ghosts, an awakener of memories…

U01²_mathieuruhlmann_bonus_disc

order via Paypal : chalkdc@unfathomless.net
standard (U01) or special edition (U01+U01²) :

U01 – (Europe) : 14 € (inc.postage)
U01 - (World) : 15 € (inc.postage)
U01+U01² – (Europe) : 18 € (inc.postage)
U01+U01² - (World) : 19 € (inc.postag
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Eric Lacombe

 
++ Excellent works !
 
Posted by Eric Lacombe on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 8:09 AM
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