lethe
catastrophe point #7 & #8 - special edition
ib003ltd - 2cd set - 2010
edition of 100
-
north america $60.00
europe etc. $68.00
disc one - catastrophe point #7 - 50.50
sound materials recorded at arsenic: lausanne, switzerland
2004.10.21 - 11.28
disc two - catastrophe point #8 - 58.00
sound materials recorded at ex power station : edinburgh, scotland
2006.10.23 - 10.28
(catastrophe point #7 excerpt)
special edition of 100 including:
standard edition (3-panel letterpress sleeve by ben owen, assembled by invisible birds)
liner notes by giancarlo toniutti, letterpress printing by ben owen
handmade booklet with photos by kuwayama kiyoharu
letterpress numbering card with super 8 film shot by kuwayama kiyoharu
all enclosed in horse-hair fabric in a hand-made box
all compositions by lethe
photos by kuwayama kiyoharu
sleeve design by invisible birds & kuwayama kiyoharu
letterpress printing by ben owen at
middle press
, brooklyn
liner notes by giancarlo toniutti
liner notes written and designed by giancarlo toniutti
printed by tarrl morley at suspiracle press
invisible birds continues lethe's catastrophe point series with a 2cd set which includes 2 recordings in his
series, one recorded in switzerland in 2004 and the other recorded in scotland in 2006.
lethe's series take place in abandoned industrial sites, using drones, chains, an occasional instrument, objects
found in the space, but most importantly the resonant qualities of the space.
the wire magazine explained this series "the music sounds like it's taking place in a vast, pitch black aircraft
hangar of the soul".
yannick dauby said ""these are kiyoharu's obsessive abstractions dealing with physical substance and volume".
the packaging for this release was done in collaboration with kiyoharu kuwayama and letterpress printer ben owen
with the hope of achieving something that reflects the beauty and intensity of the work.
lethe:
[l.
lēthē
, a use of gr.
ληθη
forgetfulness, f.
ληθ
,
ablaut-var. of
λαθ
, root of
λανθαυεσθας
to forget.
in gr.
ληθη
is not the name of the river, though it occurs
as a personification; the river is
ληθης
'water of lethe'].
1.
gr. myth.
a river in hades, the water of which produced,
in those who drank it, forgetfullnes of the past. hence,
the 'waters of oblivion', or forgetfullness of the past.
¶2. [?influenced by
l. lēt(h)um.
] death.
rare
.
3.
atrib.
and
comb.
, as
lethe-flood
,
lake
,
wharf
;
lethe-wards
adv.
(oed definition)
reviews: (forthcoming)
