parabola - loopholds one hour (2018)

parabola loopholds one hour

i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi

the extended one hour versions of loopholds i-vi.

all files composed and produced by parabola.
extended one hour versions mixed in march, 2018.
catalogue number: yor-22x



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parabola - loopholds (1998-2018)

parabola loopholds

i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi

around 1977, i came to know about 1min/3min looped cassette tape, and got the idea of playing numbers of looped sound endlessly at the same time. but, it was too difficult to prepare the looped cassette tapes and the players, i couldn't complete this idea. This time, i tried the similar idea with audio editor software on computer.

all files composed and produced by parabola.
recorded in tokyo, saitama, new york, february 1998 - march 2018.
mixed in july, 2007 - march, 2018.
catalogue number: yor-22

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parabola - t2k (1999)

parabola t2k

01. fold
02. mesh
03. beat
04. pass
05. root

began as a part of the work which is called tonebox (1998-), and turned into the work for year 2000 (tone 2000 - t2k is taken from y2k). using sounds which are made of frequency modurated sine waves. they are based on 2hz, 20hz, 200hz and 2,000hz. four tunes are remixes from root (the duration is 21'20").

tone 2000 generated by parabola, february-october, 1999.
catalogue number: yor-7

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parabola - fragmentator (1996-1999)

parabola fragmentator

01-99. fragmentator

saving or deleting files on the computer disk again and again, causes the fragmentation: the files and the vacant part of the disk break into small-fragments.
fragmentator is a simulation of this "fragmentation" on 99 odd sound fragments (including the blank parts). 99 is the limit of file number with audio cd. each file for mp3 version is made with the same duration. random (shuffle) playback is recommended.

all files composed and produced by parabola.
recorded and fragmentated in september/1996-march/1999,
re-sectioned and divided into mp3 files in may/2006.
catalogue number: yor-6.

fragmentator was originally released on compact disc recordable: yor-6 on 27.03.99.

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parabola - rotoratic (1996-1997)

parabola rotoratic

i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii

the title of rotoratic is made from a word: rotor.
the image of rotor comes from the cycles of audio noise loops and sound effects.

all files composed and produced by parabola, december/1996-april/1997.
catalogue number: yor-5

rotoratic i, iii, v & vi were originally released on compact cassette tape: yot-5 on 15.04.97.

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parabola - microphony (1996)

parabola microphony

i, ii, iii, iv

the title of microphony is taken from a technical term for sound feedback. these compositions do not come from this technique, but the image of it. a promotion version of microphony i is joined with the tape of maxmin vol.9.

all files composed and produced by parabola, january, 1996. catalogue number: yor-2.

microphony i and iv were originally released on compact cassette tape: yot-2 on 22.01.96.



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