29
May
Minimal States
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Thomas Carter has yet another musical project called Minimal States, where he explores ambient soundscapes based on collected samples and field recordings.
‘Like A Photograph‘ is the first set of a trilogy that Thomas intends to release on test tube.
This first work is heavily based on samples taken from the well known Fm3 Buddha Machine and CC field recordings taken from the Quiet American website. With 15 minutes spent with each piece - ‘Circadian Rhythms’ and ‘Stereopsis’ - Minimal States embraces the full spectrum of landscape generative ambient in its true form.
The second album in the trilogy is ‘Liberty Hoax’. Firmly based in the urban, developed and political world, far from the timelessness of the forest and natural world of the first album, it examines the vast, densely populated spaces of the inner-city and the physical and cultural wastelands that surround it.
Moreover, the album is concerned with the place of the individual amongst the masses, and with the concept of identity itself in a world where companies and the State have ever-increasing powers to access and regulate personal data. The album questions whether personal freedom is still a priority for governments and legislators, or if it is now merely a glass wall, a façade, or a mirage that will vanish when approached
Download the first part here and the second here.
Excerpts:
- from Like A Photograph
- from Liberty Hoax
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