Steve Roden - Winter Couplet (New Plastic Music, 2002)

1 Winter Couplet (25:16)

Réalisé pour une installation, 'Winter couplet' a «utilisé deux petites tasses à thé comme sources sonores de départ. Le son était diffusé sur de petits haut-parleurs installés dans des tubes en carton. Fin, délicat et simple.
Sub Rosa

Steve Roden's Winter Couplet is a 25-minute single-track recording that uses the sounds of tea cups (as chimes) as a source. By mixing and sampling repetitive tones, Roden has created a sound collage symphony that is engaging and romantic. The instructions read to play softly or at a low volume - but even at full throttle the effect is effervescent. The cover artwork includes two watercolor illustrations depicting couples - one of two cylinders with tiny speakers at the bottom pointing upward and the other is of two different color cups and presumably an instrument similar to a drumstick. These are reflective of the materials used by Roden in the creation of his often organic sound works. Winter Couplet was inspired by the work of architect Shigeru Ban. Simplicity and beauty, sparse and zen.
Igloo Magazine

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