{"product_id":"michael-anklin-mekonium","title":"Michael Anklin - Mekonium","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 12\" Vinyl\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: SAIS002\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 25 Mar 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Ambient\/Drone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1. CHIAROSCURO\u003cbr\u003e A2. HAGNECK\u003cbr\u003e A3. OKAPI\u003cbr\u003e B1. RUBA\u003cbr\u003e B2. EXON\u003cbr\u003e B3. ZYMOSIS\u003cbr\u003e B4. PYTHIA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMekonium is Michael Anklin’s solo debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is a drummer, electronic musician and producer living in Switzerland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo expand his sound spectrum, he uses field recordings, analog synthesizer, tape machines, as well as self-constructed instruments and sound objects. His sound is characterized by prepared acoustic drums, various objects and sound manipulations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnklin collaborates with artists such as Dim Grimm, Kilchhofer, Janiv Oron and Wordcolour. He is one of the founding members of the open structured band «UFO» and the science-fiction ritual band «Liebeslied». He produces music for theater, dance and sound installations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by the pureness of ritual and traditional music, Mekonium sounds like a documentation of a fictional ceremony. Topics such as temporal consciousness, minimalism and anti-virtuosity as well as sounds barely perceptible by our auditory system influenced the production process Drones, soundscapes and slowly morphing repetitive patterns establish a state of time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo represent the concept of reduction, each track starts off with a single instrument or sounding object on which the composition slowly started to grow. Like grapes fermented into wine, acoustic sounds developed into different sound manipulations, still preserving the „taste“ of the original sound sources. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Tracks „Exon“ and „Zymosis“ contain a musical deconstruction of Lucas Rössner’s bassoon. Sounds from the Instrument were dissected with different types of microphones and rejoined into a collage. Hagneck, a hydroelectric powerplant next to Lake Biel was stocked with a number of contact microphones resulting in a huge powerful drone which built the fundament of the track. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMekonium deals with the feeling, condition and dilation of time. Musical fragments are played simultaneously at different speed, acoustic sounds were frozen, deformed, stretched and rearranged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCREDITS\u003cbr\u003eWritten and Produced by Michael Anklin\u003cbr\u003e Bassoon (B2, B3) by Lucas Rössner \u003cbr\u003e Mastered and Cut by Noel Summerville \u003cbr\u003e Final Mix and Artwork by Benjamin Kilchhofer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sais Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41391643951260,"sku":"SAIS002","price":23.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/unnamed_3087c0eb-634f-42bf-a4db-f9a9321000ef.jpg?v=1643891624","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/michael-anklin-mekonium","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}