Published
Tue, Aug 6, 2019, 23:00
- The hour-long full-length was crafted using Stefan Goldmann's 2013 LP, Ghost Hemiola.
New York City-based experimental turntablist and sound artist Maria Chavez will release a new album, "Plays" (... Stefan Goldmann's 'Ghost Hemiola'), via Macro on September 20th.
Chavez has been active since the early '00s, but "Plays" (... Stefan Goldmann's 'Ghost Hemiola') is "her first continuous full-length audio work," according to the press release. The label, run by Stefan Goldmann and Finn Johannsen, refers to "Plays" as a "mix CD that doesn't feature any tracks... a remix of a work whose original doesn't feature recorded sound."
The experimental artist created "Plays" using a gifted copy of Goldmann's 2013 LP, Ghost Hemiola, a record that consists of 132 blank locked grooves meant to be altered using knives or other tools. Chavez used the blank locked grooves and vinyl to showcase the processes she's been honing as an abstract turntablist for over 15 years. The end result "employs digital processes extensively, zooming into minute details of sound and the artifacts of both mediums, the tangible vinyl record and disembodied digital audio."
Macro, who also released Ghost Hemiola, will release Chavez's full-length as a CD and digital download.
Back in 2017, we profiled Maria Chavez for our variety podcast, The Hour.
Tracklist
01. "Plays" (... Stefan Goldmann's 'Ghost Hemiola')
Macro will release "Plays" (... Stefan Goldmann's 'Ghost Hemiola') on September 20th, 2019.
