Dust Theories

Kim Cascone - Dust Theories

CD released in 2001

Kim Cascone created ambient-techno soundscapes in the early 1990s then turned to creating abstract microsound glitch soundscapes in the 2000s. Cascone created the pieces on Dust Theories (released in 2001) with Max/MSP, Pluggo VST plug-ins and Soundhack. The remixes (tracks 4 & 5) also were made with Max/MSP patches and other software.

Background of Cascone using the liner notes as a reference:

Kim Casone received an education in electronic music in the 1970s at the Berklee College of Music, New School in New York City. In the 1980s, he moved to the west coast to become an audio technician and had a job as Assistant Music Editor with David Lynch for Twin Peaks and Wild at Heart. He founded the electronic music label, Silent Records. In the 1990s, Cascone no longer worked on film projects. He shifted his focus on producing and releasing music on Silent Records. In the late 1990s, he did sound design for Thomas Dolby's company Headspace and also had a job as content director for Staccato Systems.
He has worked and performed with Keith Rowe, Peter Rehberg, Oval, Scanner, Carsten Nicolai, Doug Aitken and David Toop among others.
He has performed at the International Computer Music Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, New Forms Series in Leipzig, Lovebytes festival in the UK, Micro 2 Mutek in Montreal, Transmissions Festival in North Carolina, Pukkelpop in Belgium, Tate Modern in London among other places.
He has given lectures on post-digital music at Tate Modern, Mediamatic (Amsterdam), Museum of Contemporary Art (Denver, Colorado) and Refrains (Vancouver).
He has co-founded the microsound list and written for Computer Music Journal and Artbyte.

Tracklisting:

1. Dust Theories 1 {20:45}

2. Dust Theories 2 {19:19}

3. Edgeboundaries123 {6:26}

4. Edgeboundaries123 (ben.sampl~ mix by Ben Nevile) {4:38}

5. ResidueBondage (DJ4'33" anagram mix by DJ4'33") {10:02}

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