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The Audio Foundation, in association with Liquid Architecture, is proud to present one of the leading artistic voices in contemporary electronic music, the master of mastering, Rashad Becker.

With his recent releases, Traditional Music of a Notional Species vol. 1 & 2 , Becker has established himself as a pivotal artistic voice within the current historical moment, carrying the history of electronic music forward into an uncertain present with total mastery. Becker approaches this work in relation to an imagined species, with a dexterity honed over years as engineer for the renowned Berlin mastering studio, Dubplates & Mastering.

Sculpting his sonic pallet for an audience on brink of being and non-being, existing as much in speculation or metaphor as in actual fact, Becker injects a sense molten movement into his compositions, before polishing them to a point where a shimmering impression of an alien alloy is instilled. The resulting music is deeply mysterious, sitting uncomfortably in relation to interpretive absolutes. Wavering between synthetic artifice and the productions of organic, if otherworldly, hands Becker's music is an amalgamation of grotesque, polyphonic sweeps and swells which render notional the profound ecstasy, cathartic practices, and sublime frequencies of humanity’s far-flung traditional musics. Within these shimmering sonic forms, at times recalling bowed surfaces, Becker distills the obsessive timbre of synthesis into pulsing, microtonal drones and the filtered tapping of small handheld drums.

Close listening to this insectoid court-music lays bare the necessarily speculative foundations upon which all new art is founded: the base fact of looking forward, toward a future audience which is yet to exist.

Rashad Becker (Berlin): Aotearoa – NZ Tour 2018

Tickets available from www.UnderTheRadar.co.nz

 Wednesday 25^thApril – Auckland
The Wine Cellar w. Clinton Watkins / 3 Chocolatiers

Thursday 26^th April – Wellington
Meow w. UMU / Pom Pom

Friday 27^th April – Christchurch
darkroom w.  IRD / Smith

Sat 28^th April – Dunedin
The Anteroom w. Kerian Verain / Sewage

More info can be found at www.AudioFoundation.org.nz

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