Stereoscopic Poincaré

Description

Stereoscopic Poincaré

A beautifully hand-crafted box set produced by Telekinett in collaboration with Anterior Research Recordings for the 9 Beet Stretch 2.0 fundraiser.

Stereoscopic Poincaré: The Labyrinth of Solitude, is a 1-hour journey that explores the unbearable lightness of being, featuring Noble Award winner Octavio Paz.

The original, 7 minute version was first featured on The Anti Group’s now out-of-print 2020 release, Organ Needles.

What’s in the box?

Presented here on two CDs and in uncompressed form on a 2GB UDP/USB chip card. Featuring two deconstructed mixes by Mauricio Reyes (Robol/Cycom) and Adi Newton (Clock DVA/The Anti Group), both comprised of five movements, and clocking in at 1-hour plus. Features rare archival recordings of poetry read by Octavio Paz.

CD 1

MAURICIO REYES – Absolute Soledad Mix

Movement I – Birth
Movement II – My Mother
Movement III – Leaving Home
Movement IV – Violent Poetry
Movement V – The Lightness of Being

Total Time: 1:15:00

CD 2

ADI NEWTON – Labyrinthian Rekonstructed RMX

Movement I – The Opening
Movement II – Enigma
Movement III – The Centre / Sentor
Movement IV – Daedalus
Movement V – To Converse With God

Total Time: 58:18

Please note: These are professionally screen-printed CD-Rs.
They were encoded at DiscMakers USA using the most advanced replication services. The result is a pristine duplicate that matches the original digital sources bit-by-bit.

– An official letter from Mauricio Reyes & Adi Newton

– “Lost in the Labyrinth” A booklet with detailed descriptions of compositions for each track and artworks.

– 4 Chromalin Prints

These beautiful frameable prints are the first international release of a series of paintings by Mauricio Reyes, part of the forthcoming “Electroacoustic Abstractionism” Art movement created by Mauricio Reyes.

1. The Night
2. The Sea Inside
3. Lost in Dreams
4. The Labyrinth of Solitude

Technical Data:

Mr. Paz reads from his following works: Aguila o sol?, Semillas para un himno, Salamandra, and Piedra del sol.

Contributor Names: Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998.
Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (Library of Congress)

Created / Published: 1961.

Notes

– Prose and poems in Spanish.
– Recorded Mar. 23-24, 1961, at the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
– Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape.
– Archive of Hisp. Lit. on Tape, p. 375-377.
– Preservation master. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1973 or 74. 2 sound tape reels: analog, 7 1/2 IPS, full track, mono. ; 10 in.
– Production level cataloging.

Medium

2 sound tape reels (ca. 97 min.): analog, 7 1/2 IPS, full track; 10 in.
Call Number/Physical Location
RAA 42193-42194 (original — not for playback)
LWO 3289 reels 1-2 (preservation master)

With permission from the US Library of Congress.

For more information on this release or the 9 Beet Stretch 2.0 Meta Tones project, please visit 9beet2.com.