MIRANDE, CHRISTIAN - Thracian Summer

Time takes its time to get here. Watching it pass requires patience and real observation, unencumbered by motivation or prompt. Vitrine is proud to announce Thracian Summer, the watershed new release by Philadelphia-based artist Christian Mirande. The hand disappears to reveal gesture, gesture disappears. Mirande discloses things hidden in slantwise language through an apocalypse of studied sequence. Sounds possess unhurried confidence in both space and incident. Echo builds to physical swirl reminiscent of nothing less than Ferial Confine. Mirandes use of modular synthesis and unprocessed field recordings fall into black holes of logic - the manner in which an artist shows himself in the world without oppressing himself upon nature. An organics of intention set these tracks apart from other releases utilizing the tools on the table. Narrative doesnt arise over these two sides- an emotional mimesis is driven to exist. John Hudak joins Sean Dower and John Mylotte after curfew at an industrial yard in Derwenthaugh on the river Tyne. Automobiles and pedestrians in Seoul. Bad radio in public spaces. Mirande arrives at decisions through living rather than emulation of formula. Vitrine has been shaped in no small part due to the personal and professional influence of artists like Christian Mirande and there is no better way to inaugurate 2016 than with this cassette- a resounding, mature statement. A pleasure in and of itself. Limited to 100 copies. Sold out at source. - Vitrine.\r\n