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genre / style : instrumental, electronic, lounge, ambient, contemporary, experimental, clicks & cuts, cinematographic, electro-acoustic ...
moods : melancholy, eerie, lyrical, nocturnal, subtle, hypnotic, laid-back, jazzy, mellow, trippy, etheral, enigmatic, ambiguous, soulful ...
curd duca´s music is based on warm, natural sounds - acoustic instruments, orchestras, vocals, noise, bird calls, et. al. -
that are dis-covered, cut-up and re-contextualized ("cut-up artist" - spin magazine).
he creates atmospheric soundscapes with deconstructed fragments of popular music (and our collective (sub)_consciousness)
by exploring their sonic / auratic qualities and transforming them into collages of electronic abstraction.
for the most part, no beats are added - rhythmic structures are generated from fluctuations within the sound
that get re-enforced by hand-tweaked loops or micro-cuts or real-time improvisation with parameters of granular synthesis.
BBC excerpt of curd duca´s performance at DONAUESCHINGEN music festival 2016 ...
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waves
1 (magazine.mu,
2020)
gong / satori / oui / avant org / DX7
angel
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2020, after a long break from the studio, duca has released a new album - "waves 1", the first part of a trilogy - available at https://curdduca.bandcamp.com (LP / CD / download)
these new recordings take up the thread of his critically acclaimed CD-series "easy listening 1 - 5" and "elevator 1 - 3".this time around, there are longer pieces with fewer cuts, most of which share a modern / classical sentiment, with open rhythms, "orchestral" depth, lucid melodies, fanfares, voices, bells ... and space ...
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elevator
3 (mille plateaux,
2000) faith / mid a4 / slip & slide
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elevator
2 (mille
plateaux, 1999) dusty / jazz ride / supercussion
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elevator
1 (mille
plateaux, 1998)
country / swamp / goddess / snake hi
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switched-on
wagner (mille
plateaux, 1996)
air /
echo / pulse / nervous / walküre ...
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the best of easy listening 1 - 5 (2-CD set, kava, 2012) - an anthology of psycho-analytical elevator music / 84 tracks / 123 min 31 sec
25 years later, duca´s classic early works still sound surprisingly timeless.
we see the formation of an open
concept
that was to
be
taken into more
experimental realms
in his
"elevator" series.
sometimes scratchy and
verging on the atonal, with
duca´s signature transitions and contrasts.
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easy
listening 5 (normal,
PDN 1997) bounty, wilson, bax ...
easy
listening 4 (normal,
1997)
bird, bam boo, tristano ...
easy
listening 3 (normal,
1994) moon bossa, manson chainsaw, feedback ...
easy
listening 2
(normal, 1993)
arp hall, tec, sunset ...
easy
listening 1
(normal, 1991)
loop voix, bird, wasser ...
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curd duca´s music can be also found on the following compilations :
modulation & transformation 3 and 4 (mille plateaux)
clicks & cuts (mille plateaux)
the wire tapper 5 (wire magazine, london)
the eclectic sound of vienna 2 (spray)
mind the gap vol 20 (gonzo circus)
in memoriam – max brand (rhiz)