double cassette box – Corvo

The Asocial Telepathic Ensemble is a collective founded in 2021 during the Covid-19 lockdowns. For their first release, founding members Alessandra Eramo and Brandon LaBelle, are joined by James Webb, Florence Cats, Lucia Udvardyova, Ambra Pittoni, Ines Lechleitner, Korhan Erel, Israel Martinez, Thea Farhadian and Ricarda Denzer. On March 21st, 2021, all eleven individuals simultaneously turned on their recording devices for fifteen minutes in a global recording session, documenting their thoughts, habits and audio surroundings. No changes were made during the editing phase: the various compositions were untouched, an intimate act but also one of collective presence and a poetic declaration of how art never becomes extinct, especially in moments of difficulty, it finds a way to affirm new spaces of hope. Self-isolation and the erosion of normal habits due to the pandemic has obviously influenced the tone of this collection, however, this does not affect too much the self-reflective vocation of the individual works. Four tracks are left ‘raw’, while the remaining ones have had more voices and electronic and acoustic instruments added. Corvo Records is not new to publishing unusual and conceptual works: sound poetry and improvisation releases are typical of this label. For this release, label owner Wendelin Büchler has contributed a unique artwork and everything is packaged in an elegant pink box with two cassettes. The hypothetical ability to communicate with the mind has never been scientifically proven, but here any rational intent is relegated thanks to the desire of a special community of artists and audio experimenters to connect and to share.

 

The Asocial Telepathic Ensemble – The Asocial Telepathic Ensemble