Black Immure {music from the Casa de Serralves in twelve phases}

by Janek Schaefer

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	1.	Black Immure 01 00:48
	2.	Black Immure 02 03:11
	3.	Black Immure 03 06:43
	4.	Black Immure 04 04:43
	5.	Black Immure 05 09:03
	6.	Black Immure 06 06:21
	7.	Black Immure 07 05:00
	8.	Black Immure 08 05:37
	9.	Black Immure 09 08:32
	10.	Black Immure 10 06:42
	11.	Black Immure 11 02:09
	12.	Black Immure 12 01:23

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For this album, I spent 3 days collecting, manipulating, and editing sounds found in and around the Casa de Serralves and the Museu de Arte Contemporanea Serralves, Portugal. The Casa is located in the museums landscaped gardens and had a superb natural reverb.

For the concert this material was performed and combined with locally purchased ‘Portuguese’ vinyl and recordings made using their Steinway piano. During the performance I physically 'played' the building by slowly winding down the enormous shutters and windows to envelop the audience in darkness. ‘Immure’ means to enclose within walls, to incarcerate.

Towards the end of the concert I opened the terrace shutters and doors behind me as a sound reactive light installation cast shadows and light into the interior. I ended by running out into the moonlit garden away from the villa and audience and vanished, as the final sounds flickered and faded away leaving them in silence, alone.

Commissioned by Pedro Rocha at the Serralves Foundation
Recorded using room microphones and line mix.
Edited and Mastered at the audiOh! Room, London.
Photography captured by Janek in Porto and Havana.
Cover design by M.Behrens with J.Schaefer
Many thanks to everyone at the Serralves Foundation and Sirr.ecords.
Dedicated to Dr. Mary Malecka
[p] sirr.ecords 2002 www.sirr-ecords.com
[c] Janek Schaefer 2002 www.audiOh.com

Twilight Concert
Casa de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
29th June 2002

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released December 31, 2002

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Janek Schaefer England, UK

Sound Artist, Entertainer, Professor, Janek Schaefer trained as an Architect at the Royal College of Art, where he developed his focus on the relationship between sound, space and place. He has exhibited & performed in 30 countries worldwide, from The Tate Modern to The Sydney Opera House. The Bluecoat gallery exhibited a Retrospective of his career in 2009, & has released 39 album projects. ... more

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