Francisco Lopez - Technocalyps

Continuing his “exploration of the universe of broad-band noise from the real world”, Francisco López delivers his latest tour de force, the original soundtrack to the film “Technocalyps” by Frank Theys. TechnoCalyps is a documentary in three parts on ‘Transhumanism’, which deals with the subject of human beings no longer being the driving force of civilization. Director Frank Theys raises the question of  whether we are prepared to accept the prospect that humanity is not  the end of evolution. Francisco López’ soundtrack  ompliments the film wonderfully. Anybody familiar with the sound art of the composer will understand why this is a sensible pairing. Francisco’s ability to utilize everyday sounds that most people barely even notice, and transform them into sound art  is quite astonishing. The original soundtrack opens with an intro that is based on repetitious industrial sounds that bring to mind heavy machinery heard  from a distance. It is much more difficult to discern Lopez' source material on this release than on many of his previous works. While the recording features his trademark ebb and flow of quiet passages leading through crescendo to louder climaxes, the industrial nature of  “TechnoCalyp”, makes it more difficult to absorb than many of his recordings centered on environmental recordings. The sound  experience found on this latest recording can be compared somewhat to Lopez's  highly regarded “Buildings (New York)” which  features recordings of  the actual sounds of the buildings themselves. This is Alien8’s sixth release with Francisco López and is packaged in a  full color digipak featuring stills of the film “Technocalyps”. track listing: 01. Intro (3:05) 02. Brain research (1:49) 03. Genetic engineering (4:46) 04. Robots and cyborgs (12:40) 05. Organic and non-organic intelligence (9:27) 06. Uploading human spirit to cyberspace (2:19) 07. Nanotechnology (6:00) 08. Epilogue and end titles (3:59) 09. Jumping Jesus (4:28) 10. God-like machines / techno-apocalypse (11:30) 11. The amish (1:56) 12. Outer space (2:47) 13. Life extension (1:15) 14. Cryonics (2:50) 15. End titles (4:58)

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