Mem1 - +1

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 14 May, 2009.

Mem1 is an artist I'm not familiar with but when we gave their '+1' CD a whirl the other day it sounded rather good. This is the work of Mark Cetillia on electronics and Laura Cetilia on cello and electronics. They use the cello as a source which then becomes manipulated with technology. The range of sounds they achieve is pretty good, ranging from low end hums and drones to less processed string sounds. Each track on the album is a collaboration with a different artist and they've enlisted the talents of Jan Jelinek, Ido Govrin, Area C, RS-232, Frank Bretschneider, Kadet Kuhne, Jen Boyd, Jeremy Drake and Steve Roden. They all bring their own unique touches to the sound. A particular highlight is track 5 with Frank Bretschneider who adds subtle hypnotic rhythms into the mix. Out on Interval Recordings with smart artwork by Erik Skodvin.

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Mem1 (Mark + Laura Cetilia) uses sound as a sculptural material through which listeners' perception of space and time become malleable. In their improvisation-based performances, cello acts as the sole source material that is manipulated in real time using custom hardware and software. Hailing from Los Angeles, Mem1 has traveled extensively, performing at Roulette (NYC), REDCAT / Disney Hall (LA), the Orange County Museum of Art, Electronic Church (Berlin), the Laptopia Festival (Tel-Aviv), the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, and the Borealis Festival (Bergen). In 2007, they were awarded an artist residency at Harvestworks in New York for the creation of a new surround sound piece entitled Sonodendron. They have since taken part in residencies at STEIM (the Netherlands), Kunstenaarslogies (the Netherlands) and USF Verftet (Norway). In 2009, they created a site-specific installation for the Museums of Bat Yam (Israel); their collaborative work with media artists Kadet Kuhne and Liora Belford has been screened and installed at venues including the Sundance Film Festival, Fringe Exhibitions (Los Angeles), and the Hordaland Kunstsenter (Bergen). Their third full-length album, +1, consisting of collaborations between Mem1 and artists such as Steve Roden, Jan Jelenik, and Frank Bretschneider, was released in Spring 2009 by Interval Recordings.

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