General Audio is the collaborative album between Dutch producers and composers Alber Van Abbe and Jochem Paap (Speedy J). It will be out on September 23rd via Avian. According to the press release, Recorded at Willem Twee studios in Den Bosch, ‘General Audio’ explores a unique and esoteric approach to sound creation. Using test and measure equipment from the 1950’s, originally designed for the maintenance of various audio and radio transmitters, van Abbe and Paap create otherworldly walls of sound and dense rhythmic abstractions with an early form of synthesis. Rudimentary signals are combined and processed before being committed to tape via mic’s set up to capture the Willem Twee studio’s unique acoustics. The equipment itself predates the invention of the analog, modular synthesizers developed in the 70’s that are now commonplace in many studios.
Check the first excerpt below.