Label: Korm Plastics

過去にはJim O'Rourkeも参加、1983年からDaniel Burkeを中心に不定形実験プロジェクトとして動いているIllusion Of Safety。90年代中期に制作されていながら、様々な偶然が重なり眠ったままになっていたという古い音源[Pastoral]が初作品化。まさにジャケットイメージにハマる、この人物の有機的な音楽性で統一された内容となっており、半ばフィールドレコーディング(?)とも言える風景的な音配置が美しい。実際には楽器、物音、エレクトロニクスの集積ですが、抜群のセンスで聴かせる高内容作。







While Korm Plastics publishes books these days, this is a surprise CD only release. We sent him this demo in 2011 & we all forgot about it. Pastoral is a welcome edition to the catalog showcasing a less aggressive stance from the project, a more organic subdued presentation, sounds to make a clearing, & open space. The recordings history is a bit blurred now but it is very likely tracks 1, 2, 3, & 5 are Kurt Griesch and Daniel Burke, post 1995 tour work. Track 4 uses an instance of Reaktor 5 VCS-3 software emulation.

Illusion of Safety
Since 1983, Daniel Burke and his many conspirators under the Illusion Of Safety banner have over the course of 40+ full length releases traversed most every facet of the avant sound plane, from early industrial pop deconstruction to blindingly minimal sound art to densely surreal found-sound collage, each unique approach bending and reconstituting the expectations and possibilities of each realm, creating uneasy music that is dense and dystopian and yet also beautiful. Performing over 300 live concerts throughout Europe and the states included No Fun 2008, the Wroclaw Industrial Music Festival 2009, Sonic Circuits in 2010, with Shen Wei Dance Arts in 2011 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, and at the Crisis Data Transfer Pre-Party October 2023. Outside of IOS Burke has collaborated with Jim O’Rourke, Jon Mueller, Randy Greif, Darin Gray, Z’EV, Cheer-Accident, Thomas Dimuzio, Kevin Drumm, Bill Horist, and others.