L’Emission by Atelier Radiofonico is a new album from the Portugese label Prisma Sonora. Tagging itself as electronic, experimental, library music and future jazz (amongst others) it should appeal to fans of The Heartwood Institute and those original pioneers of early electro and TV music.
The album represents two worlds at once. One on the one hand it celebrates TV show theme tunes and the artificial nature of TV. On the flip side it studiously presents sound recordings of the worlds presented within those TV shows. It accepts that TV is fake, then treats it as real.
‘Telesom’ has glitchy twitches which bely the 1970s sounds on offer, but reinforces the trick of seeing behind the image, but enjoying the image too. Sound and vision are dependent on each other, and the viewer completes the loop.
L’Emission manages to be retro electronica, but operated with the ethos of jazz and field recordings, ‘Studio Murder’ is a prime example of some of the laid back vibes on display, while ‘Portapak’ is interjected by The Ipcress File’s brainwashing noises.
For a world where computers still work on reel to reel tape machines…
But seeing as image is equally important as sound, the cover art of the cassette (tape in motion) tells you everything you need to know about the music within.
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