Product Description

Subtext presents Clear Stones, the first meeting between two distinct voices from New Zealand. In a unique collaboration, Maori sound artist Rob Thorne (Ngati Tumutumu) and Berlin-based electronic composer Fis dismantle boundaries in space, time, and genre, juxtaposing Thorne‘s living, breathing practice with the weight of modern sound systems.

Since his debut on Tri Angle Records in 2013, Fis has released a string of acclaimed albums, including his Subtext debut From Patterns to Details in 2016, ending up in end-of-year lists at both FACT magazine and The Quietus. Starting with Thorne‘s taonga puoro recordings, Fis sculpts bold new settings for the music, mired in deep bass and vast synthetic tones, at times pushing Thorne‘s wood, stone, and bone into total transformative saturation. The conversation that emerges between these two artists encompasses technology and nature, computers and physical instruments, historical narrative and the present, perceived secularity and sacredness, framing them all as aspects of one single, conscious whole.

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  Tor 201

  FIS & ROB THORNE

  Tor 201
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  Front Ear

  FIS & ROB THORNE

  Front Ear
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  Wooden Lung

  FIS & ROB THORNE

  Wooden Lung
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  Glurn Herrin

  FIS & ROB THORNE

  Glurn Herrin
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  Whakauruuru

  FIS & ROB THORNE

  Whakauruuru
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  Phase Transition

  FIS & ROB THORNE

  Phase Transition