Zen Pylon

ZEN PYLON is Dr. Carl Boland - a sound designer, researcher, and musician living in Hikone, Japan. His solo work and collaborations, like Akira Zaiku, are a mix of electroacoustic music, dark ambient, and noise. He makes experimental instruments and likes to work with sounds from open reel tape, radio, modular synths, percussion, and guitars.

He’s produced soundtracks for independent films and television in the U.K and worked as an academic in the fields of music technology, film and cultural studies. As a composer his work spans an eclectic mix of genres, including jazz, trip-hop, ambient and experimental electronica.

"I think more like a sound designer than a musician. I try to create surrealistic sonic landscapes that evoke imagery in the listener's mind".

        

Ayuiotch (Akira Zaiku)

Ayuiotch is part one of a two-part release of early material that comes across as both a sonic exploration and tense dialogue between performers. Over time the duo incorporated different sound sources and effects into the workshop performances. Akira became the lead percussionist while Carl mixed and played tape machines, samplers, radios, and synthesizers.

Hypersynchrony

Hypersynchrony is a piece of electroacoustic music for tape. The original work was mixed in Dolby 5.1 and designed for playback in a large auditorium at considerable volume. The binaural stereo remix of Hypersynchrony is designed for listening using ‘over-the-ear’ headphones. While the binaural version does not simulate the original 5.1 surround sound experience, it does offer a more immersive and spatially detailed listening experience than a simple stereo mix. Hypersynchrony was borne out of the composer’s research into brainwave entrainment. The five sections of the piece represent a meditative cycle and a series of visualizations associated with different states of consciousness.

Damatsuma (Akira Zaiku)

Damatsuma is part two of a two-part release of early material that comes across as both a sonic exploration and tense dialogue between performers. Over time the duo incorporated different sound sources and effects into the workshop performances. Akira became the lead percussionist while Carl mixed and played tape machines, samplers, radios, and synthesizers.

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