/guibog & sun yizhou // RECueil TAPE

中国の実験音楽家/guibogとsun yizhouが、2025年6月に同国北京の実験レーベルZoomin' Nightからリリースした共作カセットです。

廃棄された電子ピアノやカセットプレイヤーなどの回路基板を用いた物音ドローン〜接触不良ノイズ9曲を収録。DLコード付属。

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Cassette in norelco case.
Each J-Card has a unique artwork. 

Tracklist:

1. Air condensé 01:36
2. Recueil 一 02:29
3. Recueil 二 02:19
4. Révolution 04:17
5. Révelation 03:20
6. Vibration I 05:00
7. Vibration II 01:24
8. Indivis 01:20
9. Recueil 三 16:11

Text written by Zhu Wenbo and translated by John Wilton, via the label:

" Guibog is French, born in the 70s. He used to work as a sound engineer in France, and was involved in organising outdoor electronic music events, often playing cat-and-mouse with the police. Later, he left that life and moved to China, settling in Beijing. He works as a programmer at Douban, living with his wife and three children in the hutongs of Beijing.
Many years ago, I visited him at his house, where I discovered his robot collection. He had collected the circuit boards from discarded electric pianos and cassette players, pieced them together with various everyday materials, and one by one, these stationary assemblages came to life as robots. Guibog was also using circuit boards to make music. Re-powering them and short-circuiting solder points, their in-built speakers emit a stream of crackles and pops. Later these two interests merged into a passion that took on a life of its own. He created more and more robots, and also started building amorphous circuit-board monsters. When he performs, he always brings them along with him. As Guibog often says, he simply allows these things to come alive.
In April this year, Sun Yizhou brought two Korean friends to Guibog’s courtyard house in the hutongs; I came along as well. In his workshop, which on one side opens onto a terrace, I was captivated by the sounds occurring in the room. As everybody was chatting, the robots were emitting varied sounds, some from speakers, others from mechanical vibrations, rotations, and movements. Were the people operating the robots really playing them? It seemed more like humans and robots were playing together, living side by side.
After this, I asked Sun Yizhou and Guibog to do a recording in the workshop. The recording took place on 26 April. I made a multi-track recording, but during the final mixing and editing, I chose to use a very limited number of tracks. These recorded fragments make up side A of this tape. Another recording session on 22 May is the B side of the tape. This time the recording equipment was set up on the terrace, and features Guibog in the workshop by himself, capturing the soundscape of his home deep into the night.
On 26 April, Guibog’s French friend Nicolas Schmitt was also there filming a documentary. The cover photo for each cassette is a different still from the film footage."

Artist : /guibog & sun yizhou

Label : Zoomin' Night

cat no : ZMY 077