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You Look So Serious I + II

by Florian T M Zeisig

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wilmar beautiful piece of soundscape, I haven't been touched by loops like these for a while Favorite track: I.
polinos
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polinos The first cousin af Basinskis Disintegrattion Loops, although less melancholy and depressive. Very good ambient/neoclassical recording.
callmenihil
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callmenihil I love everything about this album, from its story of creation to the music itself. The moment I saw that this was re-released on vinyl I went CRAZY
G Norton
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G Norton Missed the first release, excited to have come across I+II after falling in love with Music For Parents. Can seem to feel Zeisig's artistic direction change between I and II, and hope to see a III in a few years! Favorite track: VIII [DIGITAL ONLY].
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1.
I 05:53
2.
II 06:42
3.
III 08:07
4.
IV 06:30
5.
V 03:05
6.
VI 07:19
7.
VII 03:07
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9.
i 02:25
10.
ii 03:56
11.
iii 03:53
12.
iv 02:31
13.
v 03:40
14.
vi 04:34
15.
vii 03:10
16.
viii 03:52
17.
ix 02:12
18.
x 04:44

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"Florian T M Zeisigโ€™s splendid debut ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด was constructed out of 426 tape loops from Enyaโ€™s ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’ ๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’‚๐’Œ๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’Œ๐’š ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’”๐’๐’–๐’๐’…. Using up to eight pitch-able tape players, the artist cut these loops and reassembled them, crafting captivating sound dialogues whose unforeseen and precise beauty emerges from a sense of curiosity and awe in the layered relationship between fragments. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’„๐’Œ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’…, ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’.

For the 5th anniversary of this work, Zeisig revisited the original archive of loops and created an absorbingly introspective second volume with loops that had not been previously used, following the same approach. ๐‘จ ๐’“๐’๐’„๐’Œ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’๐’๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’“๐’–๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’Ž๐’‘๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’๐’†๐’‡๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’….

๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด was largely focused on technique and conceptual elaboration, but ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ is not so preoccupied with an overly intellectual quest. ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’๐’• ๐’–๐’‘๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„๐’‚ ๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘๐’”, ๐’˜๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’–๐’‘๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’‰ ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’“๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’˜๐’† ๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’…. ๐‘ถ๐’–๐’“ ๐’“๐’๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’„๐’Š๐’‘๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’….

Freeing itself from formal concerns as a guiding principle, the second volume unravels from a deeply emotional impulse towards artistic and personal honesty. ๐‘จ ๐’”๐’†๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’†๐’—๐’‚๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’” ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’•๐’๐’๐’…. ๐‘ฐ๐’•๐’” ๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’ ๐’Œ๐’†๐’†๐’‘๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’”๐’Œ๐’Š๐’. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’”, ๐’Š๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’‘๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’”. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’˜๐’† ๐’…๐’๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•.

While the first volume opened up spaces of unprecedented wonder, the second not only expands these spaces and stretches them out into landscapes: more importantly, it also dares to inhabit them. ๐‘ฐ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’—๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐’”๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž๐’”. A liberation from the mandate that artworks need to be โ€œabout something,โ€ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ stands as a mirror made of memories, offering a meaningful reflection of the last five years of the artistโ€™s life. ๐‘ฒ๐’๐’๐’„๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’Ž๐’๐’Š๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’…๐’ƒ๐’š๐’†: ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’š ๐’”๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’•๐’“๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’."

- Marta Nรบรฑez Pouzols

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Florian T M Zeisig is an artist, producer, and musician. He has worked with such visionary artists as Kelela, Loraine James, More Eaze, and John Daniel, amongst many others.

His solo and collaborative work has been released by the labels Warp, enmossed, 3XL, Mรฉtron Records, ENXPL, anรฒmia, Important Records, Constellation Tatsu, and more.

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released June 18, 2023

I-VIII recorded in 2017
i-x recorded in 2022
audio finalized by Glyn Maier
design by Joe Bastardo
special thanks to Industrial Coast

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