Jeff Mills - Chronicles Of Possible Worlds (Limited Edition CD) (2014) FLAC

Ambient / Abstract / Experimental

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Tracklist:
1. Starlight Transmission 5:23
2. An Alternative To Earth 5:15
3. Solar System Context 5:31
4. The Gemini Pulsar 4:16
5. Searching The Stars 5:34
6. The Possibility Of Other Earths 3:21
7. Tales From Extra Solar Wasp 17B 5:06
8. Transit Detections 5:28
9. Lyra Constellations 4:53
10. Planetary Habitual Zones 5:59
11. Dreams Beyond Our Horizon 5:06



About:
Kicking off 2014 in high gear, Detroit techno legend Jeff Mills has released his latest full-length, Chronicles of Possible Worlds, via his own Axis label. The 11-track album compiles music from a recent performance (also called Chronicles of Possible Worlds) in Aix-en-Provence, France, which, according to Resident Advisor, found Mills "[translating] scientific data of newly discovered Extra Solar Planets using dance, art, and techno music."

**Mills delivers an investigative mix of electronics, real instruments, dance performance, and monologues by astrophysicists.
22-page, 20 x 20cm book including texts (French and English), artwork and photos, plus CD and DVD (45 mins, no region)** "
The theme of "Chronicles Of Impossible Worlds" is exoplanets, new planets discovered starting in 1995 which revolve around a star outside our solar system. Mixing music, dance and visuals, this creative work testifies to the advances of science and hints at the existence of possible other worlds.
Following a period of investigation and a meeting with researchers from the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory, Mills chose to focus on six planets (Wasp 12b, 13b, 14b, 15b, 16b and 17b). Their specific physical and structural properties were then translated through music, sound, images and dance. Together with Mills, the choreographer Alexandre Riccoli created a roaming choreography spread out across the Vasarely Foundation that explores the correspondence between the physical properties of these planets and choreography's own "body states". The show's soundtrack, composed by Mills, is broadcast by the dancers' costumes (designed by Berlin designer Anke Bruns) that are equipped with speakers. The music, the different sonic trajectories, the dancers and the public ambling freely through the halls can spacialize, orbit, or even fuse in the naves of the Foundation."


Credits

Composed By [All Compositions], Producer – Jeff Mills
Concept By [Conception], Performer [Création Musicale], Liner Notes [Texts] – Jeff Mills
Design [Design Graphique] – Thomas Serrière
Engineer – Tom Van Haute
Graphics [Création Visuelle] – Yoko Uozumi
Liner Notes [Textes] – Jean Yves Leloup*, Magali Deleuil
Liner Notes [Traductions] – Azra Brancovic
Management [Direction De Projet], Coordinator [Coordination Générale] – Raphaël Sage
Other [Contribution Scientifique] – Cilia Diamiani, Laboratoire D'Astrophysique De Marseille - Institut Pythéas (AMU-CNRS), Magali Deleuil, Thierry Botti
Other [Violin Luthier] – Luc Deneys
Photography By [Photographie] – Imed Argoubi

Notes
CD
Publishing: Millsart/Universal BMG, 2013
Axis Records LLC.
Recorded at Spider Formation - Chicago.
Post production and violin recordings at House Of Media - Gand, Belgium.
Violin Luthier: Luc Deneys - Gand, Belgium.

crédits images du livret 1 - Nestor Leivas / 2 - NASA/JPL/University of Arizona, ESO/J. Rameau, Galin Borosov, CNES/CoRoT, ESO/L. Calcada, NASA/JPL-Caltech / 3 - Yoko Uozumi / 4 - Jean-Jaques Sage, Jeff Mills

Partenaire financeur: Région PACA, Direction de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche
Partenaires Associés: Fondation Vasarely, Institut Pythéas-Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (CNRS / AMU), Agence Julie Tippex

Book: 20x20cm (8x8inch) hard cover booklet. Including texts by Jeff Mills, the astrophysicists etc, artworks related to the projects, photos of dance rehearsals. CD/DVD are attached inside the book.
Text: French and English

The catalog no. does not appear on the release. It is, however, mentioned on the Axis website.