Format: Tape Cassette / Digital /Streaming

Catalog: INNER194

Limited Edition Tapes  // 100 Worldwide 

Translucent tape with frosted case.

Mathème is a study in the palimpsest nature of memory; a decaying architecture in continual shifting recreation, constructed of opaque sound fragments, recontextualized and combined to create nonlinear narratives of dream logic. These liminal collages reflect and amplify the intractable gulf between signifier and signified. Here, the piano is not a piano, it is the swell of the tide; a thunderstorm manifests its stochastic elements inside of an underground train, around boot steps on frozen ground. Sonic textures woven into a mirage of near melodies swirl around the tender pre-lingual sound of an infant’s voice. Around the hum of a crowd of drunkards billowing cigarette smoke, a symphony emerges. We listen carefully, here is the orchestra of all things. 

Dedicated to my three Jacques: Derrida, Lacan, & Cousteau. This, is Jacques Rock. 

Credits

Piano on "The Real", "The Gift of Death", and "Unmade (Schema L)" performed by David Bolt. Captured at the Black Lodge Studio in West Sacramento, California in December of 2022.

"Ssswan" written and performed by Kelly James Wyse. Captured at his live performance at mi-so in Berlin, Germany on 30 December, 2022. Thank you dear Kelly, for allowing me to include this reworking of your beautiful piece on this album.

My thanks and gratitude to my brilliant friends David Bolt, Kelly James Wyse, and Clare Archibald, for their kindness and generosity.

With love from Berlin,
Sean x

Released July 19, 2024