Michael Prime presents himself as a sound ecologist, a title that
describes his two passions: music and life. Active on the avant-garde
music scene since 1985, he gained a solid reputation playing in
electronic ensembles like Morphogenesis and Organum. Prime studied
ecology and worked in that field for many years, conserving wildlife
habitats in South London. This work led to the development of techniques
used to translate environmental and organic sound sources into music.
He co-founded the live electronic improvisation group Morphogenesis in
1985 with Roger Sutherland, Adam Bohman, Ron Briefel, Clive Hall, and
Fred Sansom and released a string of records with them on Streamline,
Paradigm, Vintage Electronic Records, and his own label Mycophile. In
1988, he started performing with the group Organum and released with
them a 7" for Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier in 1989 and a string
of CDs in the 1990s. He has collaborated with such avant-garde
luminaries as Jim O'Rourke and Eddie Prevost and formed the group
Negative Entropy in 1997 with Geert Feytons of Noise-Makers Fifes.
Michael Prime's art is mostly focused on letting the listener hear sounds that surround him but of which he remains unaware. This goes from the choice of environments in which he performs (caves, railroad tunnels, forests) to the type of sound sources he uses. On his 1998 CD Domestic Science he manipulated sounds from household appliances like a refrigerator and a washing machine. But his most influential album is the 2000 release L-Fields on which he ingeniously uses bioelectric recordings of hallucinogenic plants to create haunting electro-acoustic works. He developed a technique allowing him to interact with plants, translating variations in their bioelectrical field into sound produced by an oscillator. He performed live with plants on numerous occasions.
Michael Prime's art is mostly focused on letting the listener hear sounds that surround him but of which he remains unaware. This goes from the choice of environments in which he performs (caves, railroad tunnels, forests) to the type of sound sources he uses. On his 1998 CD Domestic Science he manipulated sounds from household appliances like a refrigerator and a washing machine. But his most influential album is the 2000 release L-Fields on which he ingeniously uses bioelectric recordings of hallucinogenic plants to create haunting electro-acoustic works. He developed a technique allowing him to interact with plants, translating variations in their bioelectrical field into sound produced by an oscillator. He performed live with plants on numerous occasions.
- 1987 - Morphogenesis - 192 Kbps - in Morphogenesis
- 1989 - Prochronisms - 192 Kbps - in Morphogenesis
- 1989 - Fructification - 320 Kbps
- 1993 - Aquifers - 320 Kbps
- 1994 - Solarisation - 320 Kbps - in Morphogenesis
- 1996 - Cellular Radar - 320 Kbps
- 1998 - Domestic Science - 320 Kbps
- 1998 - Improvisations - 320 Kbps - in Morphogenesis
- 1998 - Stromatolites - 320 Kbps - in Morphogenesis
- 1999 - Micoplazma - 320 Kbps
- 2000 - L-Fields - 320 Kbps
- 2001 - Alpha Lemur Echo Two [with Jim O'Rourke & Eddie Prévost] - 320 Kbps
- 2001 - Externum Internus - 320 Kbps
- 2001 - In Streams, Vol. 1: 1996-1999 Concert & Studio Recordings - 320 Kbps - in Morphogenesis
- 2001 - City Open To The Nomad - 320 Kbps - in Negative Entropy
- 2005 - One Hour As Peyote - 256 Kbps
- 2005 - M.S. Stubnitz: Stockholm 9.7.1998 - 320 Kbps - in Negative Entropy
- 2006 - Aquifers - 320 Kbps
- 2007 - Borneo - 320 Kbps
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He's very interesting. I prefer his ensemble work, so would you be so very kind as to point me at the following?
ОтветитьУдалить1994 - Solarisation - 320 Kbps - in Morphogenesis
1998 - Improvisations - 320 Kbps - in Morphogenesis
1998 - Stromatolites - 320 Kbps - in Morphogenesis
2001 - Alpha Lemur Echo Two [with Jim O'Rourke & Eddie Prévost] - 320 Kbps
2001 - In Streams, Vol. 1: 1996-1999 Concert & Studio Recordings - 320 Kbps - in Morphogenesis
2001 - City Open To The Nomad - 320 Kbps - in Negative Entropy
2005 - M.S. Stubnitz: Stockholm 9.7.1998 - 320 Kbps - in Negative Entropy
Thanks!!! This is the one of my five favourite blogs in the whole world of blogs! Cheers!
I've heard one of his Morphogenesis records, and liked it a lot. So I'm very curious to hear the rest. I'm also eager to hear the Negative Entropy stuff and what he did with O'Rourke....
ОтветитьУдалить1994 - Solarisation
Удалить1998 - Improvisations
1998 - Stromatolites
2001 - Alpha Lemur Echo Two
2001 - In Streams, Vol. 1: 1996-1999 Concert & Studio Recordings - will be later
2001 - City Open To The Nomad
2005 - M.S. Stubnitz: Stockholm 9.7.1998
Thanks! Great stuff!
Удалить2001 - In Streams, Vol. 1: 1996-1999 Concert & Studio Recordings
Удалить2005 - One Hour As Peyote - 256 Kbps
ОтветитьУдалить2006 - Aquifers - 320 Kbps
2001 - Externum Internus - 320 Kbps
Thanks
2005 - One Hour As Peyote
Удалить2006 - Aquifers
2001 - Externum Internus
2007 - Borneo - 320 Kbps
Удалитьty
Here: pt. 1 & pt. 2
УдалитьI would very much like to hear L Fields....Thank you v much
ОтветитьУдалитьYour link
УдалитьMany thanks....
ОтветитьУдалитьL-Fields would be appreciated :)
ОтветитьУдалитьread comments attentively. the link is already here
Удалить1989 - Prochronisms
ОтветитьУдалить1998 - Domestic Science
2001 - In Streams
please?
1989 - Prochronisms - will be later
Удалить1998 - Domestic Science
2001 - In Streams, Vol. 1: 1996-1999 Concert & Studio Recordings
Thank you. This is a link to Michael Prime's Borneo CD 3 from the special edition of 100 copies:
Удалитьhttps://www.mediafire.com/?5gc1afbiuqtbn3p
wow thanx! borneo is my favorite soundtrack to psychedelic trips
Удалить...and just found a working link to Prochronisms at a great dead blog:
Удалитьhttp://433rpm.blogspot.com/2008/02/morphogenesis-prochronisms-lp-pogus.html
http://www.mediafire.com/file/9u29u9ph3bbfs7j
Micoplazma, please!
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