one1one remixes.
A: Fracture – one1one feat. Jessica Barter
B1: Jack Jelfs – one1one feat. Jessica Barter
B2: Haroon Mirza & Jack Jelfs – one1one feat. Jessica Barter
In 2018, artists Haroon Mirza and Jack Jelfs spent two months in residency at CERN, the European Centre for Nuclear Research, and home of the Large Hadron Collider. From this collaboration the artists created the fictional reality of 'The Wave Epoch', a sprawling multimedia artwork drawing influence from science, mysticism and the nature of belief. ‘The Wave Epoch’ project spans live performance, film, art installations and their critically acclaimed 2020 album of the same title.
'one1one' is the latest transmission from this same universe, a magical incantation spoken by Jessica Barter, with words filtered through Google Translate to produce what the artists describe as “algorithmic mysticism”. This release presents remixes by Fracture and Jack Jelfs, alongside the original album track by Mirza and Jelfs, here on vinyl for the first time.
Experimental drum n' bass artist Fracture has transformed Mirza and Jelfs’ raw materials into a heavy 160 BPM workout that harkens back to the Blue Note-era Metalheadz sound of the mid-nineties, a crunching minimalist construction of metallic breaks and analogue sub bass. Accompanying his track is an AR (augmented reality) work by Scott Utting and Mirza.
Jack Jelfs describes his remix as a “magical working that breaks the spell of language”: the track begins simply, fusing the spoken words with Steve Reich-esque looping guitars and intricate electronic jazz drum patterns. As it progresses, the musical complexity grows and the words become increasingly layered, before finally collapsing into a maelstrom of distorted bass, sonic fragments and broken language. A music video by Mirza and Jelfs for this piece is here:
youtu.be/S67JJTguDgA
The final track is the version of ‘one1one’ which featured on Mirza and Jelfs’ album ‘The Wave Epoch’, in which a skeletal framework (produced by the classic instruments of house and techno,the Roland 303 and 909) is haunted by drifting pieces of found sounds, old science documentaries and Barter’s eerie monologue. An album-length video accompanies the album of ‘The Wave Epoch’ which can be seen here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSFHdknFYfI
‘one1one’ is released via OUTPUTS across digital platforms and 12” vinyl on June 10th 2022.