Patterns of Consciousness

by Caterina Barbieri

Patterns of Consciousness cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 April 2017
  • Label: Important
  • Country: Italy
  • Length: 1:09:58
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Italian electronic composer explores the psycho-acoustic effects of intense repetition through heavily sequenced modular synthesizers. The album is a masterclass in progressive minimalism, utilizing crystalline, slowly mutating arpeggios to induce a profound, meditative trance state. It served as her international breakthrough, highly acclaimed for its pristine, futuristic sound design and emotional resonance.

Genres

Descriptors: minimalistic, repetitive, space, atmospheric, electronic, synthesizers, minimal, long-form

Tracklist

  1. This Causes Consciousness to Fracture (14:45)
  2. TCCTF (8:02)
  3. Information Needed to Create an Entire Body (6:36)
  4. INTCAEB (9:22)
  5. Scratches on the Readable Surface (5:56)
  6. SOTRS (9:30)
  7. Gravity that Binds (15:47)

Credits

  • Caterina Barbieri - primary artist, composed by
  • Giovanni Brunetto - artwork [images]
  • Clint Holley - lacquer cut by

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