cathodeFlower

by Kim Cascone

cathodeFlower cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 November 1999
  • Label: Ritornell
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:16
  • Community rating: 3.27/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A pioneering work in the aesthetic of digital failure, 'cathodeFlower' heavily utilizes systemic errors, DSP glitches, and microscopic sonic artifacts to construct its cold, atmospheric environments. Kim Cascone explores the theoretical 'aesthetics of failure' within the emerging lowercase movement, crafting deeply immersive electronic minimalism.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, avant-garde, minimalistic

Tracklist

  1. Cathodeflower (9:11)
  2. Vortex Shedding (Simplex) (5:34)
  3. Nb2e Vortex (7:16)
  4. Rotational Beacon (11:25)
  5. Nulldrift (5:48)

Credits

  • Alorenz - artwork

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