Director's Cut

by Rechenzentrum

Director's Cut cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 May 2003
  • Label: Mille Plateaux
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 2:09:06

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This work by the German audio-visual duo Rechenzentrum is a conceptual project that reinterprets and deconstructs cinematic sound. The album utilizes field recordings and foley sounds alongside glitchy rhythms and ambient drones to create dark, atmospheric soundscapes. Released on the influential Mille Plateaux label, it exemplifies the 'clicks and cuts' aesthetic while exploring the relationship between sound, image, and narrative.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, repetitive, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Gaujaq Totale (4:18)
  2. Lye (6:16)
  3. Tiefensch盲rfe (6:11)
  4. Slate (5:13)
  5. Bleichbad眉berbr眉ckung (0:43)
  6. Nelson Reshoot (6:13)
  7. Projektor (4:37)
  8. Benshi (6:38)
  9. Synchron (5:27)
  10. 35mm (4:28)
  11. Paramount (3:34)
  12. Hommage (3:21)
  13. Happy End (7:26)
  14. Untitled (0:20)
  15. Gaujaq Totale (4:18)
  16. Lye (6:15)
  17. Tiefensch盲rfe (6:10)
  18. Slate (5:13)
  19. Bleichbad眉berbr眉ckung (0:43)
  20. Nelson Reshoot (6:12)
  21. Projektor (4:37)
  22. Benshi (6:37)
  23. Synchron (5:27)
  24. 35mm (4:28)
  25. Paramount (3:34)
  26. Hommage (3:21)
  27. Happy End (7:26)

Credits

  • Rechenzentrum - primary artist, directed by
  • Lillev盲n - film director [moving image]
  • Alorenz - graphics [grafik]
  • Christian Conrad - music by
  • Marcus Weiser - music by
  • Carolin Conrad - musician [additional], piano
  • Patrick Leuschner - musician [additional], drums
  • Thorsten Kohlhoff - musician [additional], trumpet

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