Test Pattern
by Ryoji Ikeda
- Type: Album
- Released: February 2008
- Label: Raster-Noton
- Country: Japan
- Length: 1:07:18
- Community rating: 3.67/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Constructed entirely through a system that converts various digital data streams (including text, images, and video) into high-velocity audio signals, the Japanese composer's release is a punishing masterclass in extreme sonic minimalism. The tracks operate on the absolute edge of human auditory perception, utilizing blistering, microscopic clicks, harsh static, and high-frequency sine waves. It represents a breathtakingly cold, mathematical approach to electronic sound design.
Genres
Descriptors: noisy, minimalistic, complex, rhythmic, instrumental, atonal, electronic, minimal, experimental, deconstructed, conceptual
Tracklist
- test pattern #0001 (1:00)
- test pattern #0010 (1:21)
- test pattern #0011 (3:51)
- test pattern #0100 (3:43)
- test pattern #0101 (4:05)
- test pattern #0110 (4:00)
- test pattern #0111 (5:00)
- test pattern #1000 (5:00)
- test pattern #1001 (5:10)
- test pattern #1010 (5:01)
- test pattern #1011 (5:03)
- test pattern #1100 (5:07)
- test pattern #1101 (5:10)
- test pattern #1110 (2:35)
- test pattern #1111 (7:12)
- test pattern #0000 (3:55)
Credits
- Ryoji Ikeda - primary artist, producer
- Forma - management [artist management]