Cargo Records

1st Encounter

An electroacoustic masterpiece which unites the talents of France’s Christian Renou (Brume) and Belgium’s Slavek Kwi (Artificial Memory Trace). Each artist has constructed and deconstructed the other’s original material, and through this process they have created beautiful fluid collaborations.

These two sound artists fit perfectly together and truly demonstrate a clear understanding and appreciation of each other’s ideas. 1st Encounter was completed in 1996 and is part of an ongoing series of releases by Artificial Memory Trace. The sound on this particular installment is as one would expect given the backgrounds of the two artists: a mixture of electro-acoustic and concrète sounds. The two artists are forced to create their music using the other’s music as the principle source material, and it really changes both of their sounds quite a bit. Often people think of collaborations in the same sense as split records, but this is not a split release. There is really is a good sense of the interplay between AMT and Brume.