last week of SUMMER SALE

only one week left for my SUMMER SALE.
a few items only have a few copies left....


http://www.3particles.com > SHOP

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RICHARD CHARTIER > 07.08 > 12k+Chartier SUMMER SALES + news/event/new release update

hello and welcome to summer!

i hope you are all doing well. just some brief info here

what better way to start off summer than with my first ever summer sale going on now for a limited time in my paypal shop on the website.
http://www.3particles.com

cds and special editions have been discounted from $1 - $10 US off normal prices.
also i have included several paintings for sale online from the exhibit "Absence/Presence" that are still available.

stock update! a few cds are almost gone, some to be out of print :
• only 2 copies of "of surfaces" remain.
• only 3 copies of "two locations" remain.
• only 2 copies of "levels.inverted" remain.
• only 3 copies of "archival1991" remain.
• only 10 copies of "absence" remain.
• only 5 copies of "retrieval" remain.



also:
THE 2008 SUMMER BACK CATALOG SALE: JULY 1ST THRU JULY 31ST
12K'S ONLINE SHOP: http://www.12k.com/shop

the following titles are half priced. all discounts are marked in the shop. prices include shipping!
FOURCOLOR "LETTER OF SOUNDS"
SEBASTIEN ROUX "SONGS"
ANTTI RANNISTO "ÄÄNIESINEITÄ"
BRETSCHNEIDER + STEINBRUCHEL "STATUS"
DEUPREE + KIRSCHNER "POST PIANO 2″
SHUTTLE358 "CHESSA"
MOTION "EVERY ACTION"
VARIOUS ARTISTS "TWO POINT TWO"
KENNETH KIRSCHNER "SEPTEMBER 19, 1998 ET. AL"
DORON SADJA "A PIECE OF STRING, A SUNSET"
DOUBLENDS VERT "CISTERN"
CHESSMACHINE "LIVE IN LOS ANGELES"
VEND "WIEL"
RICHARD CHARTIER "SET OR PERFORMANCE"
DUUL DRV/NIBO/VEND "CLEAN"
ROEL MEELKOP "TO BE ANNOUNCED"
MIKI YUI "LUEP PEUL EPUL"


happy shopping
and happy summer
r




- - NEW +RECENT RELEASES - -
a limited number of these & other releases are available via the http://www.3particles.com online paypal SHOP:


EDITION CD . "Absence" [ 3particles, US ] special limited edition of 50 signed and numbered cds on lettepressed insert, released in conjunction with the opening of the show "Absence/Presence".

CD . William Basinski + Richard Chartier "untitled 1-3" [ LINE, US ] special reissue of the long out of print spekk cd now with 2 new exclusive compositions.

CD . Further Materials [ LINE, USA ] all compilation recordings from 2002-2005 (including collaborative works with Taylor Deupree)

10x7" BOX SET . Recovery [ Random Records, UK ] . limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Essay by Kamal Ackarie on the notion of covers and tributes. Artists doing covers include: Ryoji Ikeda, Carsten Nicolai, Christian Fennesz, Mika Vanio, Johaan Johaanson, Monolake, b j nilsen, Susan Stenger, :zoviet*france, People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz, J.G.Thirlwell, Chris Carter + Cosey Fanni Tutti, snd, Momus and Gremlin, Matmos , Nicebox (Richard Chartier & CoH), Paradise Island (Jenny Hoyston), Donna Summer/Jason Forrest, Robert Lippok, Mouse on Mars. CoH and I are covering "bleak is my favourite cliché" by Soft Cell. my first foray into POP music... and I actually do vocals. GET ON THEIR LIST TO RESERVE ONE, comes out this month!: http://www.fracturedrecordings.com



- - CURRENT EVENTS + FUTURE RELEASES, EVENTS, ETC - -

ITUNES + EMUSIC + OTHERS . from the 3particles archives OTHER MATERIALS (2003) and DIRECT.INCIDENTAL.CONSEQUENTIAL edition 2 ( 1998/2002) now available.

CD . 60º Project - The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival is celebrating the 60th anniversary of musique concrete and the pioneering work of Pierre Schaeffer by commissioning 60º by Mathew Adkins. This highly exciting and adventurous work will involve the contribution of sound materials by 60 composers from around the world. We would like to invite you to be one of the participating composers. artists include: AGF, François Bayle, Mira Calix, Richard Chartier, Francis Dhomont, Lawrence English, Erikm, Christian Fennesz, Tim Hecker , Christina Kubisch, Francisco López, Stephan Mathieu, Steve Roden, Scanner, Janek Schaefer, Conrad Schnitzler, Sogar, Terre Thaemlitz, David Toop and many more. The concept behind the project is ingenious. Rather than celebrating Schaeffer's achievements through curating a concert of historical works, Adkins and the hcmf Artistic Director Graham McKenzie have decided to invite 60 sound artists and composers to each contribute 60 sounds. Each of these sounds will then be made available to all of the participants who will then create sound fragments based on this material. This material will then be mixed by Adkins in the studios of INA-GRM in July 2008. The work will be premiered on 28th November 2008 at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. The premiere will also mark the release of the work on CD. http://www.60project.com/

LIVE . Specification.Fifteen with Taylor Deupree @ Plateaux Festival [ Poland ] Nov 7-9, 2008

LIVE . solo performance @ Plateaux Festival [ Poland ] Nov 7-9, 2008

CURATORIAL: Colorfield Variations: video program @ Plateaux Festival [ Poland ] Nov 7-9, 2008

PANEL DISCUSSION: Plateaux Festival [ Poland ] Nov 7-9, 2008

DVD. Colorfield Variations. with works by: Frank Bretschneider, Alan Callander, Chris Carter + Cosey Fanni Tutti (Chris&Cosey / Throbbing Gristle), Sue Costabile, Evelina Domnitch + Dmitry Gelfand, Mark Fell (SND/Blir) + Ernest Edmonds, Tina Frank + General Magic, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Stephan Mathieu, Steve Roden, Sawako, and Bas Van Koolwijk. curated by Richard Chartier. [ LINE, US ] NTSC. November 2008.

CD . Recurrent [ NVO, Austria ] Late 2008

LIVE . [ Tokyo, Japan ] TBC Late 2008

DESIGN PUBLICATION . LINE packaging series 3: Best of Disk Art – Innovation in CD, DVDor Vinyl Design & Packaging by Charlotte Rivers [ Rotovision, UK ] 2008

DESIGN PUBLICATION . LINE packaging series 3: 1000 Supreme CDs [ Mao Mao, Spain ] 2008

SCREENING/CURATORIAL: Colorfield Variations. Avmotional [ Bucharest, Romania ] TBC 2008

SCREENING/CURATORIAL: Colorfield Variations [ San Francisco + Los Angeles, US ] location to be confirmed 2008. www.volumeprojects.org

CURATORIAL . I have been asked to curate a large scale sound/video installation exhibit at the Art Gallery of the University of Maryland [ USA ] date to be confirmed. 2009. tentatively titled "Data Waves / Audio Lines" more information can be found under EXHBITS/CURATORIAL on my website.

COLLABORATION . Asmus Tietchens and I have begun production on the next collaborative recording together. Starting from a strange new work that was very unusual for me (at parts sounding like an homage to my friend CoH)... we shall see where this new direction leads us.

EXHIBIT . collaborative installation work with artist Linn Meyers. 2008. www.linnmeyers.com

COLLABORATION . with Taylor Deupree. a new work based on the sounds derived from one of Harry Bertoia's sound sculptures.



R I C H A R D C H A R T I E R

http://www.3particles.com
chartier@3particles.com

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[12k.line] the 12k+LINE back catalogue summer sale... NOW!

JULY 1 2008 • 12K • LINE

THE 2008 SUMMER BACK CATALOG SALE
JULY 1ST THRU JULY 31ST

12K'S ONLINE SHOP

http://www.12k.com/shop

the following titles are half priced. all discounts are marked in the shop. prices include shipping!

FOURCOLOR "LETTER OF SOUNDS"
SEBASTIEN ROUX "SONGS"
ANTTI RANNISTO "ÄÄNIESINEITÄ"
BRETSCHNEIDER + STEINBRUCHEL "STATUS"
DEUPREE + KIRSCHNER "POST PIANO 2″
SHUTTLE358 "CHESSA"
MOTION "EVERY ACTION"
VARIOUS ARTISTS "TWO POINT TWO"
KENNETH KIRSCHNER "SEPTEMBER 19, 1998 ET. AL"
DORON SADJA "A PIECE OF STRING, A SUNSET"

DOUBLENDS VERT "CISTERN"
CHESSMACHINE "LIVE IN LOS ANGELES"
VEND "WIEL"
RICHARD CHARTIER "SET OR PERFORMANCE"
DUUL DRV/NIBO/VEND "CLEAN"
ROEL MEELKOP "TO BE ANNOUNCED"
MIKI YUI "LUEP PEUL EPUL"

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paintings popping up on ebay.

a large scale painting of mine from 1999 has cropped up on ebay for sale if anyone is interested.



LINK: http://cgi.ebay.com/Modern-Abstract-Painting-Richard-Chartier-Eames-Evans_W0QQitemZ260256753782QQihZ016QQcategoryZ551QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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RICHARD CHARTIER > online summer sale extend through july. some titles almost gone!

hello all,

my summer sale has been extended through july.

what better way to start off summer than with my first ever summer sale going on now for a limited time in my paypal shop on the website. http://www.3particles.com > SHOP

cds and special editions have been discounted from $1 - $10 US off
also i have included several paintings for sale online from the exhibit "Absence/Presence" that are still available.

stock update! a few cds are almost gone:
• only 2 copies of "of surfaces" remain.
• only 4 copies of "two locations" remain.
• only 2 copies of "levels.inverted" remain.
• only 3 copies of "archival1991" remain.
• only 12 copies of "absence" remain.
• only 5 copies of "retrieval" remain.

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short interview on headphone commute

for a short interview .... visit http://www.headphonecommute.com/exclusive/two_and_a_half_with_richard_chartier.htm

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NEW REVIEWS of FURTHER MATERIALS (LINE_035)

http://www.3particles.com


After a brief fallow period, relatively speaking, Chartier and LINE summarise a clutch of his extensive contributions to compilations on a wide variety of labels from around the world, from between 2002-2005. Chartier adherents will be quick to confirm that this was perhaps his most productive period, soundwise after a brief hiatus, and personal re-invention, taking on the mantle of uber-minimalist, with a series of recordings that challenged the auditory sensibilities of many of us, with a series of near silent pieces that nevertheless bristled with activity and vitality.

Further Materials quantifies this period with a logical timeline that traverses Chartier's numerous approaches from the stark restraint of "composition09.01" for the now defunkt List label, through to a more recent, and somewhat busier live foray, "tempt" for Canada's Mutek in 2005. One of the high points of the collection for me was the wonderful "how things change" a tribute piece to Morton Feldman on Trente Oiseaux in 2002. Positioned between Steve Roden and Bernhard Gunter, Chartier's piece was a rigorously worked slab of ultra-minimalism, that deployed a gristly, textural backdrop with shifting foci, occasionally peppered with a delicious sub-bass tone, drifting off into complete silence. In fact, it was the perfection of digital silence that to some extent drew Chartier back to recording, as silence here is used as a primary compositional element, that separates and punctuates the more audible elements.

Interestingly, two of the "specification" pieces, eleven, and fourteen, appear here, constructed as they were with long time collaborator, and label buddy, Taylor Deupree. These highly reduced atmospheres exemplify the modus operandi of both composers, where simplistic tonalism is layered and juxtaposed with other organic elements to create shimmering surfaces, and pastel colours. I was also heartened by the inclusion of "untitled" from Canada's 1.8 Records, and "improvisation_122904b" on Portugal's Grain of Sound, both in themselves important pieces for very small, specialised labels. The former being almost pure synth, framed with organic particulates, the latter using rich, expansive, reverberant tonal stabs, that veers into almost dark ambient territory. Followers of Chartier will no doubt be fully aware of his considerable influence on modern minimalism, and for the neophyte, this is a vital and essential access point to his work, and numerous approaches. Highly recommended.
(Whiteline, UK)



A sequel to the Other Materials compilation (released via Richard Chartier's own 3 Particles label), this album draws together the various compilation tracks released by the artist between the years 2002 and 2005. Many of these pieces take the form of miniatures, meaning they're both shorter and more condensed than Chartier's conventional output, the most succinct of these being the two-minute sound sculpture 'Tracing (Sketch For)' lifted from Raster Noton's Frequencies [Hz]. You'll find more substantial compositions here too, most notably 'How Things Change' taken from the Trente Oiseaux album For Morton Feldman. It's vintage Chartier, and not something to be missed by fans of his sophisticated hyper-minimalism. At the other end of the audibility scale there are a couple of Taylor Deupree collaborations on here: the Japanese, NTT-ICC-released 'Specification.eleven' and the 12k-published 'Specification.fourteen', both of which display tendencies towards more intelligible, less enigmatic sonic terrain, breaking up the intensity and austerity found elsewhere. Looking over the tracklisting, even the most dedicated followers of Chartier's work are bound to hear something they hadn't been able to track down previously, and for everyone else, this offers an ideal opportunity to get hold of music published on compilation titles that would otherwise be a nightmare to get hold of. Of all the pieces sequenced here, 'Tempt' (recorded live at Transmediale, Berlin) stands out as rather noisier (well, relatively speaking) and was apparently designed to drown out an Akufen set from a neighbouring room. It's hard to imagine these genteel drones and the occasional noise signal overspill keeping Marc Leclair's chopped up microhouse from bleeding through the walls, but it's a wonderful piece nonetheless. Chartier's music deserves a certain amount of reverence. His material is pieced together with an incredible amount of care and detail, something made all the more potent by the fact that you really have to consciously tune in and scour the music to hear it all. A great selection of music by one of the very finest electronic composers currently out there - Highly Recommended.
(Boomkat.com)



Occasionally in the underside of musical exploration, the listener is intentionally brought into a state of vulnerability where the sounds that are created are at the boundaries of what can be perceived, and one must search to the borders to gather the pieces and form a picture. It is almost like listening to another language, but one where each of the syllables makes sense and only in learning the context does it construct any meaning. I had this experience, quite intimately, with sound artist Tom Hall's latest album, Cross, and most recently, in attempting to review Richard Chartier's Further Materials.

Sickeningly prolific French (American) sound artist Richard Chartier is known for his minimal sound experiments, a sound design focus that incorporates the very borders of perceivable sound and gives precedence to silence. Further Materials, released on 12k sublabel Line, is the latest of Chartier's releases, billed as a companion to the Other Materials compilation on his own 3particles label. This release brings together some of Chartier's compilation contributions, and as a result, each of the pieces on here take on something of a more concise form than may normally be expected from a Chartier release.

With headphones, Chartier's music becomes as much feeling as it is hearing, particularly in the more minimal compositions such as "Composition09.01," which are less about producing ultimately musical material than creating a full-spectrumed sound world. These pieces can only be experienced in full; only in experiencing the progressions of the sounds does it make sense, such is the detail of the music. In "Untitled," a tiny, balanced panning sound at a near unperceivable high pitch evolves wildly, gradually accompanied by more detailed textural material, until all elements come into an amazing synthesis.

Even considering the sensual engagement of these cerebrally composed pieces, it is in the more tonal material that this release achieves its best moments. With this release being a compilation, we are treated to somewhat more concise works than Chartier is best known for, and as a result, we receive beautiful miniatures such as "Tracing (Sketch For)," "Specification.Eleven," and "Specification.Fourteen," the latter two providing a pitch focus that is absent from the other pieces on this release. The result of this combination of Chartier's approaches means that while the kind of unity one might expect is not present, the variety and conciseness of the compilation as a whole results in an intriguing listening experience.

It comes as no surprise that Chartier is French (but i am not). Such attention to detail, such a focus on the intricate inner life of the sound is reminiscent, albeit in different ways, to the textural and timbral mastery of the many French composers from Berlioz to Debussy and (more directly) Grisey. Richard Chartier's compositional focus dictates that a casual inspection of his work will ultimately lose an engagement with its full spectrum of textural detail. Even in Further Materials, where these tracks are packaged to fit alongside entirely different musical worlds, it is in the details that the full picture is pieced together.
(TheSilentBallet.com)



Line co-boss Richard Chartier has conjured up a set of tracks from the archives here that gel together beautifully and form a compulsively minimal listening experience. Taking tracks from releases on Raster Noton, Trente Oiseaux, List, Mutek, 1.8sec Records, NTT-ICC, Grain of Sound and more there's a lovely sense of balance here. Whilst it challenges you with barely-there minimalism and high frequency range tracks, it also soothes with some surprisingly accessible drone-based pieces. Chartier is a producer of some substance and this CD is testament to that. If you enjoy the more minimalistic side of electronic music, this is one to check out. Super stuff and another great release from Line.
(Smallfish, UK)



The Line release of today is also music that was released before, but scattered over a bunch of compilations. They consist of the music of Richard Chartier and many were reviewed in Vital Weekly. I am not sure at whom this is aimed at, as I can imagine that the true die hard fans of Chartier have all of this already and that those who are only mildly interested will have enough Chartier to pleasure them. But then, who knows? Maybe this is also a perfect introduction if the sound world of Chartier is not your daily digest and as such this is a very fine work. We hear the super quiet version of Chartier, the sound he is best known for. Resonating frequencies, low bass rumble, a high peep. The clicks and cuts with faint traces of rhythm and even a loud piece is present here ('in an attempt to drown out Akufen's set filtering from an adjoining area'). That is perhaps a side we haven't heard that often of Chartier, but here too it's a nice one, so perhaps the more noisy route needs further exploring?
(Vital Weekly, The Netherlands)

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RICHARD CHARTIER > 06.08 > SUMMER SALE + news/event/new release update

hello and welcome to summer!

i hope you are all doing well. just some brief news here.

what better way to start off summer than with my first ever summer sale going on now for a limited time in my paypal shop on the website. http://www.3particles.com > SHOP

cds and special editions have been discounted $1 - $10 US.
also i have included several paintings for sale online from the exhibit "Absence/Presence" that are still available.


happy shopping
and happy summer
r




- - NEW +RECENT RELEASES - -
a limited number of these & other releases are available via the http://www.3particles.com online paypal SHOP:


EDITION CD . "Absence" [ 3particles, US ] special limited edition of 50 signed and numbered cds on lettepressed insert, released in conjunction with the opening of the show "Absence/Presence".

CD . William Basinski + Richard Chartier "untitled 1-3" [ LINE, US ] special reissue of the long out of print spekk cd now with 2 new exclusive compositions.

CD . Further Materials [ LINE, USA ] all compilation recordings from 2002-2005 (including collaborative works with Taylor Deupree)





- - CURRENT EVENTS + FUTURE RELEASES, EVENTS, ETC - -

ITUNES + EMUSIC + OTHERS . from the 3particles archives OTHER MATERIALS (2003) and DIRECT.INCIDENTAL.CONSEQUENTIAL edition 2 ( 1998/2002) now available, also LINE back catalog including out of print releases - LINE_031, 029, 028, 027, 025, 024, 023 - available now! with links directly to them for your convenience.

10x7" BOX SET . Recovery [ Random Records, UK ] . limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Essay by Kamal Ackarie on the notion of covers and tributes. Artists doing covers include: Ryoji Ikeda, Carsten Nicolai, Christian Fennesz, Mika Vanio, Johaan Johaanson, Monolake, b j nilsen, Susan Stenger, :zoviet*france, People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz, J.G.Thirlwell, Chris Carter + Cosey Fanni Tutti, snd, Momus and Gremlin, Matmos , Nicebox (Richard Chartier & CoH), Paradise Island (Jenny Hoyston), Donna Summer/Jason Forrest, Robert Lippok, Mouse on Mars. CoH and I are covering "bleak is my favourite cliché" by Soft Cell. my first foray into POP music... and I actually do vocals. GET ON THEIR LIST TO RESERVE ONE: http://www.fracturedrecordings.com/

DVD. Colorfield Variations. with works by: Frank Bretschneider, Alan Callander, Chris Carter + Cosey Fanni Tutti (Chris&Cosey / Throbbing Gristle), Sue Costabile, Evelina Domnitch + Dmitry Gelfand, Mark Fell (SND/Blir) + Ernest Edmonds, Tina Frank + General Magic, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Stephan Mathieu, Steve Roden, Sawako, and Bas Van Koolwijk. curated by Richard Chartier. [ LINE, US ] NTSC. Fall 2008.

CD . Recurrent [ NVO, Austria ] Fall 2008

LIVE . [ Poland ] TBC Fall 2008

LIVE . [ Tokyo, Japan ] TBC Fall 2008

DESIGN PUBLICATION . LINE packaging series 3: Best of Disk Art – Innovation in CD, DVDor Vinyl Design & Packaging by Charlotte Rivers [ Rotovision, UK ] 2008

DESIGN PUBLICATION . LINE packaging series 3: 1000 Supreme CDs [ Mao Mao, Spain ] 2008

SCREENING/CURATORIAL: Colorfield Variations. Avmotional [ Bucharest, Romania ] TBC 2008

SCREENING/CURATORIAL: Colorfield Variations [ San Francisco + Los Angeles, US ] location to be confirmed 2008. www.volumeprojects.org

CURATORIAL . I have been asked to curate a large scale sound/video installation exhibit at the Art Gallery of the University of Maryland [ USA ] date to be confirmed. 2009. tentatively titled "Data Waves / Audio Lines" more information can be found under EXHBITS/CURATORIAL on my website.

COLLABORATION . Asmus Tietchens and I have begun production on the next collaborative recording together. Starting from a strange new work that was very unusual for me (at parts sounding like an homage to my friend CoH)... we shall see where this new direction leads us.

EXHIBIT . collaborative installation work with artist Linn Meyers. 2008. www.linnmeyers.com

COLLABORATION . with Taylor Deupree. a new work based on the sounds derived from one of Harry Bertoia's sound sculptures.



R I C H A R D C H A R T I E R

http://www.3particles.com
chartier@3particles.com

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a lot of you have been asking about RECOVERY box set...

a behold.... a website has launched...


http://www.fracturedrecordings.com/

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r

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LINN MEYERS exhibiting work in Tokyo, Japan

one of my good friends and favourite artists Linn Meyers has work in this show.



http://busdori.blogspot.com/

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