Locd07r - Sin:Ned - Uroborus: A Study on No-Input Device (limited 50 cdr)
　

　

　

Uroborus (also known as Ouroboros) literally means "tail swallower" in Greek. It is an ancient alchemical symbol depicting a snake or dragon swallowing its own tail, forming a circle and constantly creating/re-creating itself. In Alchemy, it represents the spirit of Mercury (the substance that permeates all matter), and symbolizes continuous renewal, the cycle of life and death, and the interplay/interdependence of the opposites. It also represents eternal return, and the cyclical nature of all things that begin anew as soon as they end. One might also consider Uroborus as a symbolic representation of Nietzsche's Eternal Return and Jung's Enatiodromia.

“Uroborus” is a sonic exploration created within such symbolic framework. On the other hand, it is also inspired by Toshimaru Nakamura’s “No-input Mixing Board” and Sachiko M's “No-sample Sampler”. Ross Bencina's AudioMulch is being used as a self-contained apparatus without the use of any audio input or signal generator (i.e. no samples, synthesizers, instruments…etc), to create a slow evolving mass of sonic textures that endlessly unfolds over time.
　

The result is this almost transpersonal-like, self-referencing sonic life form.

　

第一次接觸Uroborus (或Ouroboros)是從Carl Jung有關鍊金術的學說。其後又得知，德國化學家Kekule夢見Uroborus的意像而想通了有關苯的化學結構。那時想，很利害的一個精神原型。蛇自吞其尾而蜷圈成一個永恆地輪迴死滅重生的自我迴路。這樣自我指向、自我毀滅、自我轉化衍生的精神系統，實在非理性所能拆解馭駕。
　

尼釆的Eternal Return。Carl Jung的Enatiodromia。張系國於長篇三部曲小說”城”所暗藏的非直線歷史觀。藏傳佛學的生命之輪。
　

第一次嘗試從無聲中發聲是三年前的事。當時聽到Toshimaru Nakamura以無音源之混音器作為演奏工具，感覺驚為天人。還有Sachiko M那無樣本的取樣器演奏，同樣不可思議。兩者演奏技法當中所蘊含的禪宗佛學意念，給予人強大的關於音樂色相根源之衝擊。於是，自己便開始以Ross Bencina的音樂軟體AudioMulch，套以那種無音源之演奏技法進行實驗。剛巧當時正參與03 香港視野音樂節的Media Jam項目，部份實驗品於是便拿進去試煉。然而，因當時所製造出的聲像音響隨機性太高，感覺難以馭駕，於是其後便丟低了。
　

不久前，突然想起Uroborus，於是又再重拾這未完實驗。很奇怪地，是次很快便重新找到與這些奇詭聲像共存的觀視角度。突然間，一切都變得理所當然。看著Laptop螢幕上那堆以虛擬線路自我纏繞回輸的軟體組件，心想，這根本就是一個Uroborus。
　

先前不以為意的種種，都豁然連接起來。

結果，就是這首命名為"Uroborus: A Study on No-input Device"的漫長樂章。

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All audio perceived and sonic-fied by Sin:Ned

　

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