*2026 stock* For this album I have assembled a collection of contrasting works from the archives. Some have previously been released, others not. Three pieces: Sculptor, Touche pas, and Bubble chamber are based on the microsound techniques of granular synthesis and micro-montage. By contrast, Modulude, Clang-tint, and Still life were conceived before my microsound period. 

For any given piece, my compositional practice usually takes years. For example, Modulude was initially conceived in 1998 and finished 23 years later. What I call my microsound period began in 1998 and culminated in the book Microsound (The MIT Press) and the album Point Line Cloud (2004), re-issued by the Presto?! label (Milan) in 2019. Sculptor appeared on that album. Clang-tint traces back to 1991. It was finally released in 2021 by the Slowscan label (’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands) in a limited edition LP. Prior to this, the first movement of Clang-tint, Purity, appeared on the album CCMIX Paris (2001 Mode Records, New York). The origins of Still life date back even further, to the 1980s. Touche pas appeared on the DVD Flicker Tone Pulse (2019 Wergo Schallplatten, Mainz). Bubble chamber is a new release.