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Positively Susan

by Karen Constance

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Originally released as a CDr in an edition of 75. December 2023.

"The more I come to consume work by Karen Constance the less I find it helpful to think of in terms such as ‘sound work’, ‘film work’ or ‘painting’. At this point I consider what she does as an ever living, ever growing ecosystem of audiovisual dream logic; one that may express itself in the shape of the above media yet exists in an essence far less tangible. Positively Susan - in this case a compact disc recordable manifestation – is another prime instance of the great arc of images, motifs and obsessions that live via the now buckling shelves of Constance’s zero filler back catalogue.

Such is the profundity of this gesture toward the abstract infinite that I can no longer tell whether I am listening to a reinterpreted, reanimated take on materials previously encountered in older jams/films or if this is an entirely virgin experience for my lugs and bonce. Maybe it’s both. Like getting to read a missing page from a beloved novel or finding out an action figure you’ve had for years has a gun you didn’t know about hidden in its arse. Fresh perches from which to angle your head whilst gazing at the aesthetic biosphere.

But to concede to categorical thinking a moment; what am I actually talking about vis a vis the lived tasting experience of this disc? Pearls dropping from wet cave roofs, as seen from a staticy television? shattered memories of hearing a piano glued purposely into the wrong shape? spoken word tracts detailing dreams (probably) amidst deep larynx level non-verbal utterances? Sampled and stitched with a calm, delicate poise then gently warped and looped into heaving inhaling/exhaling living organs? Maybe so. But much like a decent plate of Chongqing Xiao Mian the proof can only ever be in one’s own tasting. Whether you’ve had the prior pleasure of a toe’s dip in similar culinary waters or find yourself a first time diner, ready your mouth and heart for an earful of the most auditory numbing chilli oil to be found this side of Preston St."

- Mr Duncan Harrison

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released December 9, 2023

Sounds & artwork by Karen Constance
Guest speaker: Catherine Plenevaux

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Wino Lodge Brighton, UK

Karen Constance & Dylan Nyoukis

"They explore hand-cranked 20th century technology in combination with epiglottal gymnastics and free music modes inherited as much from punk rock's mutilated aesthetic as utopian art styles." - David Keenan

"In their masks or out, they sow confusion like wheat." - Byron Coley

"So go ahead & let them get a little bit of their saliva on you." - Angela Sawyer
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