SHAWN GREENLEE:
KATABASIS.2
3-inch CD-R / MP3 DOWNLOAD
5 MP3s at 320 kbps + 2 PDFs in .zip archive (45.1 MB)
Katabasis.2 © + ℗ Shawn Greenlee 2007, Some Rights Reserved.
Track listing:
01 - Neoplatonist
02 - Sunthemata
03 - Dialogue
04 - Anamnesis
05 - Wryneck
Review from mirroribis: As rawly digital as the tracks on Katabasis.2 may sound, it seems have an organic structure. I don't believe that this is due to any perceived randomness: I think it's because the songs (inadvertently or not) behave like an organism, and an organism's behavior would also appear random if one did not understand it's motives. As I have explored the motives of the artist as artist through these tracks, I have heard a sonic Pollack. The abandon and guerrilla kanji that he uses are apparent and will be easily recognized by those familiar to those who've seen his live performance. As far as understanding the motives of this artist as human, I must confess I'm at a loss. My guess is that the only motive behind the tweaking of listeners he does so effectively would be to Immanentize their personal eschatons, to break through old patterns and leave a space for novel thought.