RUSSELL HASWELL : Value + bonus

'Combining CD player demonstration test signals, 24 bit digitally recorded improvised freeform analog pedal-electronic noise, direct to HD computer generated and recorded noise, flashbacks from the 1980s of 303 and 909 noise assaults including free-style repeat and reverse editing, a frog call editing experiment, finishing off the second disc is a unedited long-form radio de-tuning session! Value + Bonus is the sixth solo album release by Russell Haswell. It comes in deluxe no fun gatefold jacket and is limited to 1000.'



- Value
1-1 Left Right Mono Stereo 0:10
1-2 My nO!se Floor Test 2:00
1-3 Sub Bass Test 0:55
1-4 Wino 4:05
1-5 Room Voice Freeze Tone 2:41
1-6 Motorway Sequence 2:10
1-7 The Artist And The Record Company Would Like To Warn You That Consistent High Volume Playback Of These Recordings May Damage Your Audio System And Ears. Do Not Set Levels To Maximum. 0:21
1-8 Multicultural nO!se @ 17.5 dB RMS (Black, Brown, Pink And White nO!se + Mix) 5:01
1-9 Sine Wave/nO!se @ -10.2 dB RMS 1:40
1-10 None 5:17
1-11 Trk 4 6:46
1-12 Computer nO!se 8:44
1-13 Acid nO!se 3:39
1-14 Coventry 6:20
1-15 Thursday Afternoon 15102009 11:59
1-16 nO!se Set + Acid nO!se Encore (Live @ 23 Romily St, 12082009) 11:43
- Bonus
2-1 Nocturnal Playlist Edit + Wave Repeat Variations 10:02
2-2 Roberts R871 FM/MW/LW/SW 1-12 Unedited Radio Scan Solo (After Micheal Snow, Consumer Electronics, Toshiji Mikawa) 1:03:45

Cover [Tinted Security Envelope Scans And Cover By] – Russell Haswell
Performer, Recorded By, Composed By [Decomposed By], Edited By, Compiled By, Mastered By, Producer – Russell Haswell

Released in a 4-panel gatefold sleeve.
Original 24 Bit Recordings, squeezed to 16 Bit.
Non Stop Free Improvisation (where possible).
No Overdubs!
No Crossfades.
Performed, Recorded, Decomposed, Edited, Compiled & Mastered @ Haswell Studio, Suffolk, UK.
Except VALUE Disc trk 15: live solo improvisation (electronics & pedals) boundary layer recording made in Soho, London, UK.
And BONUS Disc trk 1: Nocturnal Amphibian source material recorded somewhere in the Caribbean.
The "word/image" 'nO!se' originates from the work of Robert Brownjohn, Ivan Chermayeff, and Tom Geismar.
Used=Apple, Audiofile-Engineering, Boss, BugBrand, DPA, Korg, Mackie, MOTU, Sound Devices, Vanilla Electronics, Zoom ...
Acknowledgments: Amanda, Andy, Brucee, Carlos, Chris, Claude, Corrupted, Curtis, Daniel, Dave, Dominick, Enric, Eye, Gez, Hecker, Hiaz, Howard, Incapacitants, Jake, Jeff, Jen, Karl, Kevin, Lasse, Lee, Manheim, Mark, Masami, Maso, Mikawa, Oli, Pan_Sonic, Paul & Sue, Peter, Phillip, Piers, PK, Rashad, Richard, Robert, Sam, Sarah & Julian, Sean, Sergio, Shane, Shun, Soma, Steve, Theo, Thom, Tony, William, Yasunao, York mrc, Zbigniew, Zinovieff...
Value = 1.13:34.02
Bonus = 1.13:49.09
Total time = 2.27:23.1

nO!se Information: Disc 1; Clicks at 30:59.63. Clicks evident throughout track 14 at 44:55.65, 45:05.62, 45:54.16, 46:04.87, 48:07.60. Disc 2; Clicks evident throughout track 2 at 11:28.52, 13:44.78, 14:21.74, 44:45.72, 48:33.95, 49:27.10, 51:12.07, 1:00:58.41, 1:05:55.96, 1:06:27.00, 1:12:20.27, 1:13:25.00.