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Impressions of Alice by Garry Havrillay

Peeling PVA glue from the surface of a vinyl LP

A 5.1 Surround sound work by Garry Havrillay created in August 2015 after using PVA wood glue to clean a vinyl LP of Illuminations with Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana.

I was intrigued by the inverse nature of the peeled layer and immediately wanted to 'play' it. As it happens, the stylus seems to bounce between relatively widely-spaced adjacent 'mountain ranges' of musical information, playing backwards as it works its way from the centre to the outside. The stylus only gleans musical information as jittery fragments and familiar tonality.

I found myself using this audio as collage material in a surround-sound landscape, using variations like changing the playback speed while preserving the pitch. I also played the peeling a second time slightly off centre, so that the small pitch variations while the tonearm swings from side-to-side (aka 'wow') could be set in sync with a more pitch-stable reading, to create a large and rather wild soundfield.

With the original record including harp, sitar, tabla, orchestra and electric guitar, it seemed only right that I should frame the result with some string and harp samples for added interest (and a tongue planted in my cheek). The finishing touch was a few splashes of guitar noise and sitar.

For details of the cleaning process that led to this, see the Blog post ...

Cleaning LPs with PVA wood glue: "Impressions of Alice" is born

You can play the Stereo mix in the Audio player below (AAC,  17MB).

Both the Stereo and DTS-encoded 5.1 Mix are free to download from  https://havrillay.bandcamp.com/album/impressions-of-alice

The Video frame will play the 5.1 Surround mix. You need a multi-channel audio interface to take advantage of this.  (Multichannel AAC / MP4,  45.3MB)

DISCOGRAPHY**

2021 — NO OVERTAKING — Garry Havrillay; self-released

  • File Download, multiple formats — Stereo Mix (HAVR-210408)
  • FLAC file download — Multichannel 96kHz-24bit 5.1 Surround FLAC files (HAVR-210408FLAC)
  • Blu-Ray — 96kHz-24bit PCM 5.1 Surround, 96kHz-24bit PCM Stereo, optional DTS 5.1 (HAVR-210408BLU)
  • Available on Bandcamp

2021 — THE REAL THING (Single) — Garry Havrillay; self-released

  • File Download, multiple formats — Stereo Mix (HAVR-210127)
  • FLAC file download — Multichannel 96kHz-24bit 5.1 Surround FLAC files + Video (HAVR-210127FLAC)
  • Initially released on Bandcamp under Limited Digital License. Still available in stereo on some streaming/download services.
  • Watch the Video in stereo on YouTube
  • Watch the Video with 5.1 Surround Sound on this website

2020 — GRAVITY by Garry Havrillay; self-released

  • File Download, multiple formats — Stereo Mix (HAVR-200611)
  • FLAC file download — Multichannel 96kHz-24bit 5.1 Surround FLAC files (HAVR-200611FLAC)
  • Blu-Ray — 96kHz-24bit PCM 5.1 Surround, 96kHz-24bit PCM Stereo, optional DTS 5.1, Airborne Video in 5.1 (HAVR-200611BLU)
  • DTS-encoded Compact Disc* — 5.1 Surround Mix (HAVR-200611DTS)
  • Available on Bandcamp

2019 — WALK ME THROUGH THIS + new 5.1 remixes by Garry Havrillay (11 tracks); self-released

  • FLAC file download — Multichannel 44kHz-24bit 5.1 Surround FLAC files (HAVR-191007FLAC)
  • Blu-Ray — 5.1 Surround Multichannel PCM & DTS, HD videos in 5.1, PCM Stereo full album with original mixes of remixed tracks (HAVR-191007BLU)
  • DTS-encoded Compact Disc* — 5.1 Surround Mix (HAVR-191007DTS)
  • Available on Bandcamp

2019 — WALK ME THROUGH THIS (EP) by Garry Havrillay (4 tracks); self-released

2018 — AURORA by Garry Havrillay; self-released

  • File Download, multiple formats — Stereo Mix (HAVR-181022)
  • FLAC file download — Multichannel 44kHz-24bit 5.1 Surround FLAC files (HAVR-181022FLAC)
  • Blu-Ray — 5.1 Surround Multichannel PCM & DTS, HD videos in 5.1, PCM Stereo, HD videos in 5.1 (HAVR-181022BLU)
  • DTS-encoded Compact Disc* — 5.1 Surround Mix (HAVR-181022DTS)
  • Available on Bandcamp

2015 — IMPRESSIONS OF ALICE (Single) by Garry Havrillay; self-released

2011 — ARCHIVED WORKS by Garry Havrillay; self-released

2010 — OPEN CIRCLE PARTY "SURROUNDED" by Open Circle Party; self-released

  • FLAC file download (2 main tracks + 2 bonus remixes) — Multichannel 44kHz-20bit 5.1 Surround FLAC files (OCP-CD1-FLAC)
  • DTS-encoded Compact Disc* (2 main tracks + 2 bonus remixes) — 5.1 Surround Mix (OCP-CD1-DTS)
  • Available on Bandcamp, including download of 2 main tracks + 2 bonus remixes + 2 radio edits (stereo mix, multiple formats).

2010 — OPEN CIRCLE PARTY by Open Circle Party; self-released

  • Compact Disc (2 main tracks only) — Stereo mix (OCP-CD1-STEREO)
  • File Download, multiple formats (2 main tracks + 2 bonus remixes + 2 radio edits) — Stereo Mix
  • Available on Bandcamp

1998 — CAMOUFLAGE by Garry Havrillay; self-released

1991 — AFGHANISTAN by Garry Havrillay; self-released

  • Compact Disc & Cassette — Stereo Mix (Melting Music MMCD-191)

Compilations — Various Artists

2018 — MIDDAY MOON – Various Artists; Bedroom Suck Records (BSR 082)

1994 — DOCUMENT 01 TRANCE/TRIBAL – Various Artists; Dorobo (Dorobo 001)

  • Compact Disc

1993 — ARCHON: AMBIENT VOLUME ONE – Various Artists; Archon Music (ARC 001)

  • Compact Disc

1992 — THE YAMMOUNI FILES – Various Artists; Independently released (DEX 10585)

  • Limited Edition Cassette

* DTS CDs conform to the Redbook standard, and are playable on any disc player with inbuilt DTS decoding, or via digital audio connected via optical or coaxial cable to a DTS-decoding home theatre amplifier. DTS name and logo used under license from DTS, Inc.

** Direct Licensing Policy for works by Garry Havrillay (Public Performance and Communication Rights)