The Ontology of Noise is a work of conceptual

Conceptual art

Conceptual art is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works, sometimes called installations, of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions...

 sound art

Sound art

Sound art is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus. There are often distinct relationships forged between the visual and aural domains of art and perception by sound artists....

, by Nana April Jun

Nana April Jun

Nana April Jun is one of the personae of Christofer Lämgren , a Swedish artist who works with text, audio, image and installation.-The Ontology of Noise:...

, released by UK-based audio-visual label, Touch

Touch Music

Touch is a British audio-visual organisation, operating the Touch label. It is the main arm of the London-based multimedia publishing company Touch, established in 1982...

. The Ontology of Noise consists of five minimalist compositions with a sound situated between white noise

White noise

White noise is a random signal with a flat power spectral density. In other words, the signal contains equal power within a fixed bandwidth at any center frequency...

 and black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

. The album researches the hallucinogenic qualities of noise exploring all-digital noise timbres as continuous, evolving streams. The Ontology of Noise has been described as grey.



The Ontology of Noise is mastered by Denis Blackham

Denis Blackham

Denis Blackham began his audio mastering work in 1969. He started at IBC Studios in London and later worked for Polygram, RCA, The Master Room, Nimbus Records, Tape One and Porky's...

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Track listing

1. The One Substance
2. Process Philosophy
3. Space-Time Continuum
4. Semantic Shift
5. Sun Wind Darkness Eye