Chessmachine

Chessmachine may be the brainchild of minimalist audio developer Ivan Pavlov (aka COH) and Collection Records label mind Richard Chartier. Half overall performance artwork, half collaborative concert, the duo requires the stage and humorously reenacts the dramatics that once encircled the fantastic chess matches between your USA and U.S.S.R. through the Chilly War. Instead of the real game, nevertheless, the duo bounces backwards and forwards brief audio items as “techniques.” Through the entire match, the noises of one participant influences the additional until compositions are nearly indeterminable using their source. The 1st “match” between your two occurred at Montreal’s revered MUTEK event in 2004 and was recorded on Compact disc by MUTEK’s label arm. Following “fits” took place around the world, including one in LA, the results which had been released by Chartier’s Collection label in limited release in 2005. Around this composing, the champion of the overall game offers yet to become determined.