Einzeleinheit 011: Juan Matos Capote: "The Subway Aural Recordings"

“The Subway Aural Recordings” are both an album of experimental electronics and a personal diary. For years, Juan Matos Capote secretly hid recording devices in his clothes, taping the sounds of the New York subway. He didn’t go there exlicitely to record. Every day, when taking a ride to work or returning to his home, he would just leave his MiniDisc and Edirol R-09 running, collecting all the noises that surrounded him.

On one level, these recordings represent a musical mirror image of the New York Subway. On the other, they document Capote’s search for the structures underneath the surface: “It was a discovery of hidden sounds that at the moment I could hear because I knew I was recording and I was putting more attention to anything that was sounding around me.”

Accordingly, “The Subway Aural Recordings” are not just a couple of field recordings which make for nice source material. They constitute a private, often rhythmic, musical vision and a small and diverse world in their own right.

Personnel:
Juan Matos Capote: MiniDisc, Edirol R-09, Electronics

Click on the marked tracks for samples:
01. Money Intro 1:24
02. G's Prana 4:56
03. Train's Entrance 2:34
04. Beat & Breath 4:36
05. Please, Swip Again 1:46
06. Union Square 2:28
07. The 6 Train 8:58
08. The Musician 3:10
09. Go 1:46
10. From Metropolitan to Astor 8:36
11. At Last the Poet Says: Again There Is No L Train 2:42