Latency

In engineering, “Latency” refers to the period of time from the moment a process is initiated until the time it is carried out. In the world of electronics, it describes the time it takes for data to travel from one place to another in the system. These are the terms with which Grisha Shakhnes thinks about recordings, and in particular field recordings. There is an essential difference between improvisation and the use of a recording. Does this difference hold additional value, value that is not only musical? The meeting of past and present perhaps exists to some extent in every artwork (except maybe for free improvisation); but does it make the work more relevant for us, or maybe the opposite is true, and it pushes it away from us? At Musrara Sonics, Shakhnes exacerbates this encounter and puts it at the center of the piece. 

About the artist:

Grisha Shakhnes is a musician who focuses on experimental music and free improvisation. He often uses field recordings and old tapes as his raw material. His main field of interest is the musical potential of everyday sounds and the emotional significances held in them.

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