tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436377.post-18425189556457113612008-03-30T07:27:00.002-05:002008-03-30T07:33:30.375-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.zeromoon.com/blog/uploaded_images/zero091-large-778543.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.zeromoon.com/blog/uploaded_images/zero091-large-778540.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Preliminary Saturation is the electro-acoustic, free improv, drone-duo in which Dutch sound artists Wouter Jaspers and Steffan de Turck combine their forces. To some extent, both might be better known for their solo-projects: Franz Fjodor and staplerfahrer, respectively. As Franz Fjodor, Jaspers displays a fascination for the darker side of life; with self-made instruments he creates a sound that shippers between droning soundscapes, depressed noise and dark folk. His style signature varies with his mood: from psycho chants to punk screams, from guitar oriented drones to field recordings. De Turck plays around with crunched and broken (micro)sounds, electro-magnetic waves and noise. Sometimes in a back-to-basics analogue setting, other times solemnly using his powerbook. Every once and a while, they come together in the safe harbor of one of their living rooms, pop open a bottle of wine, light some cigarettes and start improvising as long as the mood is right. It's how this recording was made.<br /><br />In October 2008, Jaspers and De Turck will team up for a tour that will take them along the US East Coast, both playing shows as their individual projects and as Preliminary Saturation.<br /><br />Make these boys of noise proud and download it <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/zero091">now</a>.zeromoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15135753005785123340noreply@blogger.com