{"id":9455,"date":"2019-12-16T12:17:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T11:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storung.com\/projects\/machinefabriek-stillness-soundtracks-ii\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T13:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T11:01:23","slug":"machinefabriek-stillness-soundtracks-ii","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/storung.com\/en\/projects\/machinefabriek-stillness-soundtracks-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Machinefabriek – Stillness Soundtracks II"},"content":{"rendered":"

The friendship and collaboration between Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek<\/a>) and Alessandro Tedeschi<\/a> (label founder of\u00a0Glacial Movements<\/a>) has been going on for several years now and is constantly evolving. The Dutch artist, in addition to carrying out the graphic designs of all Glacial Movements\u2019 releases, is also part of the label\u2019s catalog with the album \u2018Stillness Soundtracks\u2019 released in April 2014. Almost 6 years since its publication, a new musical tale of the fantastic journey in Antarctica by Esther Kokmeijer<\/a> is released. When Kokmeijer asked Rutger Zuydervelt to score the second instalment of her \u2018Stillness\u2019 video series, he didn\u2019t have to think twice. After all, when working on its first volume, the duo found out very soon that the images of floating icebergs and desolate seascapes were a perfect fit with Rutger\u2019s glacial sounds (as heard on \u2018Stillness Soundtracks\u2019).
\nFor that first set, the score was quite lively and layered, as if the music was adding a narrative to the static imagery, suggesting that things were unfolding outside of the screen.<\/p>\n

For the second \u2018Stillness\u2019 instalment, the focus is more on what can be seen within the frame \u2013 an attempt to capture the solitude of the images \u2013 to find beauty, but also sadness in the mesmerising quality of Esther\u2019s films. This makes \u2018Stillness Soundtracks II\u2019 a more sombre and subdued album and one that\u2019s a fitting soundtrack to these alarming times with climate change being a more serious threat than ever.<\/p>\n

Esther Kokmeijer: \u00ab\u2018Stillness\u2019 depicts tranquil, gliding images of ice-scapes from the North and South Pole. I filmed these landscapes during my biannual visits to Antarctica as an expedition photographer. The meditative images invite reflection on the unparalleled beauty of this glacial ecology, which appears both vulnerable and resilient.\u00bb<\/p>\n

Mastered at: St\u00f6rung Studios<\/a>
\nSound Engineer: Alex G\u00e1mez<\/a>
\nEngineer’s Assistant: Fran Rico<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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