Plexus

Hitoshi Kojo

Track 1 - 8 are 16 mono channel sound materials. Each left and right channel contains different sound that were used for installation with the same title.
Play some or all tracks together, and enjoy your own mix by changing the volume and the starting position of tracks.

In the installation, various objects were attached to speakers, and the noise emitted by the sound vibrations was incorporated as part of the work.
Some of the sounds are pushed out quite strongly by a compressor in order to make the objects vibrate. Therefore, listening with headphones is not recommended.

Track 1：L. Elerod - R. Rirog

Track 2：L. Firanch - R. Inserbe

Track 3：L. Echass - R. Stopening

Track 4：L. Cramber - R. Bamteeval

Track 5：L. Bristeel - R. Radinance

Track 6：L. Sonisht - R. Leaforal

Track 7：L. Driftal - R. Strood

Track 8：L. Mornird - R. Symplute

Track 9：Metto Harip

Track 10：Resell Mirran

From Octpia 06 - Plexus (digest edition), The full version is available at Bandcamp.

Octpia 04

• Album title: Plexus
• Artist: Hitoshi Kojo
• Track title:
  Disk 1: L. Elerod - R. Rirog
  Disk 2: L. Firanch - R. Inserbe
  Disk 3: L. Echass - R. Stopening
  Disk 4: L. Cramber - R. Bamteeval
  Disk 5: L. Bristeel - R. Radinance
  Disk 6: L. Sonisht - R. Leaforal
  Disk 7: L. Driftal - R. Strood
  Disk 8: L. Mornird - R. Symplute
  Disk 9: Metto Harip
  Disk 10: Resell Mirran
• Duration: Each disk 19:30
• Format: 3" CDR x 10 / Digital files
• Cover: Silkscreen on Handmade Wooden Box, Jewel case, Inkjet on Japanese paper, Feather
• Issue: 2004 / Digital file edition 2011 January
• Number: Limited to 10 copies, Numbered, Signed / Out of print

Octpia 06

• Album Title: Plexus (digest edition)
• Artist: Hitoshi Kojo
• Track title:
  Track 1: L. Elerod - R. Rirog
  Track 2: L. Firanch - R. Inserbe
  Track 3: L. Echass - R. Stopening
  Track 4: L. Cramber - R. Bamteeval
  Track 5: L. Bristeel - R. Radinance
  Track 6: L. Sonisht - R. Leaforal
  Track 7: L. Driftal - R. Strood
  Track 8: L. Mornird - R. Symplute
  Track 9: Metto Harip
  Track 10: Resell Mirran
• Time: Track 1-9: 6:05, Track 10: 10:00
• Format: CDr
• Cover: Silkscreen on cardboard slipcase, Paper, Tracing paper, Inkjet, + Feather, Honey wax (special edition)
• Issue: 2004 / Digital file edition 2011 January
• Number: Limited to 100 copies, Numbered, Signed, (Special edition: 15 copies) / Out of print

Installation

• Exhibition title: Zenlogique
• Location: HEADSCAPE gallery, Paris
• Period: 14 November 2001 - 12 January 2002
• Participants: Hitoshi Kojo, Ritsuko Koga
• Material: Prerecorded sounds, 5 CD players, 10 loud speakers, Tin watering cans, Mirrors, Gourds, Walls, Handrail, Environmental sounds of the location

Performance

• Title: Mirror Man
• Place: HEADSCAPE gallery, Paris
• Date: 14 November 2001
• Duration: 4 hours
• Equipment: Prerecorded sounds, 1 CD player, 1 large loud speaker, 1 speaker necklace (7 small speakers, audio cables)
• Costume: Black clothes, Mask (a cylinder made of black coated paper with many circular mirrors attached to it), White feathers (packed into the cavity at the top of the cylindrical mask)

Recording

• Disk (track) 1 - 8:
  Each left and right channel of the 8 tracks contains 16 recordings used in the installation of the same title.
• Disk (track) 9:
  A mix of two recordings of the same part of the installation, the one from Paris gallery and the recreated version in Tokyo studio.
• Disk (track) 10:
  One of the audio materials used in the slow-motion performance at the exhibition opening party.