A Collection Of Degenerations

1.1 mar-apr 2022, for “noise as connect. swiss & chinese noise compilation” LP released by baoyinnoise, shanghai china http://baoyinnoise.blogspot.com/ and for "13 years" 3xMC, released by petite soles, pennsylvania usa https://petitesoles.bandcamp.com/ 1.2 jan-oct 2021, one side of “the more we try to manage and control nature, the more unmanageable and uncontrollable our problems become” 7" released by archaetecture, usa 1.3 nov 2015, made during sonic mmabolela workshop by francisco lópez released by sonic mmabolela, south africa https://sonicmmabolela.bandcamp.com/ 1.4 jan-oct 2021, other side of “the more we try to manage and control nature, the more unmanageable and uncontrollable our problems become” 7" released by archaetecture, usa 2.1 jun 2020, for “schimpfluch affiliated music” LP released by tochnit aleph, berlin https://www.tochnit-aleph.com/ 2.2 jul-aug 2021, for “flesh.tv vol 1” compilation usb-stik & book & object released by flesh tv, france https://fleshtv.world/ 2.3 live at SS8 liestal switzerland 12 nov 2024, previously unreleased 2.4 sept 2022, for "amazonia revisited" broadcast 3.1 sept 2020, for “greetings from jerusalem” compilation tape released by raash records, jerusalem israel https://raashrecords.bandcamp.com/ and for "improvised combat" compilation tape released by tribe tapes, raleigh usa https://tribetapes.bandcamp.com 3.2 aug 2023, for “weird shit 2023” compilation, released by borenail records, brighton england https://borenailrecords.bandcamp.com/ 3.3 apr-jun 2022, soundtrack for audiovisual project by florence iff, zürich https://www.florence-iff.ch/oil-a-history-of 3.4 jun 2020, from “schimpfluch affiliated music” sessions, previously unreleased 3.5 dec 2020, for “you have three seconds” compilation, released by welcome to clydebank, glasgow scotland https://wtc-communications.bandcamp.com 4.1 may 2024, voice by bao ngân nguyễn. previously unreleased 4.2 2000-2024, originally made for OHNE but never used, this morphed through various versions until this. previously unreleased. in memoriam tom smith 4.3 sept 2022, for "amazonia revisited" broadcast 5.1 jun 2022, for “petit bardo” series on sounds for the existential finitude https://petitbardo.xyz/info/ mastered by riccardo mazza. some pieces revamped. all by dave phillips unless otherwise noted. thanks to all involved. in memoriam tim robb. www.davephillips.ch i claim, as have many others, that our culture has been telling the wrong story about the world, and it is leading us to the edge of a cliff. this story has many variants, religious and secular, scientific, economic and mystic. but all tell of humanity's original transcendence of its animal beginnings, our growing mastery over a 'nature' to which we no longer belong, and the glorious future of plenty and prosperity which will follow when this mastery is complete. it is the story of human centrality, of a species destined to be lord of all it surveys, unconfined by the limits that apply to other, lesser beings. what makes this story so dangerous is that, for the most part, we have forgotten that it is a story. reason is an irrational idea. the childish notion that we are able to think has been humanity's costliest error. what we call reason is rationalisations for choices already made. what you think you think is an illusion created by your glands, your emotions and, in the last analysis, by the content of your stomach. that gray matter you're so proud of is like a mirror in an amusement park which transmits to you nothing but distorted signals from a reality forever beyond your grasp. __________________________ our species was born on a perfect planet. boy, did we fuck up. __________________________ the things we built to make our lives easier have made us weaker. __________________________ i reckon that hope often acts as an escape from reality. for many people hope involves wishing that something is not so. hope can sometimes be a lie to postpone letting reality change us. __________________________ there is a place beyond despair where we might begin again, but trying to avoid despair, we often don’t allow ourselves to reach it. __________________________ the times demand now that we remember and cultivate some of the old virtues. we could start with courage: courage and patience. it may take years, decades, centuries, but the machine we have built to manage life itself, to squeeze the world into our own small shape - it will come down, and the humming wires will fall silent. our task in the meantime is to understand, so that we can resist, the shape of the tyranny it brings. a collection of degenerations humanity is a weapon of mass extinction *************************************************************************** 'normal' and 'natural' are the biggest lies we’ve ever created comes with a badge Limited edition of 50 copies