NEW!!!!!!

The first i-logic pro project in 5 years is now available!

Uploaded in two parts, the disc features 21 tracks clocking in at just over 30 minutes and marks
a shift away from the glassy distortion and indiscriminate DSP plunderphonia of the SELF trilogy.

The dawn of a new era as it were.

Q: Why the long delay? Isn't five years a long time?

A: Five years is forever in my world! i-logic pro just didn't seem necessary for quite a long time. I think the original concept was to have a project dedicated to DSP manipulations of various Ibrahim remnants layered with sine wave experiments but eventually it became tedious. I suppose I secretly I wished for a formula to make finishing these things easier and near the end of the Self trilogy I'd just about had one going. With everything coming together fairly easily it sort of spelled the end of that particular way of working. I did return to those methods here and there but they ended up in loads of "Ibrahim" recordings. For quite a long while I considered the project dead but now that I realize that it gives me a chance to experiment in a slightly more formal way. The end products inevitably sound a bit impersonal but that's precisely why they don't fit under the "Ibrahim" banner.

Q: So what's the new stuff all about?

A: I suppose the real inspiration behind the new recordings was the whole idea of granular synthesis -- the analysis of sound as a series of grains or particles rather the usual concept of sound being the product of waves. It was a nice starting point. It's fascinating when you consider that the sensations of rhythm and tone are merely opposite ends of the same continuum. The finished recordings are a result of this granular approach mixed with a variety of impurities (both sonic and philosophical).
It's interesting though, even after 5 years, the new tracks came out short and the whole collection barely squeaks past the 30 minute mark -- not unlike the previous 3 discs. Hmmm....

Best enjoyed in its original sequence but as with all i-logic creations, designed for random play as well!

Artist: i-logic pro
Title: "404"
Tracks: 21
Running Time: 30:14

Download Links:

i-logic pro - 404 PART ONE and PART TWO





Artwork TBA

Archive Data Now Available

Archive communications include the following:

i-logic pro - SELF - part 1 - part 2 - part 3

i-logic pro - self two - download part 1 - download part 2

i-logic pro - self3 - download part 1 - download part 2

44.1 16bit CD to VBR320 @44.1 using cwenc encoder at extreme setting
other formats including flac available upon request

All data generated from 1999 to 2002. Compiled, processed and re-evaluated 2002.

N.B.

SELF - now indexed as 26 tracks
- newly reformatted for online consumption

self two and self 3 identical to CD versions

Exclaim Magazine (Canada)

I-Logic Pro
Self / Self 2
By I. Khider

Two parts in a three-disc series, Self and Self 2 are promising debuts from the Toronto-based Low Cost label from Jane and Finch producer Ibrahim. In the past, (he) has done remix projects for the likes of UK’s rock adventurers, Wire. Like his previous remix project work, I-Logic Pro continues to be noisy, only both releases sound more varied and innovative than any previous endeavour. Self has 99 tracks that clock in at just over 36 minutes, each piece a seconds-long excursion into noise and processed found sound (i.e. field recordings, pre-recorded techno and abstract folk) interspersed with digital burps and hiccups. The varied sounds are mulched to form something like scanning a radio tuner across an FM band with weak reception. Not to say that Self is not fascinating and captivating. It certainly is a fascinating bit of sound collage and textural swatch. Self 2 is in keeping with the first release, only it sounds more focused with fewer yet longer tracks, many that last over a minute. The textures on Self 2 are less harsh as well as more atmospheric and introspective. Self and Self 2 would be best appreciated by enthusiasts of Farmers Manual or material on the Mego label. (Low Cost)

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