2025
With Matthijs Kouw
'Konkret' finds Matthijs Kouw and Phil Maguire returning to the restrained, slow-burning terrain they explored on 2021's 'Isometry'.
Drawn from modular synthesizer improvisations recorded in 2022 and later shaped individually, the two pieces on Konkret are built from patient contours, soft resonances, and small shifts in texture, establishing structures to dwell in.
'Modulor’ takes its cue from Le Corbusier’s eponymous theory of measured proportions, unfolding as a slow calibration of tone and space. '4x4 House' echoes Ando’s disciplined geometry, letting its form emerge through restraint, repetition, and spare gestures to sketch out a quiet frame.
Source material recorded in Schoonrewoerd, NL. April 2022.
Track 1 - constructed by Matthijs Kouw 2023-2025
Track 2 - constructed by Phil Maguire at wheat flats, 2023-4.
Cover images by Matthijs Kouw.
Mastered by Pentti Dassum.