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Four Idols

by Austin Franklin

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Mirage 05:30
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2.
Drip 04:55
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3.
Reconstruct (pt. 1) 06:15
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4.
Programma 02:48
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5.
Sunbeam 08:54
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6.
The Witch Hunt - I. Pursuit 04:53
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The Witch Hunt - II. The Trial 03:41
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The Witch Hunt - III. Black Magic 05:30
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9.
Reconstruct (pt. 2) 07:52
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Four Idols is inspired by Francis Bacon’s philosophy of the four idols of the mind, which are errors of thinking and judgement caused by flawed reasoning, philosophical bias, ill and unfit words, and personal experiences.

These ideas are explored throughout the album thematically, such as in The Witch Hunt, which references the Mass Witch Trials in early modern Europe and Bacon's Idols of the Tribe, as well as musically using live electronics and digital instruments. In Mirage, the Idol of the Cave is represented using the feedback between a microphone and a speaker, controlled with four push/pull solenoids to represent the self-referential nature of these idols. Reconstruct grapples with the Idols of the Theater, which are due to sophistry and false learning. These idols are built within the fields of science, theology, and philosophy, and according to Bacon must be dismantled and replaced. There is a musical metaphor in which the sounds of three crystal glasses are recorded, deconstructed, changed, and then reassembled continuously to create changing textures and rhythms.

Each piece was created using a unique set of instruments, controllers, and digital signal processing techniques. Many familiar instruments are used, such as crystal glasses, cymbals, synthesizers, a cajon, and disklavier. It draws influence from multiple electronic music genres, such as ambient and drone based music, glitch and noise music. Four Idols synthesizes these musical and philosophical ideas and creates a unifying musical language that centers between improvisation and process, rhythm and texture, and noise and beauty.

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released December 14, 2020

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Austin Franklin Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Austin Franklin is a composer and sound artist based in Baton Rouge, LA. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Experimental Music & Digital
Media from Louisiana State University. His interests include music involving process, such as
algorithmic composition and machine learning. ... more

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