Paul Chain – Satan's Future: Recording Sessions From The Dying Edition (Galeria Akusmata, Helsinki, Finland)

Format: White C-40 single sided cassette jewelcase, packaged in slipcase, 4-pages booklet. Limited to 25 hand numbered copies.

Note: it's a recording of sound installation by Paul Chain called "Satan's Future" at Akusmata Sound Art Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, set from 12 to 13 October 2016 (during Akusmata Sound Festival, 11. - 15.10.2016). During this installation ceramic recording containing Paul Chain's song "Satan's Future" (1981) was played continuosly, self-destructing during its playing.

This recording is the documentation of the audio installation conceived for Akusmata Sound Festival | 11. - 15.10.2016 | Akusmata Sound Art Gallery. It's based on the ceramic sound object of "Satan's Future", contained in the conceptual edition called "dying edition", published by RMEDL in 2015 ("Satan's Future"), conceived to pay tribute to the opera of the artist Paul Chain and his personal eschatological research, to his philosophy of death or violet magic.

Paul Chain (1977 - 05 April 2003) declares his artistic death on April 05 2003. Following the suggestions left by the author, who strongly believes that the hidden power of these recordings should be left to die, until its consumption, everything involved in the related Dying Edition is designed to die. The "dying edition" represents the conceptual interment of this artistic body, its final grave.

The source of this limited edition ceramic record is designed to be consumed by its playing. The process of playing the ceramic record will consume the engraved sound waves, from time to time. Slowly the sound waves will disappear, untill only mute ash will remain. This audio recording is the direct documentation of various playing of the ceramic record on turntable, synthesized in three parts. "Satan's Future" was originally selected by Paul Chain for his "Relative Tapes" private archive, courtesy by Marco Melzi, Minotauro Records.

Licensed CC by nc nd 3.0, 2016