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Date: 03 September 2005 22:59:02
...Mr. Lagowski has visited and left his footprints (see: Just Experimenting, August 28, 2005, 3:58 pm). Mr Lagowski is a London based musician and fellow regular on the forums over at OSX Audio. Go visit his site, listen to his music, if you like it buy some and do your bit to support independent musicians. Here's a review I found of the Sentient CD released under the name SETI:-
Talk about exclusives! By the time this review hits, the 100 copies may be gone - but there will be 200 happy ears in the universe. Mr. (Andrew) Lagowski miraculously shape-shifts a myriad of pilot data transmissions and various satellite verbiage to keep his catalogue (dating back to '87) as vital as ever. This technique of sampling, layering, filtering and mixing garners the presence of cosmic communications with higher forms of life. Even the artwork (by Si_COMM) is downloadable, giving the audience the opportunity to link up to interact directly with the creator. The tones hover and levitate; the drone is lightweight and free roaming. In what might be referred to his follow-up to the classic 1995 Knowledge (Ash International), Lagowski has brought new life to the extra terrestrial soundtrack, with a new sense of timelessness. His use of vocal samplers unpredictably digitize the voice into mumbled tones that are more like a child's broken Casio than another homage to Kraftwerk. The distance between Sentient and earthlings may never be known in scientific terms, but research has proven that SETI's quest for capturing unknown intelligence is one of virtuous discourse and unbridled exploration. Sentient will surely become one of this decade's first true ambient master works.
Lately he's been involved with doing some sound design work for an art project called Imagining St. Mary Magdalene's. I'd suggest you start right at the bottom of the page and work your way up. If only more churches, businesses, community groups, etc, could do things like this....