Slipped in among the 15 or so of Jocelyn Robert’s past recordings are some minimalist sound offerings such as the 20 slow blank moments, or Slow Sparks from the Split-Voiced Buddha. He is at it again with Bingo, a new audio CD on the Merles label.
Creaks, breaths, murmurs—the separate noises curl together, they wind among the digital runs, caress the eardrum but leave the space curiously empty. Some kind of clock? The beating of an organo-mechanical heart? It helps to know that in the world of aviation “bingo” signifies the point when an airplane no longer has enough fuel to return to its point of departure. In other words, the point of no return...
