RELEASE DATE: APRIL 4, 2025
In the summer of 2024, I came across several tracks that had been recorded twenty years earlier but never used. These sounds had been created by feeding a Lexicon LXP15 multieffects unit back into itself with a small specialized mixer. At the time, I appreciated the sounds but did not find them suitable for a project or release, and so set them aside and they were forgotten for decades. In the intervening years, new innovations in hardware and software audio processing have been allowing ever more opportunities to develop complex structures from simple sound sources. The original recordings were put through many alterations and layerings before becoming Sensus.
The title Sensus aims to indicate that this work intends to be experienced in a tactile way rather than a sonic expression open to aesthetic judgement as such. The physical vibrations of Sensus emanating from speakers in a room create a world all their own, not requiring labels like “ambient music” or “sound art.” It is what it is.
Sensus is David Lee Myers’ first solo album for LINE. His previous collaboration with Asmus Tietchens, 60:00 (LINE_017), was released on LINE in 2004.