Gonzo Circus (DE)

In Wind Dynamic Organ, Deviations, two worlds converge: Swiss sound artist Zimoun and American electronic musician Taylor Deupree turn their attention to an organ that behaves like a laboratory for air and pressure. The instrument in question is the Wind Dynamic Organ—developed under the direction of Daniel Glaus at the Bern University of the Arts—in which the wind pressure and air volume of each individual pipe can be controlled independently. This technical specification is no mere footnote; rather, it serves as the very starting point for the music. Whereas a traditional organ primarily evokes the switching on and off of registers, this instrument operates through continuity: notes are not simply triggered and released, but are instead subject to constant modulation. Zimoun describes how this process generates sounds situated in the liminal zones between tone and noise—featuring pure wind noise, shimmering ripples, and flickering clouds of overtones that respond directly to changes in wind pressure. This enables seamless transitions, shifting from sharply articulated figures to molten sonic washes. In this way, the organ becomes less of a “psalm machine” and more of a breathing, unstable body. On this record, Deupree and Zimoun restrict themselves strictly to sounds produced by the organ itself, utilizing them as their raw material.