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• Etymology of smith The word smith is cognate with the somewhat archaic English word, "smite", meaning "to hit" or "to strike". Originally, smiths practiced their crafts by forming metal with hammer blows. As an English suffix, -smith connotes a meaning of specialized craftsmen. → smithereens : fragments, splintered pieces, numerous tiny disconnected items, atoms, smithers, small pieces... [to knock, smash sth. (in)to smithereens]. __________________ • Biography (up-dated 2011) Multi-instrumentalist and composer using electronic devices, digital percussives, vinyls, anvils, gongs, sirens, drums, piano... also (un)known as Ijnveïq de Ernestine, Tlü Ejtko, Phrenq, Qiipnm'id Yorgomnüg... Franck Smith runs the private recording collection Odiolorgnette and works as an independant artist in electronic fields, experimental audiovisual contexts and soundtrack production... Member of the dual electronic unit Zn'shñ and co-founder of visual production Rosebruit... Also active under the pseudonym Zviij as a sound artist and noise designer... BOOKING & CONTACT: odiolorgnette AT hotmail DOT com __________________ CD PRODUCTION IS NOW CLOSED. FOR NEW RELEASES PLEASE SEE DIGITAL PUBLISHING SECTION. * Back-catalog is still available for order in Discography section. ¶ New(s) & release(s) : - 1st CD by Zviij: "Sub-system design" (Noisy beats & dark electronics) — scheduled to be released in Japan March/April 2012. (More details to come) - Zviij w/ Moog Slim Phatty + Elektron Octatrack (feat. Oto Biscuit) [video] NEW! - The Elektron Tapes (#7) by Zviij [video] NEW! - The Elektron Tapes (#6) by Zviij [video] NEW! - The Elektron Tapes (#5) by Zviij [video] NEW! - Zviij : "Naked flowers" (Album) on + NEW! - Zviij : "High heels failure" (5 'single' tracks) on + NEW! __________________ - The Elektron Tapes (#4) by Zviij [video] NEW! - The Elektron Tapes (#3) by Zviij [video] NEW! - The Elektron Tapes (#2) by Zviij [video] NEW! - The Elektron Tapes (#1) by Zviij [video] NEW! - Pro X Fade Cross-Fader + Elektron Machines by Zviij [video] NEW! - Two Elektron Machines by Zviij [video] NEW! - Monomachine vs Octatrack by Zviij [video] NEW! - Rosebruit: "Eclipse(s)" (video mapping) [video] NEW! - Drumsynth playing by Zviij [video] NEW! - Zviij (solo electronics) Live in Brussels @ "Bed & Breakfast" (6 May 2011) [video] NEW! - Zviij "Bug Machines" [III] [IV] [V] (SINGLE TRACKS) on NEW! - Official website of Zviij [here] - Rosebruit: 3 live videos/soundtracks "... by word of mouth" [01] [02] [03] - Rosebruit: 15 silent movies [here] - Le tombeau d'Edgard Varèse by Franck Smith (DIGITAL VERSION) on DOWNLOAD! - A film by Rosebruit [here] __________________ - Lemon juice & chloroform by Rosebruit/Franck Smith, the soundtrack of eponymous movie, is available for free-download via Moscow-based netlabel Clinical Archives (ref. ca413) [download] - Digital tracks of Théorème de point fixe are available on DOWNLOAD! - First drafts of Rosebruit's official site are viewable [here] - Videos of Zn'shñ concerts in Tokyo, Japan [here] __________________ Zn'shñ : TOKYO OPERATIONS (Tour dates in Japan September 2010) Dual electronics by Franck Smith & Elvire Bastendorff • 16 Sept. Zn'shñ @ Nana-hari, Tokyo, Japan [video] • 14 Sept. Zn'shñ @ Super Deluxe, Tokyo, Japan [video] • 13 Sept. Zn'shñ @ UFO Club, Tokyo, Japan [more] • 10 Sept. Zn'shñ @ Next Sunday, Tokyo, Japan [video] • 09 Sept. Zn'shñ @ Flying Teapot, Tokyo, Japan [video] • 08 Sept. Zn'shñ @ Shibuya Lush, Tokyo, Japan [video] • 07 Sept. Zn'shñ @ Koenji High, Tokyo, Japan [video] • 06 Sept. Zn'shñ @ Bar Isshee, Tokyo, Japan [more] • 05 Sept. Zn'shñ @ Kissa Sakaik, Tokyo, Japan [more] ... + 17 Sept. Franck Smith w/ Ukigumo @ Candy [video] __________________ - Zn'shñ : Butoh sweets — [odl.9173-659] CD! - Studies on fixed point theorems by Franck Smith is available on Moscow-based netlabel Clinical Archives (ref. ca375) [download] - Franck Smith solo performance at STEIM, Amsterdam. "Patterns & Pleasure" [video] - Franck Smith : Théorème de point fixe — [odl.9173-658] CD! - Radio : "Le mur du son" in Tapage nocturne, special Berlin vol.2 (the Berlin Wall, 20 years later), 21 compositions, feat. "Trümmer" (1:01) by Franck Smith / October 22nd, France Musique 91.7 FM (Paris). [more] - Radio : Franck Smith in Epsilonia, Radio Libertaire 89.4 FM (Paris), October 22nd, 22h-00. [more] - Zn'shñ : II — (2nd cd). September 2009. [odl.9173-657] - Film excerpt : The winter book [view] - Review : ++ by Zn'shñ [read] - Review : The winter book (Original soundtrack by Zn'shñ) [read] - Article : Zn'shñ for glitch and Butoh fans... [article] - Radio : Franck Smith in Tapage nocturne, France Musique 91.7 FM (Paris). [more] - Zn'shñ : ++ — (1st official cd release). April 2009. [odl.9173-656] - Clinical Archives presents : The winter book (28:57) by Zn'shñ ; Original soundtrack — Ref. [ca.231] Free-download [ca231] - Tecnonucleo's TAO Project : featuring Winter recordings (07:57) by Zn'shñ — Ref. [TN012 V.A.] Free-download [TN012 V.A.] ¶ Next discographic works : - Publishing w/ audio-realization of Tlü Ejtko's French radiophonic piece Testament d'un bouquet de violettes written for 2 simultaneous voices. A "phonotic" composition conceived according to principles of "déclinaisons épigraphiques" (sic) as a double continuo and basically influenced by the pattern of Tibetan rituals. (Pending). ¶ Recent video(s) [2010] : - Zn'shñ + Morihide Sawada @ Next Sunday, Tokyo, Japan [video] - Zn'shñ + Morihide Sawada @ Koenji High, Tokyo, Japan [video] - Zn'shñ @ Flying Teapot, Tokyo, Japan [video] - Zn'shñ @ Nana-hari, Tokyo, Japan [video] - Zn'shñ + Kouhei Harada @ Shibuya Lush, Tokyo, Japan [video] - Zn'shñ + A Qui Avec Gabriel + Cal Lyall @ SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan [video] - Zn'shñ : Butoh sweets (Video of electronic soundtrack studio recording) [video] ___________________________
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Franck Smith, Théorème de point fixe. Composed & performed by Franck Smith (electronic manoeuvrings) Recorded in 2009, Ref: odl.9173-658 ___________________________ ___________________________
• INFLUENCES (...) experimental and primitive sound-activities (...) hybrid acousmatic contexts (...) neo-archaisms, Japanese Gagaku, Tibetan rituals, Pygmy music (...) (...) everything linked to noise manufacturing, electronic manoeuvrings — including — digital percussive devices and vinyl manipulation (...) ___________________________
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