RUINS是一个声音挖掘，将电吉他转化为对坍塌、纹理和空间记忆的研究。它由实验吉他界的六位杰出人士独家表演，将吉他分解为不稳定的原始信号和闪闪发光的和声。
吉他巨石
由Circular Ruin Studios的制作人Randall Dunn录制和策划，RUINS将吉他纹理解构为原始声音材料。
该乐器的引擎由六位实验吉他手的独家录音构建而成——Stephen O'Malley、Oren Ambarchi、David Torn、Bill Horist、Ben Greenberg和Arjan Miranda——通过磁带循环启发的播放、纹理分层和变革效果处理来分解源材料。
空间、性能、饱和度
RUINS会议是一系列受控实验，旨在探索空间、性能和饱和度之间的关系。
为了提供深沉的音调多样性，RUINS提供了多种麦克风视角，包括原始捕获的DI、一系列管供电放大器、侵蚀的立体声弹簧混响，以及在柏林标志性的Funkhaus音箱中录制的洞穴状再放大信号。内置的卷积引擎进一步扩展了这个调色板，并配有一个精心策划的定制脉冲响应库，该库倾向于实验声音设计。
探索之声
RUINS的六位实验吉他手中的每一位都因其将吉他推向传统音乐角色之外的能力而被选中——他们不再将吉他视为乐器，而是将其视为纹理、手势和声音仪式的界面。
每位艺术家都被要求徒手提交碎片：循环、纹理、共振和机械故障。他们的作品以对质感、反馈和原始物质性的关注为统一，形成了一种乐器的基础，该乐器旨在创造新的音色语言，探索吉他演奏的外边缘。
板岩和灰烬RUINS KONTAKT截图
斯蒂芬·奥马利
奥伦·安巴奇
大卫撕裂
比尔·霍斯特
本·格林伯格/阿尔詹·米兰达
吉他作为原料
对于即时探索，RUINS包括250多个精心设计的预设，从地下声场和数字涂抹，到拼贴的嘎嘎声和纠结的谐波。
每个都是展示乐器声音设计潜力的创意基础。多样本引擎将吉他短语叠加成丰富、多变的和声，而异步循环则增加了不稳定性和生命。单样本引擎将细节（如琴弦划痕或放大器嗡嗡声）重新想象成新的节奏或音调元素。所有原材料也以高质量的WAV形式提供，用于任何取样器或DAW。
不仅仅是示例播放
侵蚀建筑师
Randall Dunn拥有30年的吉他工作经验，他以能够为Sunn O）、Earth和已故的Jóhann Jóhannsson等艺术家凝聚复杂或厚重的材料而闻名。
他的作品以表演为中心，旨在捕捉艺术家的核心声音，同时又不减弱其情感影响。作为RUINS的制作人、策展人和工程师，Randall负责捕捉空间、性能和饱和度之间的原始相互作用，这些相互作用定义了乐器的声音特性。
RUINS is a sonic excavation that transforms the electric guitar into a study of collapse, texture, and spatial memory. Featuring exclusive performances from six luminaries of the experimental guitar scene, it dissolves the guitar into unstable currents of raw signal and shimmering harmony.
GUITAR MONOLITHS
Recorded and curated by producer Randall Dunn at Circular Ruin Studios, RUINS deconstructs guitar textures into raw sonic material.
Built from the exclusive recordings of six experimental guitarists—Stephen O'Malley, Oren Ambarchi, David Torn, Bill Horist, Ben Greenberg, and Arjan Miranda—the instrument's engine disintegrates the source material via tape-loop-inspired playback, textural layering, and transformative effects processing.
SPACE, PERFORMANCE, SATURATION
The RUINS sessions were a series of controlled experiments, designed to explore the relationship between space, performance, and saturation.
To provide deep tonal versatility, RUINS offers multiple mic perspectives, including a pristinely captured DI, an array of tube powered amplifiers, an eroded stereo spring reverb, and a cavernous re-amped signal recorded in Berlin's iconic Funkhaus sound chamber. The built-in convolution engine expands this palette further, complete with a curated library of custom impulse responses leaning toward experimental sound design.
VOICES OF EXPLORATION
Each of RUINS' six experimental guitarists was chosen for their ability to push the guitar outside traditional musical roles—treating it less as an instrument and more as an interface for texture, gesture, and sonic ritual.
Each artist was given freehand to submit fragments: loops, textures, resonances, and mechanical failures. Their work is unified by a focus on texture, feedback, and raw materiality, forming the basis of an instrument designed to create new timbral languages that explore the outer edges of guitar performance.
Slate and Ash RUINS KONTAKT screenshot
STEPHEN O'MALLEY
OREN AMBARCHI
DAVID TORN
BILL HORIST
BEN GREENBERG / ARJAN MIRANDA
GUITAR AS RAW MATTER
For immediate exploration, RUINS includes over 250 thoughtfully designed presets, spanning from subterranean soundfields and digital smears, to collaged rattles and tangled harmonics.
Each serves as a creative foundation that showcases the instrument's sound design potential. The multi-sample engine layers guitar phrases into rich, shifting harmonies, while asynchronous looping adds instability and life. The single-sample engine reimagines details—like string scratches or amp hum—into new rhythmic or tonal elements. All raw material is also provided as high-quality WAVs for use in any sampler or DAW.
MORE THAN JUST SAMPLE PLAYBACK
ARCHITECT OF EROSION
With 30 years of experience working with guitar, Randall Dunn is known for his ability to cohere complex or heavy material for artists such as Sunn O))), Earth, and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson.
His work is marked by a performance-focused approach, aiming to capture an artist's core sound without blunting its emotional impact. As the producer, curator and engineer for RUINS, Randall was responsible for capturing the raw interplay of space, performance, and saturation that defines the instrument's sonic character.
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