METONYMIC 1995 - 2009Metonymic grew out of a desire to release our own material and has continued to evolve as a focus for a developing group of New Zealand experimental musicians, visual artists, and filmakers. Originally conceived as a respons to limited resources, a distinctive Metonymic aesthetic has emerged, using a hi-tech/low-tech mix of analogue and digital, utilising sophisticated design and low-cost materials. The music itself intersects a number of established genres such as free-jazz, experimental classical, musique concrete, and noise-rock. Above all the emphasis is on encouraging the experimental and the innovative.
– Peter Stapleton on Metonymic
https://www.discogs.com/label/47264-Metonymic
PLAYLIST
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RAIN, ‘Lost Angel Memory’ from Sediment (1995)
5min 28sec
RAIN, ‘Violet Stains Red’ from Sediment (1995)
6min 40sec
RAIN, ‘Corridor’ from Sediment (1995)
3min 06sec
Rain were:
Danny Butt (drums, synth, radio)
Kim Pieters (bass, organ, drums, vocals)
Peter Stapleton (guitar, amplifier, synth)
(‘Lost Angel Memory’ features drumming by Rose Honoriea)
Rain’s album, Sediment, was the first release on the Metonymic label, operated by Peter and Kim.
Draw an imaginary line through Dadamah, Flies Inside The Sun, and Doramaar, and keep that line going way, way further out into the realms of intuition and feeling, and you will eventually intersect the space inhabited by Sediment.
– Tony Dale/Ptolemaic Telescope No.21 (UK)
Metonymic 001
https://www.discogs.com/Rain-Sediment/release/585514
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FILES INSIDE THE SUN, ‘A Spy In Your Love’ from Cactus Sky (1999)
6min 34min
Flies Inside the Sun were:
Peter Stapleton (drums, shortwave radio, lyrics)
Kim Pieters (vocals, graphics)
Danny Butt (guitar, synth, computer)
Brian Crook (guitar, synth, organ)
Cactus Sky was recorded and mixed between 1996-1999 at Kim and Pieter’s home in the seaside enclave of Purarknui, otherwise known as the Purakanui Studio.
Metonymic 007
https://www.discogs.com/Flies-Inside-The-Sun-Cactus-Sky/release/763974
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FLIES INSIDE THE SUN, ‘In Memory of Forgetting’ from Le Mal D’archive (2000)
11min 27sec
Flies Inside the Sun were:
Kim Pieters (bass)
Peter Stapleton (drums, electronics [radio])
Kim Pieters (graphics)
Brian Crook (guitar, synth, organ, drum machine)
Le Mal D’archive was mixed by Peter Stapleton, and mastered by Johannes Contag.
Metonymic 009
https://www.discogs.com/Flies-Inside-The-Sun-Le-Mal-DArchive/release/763977
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CM ENSEMBLE, ‘Betrachtung’ from Love Central (2000)
7min 02 sec
CM Ensemble were:
Jae Renaut (double bass)
Alex Van Den Broek (flute)
Charles Horn (flute)
Taylor John (percussion)
Nick Hodgson (violin)
Ben Croft (percussion)
Richard Neave (amplified guitar)
’Betrachung’ features the playing of Croft (amplified cello) and Hodgson (amplified organ).
Metonymic 010
https://www.discogs.com/CM-Ensemble-Love-Central/release/668000
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DONALD MCPHERSON, ‘Marble Heart’ from Bramble (2001)
3min 08sec
DONALD MCPHERSON, ‘Bramble’ from Bramble (2001)
7min 26sec
DONALD MCPHERSON, ‘The Chrysalid’ from Bramble (2001)
3min 53sec
Metonymic 012
https://www.discogs.com/Donald-McPherson-Bramble/release/512629
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SLEEP, ‘Checkpoint’ from Ghostwriting (2001)
10min 32sec
SLEEP, ‘Salt’ from Ghostwriting (2001)
7min 30sec
SLEEP, ‘Perfume’ from Ghostwriting (2001)
8min 09sec
Sleep were:
Kim Pieters (bass)
Peter Stapleton (drums, tapes, radio)
Nathan Thompson (guitar, synth, saxophone)
Susan Ballard (text, vocals, snyth)
Ghostwriting was recorded at the Purakaunui Studio on the Otago Coast, New Zealand through 1999-2000.
Together they work in a low-fi free improv idiom using drums, feedback, violin, guitar and vocals to create an occasionally jazz-influenced and transcendental reverie.
– Dan Vallor/Muckraker No.9 Summer 2000 (USA)]
Metonymic 011
https://www.discogs.com/Sleep-Ghostwriting/release/512628
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NOVA SCOTIA, ‘When Everything Has Paused’ (excerpt), from Tangiwai (2002)
16min 32sec
Nova Scotia were:
Dick Whyte
Dean Brown
Rick Jensen
Recorded live at The Space, Wellington, 2002.
Metonymic 015
https://www.discogs.com/Nova-Scotia-Tangiwai/release/3985535
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FLIES INSIDE THE SUN, ‘Burning Glass’ from Burning Glass (2003)
9min 22sec
FLIES INSIDE THE SUN, ‘Blue’ from Burning Glass (2003)
5min 19sec
FLIES INSIDE THE SUN, ‘White’ from Burning Glass (2003)
6min 18sec
Flies Inside the Sun were:
Kim Pieters (bass)
Peter Stapleton (drums, tape, shortwave radio)
Brian Crook (guitar, keyboards, percussion)
Burning Glass was recorded at Purakanui between September 2000 and April 2003.
Mixed by Peter Stapleton.
Of the myriad of individuals who are currently trying to affect the tide waters with their own brand of noise-generated gravitational pull, Kim Pieters, Peter Stapleton, and Danny Butt induce the spring and neap like no one else.
– Mike Trouchon/Opprobrium No.4 December 1997 (NZ)
Metonymic 016
https://www.discogs.com/Flies-Inside-The-Sun-Burning-Glass/release/1279568
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PSN ELECTRONIC, ‘Teleporter 1’ from Teleporter 9 (2008)
6min 20sec
PSN ELECTRONIC, ‘Teleporter 9b’ (excerpt) from Teleporter 9 (2008)
32min
PSN Electronic were:
Nathan Thompson
Peter Stapleton
Susan Ballard
Metonymic 024
https://www.discogs.com/PSN-Electronic-Teleporter-9/release/7100584
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