Discovery Zone Library Copy Do Not Remove [ARTPL-258] Japan Music CD

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Can the mysteries of nature reside between reality and simulation? 'Library Copy Do Not Remove' is a work in which JJ Weihl weaves nature, consciousness, information, and mythology into a single flow, starting from a spatial sound piece conceived for the Zeiss-Gro? Planetarium in Berlin. Created in parallel with the production of his second album, 'Quantum Web', this work captures the creative state of excitement and anxiety intertwined with the challenge of constructing music for a unique space. The tracks, created with 49 speakers for ambisonics, are designed not as channel-based stereo, but as a three-dimensional experience where sound rises from all directions. Originally conceived as an "event" for live performance, for this release, all tracks have been remixed with longtime producer E/T and reconstructed as a stereo work. Its sound design also reflects how we perceive sound in everyday life?that is, the feeling that the world constantly emerges from all directions. Inspired by the thinking of James Gleick, LD Deutsch, Johannes Kepler, and Jorge Luis Borges, this work explores the creative tension between reality and perception, information and myth, harmony and disorder. JJ questions how we can comprehend the universe and the invisible codes that drive it. What emerges from this is a myth of a spiraling digital universe?a worldview in which each element is nested and overlapping, and every existence is simultaneously a part and a whole. Here resonates a universal wisdom of the cyber age, where "as above, as below" can be rephrased as "where there is input, there is output." Each track concretely embodies these themes. A physicist's acoustic model of the Big Bang is transformed into a digital creation tale through a vocoder, and the universe rises from dial-up tones. An infinite library proliferates through mirror images and cosmic projections, and a sea of ??data forms loop structures, blurring the boundaries between post-human and divinity. Human consciousness is expanded beyond its limits, and a tapestry of natural sounds merges with the electronic field, breathing new hope into the digital realm. What opens up is an intermediate realm where nature, spirit, and technology intersect. In the lead single "Dusk," bass and synths draw a smooth spiral, and voices communicate while traversing digital space. The visuals by Mark Dorf visualize the modern sensibility of drifting and continuously connecting within information, vividly reinforcing the worldview of this work. All tracks were composed by JJ Weihl, with Lucas Chantre handling co-composition and co-production. For the spatial sound aspects, Timo Bittner and Andrew Rahman, who worked on the Zeiss-Gro? Planetarium system, supported the production and guided the ambisonic composition process. Furthermore, Rahman was also responsible for mixing the 2023 performance version and the Dolby Atmos version. "Library Copy Do Not Remove" presents an ancient truth expressed in futuristic language: our perception of reality shapes that reality itself. At the same time, it suggests the paradox that even if we view the world as a simulation, it is itself encompassed within a larger natural world. And we, too, like the countless manuscripts housed in a library, exist in a state of interdependence within a larger reality. This is a new culmination of Discovery Zone, pioneering a realm where nature, spirit, and technology intersect.