PAS/SAGE 003
Le Rite
Le Rite explores repetition as transformation.
A sustained progression where sound becomes gesture, and gesture becomes collective structure.
Concept and Structure
Le Rite is built around the idea of ritual as repetition with intention.
The session does not seek climax or narrative resolution. Instead, it establishes patterns, pressure and recurrence — allowing structure to emerge gradually through persistence.
Sound is not decorative here; it is functional.
Rhythms repeat, accumulate, intensify. Variations are minimal but decisive. What changes is not the theme, but the state of listening.
Over time, repetition shifts from mechanical to embodied.
What begins as pattern becomes orientation.
Le Rite is not about transcendence.
It is about stabilization through recurrence.
Recorded and mixed live.
Temporal Arc
Field → Signal → Recurrence → Pressure → Trance → Memory
TRACKLIST
1. The Muezzins of Mali – 2012-01-16: San – Adhan al-Fajr – 2013
2. Jana Winderen – North Atlantic Drift – 2014
3. Antoine Beuger – Un feu qui n’est pas celui du soleil – 2009
4. John Cage – Prelude for Meditation – 2012
5. Toshi Tsuchitori – Ishiura (abridged) – 2019
6. Makino Jiyū– 夢の風景 – 2007
7. Michael Gordon & Slagwerk Den Haag – Timber Part IV – 2011
8. Barbara Benary – Braid – 1979
9. K.R.T. Wasitodipuro – Bubaran Hudan Mas – 1971
10. Huun-Huur-Tu – Khöömei – 1993
11. Chris Watson – No Man’s Land – 2006
12. Reinhard Flatischler & SamulNori – Hein-Sa – 1994
13. Arnold Dreyblatt – Nodal Excitation (Solo) – 1998
14. The Gyuto Monks – Melody for Mahakala – 1987
15. Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar – Raga Gangeyabushan Alap – 2001
16. Ntiruhwama – Solo d’inanga – 1968
17. Chris Watson – Winter – 2013
18. Bernhard Günter – Untitled I/93 – 1996
19. Charlemagne Palestine – Strumming Music – 2016
20. Ashra – First Movement Two Keyboards – 1990
21. Julius Eastman – Evil Nigger – 1979
22. Babatunde Olatunji – Oya (Primitive Fire) – 1959
23. Anthony Moore – Isoladrone2020 – 2020
24. Earth – Tethered to the Polestar – 2005
25. John Fahey – Irish Setter – 1968
26. Glenn Jones – Friday Nights With – 2004
27. Chris Watson – River Mara at Dawn Maasai Mara Kenya – 2005
28. Nuru Kane – Gorée – 2007
Listening Context
To be listened to in a focused state.
Preferably in the early morning, or in a space where external noise recedes.
Volume matters — enough to feel the physical contour of low frequencies.
Allow repetition to settle before judging direction.
The ritual is not immediate; it installs itself.
About PAS/SAGE
PAS/SAGE is an ongoing long-form research format developed by AKEN.
Each session explores listening as architecture rather than entertainment.
Recorded and mixed live.
Documentation
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This recording is shared for documentation and listening purposes only.
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