PAS/SAGE 001
La Traversée
Conceived as a passage through states of sound, time and perception, the session unfolds as a continuous flow rather than a sequence of tracks. It is designed to be listened to without specific expectations — as an attentive inner passage, unhurried and undirected.
Concept and Structure
The set begins from silence — not as absence, but as a structural starting point. From there, sound gradually emerges as matter: texture, tension, repetition and rhythm.
Acoustic, electronic and functional sounds coexist and transform. Contrasts are intentional; transitions are central. Rather than building toward climaxes, PAS/SAGE explores duration, continuity and attention.
It is not constructed as a traditional DJ set but as an organized field of listening.
Temporal Arc
The arc unfolds gradually, without rupture.
It moves from near-silence toward density, allowing sound to appear first as texture, then as structure, then as pulse. Each phase alters attention rather than announcing itself. Shifts occur through transitions — through accumulation, reduction, and subtle displacement.
Abstract, acoustic and electronic forms coexist. At certain moments, rhythm becomes collective; at others, it dissolves back into atmosphere. Familiar fragments surface briefly, not as references but as material — integrated into the continuum.
Energy does not build toward climax but circulates, compresses and expands. The session progresses through variations of intensity and space, creating temporary sonic worlds that overlap and transform.
The ending does not resolve the arc; it reduces it.
Signal remains. Silence follows.
TRACKLIST
1. Iannis Xenakis – Concret PH – 1958
2. Arvo Pärt – Fratres – c. 1977
3. Steve Roach – Structures from Silence – 1984
4. Anenon – Petrol – 2016
5. Donato Dozzy – Vaporware 04 – 2013
6. William Basinski – Tape Loop – c. 1982-1983
7. Body Sculptures – The Pyre – 2016
8. Endorphin – Satie 1 – 1999
9. International Music System – Dancing Therapy – 1986
10. Man Parrish – Hip Hop Bee Bop (Don’t Stop) – 1984
11. Beastie Boys – We Got The (Acapella) – 1986
12. The Jets – Cross My Broken Heart – 1985
13. Madonna – Jump – 2005
14. Klangstabil – Cinecittà – 2014
15. Kraftwerk – Radioactivity – 1975
16. Daft Punk – Voyager – 2001
17. Eddie Amador – House Music (Acapella) – 1993
18. Ryoji Ikeda – Matrix 2.7 – c. 2000
19. Soichi Terada – Runners – 2022
20. Microsoft – Windows XP Error / Shutdown Sound – 2001
Listening Context
This recording is intended for uninterrupted listening.
Preferably during the day or late afternoon.
Without distraction.
Without expectation.
Duration is central.
Transitions are structural.
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
All tracks remain the property of their respective artists and rights holders.
This recording is shared for documentation and listening purposes only.
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Next Episode
PAS/SAGE is a series of live-recorded sessions.
Not DJ sets in the traditional sense, but passages.
Each volume explores a way of organizing time, attention and space through sound.
Rather than sequencing tracks, PAS/SAGE seeks to construct continuity transitions between states: silence, tension, rhythm, density, memory.
The project begins with a simple question:
How does sound structure perception?
Across these sessions, the focus is on transition rather than climax, duration rather than immediate impact, transformation rather than effect.
Genres intersect not as collage, but as a coherent listening field.
Each session is conceived as a temporal arc.
A gradual movement.
A shift of state.
PAS/SAGE is both an exploration of sonic material and of attention itself,
how it thickens, disperses, and becomes physical.
The aim is not performance, but experience.
A passage.
A space to move through.