Frozen Microwave Music by John Armleder & Team 404
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Label: Villa Magica Records, Switzerland
Format: Vinyl, 12", LP, 33⅓ RPM
Release Date: 2002
Frozen Microwave Music is an experimental sound work by Swiss artist John Armleder and his collaborators in Team 404, issuing an unconventional performance piece translated to vinyl. Conceived around a live electronic composition involving an orchestra of twelve microwave ovens and amplified field recordings, the work reframes everyday hums and mechanical textures into an immersive, durational listening experience. Released on Geneva’s Villa Magica Records, the record occupies a liminal zone between sound art, musique concrète and conceptual performance — a document of noise as structure and presence rather than melody or rhythm.