‘The Illusion of Infinitesimal’ is a great title, and does give some sense of the microscopic sonic detail France Jobin explores across the three longform pieces that make up the album. It could just have appropriately been entitled ‘The Illusion of Sound’: just as physical particles, which provide the inspiration for Jobin’s microcosmic compositions are too small to be visible, so large expanses of the disc’s surface contain sound so small as to be almost indiscernible to the human ear.
Conceptually, it’s a valiant and daring work that pushes the outer limits of minimalism and goes far, far beyond conventional musicology in its intense focus on the elementary units of sound. But as a listening experience, there really isn’t a lot to it.
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