
Relabi is the music of the self-erasing pulse. A newly identified experiential gestalt, it involves
coordinated sounding structures built on a constantly slipping pulse, creating an experience with
some of the characteristics of rhythm but at the same time radically different.
“Relabi”:
Patterns of the Self-Erasing Pulse
an introductory essay
Examples of Relabi (not finished pieces!):
The first self-aware Relabi record, THE SWARM is in production now (composed by John
Berndt, with a star-studded cast of musicians and produced by beat wizards Matmos
and CEX), and will hit the shelves and internet sometime in 2011!