TAKE A CHANCE ON ME
by Sylvain van iniitu
Take A Chance On Me :
is an evanescent label and experience
i am running this as an exploration of atonment towards the postal system
and simultaneously as an exploration of what it really does, in terms of playing with hazard and dealing with materiality
a patient at the hospital told me recently that there was no hazard, only synchronicities, well let's find out
so here is the deal :
- i produce a single record with unreleased tracks, mostly algorithmic and stochastic music, to further the play on randomness. I may also ask friends or other artists to furnish unreleased tracks.
- this record is sent in a way that its cover is also the post packaging : any damage, mark, sticker to the packaging is also a welcome modification of the record itself
- the recipient is finishing the process by sending pictures of the arrived record, as it is. If the record never arrives, the recipient will produce the documentation of requests done to the post to locate it.
in doing so, the artist, the object, the post, and the recipient are uniquely bound in one experience. that forms the whole process
recap if you want to participate as an artist :
AVAILABLE RECORDS ( as of 14 march2021 )
"the TDK serie" | sound by | artwork by | INITIATED | SENT | FINALIZED | DOCUMENTATION | |||
TACOM #1 | "I'm the first in line" | sound by Sylvain van iniitu | Sylvain van iniitu | with Martin Gius ( Austria ) & BPost ( Belgium ) & |
15/9/2020 | ??/9/2020 - | finalized ( https://www.discogs.com/label/1901058-Take-A-Chance-On-Me ) 11/2020 | ||
TACOM #2 | "If you change your mind" | sound by Sylvain van iniitu | idem | INITIATED with Flavien Gillié ( Belgium ) & BPost ( Belgium ) - | SENT 15/9/2020 - | FINALIZED 16/9/2020 - | DOCUMENTATION finalized ( https://www.discogs.com/label/1901058-Take-A-Chance-On-Me ) 11/2020 | ||
TACOM #3 |
"Honey" | sound by Sylvain van iniitu | idem | INITIATED with Arthur Lacomme (Belgium) & BPost ( Belgium ) | FINALIZED december 2020 | DOCUMENTATION finalized ( https://www.discogs.com/Sylvain-van-iniitu-Arthur-Lacomme-BPost-Honey-TACOM3-/release/16340226 ) 12/2020 | |||
TACOM #4 | "I'm still free" | sound by Sylvain van iniitu | idem | INITIATED with Andy Via (United States of America) & BPost ( Belgium ) 8 january 2021 | SENT 9 january 2021 with much formalities ( extra papers for customs declarations ) - | FINALIZED 24 february 2021 | DOCUMENTATION finalized ( https://www.discogs.com/release/17622442 ) | ||
TACOM #5 | "the gods may throw a dice" | sound by Flavien Gillié | idem | INITIATED with Jean Bender (France) & BPost ( Belgium ) 31st january 2021 | SENT 22nd february 2021 | FINALIZED 5 march 2021 | DOCUMENTATION finalized https://www.discogs.com/Flavien-Gillié-Jean-Bender-Sylvain-van-iniitu-BPost-The-Gods-May-Throw-A-Dice/release/17846212 14 march 2021 | ||
TACOM #6 | "All These Clouds Are Judging You" | sound by Drvg Cvltvre | idem | INITIATED with Andy Feys & BPost | will send soon | not finalized yet | not documented yet | ||
TACOM #7 | "stoemp de granules sur coulis de réverbération" | sound by Arthur Lacomme | idem | INITIATED with Flavien Gillié ( Belgium ) & BPost (Belgium) | SENT 1/12/2020 | FINALIZED december 2020 | DOCUMENTATION finalized ( https://www.discogs.com/Arthur-Lacomme-Sylvain-van-iniitu-Flavien-Gillié-BPost-Stoemp-De-Granules-Sur-Coulis-De-Réverbéra/release/16342920 ) 12/2020 | ||
TACOM #8 | "for Sylvain" | sound by Solah (Grégory Duby) | idem | INITIATED with Amélie Beckers & BPost - 31st january 2021 | SENT 8 february 2021 | FINALIZED 10 february 2021 | DOCUMENTATION finalized ( https://www.discogs.com/Solah-6-Sylvain-van-iniitu-BPost-Amélie-Beckers-For-Sylvain-TACOM8-/release/17354164 ) | ||
TACOM #9 | "Orange, vert, bleu, rouge" | sound by Vox Rumori ( Ludovic Médery ) | idem | INITIATED with Quentin Conrate (France) & BPost (Belgium) 14 february 2021 | SENT 22nd february 2021 | FINALIZED 4 march 2021 | DOCUMENTATION finalized https://www.discogs.com/Vox-Rumori-Quentin-Conrate-Sylvain-van-iniitu-BPost-Orange-vert-bleu-rouge/release/17846332 14 march 2021 | ||
"the EMTEC serie" | |||||||||
AVAILABLE | TACOM #10 |
"Allopathie" | sound by Thomas Coquelet | idem | AVAILABLE | ||||
TACOM #11 | "Low-Grade Euphoria" | sound by Tzii | idem | INITIATED with Rémi De Andrade (France) 12 march 2021 | SENT 15 march 2021 | FINALIZED 17 march 2021 | DOCUMENTATION https://www.discogs.com/TZii-Rémi-De-Andrade-Sylvain-van-iniitu-BPost-Low-Grade-Euphoria/release/17888833 finalized 17 march 2021 | ||
AVAILABLE | TACOM #12 | "Inverted Dendermonde " | sound by Plochingen | idem | AVAILABLE | ||||
AVAILABLE | TACOM #13 | "Frottements & Tremblements - TPM/414" | sound by David Neaud | idem | AVAILABLE | ||||
AVAILABLE | TACOM #14 | "huit dés" | sound by Frédéric Tentelier | idem | AVAILABLE | ||||
AVAILABLE | TACOM #15 |
"dice decide" | sound by Roel Meelkop | idem | AVAILABLE | ||||
AVAILABLE | TACOM #16 | "Résistances" | sound by Susie Suptille | idem | AVAILABLE | ||||
AVAILABLE | TACOM #17 |
"Let's not overthink it" | sound by Jos Smolders | idem | AVAILABLE | ||||
AVAILABLE | TACOM #18 |
"1984+1987+1989" (edit) | sound by Mark Lyken | idem | AVAILABLE | ||||
AVAILABLE | TACOM #19 | "Strooivelden" | sound by Gert-Jan Prins | idem | AVAILABLE | ||||
AVAILABLE | TACOM #45 | special birthday random artwork | idem | FREE | FREE | FREE | YOU MUST SEND ADRESS | AVAILABLE | |
when not specified, artwork is done by me
of course, no preview, no samples, no bandcamp, no soundcloud : you really have to take a chance on the one you choose !
if you want to buy one of those records and be part of one experience, please send an email to ini.itu.rec@gmail.com - participation fee is 10€, by paypal
when the process is finished, the artist, the postal system, and the recipient will be co-authored for the finished object and documentation.
final documentation goes to Discogs
STARTED PROCESSES :
8 records have been sent ( as of 22 february 2021 )
0 records are waiting to be made and sent
FINISHED PROCESSES :
8 process finished on february 2021: documentation visible on discogs ( https://www.discogs.com/label/1901058-Take-A-Chance-On-Me ) -
2 processes are unfinished
1 currently initiated
STATISTICS :
still available records : 6
sent records : 8
arrived records : 8
records supposed "on the way" : 1
officially lost records : 0
finished processes : 8