One could easily imagine the three-inch release Leftover_1 by Shinkei and mise_en_scene (Tel-Aviv-based Shay Nassi) added to Static Forms as a third setting, not simply because David Sani’s involved again but because the collaboration is similar in microsound spirit to the other two. Nassi complements Sani by bringing a background in sound engineering and sensitivity to acoustic sound design to the work involved. The work’s curious title stems from the fact that it emerged from the unused parts of the duo’s Scytale release (mAtter). In assembling that work, small parts were omitted which prompted the two to gather the archived elements together to form a new piece. Much like Shinkei’s untitled contribution to Static Forms, “Leftover_1” assembles tiny sounds of varying character into a ghostly, twenty-one-minute mass. In this case, however, Shinkei and mise_en_scene vary to a slightly greater degree than is heard on Static Forms the dynamic range associated with their percussive noises and crackling textures. Even so, it remains a work that’s resolutely microsound in character.
– Textura