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[rss] what's this?Netherworld, Kall – The Abyss Where Dreams Fall (Mondes Elliptiques)
Netherworld´s Kall - "cold" - is a four-part suite exposing the darker side of Alessandro Tedeschi´s musical persona. While thus far, at this early stage in his career, most of his music has had a more life-affirming tone - even while dealing with the sensations of dark and cold and isolation -... [read]Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 07:21, 09 May 2008
Yan Jun, 20 for Lona (3
The steps through which Yan Jun went in constructing 20 for Lona are laid out very clearly and concisely in the sleeve notes. The prime sound source is that quintessentially Chinese neo-capitalistic product, the pirated DVD. Here, the artist selected twenty pirated DVDS from his collection,... [read]Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 08:25, 23 Apr 2008
Squeeze Me by Kraak & Smaak feat. Ben Westbeech (JAL65)
Unreal tune. A-Skillz promoed it at Breakspoll this year and the place erupted. Five outta Five! [read]
Posted by airwalker at 23:19, 14 Mar 2008
Florian Filsinger vs Tarkatak, "Re:" (Dachstuhl)
Very much worth the attention of anyone with a keen interest in ambient electronics and the gentler realms of techno is a handsome set of three, 3" CDRs, "Re:01", "Re:02" and "Re:03", in which Tarkatak (Lutz Pruditsch) and colleague Florian Filsinger both remix and collaborate with one another. ... [read]Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 09:27, 13 Mar 2008
Hinsidan, Bleach Dye Yr Heart (Gears of Sand)
"Hinsidan" is the Swedish word for "beyond", as in the great beyond, the hereafter, the other side. For Danes, it can also simply mean the other side of the sound separating the two Scandinavian nations. And since roughly 2003, it also refers to a two-man, Dano-Swedish operation consisting of Atish... [read]Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 08:30, 13 Mar 2008
Tom Hall, Floats (self-released CD)
Two slightly "out there" productions from Australian artist Tom Hall generated in a relatively short space of time. "Fluere" is a conceptual album drawing exclusively on sounds "made" by Story Bridge in Brisbane. The results land somewhere in between field recording and a musique concréte... [read]Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 09:54, 11 Feb 2008
Inch-Time, Thought Objects (3
Stefan Panczak debuted as Inch-Time on Static Caravan with a full-length CD released a little more than a year ago. Now he delivers a slimmer slice of music, which comes in a small, square brown envelope you must slice into with a letter opener. Inside, a sheet featuring a humourous drawing and the... [read]Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 09:48, 11 Feb 2008