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For those of you who've happened to hear Oval, Fennesz, Jan Jelinek's 'Loop-finding Jazz Records' or John Wall's superb 'Constructions', Dorine Muraille won't be a big surprise. Similarly to these artists he cuts up pre-existing tracks and processes them in the computer. What sets Muraille apart from the abovementioned is that his sound sources are quite recognizable (in a broader sense, not that I know anyone specifically). Somehow I don't think all these folk, trad singers and musicians, or whoever make their abrupt appearances on this CD, would have approved their erratic autopsy.

On the other hand, Muraille's mild and accessible sources give the recording a more relaxed and natural feel under the series of edits. Still, being perhaps too disturbing and erratic, it won't make a good background listening. What I suggest instead is to listen to it with your headphones. This will bring out a whole new sonic spectrum, a hidden plethora of mysterious signals entering from every direction, so that (having now hopefully given your brain something to chew upon) you can let your bodily form quite obliviously loose on the damp streets of the winter of discontent.