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New Blockaders, The With Ferial Confine - The Final Recordings - 24-Aug-07 05:08 PM
When this record came out, my son Tanith has just been born. Though we had played various other things to help him get to sleep, we found that this record was unbelievable effective. Within seconds of putting it on, he would fall asleep. Often when the side would end, he would wake up and start crying, until we flipped the record, at which time he fell back asleep. Needless to say, this record got a lot of play that year.
Telling people this over the years, include Richard Rupenus, they have been incredulous, but the story is true.
We tried playing the record for him many years later and he no recollection of what it was....

Isolde - Untitled - 13-Jul-07 09:40 PM
Released in a tiny edition of only 30 copies on expensive metal tape, this release probably slipped right by die-hard Andrew Chalk collectors until they saw mention of it when the Isolde 3" CD came out. In some ways the edition size makes sense though. Aside from the high cost of the cassettes used, this is a very private feeling music. Though the strains of Chalk's e-bowed guitar can be heard in here, the primary focus is on gently unfolding improvised guitar work. Paired with quiet wildlife recordings and seemingly filtered as to remove a lot of the high end, this has a very distant feel to it. The rising and falling strummed and plucked notes on the guitar provide this release with more activity and a following of the line than the soundscapes one can get lost in that Chalk is better known for. Of course all of this is probably due to Andrew collaborating with Robin Barnes for this project. Rather than say that one of them is responsible for certain aspects or not, I would say this is a lovely marriage of two people's talents. The results would probably appeal more to fans of Christina Carter's more spacious moments than those are hunting for drones.

Impetus Records - 07-Jun-07 07:15 PM
Impetus is a long running distributor and label for improvised music in the U.K. Although active for a few decades, and for a while prominently advertising in magazine like The Wire, they have a reputation for not paying the people who supply them with records. I myself have never gotten payment for a shipment of records I sent them in August of 2003. When talking to other labels in the U.K., I found that many refused to deal with them any more for similar reason and/or were owed money by them as well.

Christina Kubisch - On Air - 23-Dec-06 05:45 PM
The cassette "On Air" by Christina Kubisch was never one of my favorite releases by her. Possibly because of the uncharacteristic track "Speak & Spell" with its simple electronic rhythm. However another major shortcoming of the cassette was that it did not explain the project at all. There is only a track listing and a few credits, no other details. This reissue on CD puts the music back into context by revealing the details of the open air installation that these pieces of music were created for. Through an interactive Flash animation file included on the disc and 15 minute mpeg rendition of a video documentary made at the time, the piece really comes alive. Instead of just six pieces of music, it can know be more clearly understood that these are six soundtracks to the dozen regions of the town of Gargonza which make up the playing field of this installation. In the original context these pieces, and a few others which are excepted in the Flash portion of the disc, were heard blended together on special magnetic headphones as one wondered the town. This is best illustrated by the 15-minute movie, unfortunately reproduced at a rather small size to fit on the CD along with everything else. In the movie, made by a now forgotten Italian film crew, a curious boy comes across Christina installing and asks her what she is doing. From there Christina points out the wires and the tape decks feeding them, and then sends the boy off to explore the town with the headphones. From this we can see and hear what would have been experiences in Gargonza in 1984 and how these pieces blended together so beautifully, at one somehow reminding me of the sound design in Fellini's film "Juliet of the Spirits". Going back to the Flash portion of the disc we can see the layout of the town and which sounds were in which area, as well as hear samples of them, a few of which are not on the CD. In addition to this, this Flash presentation gives us additional photographs from installations in various and biographical information. All in all, a very enjoy presentation of this material, which makes me appreciate more than when I initially heard only the music.

Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck - Roto-Tract - 25-Nov-06 05:17 AM
A fine art object! This is not a record in the traditional sense, it is a 7" circle of metal mesh made of the purpose of grinding. However, packaged and sold as it was, and being that it does have the correct sized hole in the center, it can be played on a turntable. Back around the time this first came out, I had an old turntable which was not longer useful for playing records, so I used it to play this. It was pure and direct noise, and not only destoyed the needle, but ground up a good portion of the cartridge as well (flecks of which can still be seen in my copy). That fun experience just goes to show that this record is indeed playable and does give one the pleasure of listening to a good noise record. Additionally, as it has no grooves it will continue to play until your playing arm is totally destroyed or your patience has worn out!

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