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Copernicus - Disappearance - 21-Nov-09 02:54 PM
Copernicus is the free voice of scientific contemplation in rock music. On this CD he works with a great lineup of session musicians capable of flexing from rock improvisation to New Orleans styles. Mike Fazio is on electric guitar. Theres a roster of titles aimed to provoke any listeners sense of comfort, given the wrenching lyrical deliveries. At times, Copernicus is like a much better crafted William Shatner singing, but usually, his introspection into the realities of quark level physics is a visceral, mad parody of science brought to the level of a street philosopher. This is music with an incredibly dramatic New York free expression that builds and builds. Each piece repeats its theme relentlessly, allowing a lot of room for thought and pleasure, while the band accompanies with impressive riffs. The juxtaposition of hard science physics-speak with rock music is incredible. Its a contrast that one rarely can experience anywhere else. The tracks are long, ranging from an average eight minutes, to over 21 minutes for the final Revolution!! jam. This CD is good news in case you havent heard anything recently from Copernicus. Powerfully built songs and a great band make this late season 2008 CD one to definitely seek out.

Small Cruel Party - All Early Parts - 21-Sep-09 02:15 PM
Containing 1989 electroacoustic recordings by Key Ransone from Smithtown, New York this tape documents limited artist cassettes. Two entire tapes are split onto a C90 with added material, so that the A sides are grouped on one side and the B sides on the other.
Electronic effects and slowly migrating compositions make up the bulk of the recordings. Its amazing how Key can use simple elements to create several minutes of exploratory charged sounds infused with space. Some of the tracks have incredibly subtle rhythm, which allude to the very first ideas Key had of SCP, to create a new pop electronic sound. Also included are some totally ambient urban sounds of Seattle that correlate with tunnel and traffic recordings SCP employed on early vinyl releases. The collaborative Yeast Culture shorts are extracts of some of the chaos performances that were done for Art Aubry, with Key also as a performer. The package is hand made to mimic the original tape release of "Les Anatomies Fantastique" with some improvements and add-ons to the design.

Various - Enkele Gemotiveerde Produktiemedewerkers - 18-Sep-09 08:23 PM
The Dutch connection strikes again. This tape has solo tracks from a lot of THU20 members, including Winter (Peter Duimelinks), Ioss (Smolders), DMDN (Jac!), Roel (Mailcop), Guido Doesborg (Dwarf Farm) and also great pieces from Merzbow/SBOTHI (Achim Wollscheid), , Frans (Kapotte/PDM/Muziek) De Waard and harsh track work from the likes of KK Null. Americans Arcane Device, Emil Beaulieau, Hands To, Yeast Culture all do experimental noise tracks also. Smersh (Ladd Frith USA) and Mission Papua Holland keep the beat strong. Lt. Caramel excels at Musique Caramel and Gregory Whitehead contributes a piece of contemplative euthanasia still relevant in a world of mandated health care. This is the early nineties as it actually was: noisy, confusing, cross-culturally enlightening chaos. The original tape was limited to 150! This reissue of 240 should blow the lid off small editions! Hand printed and relevant.

Maldek - Maldek - 03-Sep-09 10:27 PM
From out of leftfield comes Maldek, named after the theoretical missing planet which exploded to become the asteroid belt. In this case Maldek is Nate Hamlett of Seattle who has assembled an album of unusual and short quirky tracks, most of which are instrumental. The occasional vocals are experimental, sung in strange falsetto or a sweet beach boys pitch. The guitar parts are contemplative and maintain a kind of sereneness, but get very fun in some tracks, including a backwards guitar section accompanied by other instruments. Maldek incorporates interesting percussion and electronic effects as well in the more wacky tracks. Loops are played through a series of foot pedals, while the guitarist adds more rhythm. Overall, a quiet, melodic and somewhat spacey album.

Aaron Dilloway & C Spencer Yeh* - The Squid - 31-Aug-09 10:37 PM
A dreamy mystical continuum of abstract migration made of tape delays and vocal and violin stylings. Yes, its squidlike, but maybe even more so in a Lovecraftian way in parts. Dreamy does not mean unfocused here, for these recordings are solidly coherent even if totally abstract. Its a fertile ground for the imagination that has hidden in it elements of universality.
Track three experiments with a sound check, using cut-ups from microphone recordings. Track four is the perfect soundtrack for a haunted house, with its spectral voices and noises that seem to emanate from all around. This reviewer has worked in the retail Halloween business, so calling this spooky is a complement. Overall, this CD totally connects to a greater unknown reality.

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