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Lowfish / Solvent - Now We Are Dead - 29-Apr-08 09:12 PM
On the chopping block are 4 new tracks from Lowfish and Solvent. Since the inception of Suction Records, Gregory De Rocher and Jason Amm have moved on from their sparse, sincere, and spacey IDM and "distortion pedal new wave" into a melodic brand of precision electronics sans glitch. On this high note, "Now We Are Dead" puts Suction to rest.
Remember the past. Continue toward the future.
"Theme To A Dead End" brings to mind...SOLVENT! Straight forward melodies, melody warping filterplay, a buzzy bassline, and well used 808 percussion make for a track deserving of its title as the "Theme" to this "Dead End".
"Divided Into Units", ironically, brings to mind LOWFISH! If you are at all familiar with "Fric Frac", you might think this was a remix. Beautiful percussion and a haunting melody that I find myself already humming. Both "Divided..." and "Theme..." share similar elements and sentiments. It is almost like Lowfish and Solvent can tread the same ground without saying the same things.
"Incision" is possibly the least nice Solvent track to date. The bassline, "melody", blips, bursts of noise, unhappy claps, and vocal sample all exist in a constant discord anchored only by the least bubbly percussion work from Solvent. This is darkness that "Think Like Us" and "Thirteen" only began to hint at.
"Shattered", while exhibiting signs of disconnection, is a very coherent but slow crawl over an elegantly busy bassline and the slightest hint of a melody consisting of, almost, two notes. A mechanical and electric track that could pass as a pre-Lowfish recording.
Overall this record is a fitting finale to Suction Records and a promising forecast for future Lowfish and Solvent material.
Le Car - 23-Aug-07 01:40 PM
I found out about Le Car only after being exposed to ADULT. and Perspects; the two seemingly similar directions that Miller and Clark went by their lonesome. In my opinion, Le Car was taken for a test drive, then sold for parts before it was returned to the lot.
Had I been a more aware teenager, I would have been dressing like them in highschool and singing the praises of forward, and maybe reverse, thinking electro. After searching, not too long, for the parts and paying more money than I should to private collectors, I cleaned up the many parts that came from various countries; reassembling the pieces of Le Car for my own posthumous joyride. But why should i have all of the fun? Go hunt out the records and sit back for a stark ride through motor city, chauffeured by silent men in skinny ties.
Solvent - Solvent - 14-Jun-06 06:54 AM
Think of Autechre, but more overtly melodic. Think of Aphex Twin, but more straightforward rhythmically. Think of machine music, but without unmusical glitch. This self titled release by Solvent is as experimental as it is accessible; A wonderfully melodic and "noodly-synthesizer" driven album.
Black Lung - 09-Mar-06 09:54 PM
on multiple occasions i have been thoroughly annoyed with the music of black lung. hearing a track which sampled 4 bars from "the journey home" by drexciya got me mad...but then to hear another track which flagrantly destroys "cindy electronium" by raymond scott made me furious. perhaps he is a disciple of bill leeb.
regardless of his lineage or personality, david thrussel is asking for someone to pound his face in with a copyright lawsuit.
Jollymusic - Jolly Bar - 03-Feb-06 03:10 AM
A stunning release. Jollymusic have effectively compressed the essense of decades of music gone by, into a nostalgic 70 minute trip. This is not just a re-issue, but a reworking of the original "Jollybar", Adding vocals and re-edits.
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