couple years back thomas brinkmann was releasing a record every few
weeks, it seemed. things have quite slowed down and I believe this is
the first Brinkmann solo release in nearly a year. he's entitled, of
course, and imagine he's turned his attentions to some of the other
fine things life has to offer.
unfortunately for the avid Brinkmann listener, a bunch of the new
Soul Center album on Novamute is old material. The first four tracks
comprise his (very good) "Roses EP" that was released around the time
of the Soul Center vol 2, and 26 Chicky Boom is a reworking of Zora
1, from the Ernst 12" of some time back (gets a new soul-vocal
garnish and biting analog synth solo towards the end).
so I'm a little sad that he didn't simply do a CD release of Roses
and blow our minds with an all-new pile of Soul Center tracks. Drying
my tiny teardrops, I see that, at least, the rest of Soul Center vol
3 is totally solid. Doesn't quite hang together as a piece the way
the other volumes seemed to, but what the hell. it's full of
Brinkmann goodness, often going for that more aggressive techno sound
that he seemed to be drifting towards, but settling back to mellower
grooves elsewhere.
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oh yeah, I got the "Brinkmann Nikolai Petitgand" release on
Oral/Mutek. Six tracks. It's really good in a Perlon/Brinkmann kind
of way. It's not explained quite what sort of collaboration or
compilation this is. First three tracks included samples of French
singing and speaking voices, with throbbing minimal grooves. Tracks 4
and 5 sound like pure Brinkmann a la the women's names series.
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my real discovery lately is environmental recordings. have been, in
particular, enjoying Gordon Hempton's "Dawn Chorus", which is
unaltered field recordings of dawn breaking in U.S. locations from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, mostly birds with bookend recordings of
the respective oceans. Partly I'm enjoying the fantasy element of a
landscape evoked but not seen, but, in it's beautiful unpitched
randomness, it's an amazing listening experience.
good night all
k
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