Thad,
Don't know if someone mentioned it, but Electronicat's new album
on Disko B
is good glam-step techno rock.
thanx for mentioning Electronicat Sam, for sure all his albums rock
some might want to dig some oldies on Pandemonium, combining electro w/ post rock,
indus...
http://www.pandemoniumrecords.com
ANDY'S CAR CRASH : formes (PAN 037)
Second album by this act from Bordeaux. Release-date February 2000.
A. C. C. stretches and fragments the periods of time and transform various sounding
matter/sonic material into an element of composition : A creation based on
experimentations which provide a perpetual renovation.
Pathologically, A. C. C. result from the collaboration of five autists who manage to
understand one another, and found a way of expressing it in destroying their
influences... From Steve Reich to Einstürzende Neubauten, not to mention Autechre.
Most of all, they create a very strong and up to date music that dares to go beyond
any restriction... Transgressive Electronica... Well, simply "formes" by andy's Car
Crash.
HINT : wu-wei (PAN 028)
In the Summer Hint recorded their new album on which they immerse the listener in an
ocean of sound, treading a fine line between Noise and Ambience.
"WU-WEI" is the third album from the French duo, consolidating their growing
popularity and influence in mainland Europe. "WU-WEI" is cinema for the ears !
10 tracksof raging beauty that create an imaginary soundtrack to the movie that runs
in your head. The addition of cello, violin, and horns on several songs help to form
a unique blend of instrumentation and electronic sound manipulations. The
distinctively European tonalities merging with the sampled sources into vast columns
of sound, both ancient and modern.
Comparisons have been made with Can, This Heat and Labradford... but in actuality
Hint sound like no-one other than themselves.
HINT : dys- (PAN 013)
The universe composed by Hervé Thomas (samples, guitars, bass, vocals, piano) and
Arnaud Fournier (guitar, saxophone, trumpet, flute) leads you into a unique
dimension... somewhere between White Noise and cloudy ambiences. A aery mix of
distorted sounds, ethnic pieces, lamenting horns creating brilliant structures. Hint
loses their audience in an atmosphere of Noïz... or a Noïz atmosphere... Rich and
innovative.
ALBOTH! : amor fati (PAN 020)
Sixth and new album by the Swiss band. Alboth! prepaired it on their computer, and
then added instruments, vocals, sounds, and various other noises necessary to build
quite an unique concept : neither Post-Rock nor new Electronica, but simply "AMOR
FATI" !
Thoroughly innovative and far away from classicism, Alboth! constantly goes ahead.
No album will ever sound like the one before.