VARIOUS "Switches"
cd - 2004 - Audiobulb: Exploratory Electronic Music (AB-004)
A fine new label from the UK (Sheffield), with a fifteen-track v/a
compilation of adventurous new electronic listening music which is most
often a-rhythmic, often even ambient (rather than clicks 'n' cuts styled).
The eerie, FFWD-like "Breath holding on to a window" by Autistici, one of
the highlights, is a good example of how the album sounds. A few tracks may
have a hard time avoiding clichés, e.g. Bllix, Room and Diagram of Suburban
Chaos have done little more than emulate Ae, EU and Plaid, but most of the
tracks evolve from oysters to lilies as they open up after a few listening
rounds, e.g. "Large open spaces" (Oti), "Singalong Tammy" (Marion),
"Content" (Rodolphe Küffer) or "Half asleep" (Prhizzm). The hidden,
fifteenth track is by Autistici and its title is "Invisible switches on a
visible wall". For those of you who were hoping ambient still had something
in store, or for those into IDM electronica without too much of that 'D'
ingredient.
www.dma.be/p/ultra/uzine/0412.htm
Audiobulb Records
www.audiobulb.com
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