Haven't heard a lot about this record on the list,
so I figured I'd mention it:
Just picked up the Miki Yui: Small Sounds CD
on BMB Labs, and after missing out on it when
it first came out I'm pretty happy to say it's a very,
very good record. "Small Sounds" is an apt
description of this record, which is sixteen tracks
of grainy, twittering beats, faded vocal samples
and things from water to static to barely audible
flute or recorder tweaking. Half enviornmental
ambience, half music, also seems like a much
less developed Lithops or Mouse on Mars (yeah,
it's that minimal). Excellent for late nights.
I think it is limited to something like 150 copies,
but I got mine from Playing By Ear and I think
they still have some. Rather expensive for
lackluster packaging, but whatever. Much better
than a lot of the Ash International/Touch/Mego/
Raster stuff I've been hearing lately, and I'm
looking forward to more from BMB Labs. However,
a note of warning: I don't recommend the first
BMB Labs record - A. Krause's Schwellwert CD -
at all. Just sounds like he turned on an amp
and hooked a recorder to it. Ugh. There's a
very fine line, I suppose.
Matt
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