for the mego, cheap, source, ash, sahko, rastermusic, vague terrain,
tray, etc.. 'fans' out there, this is a nifty little CD i managed to
come across...
'the story of personal electronics' on LOHD. (seems to be the first
release off this label..)
24 tracks that run at about 70 min. total. (some tracks are a couple
minutes, some are a few seconds, and some are 10-12 minutes long...)
track listing is in the form of symbols which apparently represent which
personal / home electronic device was used in same way or manner.
(synths, samplers, and drum machines accompany many of the tracks, but
used Very minimally. rhythm is present occasionally with some chopped
up d'n'b breaks, sampled beats, etc... but doesn't hold for too long.)
some examples of the track 'titles' are:
no seatbelt indicator, fan, telephone, fast forward key on CD player,
highbeam indicator, smoke alarm, plus sign, minus sign, and so on...
this isn't a disk full of test tones or disk skipping. the 'songs'
actually progress in their own weird way, and the use of static/noise
'collages' typical of this sort of 'genre' are left behind. my best
comparison (yes comparisons suck, but the disk is too damn hard to
explain otherwise...) would be a crossbreeding of matmos, farmers
manual, mika vainio, and early lesser material... if that helps any.
extra bonus: it's domestic and i picked it up (new) for 11 bucks. you
can e-mail them / him / her / it at LlOoHhDd@aol.com
fun for me, some for you,
christian
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"Minimalism is out. Simplicity is in."
.NOT AFFILIATED WITH AFFILIATIONS.