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i've seen no mention of the system error album, _nothing_, released about a month back on bobby bird's new headphone label. my opinion of this album has evolved pretty rapidly since i picked it up, and i now hold it up next to freefloater as among the best ambient electro out there. about one-third dark, downtempo melodic electro, one-third beatless ambient, and one-third gotnonameforit, _nothing_ might just make it onto my top 10 for the year. this is pure digital business, with pulsing, granular tones backed (at least on those two of those thirds) by brilliant, inventive drum programming and percussion treatments reminiscent of musik aus strom, boards of canada, freeform, some atom heart, etc. "are you sure" alone is one of the best things i've heard this year. look into this if you get a chance. sc

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>i've seen no mention of the system error album, _nothing_, released about >a month back on bobby bird's new headphone label. my opinion of this >album has evolved pretty rapidly since i picked it up, and i now hold it >up next to freefloater as among the best ambient electro out there.

i second this recommendation... i saw it the other day in the record store filed under hia, but didn't remember seeing anything about it. i bought it on a whim anyway since i love hia and the cover and title looked interesting (you know you've got a music buying problem when...) while i liked bobby's collaborations with deep space network, and thought the one with pete namlook was okay if not great, this new one is definitely the winner of the bunch. i remember reading something about it somewhere (could i get any less specific?) that said all the sounds were created basically from residual noise found lurking in their gear... hence the title 'nothing'. when i heard that i expected an album that would fit in the "interesting... but i don't listen to it much" category. instead, i would never have guessed its origins, and while they make an interesting story, the album stands on its own. definitely worth checking out... ... art

Has anyone heard/reviewed the new cd by Bobby Bird's new project - System Error? This stuff is how I think Ae should be sounding right now (though I havent yet heard lp5 Im not keen to after Chiastic). Production is tip top and beautifuklly abstract - hey there are even tunes in there! Im not slagging off Ae but I thought the connection was really strong though 'Nothing' sounds original - pure IDM, like Roupe, Germ, Boc. I sincerely recommend this cd though HIA fans may find it lacks the structure and warmth of their stuff, rA apols for all these postings!:)

-- dancing/about/architechture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008