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2001-05-10 23:31Philip SherburneI had been away from the fantastic Rune Grammofon label for some time, but I just picked u

From:: Philip Sherburne <philip@askjeeves.com>
To:: 'idm@hyperreal.org' <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:31:26 -0700
Subject:: [idm] phonophani - rune grammofon

I had been away from the fantastic Rune Grammofon label for some time, but I just picked up Phonophani's "Genetic Engineering," and it's brilliant. A wonderful, morphing mass of delicate and nuanced sound - the opener, "Lavenderloops," combines spiderwebbing harmonics and distant vocodings into something approximating Japanese string music as played by Richard Devine. Ok, maybe I'm taking descriptive liberties, but this is the kind of album that encourages that. Rune Grammofon has always boasted a broader sonic palette than almost any other "experimental" label out there, and Phonophani's latest is no exception. Shards of free jazz, noise, ambiance, melody, field recordings, souring BoC-like synths; it's "organic" like Fennesz, crackled like Pimmon, yet totally its own thing at the same time. (Phonophani is Alog's Espen Sommer Eide, by the way.) Fucking beautiful, and a lot more interesting than most of the obvious cack that gets discussed around here these days. (Sorry, had to vent.) Don't sleep on this. Philip

2001-05-22 07:18Lukas BergstromPicked up this disc based solely on Philip's recommendation, and after listening to it a w

From:: Lukas Bergstrom <lbergstr@fas.harvard.edu>
To:: Philip Sherburne <philip@askjeeves.com>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Tue, 22 May 2001 03:18:15 -0400
Subject:: Re: [idm] phonophani - rune grammofon

Picked up this disc based solely on Philip's recommendation, and after listening to it a while, I agree, it's really great. It actually took a while to adjust to just how organic a sound this guy manages to achieve. I'd like to find more artists that work with this much subtlety and restraint. Especially recommended for those missing the more ambient side of idm. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Sherburne" <philip@askjeeves.com> To: <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 7:31 PM Subject: [idm] phonophani - rune grammofon

quoted 1 line I had been away from the fantastic Rune Grammofon label for some time, but

> I had been away from the fantastic Rune Grammofon label for some time, but

quoted 3 lines just picked up Phonophani's "Genetic Engineering," and it's brilliant.

> just picked up Phonophani's "Genetic Engineering," and it's brilliant. A > wonderful, morphing mass of delicate and nuanced sound - the opener, > "Lavenderloops," combines spiderwebbing harmonics and distant vocodings

into

quoted 8 lines something approximating Japanese string music as played by Richard Devine.

> something approximating Japanese string music as played by Richard Devine. > Ok, maybe I'm taking descriptive liberties, but this is the kind of album > that encourages that. > > Rune Grammofon has always boasted a broader sonic palette than almost any > other "experimental" label out there, and Phonophani's latest is no > exception. Shards of free jazz, noise, ambiance, melody, field recordings, > souring BoC-like synths; it's "organic" like Fennesz, crackled like

Pimmon,

quoted 4 lines yet totally its own thing at the same time. (Phonophani is Alog's Espen

> yet totally its own thing at the same time. (Phonophani is Alog's Espen > Sommer Eide, by the way.) > > Fucking beautiful, and a lot more interesting than most of the obvious

cack

quoted 12 lines that gets discussed around here these days. (Sorry, had to vent.) Don't

> that gets discussed around here these days. (Sorry, had to vent.) Don't > sleep on this. > > Philip > > > > > > > >

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