daniel <daniel@eliteware.com> wrote:
quoted 18 lines While recovering from having wisdom teeth yanked out of my mouth I am able>While recovering from having wisdom teeth yanked out of my mouth I am able
>to catch up on the backlog of music that has invaded my room. One such
>release is squaremeter - 14id1610s (ant-zen). As indicated on the back:
>sampling and construction by panacea.
>
>This is not your typical panacea (or ant-zen) release. It is an
>exploration into sound that might be more at home on mego or 12k. Small
>glitches are exploited, high pitch noises come in an out, occasionally
>there is a semblance of a beat. Perhaps it is best described as minimal
>plunderphonics. The most amusing bits on the CD are the samples of Bill
>Drumond (KLF fame) reading passages from Bad Wisdom (the original readings
>are avaialbe on the net I believe). An entire track is created around
>these samples (and it is done very well).
>
>In short, I am impressed with this CD. I did not expect this from
>panacea. Has anyone heard: Panacea - Brasilia (Architettura Vol. 4) ? from
>what I have read it may be similar to this release (in structure). If so
>it is going to be a must have.
Panacea's _Brasilia_ sounds quite similar to your
description of the ant-zen release. It's definitely
a departure from his first 3 albums (_Low Profile
Darkness_, _Twisted Designz_ and _Phoenix Metabolism_).
Not many beats on _Brasilia_, but plenty of strafing
noise and glitchy static, though there's one track
that harks back to his earlier vicious d&b style.
Overall, it's difficult but rewarding listening for those with a
tolerance for Mego-esque digital-noise envelope-pushing.
Dave Segal
Managing Editor/Alternative Press
Reviews/BPM/Reissue Redux
Secret Ions on WCSB Thursdays 9-11PM EST [www.wcsb.org]
np: lb- pop artificielle (Kk/Shadow)
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