quoted 2 lines The new phonem on morr: great stuff kinda reminds me of a cross between
>The new phonem on morr: great stuff kinda reminds me of a cross between
>proem and richard devine
i agree that the new phonem is pretty good, although i think i prefer
"hydroelectric." this one is a bit darker and i give him props for moving
forward, if only slightly.
quoted 2 lines Richard Devine: Aleamapper: Definately a departure from his Lipswitch
>Richard Devine: Aleamapper: Definately a departure from his Lipswitch
>record. Very cinematic.
i agree again, but i think in this instance it's refreshing to see devine
completely abandon the skittery mechanical rhythm structures that were
starting to become a signature sound, and also starting to become
predictable. aleamapper is a pretty sharp step away from that and in that
sense it's pretty interesting.
quoted 1 line Thomas Fehlman retrospective
>Thomas Fehlman retrospective
he also just released a 12" on kompakt called "whistle" which is pretty
good.
other things of interest in lieu of flamewars:
no one has yet mentioned the AGF CD on orthlorng musork, which i think is a
really great release. it's the singer from laub solo, doing a lot of
deconstructed vocal tracks, somewhat in the vein of what she was doing with
vladislav delay on the "clickhop" compilation, only without the beats, more
ambience and texture. it's sort of like the way fennesz treats his guitars,
only with female voice.
i also really like the gold chains EP on the same label, although i've not
seen it mentioned much... when i saw that guy perform a while ago i thought
"is this for real?" but the EP is really slick, great production, a knack
for humorous and clever rhymes as well as atypical arrangements and details.
it's not really hip hop, but it's not really IDM or anything else easily
categorized. i give him major credit for taking a great stereolab track
("crest") and making it even better by turning it into a party-rap anthem.
(seriously!)
the traum "elektronisch musik--interkontinental" compilation CD is really
nice too. in the vein of the kompakt pop ambient series, this includes
mostly beatless or low-key tracks by artists including philippe cam, miss
dinky, m.i.a., akufen, process, fairmont, tomas jirku and more.
in a similar style is tim hecker's new one on subtractif, "haunt me haunt me
do it again," which is a significant departure from his jetone deep techno
and opts for clean, melancholy ambience, drawing loose comparisons to the
more moody work of fennesz in its use of processed guitar.
lastly both of the new mille plateaux/force inc compilations, "smoked meat"
and "composure," are worth looking into if you are at all into the glitchy
cut-up techno sound being explored by the artists therein.... the smoked
meat disc is stronger overall with new tracks by akufen (whose "quebec
nightclub" 12" on perlon is brilliant), mitchell akiyama, jetone, jeff
milligan, deadbeat, orazio fantini and more. "composure" is somewhat similar
in technique to richie hawtin's last mix CD in that it's all reconstructed
using software and loops from all of the forcelab 12" releases (which
include sutekh, noto, geoff white, vita and many more).
on a slightly less related note, i saw miss kitten and the hacker tear it up
at a local club not long ago... worth seeing if you have the opportunity.
they basically did every track on their new gigolo CD and nothing new but
it's worth seeing, nonetheless :-)
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