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Cultivating Electronic Music Sculptures of Sound
Many new articles have been uploaded to the site in the last
few days.. Some that have been cued up for a little while, some
recently compiled and uploaded. See below for some clips of
new material to read and see..
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UPCOMING ::
COUCHBLIP :: Label Profile
PROFILES ::
2002-01-11 :: Solvently One Synthesizes :: Igloo Invites Snow Robot,
Jason Amm into the Igloo..
"..Jason Amm (aka Solvent): My idea is to blur the distinctions between
80s vs contemporary synthesizer pop. At the moment for example, I find
Yazoo records in the "rock/pop" section, and Solvent records in the
"electronica"
section - it would be nice if these records could be filed together..."
2002-01-05 :: SND .,., ,.., .,., .,., .,.,., .,., ., .,.,., ,. ,..
SND was one of the performers during the Sonar 2001 festival, which took
place in beautiful Barcelona, Spain, in June. Snd played in an old chapel,
which
was way too small (loads of people never got in) and rather echoey at the back.
The day after, Mark Fell and Mat Steel of SND agreed to do a quick interview.
NEWSWIRE ::
2002-01-07 :: Other Animals :: Benefit Compilation (Humane Society
International
/ Couchblip!)
Other Animals :: Beautiful Music for a good cause; A benefit CD for the Humane
Society International. The following is the press sheet for this excellent
compilation
of electronic musicians from around the globe unleashing their talent for
the HSI.
Over 90% of this CD is previously unreleased material.
2002-01-07 :: Civik Records :: Warm Melodies | Cold Beats
"...Catering to collectors and electronica junkies alike, each Civik
release provides a
tastey dish of both audio and visual delights..."
2002-01-05 :: RND_0.34873349921 :: Comp. (Pause2)
Pause2 have come with an excellent range of pure electronic audio enjoyment
for this non-genre defined compilation. Without focus on one particular
style or
function, RND (short for RaNDom) gives you a good taste of just about all forms
of electronic brain music from side of the machine to the next.
2001-10-23 :: Ten and Tracer :: Keylemon Reports (Inc.Us)
Press Release ::
"...While sometimes stretched out, and at times tucked within, this 12
maneuvers
through complex portions of cute beats and spacey debris, while maintaining its
intended structure to massage your mind, and tickle your feet..."
REVIEWS ::
2002-01-07 :: Jetone :: Autumnmonia (Pitchcadet)
"...A beautifully calming album of carefully crafted melodies, rhythms and
tones
that deserves further investigation..."
2002-01-05 :: Sense :: Goodbye Mr. Henderson (Aural Industries)
"...Adam Raisbeck has established a name for himself by creating delightful and
intelligent ambient listening music from one release to the next. Goodbye Mr
Henderson is a soft and pensive dip into Sense life experiences..."
2002-01-05 :: Gamers In Exile / My Selfish Desire :: Split Your Cerebrum
Unbearable
"...Split Your Cerebrum sits somewhere between the two mediums, the music
occasionally fusing very well and at other times being slightly manic and
abstract,
but never boring and rarely just a random jumble of completely different
musical
styles..."
2002-01-04 :: Future Beat Alliance :: Disconnected (Delsin.)
"...After recording for 10 years and appearing on several labels, Matthew
Puffett
releases Disconnected as his debut album as Future Beat Alliance..."
2001-12-30 :: Aspen :: Music From Passing Cars (Involve)
"...Where some ambient artists aim for dark intensity and others verge on
techno
rhythms, Smith combines perfectly paced beats and rhythms to create an
uplifting
and relaxing mix of electronic and contemporary music..."
2001-12-30 :: If.Then.Else :: Pause (Emanate)
"...Lush and emotive, Pause is a carefully conceived series of gentle sweeping
sonic works created at a crucial juncture in the life of its creator..."
2001-12-30 :: Phluidbox :: These Found Habits EP (Spa.rk)
"...His (Fitzpatrick's) only danger is that he allows his music to sound
too similar
to the million and one Autechre clones already on the scene..."
2001-12-30 :: Hotel Stadt Berlin :: Comp. (ADSR)
"...While Germany has an undeniably strong reputation for quality
electronic music,
they also have a strange sense of humour that usually involves strange
choices of
music in clubs to lighten the atmosphere..."
2001-12-30 :: Pierre Bastien :: Mecanoid (Rephlex)
"...Although made with "real" instruments, this CD is very recommended to
Rephlex,
Morr Music and IDM fans in general. There's more than enough rhythmic and
melodic
complexity to satisfy the most jaded of fans, and enough warmth to soften
their hearts..."
2001-11-29 :: Safety Scissors :: Soulo :: Dntel :: PLUG RESEARCH
"...American label Plug Research puts out some unusual music, it's fair to
say. Sure,
you can wander into the lands of electro-acoustic music or sound art and
find something
that probably sounds more foreign to your ears than any of this, but I
still stand by my
claim. The music is unusual because it is incredibly hard to pigeon hole..."
2001-11-01 :: Telefon Tel Aviv :: Fahrenheit Fair Enough (Hefty)
"...spacious-yet-tight atmosphere and suggestive melodic voicing in dynamic
interplay
painted with an electro-acoustic palette..."
2001-11-01 :: 3 in 1 Mini-Reviews :: Lux Nigra :: Charhizma :: Morr Music
Henrik Strömberg visits the latest three releases including Biochip C's
2001, The Beige
Oscillator & DJ Attaché's Waiting for Wood and last but not least,
Solvent's latest Solvent City..
2001-10-25 :: Figurine: The Heartfelt (March Records)
"...altogether, this CD is no small accomplishment for the trio as they
continue to produce
what was once only an oxymoron: quality pop music..."
Pietro.
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