deckard@speedline.ca (Andrew Minett) writes:
quoted 1 line I recently came across a review of a release from Bernd Friedman (aka>I recently came across a review of a release from Bernd Friedman (aka
Nonplace >Urban Field) called "Leisure Zones" on Ash International and was
very intrigued by >the concept. Has anyone heard this before, and if so what
did you think?? I love >the only N.U.F. album I own, "raum auf notizen" (I
think that's what it's called off the >top of my head...hey I'm no German
major :~} ). Looking forward to some >"intelligent" responses,
very close... _Raum F?r Notizen_ - Room for Notes.
_Leisure Zones_ is very much an Ash International release, for what that's
worth. Friedmann puts aside the basslines and the beats of his better-known
projects (Drome, NUF, Some More Crime) and delivers a thoroughly experimental
record - muted environmental ambience. one 77:78 piece, crafted to serve as
background music for breakfasting on a balcony with the traffic in the
distance (Friedmann's words, not mine...) or for entering/exiting the
hypnagogic state [you know, semi-consciousness between dream and waking
states]. That translates into a series of beautifully linked peripheral
sounds and windy low-frequencies. something like MAIN or the Laswell/Harris
_Somnific Flux_ album. very similar to what Bernhard G?nter does. especially
when the frazzled electronic noises intrude.
while listening to it again before writing this, dogs in the neighbor's yard
started barking... i had to << the disk several times before i could be
certain that they weren't actually ON the record. THAT sort of album...
but it's all far from boring, _Leisure Zones_ is mesmerizing. Friedmann adds
just enough sonic variety - clangs and clongs of unknown origin, metallic
harmonics, vibrations of every color - to keep your ears on the music. that's
very difficult to do, and the album must be seen as a classic example of its
type.
Friedmann explained how _Leisure Zones_ fits in with his Nonplace Urban Field
recordings. but you'll have to wait for IMMERSE 003 for that...
hope this helped.
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