DAVID TOOP
37th Floor At Sunset / Music For Mondophrenetic TM
SR163 (cd)
UPC: 1753-33217-2
"I wanted to create atmospheres suggestive of buildings as living
organisms, creatures with nervous systems, without reducing the soundtrack
to a catalogue of sound effects. In his novel Highrise, J.G. Ballard
described the subtle relationship of an apartment block's nervous system to
the disintegrating ecology of the mini-society of its inhabitants.
Apartment blocks look much the same, whether in China or the suburbs of
Paris, yet the lives within them are very different. The sounds of lift
shafts, ventilation and heating systems, the murmurs of human activity,
radio and television, have a universality that becomes specific only in the
finest details, a moment in time at the right place, maybe through the
walls of the 37th floor at sunset." David Toop
David Toop :
David Toop is a musician, composer, writer and sound curator. He published
three books: Rap Attack (now in its 3rd edition), Ocean Of Sound, and
Exotica (selected as a winner of the 21st annual American Books Awards for
2000). He also released five solo albums since 1995 -[Screen Ceremonies,
Pink Noir, Spirit World, Museum of Fruit and Hot Pants Idol] - and selected
musics for 5 CD compilations released on Virgin Records - [Ocean Of Sound,
Crooning On Venus, Sugar & Poison, Booming on Pluto and Guitars on Mars].
He worked with musicians such as Brian Eno, John Zorn, Prince Far I, Jon
Hassell, Derek Bailey, Talvin Singh, Evan Parker, Max Eastley, Scanner,
Ivor Cutler and Witchman. As a critic he has written for many publications,
including The Wire, The Face, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer,
Arena, Vogue, Spin, GQ, Bookforum, Pulse, Urb and The Village Voice.
In 1998 he composed the soundtrack for Acqua Matrix, the outdoor
spectacular that closed every night during the Lisbon Expo. Furthermore, he
recorded Shamanistic ceremonies in Amazonia, traces appearing on the album
Ancient Light and the Blackcore [SR78]. He also took part to the project
L'Inachevé [SR103] CD beside Scorn, Lilith and Locust.
He has curated Sonic Boom, an exhibition of sound art at the Hayward
Gallery, London, from April to June, 2000. In January 2000, he exhibited
the sound installation Dreaming of Inscription On Skin with Max Eastley at
ICC in Tokyo. He is currently a visiting research fellow at the London
Media School.
Track Listing
01 21st Floor Discotheque At 4AM
02 Dream Cargoes
03 A Nocturnal Service Shaft
04 Empty Mail
05 Automatic Security Procedures
06 Disposal Chute Inoperative
07 37th Floor At Sunset
08 Brand New
09 Virtual Pet #1
10 Air-Con Function
11 Ventilation Shaft
12 Watchtower Data
13 Connection Not Enabled
File Under:
Electronica
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VERY MASHTA
The Psychedelic Mochi Case
QS108 (cd)
UPC: 1753-33218-2
This is a tribute to, and a celebration of non-standard electronic music.
Think of Suicide's Ghost Rider, the unique universe of Coil, the
sublimity of Detroit's techno sound with an obvious fascination for Asian
Kung-Fu/Love/Saber movies, and John Carpenter's obsessed musical anthems
[remember the ultra-classic Halloween?]. Very Mash'ta is a unique universe
working as an interface placed in between the constant overflow of
information surrounding us, and everyone's mind, reshaping our environment
through filters and techniques belonging to electronic music's history and
culture. No descriptions allowed, check by yourself !
The project Very Mash'ta is an adventure that started as a 28 minute track
composed for a radio broadcast throughout Brussels 2000's opening day. It
is a piece based mostly on sounds provided by Distorted Media's sound
database [Brussels 2000 radio project]. Most of these sounds are anonymous
field recordings or abstract soundscapes: voices, steps, conversations,
laughter, supermarket atmospheres, drops of water banging on metal,
conversations stolen by way of a scanner, etc. All of these elements were
reshaped in order to fit the global envy: to create a unique soundtrack of
the conceptual; to recompose these urban spheres.
But as the project took form, new elements were rapidly added. This
included minimal electronic touches, samples crudely extracted from movies
or TV shows, audio collage, and so much more!
Track Listing
01 Lullaby for MC Roswell / Mash'ta intro
02 Boiling Chutney
03 The Return Of Prokov
04 Vumi's Mechanical Pet
05 Sounds Of Flower Mud
06 Claws Of Steel And Harmonics
07 Evil Bat Master
08 Vamane And Emiko's Osaka Walk
09 Wu Xia's Plan / Introspecting Carpenter / Talking Blades
10 Sono Otoko, Kyobi Ni Tsuji !
11 Skanking Rudeboys, The Riot....
12 The White Fox's Turtle
13 The Lucas Love Affair
14 Stamming Doors / The Prey / Mash'ta Outro
File Under:
Electronica
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