VITAL WEEKLY
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number 623
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week 16
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LID EMBA & BOBCRANE - WE SUBSTITUTE RADIANCE (CD by Stickfigure) *
NADJA & NETHERWORLD - MAGMA TO ICE (CD by Fario) *
ASMUS TIETCHENS - AUS FREUDE AM ELEND (CD by Die Stadt) *
THOMAS WATKISS - ANCESTOR PHASE 1: SILENCE (CD by The Seventh Media) *
COH - COH PLAYS COSEY (CD by Raster Music) *
BEEHATCH (CD by Lens Records) *
LITTLE THINGS (CD compilation by Flau)
NICOLA RATTI - FROM THE DESERT CAME SALTWATER (CD by Anticipate) *
BRAIN AGRO - PROCESSION OF ORNAMENTS (CD by Percaso)
CHRISTOPH GALLIO - MÖSIÖBLÖ - AMPLE FOOD (CD by Percaso)
HELMUT SCHÄFER & ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI - EMINENT RISK FACTOR (CD by Alku) *
TETUZI AKIYAMA - THE ANCIENT BALANCE TO CONTROL DEATH (miniCD by Western
Vinyl) *
RAGLANI - WEB OF LIGHT (LP by Kvist Records)
ANDREW LILES & FOVEA HEX - GONE EVERY EVENING (7" by Die Stadt)
THE DESERT FATHERS - COPTIC ICONS (CDR by PFMentum)
CENTRELESS (CDR by Stray Dog Army) *
RMX COMPILATION'S VERSUS 1 VS 2- KIF_SOUP (CDR by Kif Recordings)
DOROSOTO - HYPNOTIC GYRE (CDR by I, Absentee)
SPEED CONTROL HEAD (CDR by I, Absentee)
MALL SECURITY - THINGS I THOUGHT OF AND MADE (CDR by I, Absentee) *
CHROMASCOPE - THERE IS A SMITHS FAN THAT NEVER GOES OUT (CDR by Silken Tofu)
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GOGHAL - BLASTEMEA (3"CDR by Silken Tofu)
HUMAN LARVAE - THE ODOUR OF LOVE (3"CDR by Silken Tofu)
PORZELLAN - MOUNTAIN CYCLES (MP3 by Abyssa) *
LID EMBA & BOBCRANE - WE SUBSTITUTE RADIANCE (CD by Stickfigure)
Sometimes a cover doesn't look that promising, or, rather has the promise of
something else. If the names of Lid Emba and Bobcrrane doesn't mean anything
to you, like they did nothing for me, the cover of their CD 'We Substitute
Radiance' looks like an improvised music release. But it's not. Or not
really. The two guys, who are called Sean Moore (a.k.a. Lid Emba) and Ryan
Huber (a.k.a. Bobcrane, also as Vopat and Olekranon) have never met, but
send their sound files back and forth through the net. The cover doesn't
mention details as to the instruments used, but the six tracks are heavy
with rhythms, guitars and electronics. At one point in time, when music came
together under the diverse banner of Isolationist music, the dark ambient
met up with the harsh dubby rhythm in the works of Kevin Martin with Techno
Animal. It's here where Lid Emba and Bobcrane found their inspiration to
expand further on these themes. Loud, not too fast beats, inspired by dub,
but rockin not reggea-ing. On
top of this they spin a hot bed of electronics, that sometimes float along
nicely to the rhythms but then at other times collides like floating masses
of ice on to the rhythm. Not exactly new, but since I can't remember
sticking any Techno Animal on, this is certainly bringing back good
memories. Nice one indeed, despite the cover that says something else. (FdW)
Address: http://www.stickfigurerecords.com
NADJA & NETHERWORLD - MAGMA TO ICE (CD by Fario)
French label Fario is not very active: this is their tenth release in about
as many years. The label is an off shoot of the excellent (but en Francais)
magazine Fear Drop, whose only goal seems to release a CD with the meeting
of two artists. They present each a couple of solo pieces and one
collaborative piece. Lopez & Roden, Troum & Christian Renou, Rapoon &
Desaccord Majeur and Vromb & Telepherique went ahead (among others) and here
it's the turn for Alessandro Tedeschi, also known as Netherworld, and owner
of the Glacial Movements label and Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff, from
Canada and best known as Nadja. Netherworld's three pieces are an excellent
sound example of his own label: glacial movements. A very apt description.
Still music of slow moving, utter deep movements. A turtle moves faster I
think. A deep bass rumble in 'Closing To A Glacial Dawn'. Sounds like
Biosphere or early Thomas Köner, but surely with a fine twist of his own,
apparently all made with snippets of
classical music. I skipped the collaboration to save that until the end and
first heard the piece by Nadja, which spans nineteen minutes. A giant
explosion takes place, and it sounds like a 180 degrees turn around from the
Netherworld tracks. Yet that is only deceiving the listener. Yes, Nadja is
much louder, but it's the same side of the ambient at work here: long
sustaining sounds, feeding through effects, creating a ringing effect in
your ear. Absense of rhythm is noted. How exactly their collaborative effort
was recorded is a bit unclear but both ends meet up well here. There is the
glacier like sounds of Netherworld, amplified of course to compete with the
harsher sounds of Nadja, who mix in their own blend of guitars and
electronics. Placed as the fourth track on the CD it makes perfect sense,
forming a perfect bridge between the trio of silence of Netherworld and the
solo outburst of Nadja. A perfect collaboration. (FdW)
Address: http://www.feardrop.net/fario.html
ASMUS TIETCHENS - AUS FREUDE AM ELEND (CD by Die Stadt)
The excellent series of re-issues of early Asmus Tietchens reaches another
highlight with the re-issue of 'Aus Freude Am Elend', which roughly
translates as the pleasure of misery, which surely fits the industrial music
era. From the re-issues done so far and to come, this is one that uses on
source of sounds: the human voice ('Seuchengebiete' for instance uses water
sounds). What I didn't know, but what is now explained on the cover, is that
Tietchens thought of this fitting the then starting wave of plunderphonics,
who also used extensive voice material. All the voices here were also
stolen, with one exception. That's however as far this goes with regard to
plunderphonics, as Tietchens doesn't make satire or social comment with it.
For him the voice is foremost a means to create music. Also explained on the
cover - god, I love liner notes like this, even when they are in German - is
the fact that this is the only other record, next to 'Stupor Mundi' to use
loops. That fits the
other
musical trend of the day, inherited from the world of industrial music.
Lastly we learn that half of this was created with the use of new digital
tools. Tietchens always had the pleasure of using a real studio from his old
school friend Okko Bekker and never was a 'home taper'. The fact that he
uses loops here doesn't mean that Tietchens is playing a hard, noise or
industrial game here. Much like some his previous records, most notably
'Formen Letzer Hausmusik' and 'Seuchengebiete', its foremost a work of
electro acoustic or musique concrete. There is an element of repetition that
one wouldn't easily spot with the original 'masters' of the genre, but
Tietchens uses them in his own, highly personal, way, adding his own fine
blend of electronics and in order to make a creepy sound, a sinister play of
vocals. The people whose voices are used sound like they are singing in a
far away cage, in isolation, a cry to get out. After all these years this
record hasn't aged at all, and is a
highlight in Tietchens career. (FdW)
Address: http://www.diestadtmusik.de
THOMAS WATKISS - ANCESTOR PHASE 1: SILENCE (CD by The Seventh Media)
The title suggests a series, and that is quite so. 'Silence' is phase one of
Ancestor, next year we'll have 'Machine' as phase two and 'Memory' in 2010.
I never heard of Thomas Watkiss, born in 1979, who is a musician and a
painter. "He uses various materials and tools in creating organic and
abstract movements dealing with themes of war and post-industrial reality",
so we read on his website. On the music front he has has worked with bands
as Stigmata and The Hunter, JAW and Thoel:eme, none of which I never heard.
He studied both in Pittsburgh and Stockholm, which may count for the fact
that he is going to tour America and Scandinavia. His first 'Ancestor' album
is announced to be falling into various genres, such as 'ambient, art metal,
avant-garde, dark ambient, drone, experimental, field recordings,
instrumental, minimalist noise, rock alternative, soundscape and sound art',
which is indeed quite an impressive list, but just what is 'art metal' or
what is 'alternative rock' is a
bit hard to figure out. The twelve pieces on his album are best put down as
'dark ambient'. Watkiss plays bass, guitar, effects and all sorts of
computer trickery, and he created quite a nice album with this tools. Not
something that is top of the line new or unexpected, but in his music one
can hear the historical overview of all things ambient since the inception
of the genre by Brian Eno, but with a strong emphasis on the darker textures
and moods, say in the field were Lustmord meets Vidna Obmana - dark but not
too black, light but not a sun. Watkiss plays his material with great
elegance and a likewise great eye for production. (FdW)
Address: http://www.thomaswatkiss.net
COH - COH PLAYS COSEY (CD by Raster Music)
Somehow Ivan Pavlov, a.k.a. Coh always manages to work with the best. Before
it was Coil now it's Cosey Fanni Tutti, whose voice Coh recorded to create
new music. "Coh plays Cosey deals with concepts of honesty, trust, privacy,
communication as well as (perception of) sexuality". Which seems to me a bit
far fetched, because the voices may make words, but Coh cuts them up into
small rhythmic blocks, and transforms them: pitching them down and up, adds
a deep bass like bump to it. Very much the click and cuts approach that
Raster Music is known for. Sometimes a ballad like approach such as in
'Sin-king' and sometimes a more 'danceable' approach, such as in 'Near You',
which was a great track and very much Chris & Carter like. All is nice and
sweet, even perhaps private or intimate, but I must admit the album couldn't
satisfy me for its entire duration. The material was too similar, even
within the given range of ballad and dance (my own classifications!), and
Coh's techniques to
transform the sound also was too similar. Nice for a couple of tracks but
all nine was a bit too much for me. One wished for something entirely
different to happen, a totally odd element, but that doesn't happen. As
said: a smaller dosis of this is quite fine. (FdW)
Address: http://www.raster-noton.net
BEEHATCH (CD by Lens Records)
From their days in Vancouver, Phil Western and
Mark Spybey knew eachother. They were members of Skinny Puppy follow up
Download. That was ten years ago. Western went onto to work in Download more
and then with Cevin Key in Plateau and Spybey worked as Dead Voices On Air,
Propeller and Reformed Faction with Robin Storey. Western lives in Los
Angeles and Spybey in London, but through the use of the internet they
managed to record a collaborative album, away from expensive studios. But
also away from personal contact, which is a pity, since I would doubt if
they had actually worked together in one room, the result would have been as
diverse as they are here. Spanning ambient textured mood music, to drum and
bass to a techno balled and then another piece of ambient music. Let's
suppose they were together while recording this, wouldn't they have said to
eachother, 'so what do we want with this album?', or 'how should it sound?'.
Maybe they had this discussion, through mail, and maybe the outcome was to
make such a diverse album, but
it
seems to me an album where each of the players wanted his own preferred
sound and the other thought it was fine to do so, but without considering if
this would have made a consistent album. Now there are tracks that great, or
perhaps I should say: all tracks are great, but they don't fit together. At
least not to these ears. Much rhythm, compared to many of Spybey's earlier
works. Received with mixed feeling. (FdW)
Address: http://www.lensrecords.com
LITTLE THINGS (CD compilation by Flau)
Saturday night sometimes ends sunday morning, which means sunday morning no
longer exists, until waking up, but that's usually in the early afternoon.
Then a big question arises: what music are we to play on that occasion?
Something quiet for sure, but there is always the Vital pile waiting to be
heard. I grab 'Little Things' because the description sounds nice. Something
about 'tiny home made music of breathtaking acoustic sounds [...] by
brilliant local and foreign artists of new generation around the world'.
That surely sounds fine enough for an early sunday afternoon. We recognize
some of the names, such as Jasper Leyland, Aus, Hood, F.S. Blumm but there
is also Kira Kira, Rachael Dadd, Radicalfashion, Marla Hansen, Cokiyu, The
Boats, patten and so much more. While I glaze outside and watch clouds pass
by (or is that my imagination?) I realize I hate writing about compilations.
One can never justify with a few words the extent of the compilation and
what it is all about. Maybe I'
m
too tired on a sunday afternoon to devote any serious time to writing words
for Vital Weekly. Hence I write these words on a monday morning, a true
morning, fully awake and present. I still think the compilation is quite
nice, though not entirely music I would want to hear now. My point being
this: the appreciation of music is very much part of your mood, part of the
day and many more conditions. 'Little Things' is a great compilation, and
will be on the pile for the next time when waking up in a state of too much
to drink and too little to sleep. Might be tomorrow actually. (FdW)
Address: http://www.flau.jp
NICOLA RATTI - FROM THE DESERT CAME SALTWATER (CD by Anticipate)
For me a new name, Nicola Ratti, who releases his debut on Anticipate. Ratti
is a multi-instrumentalist and architect. His main instruments are guitars
and percussion with a bit of voices and a bit of electronics. Everything is
recorded in a straight forward fashion, but everything is also
multi-layered. Sometimes he uses open chords to play his music, sometimes
clustered tones creating an almost drone like atmosphere such as in 'Voluta
Musica'. A bit like the recent release by Andrea Belfi, even when Ratti's
music seems to be using more layers than Belfi. Open like the desert, freely
improvised, but played with care. There is perhaps a bit too much use of
reverb to suggest the open space, but throughout it was quite an alright
disc. Nothing special, but nice enough. (FdW)
Address: http://www.anticipaterecordings.com
BRAIN AGRO - PROCESSION OF ORNAMENTS (CD by Percaso)
CHRISTOPH GALLIO - MÖSIÖBLÖ - AMPLE FOOD (CD by Percaso)
A third CD by Percasso of Agro's piano music.
From 1989 dates "In A Hole in the Ice" with
Katharina Weber interpreting compositions of Agro composed between 1980 and
1988.
The second CD 'Poems and Preludes' (2001) presented his latest works for
solo piano, this time performed by Tomas Bächli. Bächli is also the
performer on the new CD by Agro, again a collection of solo piano pieces.
Recorded in 2006 in Berlin, the city where canadian-born Agro most of the
time lives. Agro keeps his work miles away from any modern musical trend,
but he seeks his place in orientation with the western classical music
tradition. Especially french music from the time of Satie, Ravel, an others
come to my mind. Most compositions pass by in a calm mood. They sound simple
and are very accessible. They are however cleverly and carefully
constructed, where every note is to the point.
Also the new CD by Gallio is more close to modern classical music then to
jazz. He composed a suite made up of 92 small pieces, not one longer then 60
seconds. Prominent are the vocals of Sylvia Nopper, who sings with
classically trained voice. Gallio plays soprano and alto saxes, Marino
Pilakas (from Steamboat Switzerland) guitar and Thomas Eckert plays clarinet
and bassclarinet. All of them we hear throughout this album, assisted by a
few other musicians in some of the pieces. The miniatures are played very
sensitive and with taste. The arrangements are crystal clear. Beautiful
simple music. Gallio took inspiration from the poetry of Robert Filliou for
this work. Each composition is named after a question that Gallio took from
the work of Filliou and Sylvia Nopper sings them. The voice of Nopper is
okay, however I often had difficulties in understanding what she exactly is
singing. But let that be the only minor point for this excellent cd. (DM)
Address: http://www.percaso.ch/
HELMUT SCHÄFER & ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI - EMINENT RISK FACTOR (CD by Alku)
Last year Helmut Schäfer took his own life, a fact that didn't make it in
Vital Weekly. A quick search learned me that we only once reviewed his
music, in Vital Weekly 168, when he released 'Disruptor' with Zbigniew
Karkowski on Or (a sub division of Touch in those days). From whatever
sparse information I could find, Schäfer was one 'of the noise guys', with a
strong love for the loud mayhem and motor like sounds, but always backed up
with some intelligent idea. I believe he built some of the devices he used
himself. In 1997 he met Karkowski for the first time, and probably
'Disruptor' was their first joint release. In October 2006 they met up
again, but this time for the last time to play some concerts, in Graz and
Bratislava. This is now released. It's a combination of the live recordings
and studio doodling they did together. I believe this is a microphone
recording, which doesn't entirely justify the music. The music consists
mainly of very deep end rumblings which pushes away
the air if you turn up the volume. High end is almost not apparent in these
recordings. It scratches the surface, but doesn't fly over it. Even when I
think sound wise there would have been more possible than this, I must say
that the music is quite captivating. A crude form of drone music, Joe Colley
alike, this is a fine example where drone and noise can meet up. A solid
farewell from Schäfer. (FdW)
Address: http://personal.ilimit.es/principio/
TETUZI AKIYAMA - THE ANCIENT BALANCE TO CONTROL DEATH (miniCD by Western
Vinyl)
Maybe you remember the time when Jim O'Rourke started singing? That was
something to get used to, quite a surprise, but if you play 'Eureka' these
days, you'll notice it's a powerful work. Many of the people whose music is
reviewed week after week in this place will never be heard, their voices
that is. I met Tetuzi Akiyama a couple of times, saw him play guitar but I
couldn't imagine him singing. He does it here, along with his acoustic
guitar, harmonica, maracas and electronics. Seven pieces, fifteen minutes. I
can't say I like it very much to be honest. The music is not like O'Rourke,
but rather more simple (in fact much of it just guitar and voice) and the
vocals are layered it seems, so it's not easy to hear what the lyrics are
about, even when they are written on the cover. Akiyama improvises on his
guitar in his usual style of blues inspired improvisation. As an experiment
this is certainly quite interesting and I would not be saying, 'don't ever
do this again', but it doesn't
get me clapping out loud. (FdW)
Address: http://www.westernvinyl.com
RAGLANI - WEB OF LIGHT (LP by Kvist Records)
Sometimes a press text is so utterly vague that I have no clue what is
about. Here there is a long description of a film 'Web Of Light', about a
composer called Raglani. The film is in three parts, and so is the record
here. A score per part? To write what the film is about, is to rewrite the
whole text, since obviously I haven't seen the film. Is this the same
Raglani of whom we reviewed a release on Gameboy back in Vital Weekly 551?
Perhaps. Soundwise it could actually be. The music here is rather well and
present drone like music, continuos but with elements of noise being thrown
into it, which works quite nice on the first piece that spans the a-side of
this record. The two shorter pieces on the b-side are more noisy and are
less focussed around a central theme. Despite all the vagueness that
surrounds this record this is quite a pleasant one. Not entirely worked out
but nice enough to stir some interest. Would love to see the film, if such a
thing indeed exists. (FdW)
Address: http://www.twigmedia.net
ANDREW LILES & FOVEA HEX - GONE EVERY EVENING (7" by Die Stadt)
Following three excellent mini CDs produced with the top layer of sonic
experimentalism, Clodagh Simonds teams with here Micheal Begg, Fabrizio
Palumbo and Laura Sheeran, all under the guidance of Andrew Liles (rapidly
climbing up to the top layer) to record two lovely tracks on a 7". 'Gone' is
on side a, and 'Every Evening' on the other. The a-side has piano at the
hearth of the piece and Simonds heavenly vocals solo with beautiful ambient
like electronics humming sparsely about. 'Every Evening' has a strange
narrative by Palumbo and multi-layered singing by Sheeran and Simonds and
has a fairy tale like atmosphere, but with an unsettling undercurrent in the
piece. This is beautiful too but much more spooky. Way too short on this
format, one could only want some more after this. Fascinating, beautiful,
small treasure. (FdW)
Address: http://www.diestadtmusik.de
THE DESERT FATHERS - COPTIC ICONS (CDR by PFMentum)
A long time ago I studied history, with a special interest in religious
history, heretic movements and such like. Hermits, monks and ascetics were
not my speciality but I did get across them. They are also the source of
inspiration for Gregory Taylor (laptop) and Jeff Kaiser (Quartertone trumpet
and laptop), who work as The Desert Fathers. Their two lengthy
improvisations were recorded live at the Boise Experimental Music festival.
Taylor is connected to Cycling74, so the laptops are running wild on max/msp
patches I guess. I am not sure why they choose the name The Desert Fathers.
For all I know they want to live in silence, away from the world, whereas
Kaiser and Taylor are in a dialogue together, they are improvising together.
I must say that it was a bit hard to get into this. Both pieces are long
(thirty one and twenty six minutes), and it's a straight recording with no
editing or overdubbing. Personally I think it would have been a stronger
product when they had decided to take
things apart and made a re-configuration of the best moments and splice
those together. Now we hear them searching for sounds in some cases and that
is a pity because it stands in the way of those moments that are really
good, when we hear the trumpet struggling and fighting with the laptop
sounds. More for the die hard fans or perhaps for those who attended those
particular evenings. (FdW)
Address: http://www.pfmentum.com
CENTRELESS (CDR by Stray Dog Army)
Behind Centreless we find James Brewster, whom we at other occasions also
will find behind Mole Harness or under his own name, which I believe is not
his real name. Confusing? Well, perhaps it is. As Centreless, he is
'focusing on field recordings and abstract digitally processed sounds'. On
this CDR we hear him for the first time under this guise. It sounds exactly
to what is promised. The field recordings may be covered with digitalia and
therefore not easy to be recognized or traced back to its original source,
but its clear that these are not any sort of instruments. At only three
tracks that span only twelve minutes the proceedings are over before you
know it, and that's a pity. I think there was room for some more pieces as
this left me a little unsatisfied. Is the necessity to put a 'product' this
high? I should hope not. So next time around, please make things a bit
longer and let us enjoy it more thoroughly. (FdW)
Address: http://www.straydogarmy.co.uk
RMX COMPILATION'S VERSUS 1 VS 2- KIF_SOUP (CDR by Kif Recordings)
I'm a little uncertain as to just what is going on here, even to the
title!- back in VW608 a review of Ten Seconds Compilation appeared- some
71 - 10 second tracks from various artists- this CDr *seems* to be "a
hybrid" from two such compilations - where each was remixed - by Animal
Machine / Cygore & Eraritjaritjaka / Animal Machine as the blurb says "remix
1 vs. remix 2 = SOUP" do you follow? If so you are probably doing better
than me. KIF - Keep it frozen "is a non -profit music label , distributor
specialized in micro & mini tracks recordings" responsible for this very
interesting reduction / deconstruction of the compilations. I'm not fond of
compilations as I'm averse to serial events like a many coursed meal - for
one the cutlery is confusing - here the result is a soup- everything is
present in the resultant 20:39 - so only a spoon is required- it is a
mixture of many lo-fi noise sources at a fairly ambient texture which makes
for a coherent context in which the pieces now separated from their
teleological menu co-exist - re-act - and play as a homogenous yet rhizomic
whole. A long, slow implosion of sounds. The important thing here then is
the re-generation by the co-operative forces at work which makes something
both in its audio presence and conceptualization significant and very
worthwhile. BTW KIF are accepting contributions for comp #3- but I will look
forward more to the hopeful synthesized soup #2. (jliat)
Address: http://www.freewebs.com/kifrecording/
DOROSOTO - HYPNOTIC GYRE (CDR by I, Absentee)
SPEED CONTROL HEAD (CDR by I, Absentee)
MALL SECURITY - THINGS I THOUGHT OF AND MADE (CDR by I, Absentee)
A new label, all the way from lovely small Massillon in Ohio comes I,
Absentee, and they have three artists on their platter of whom I never
heard. First of is Dorosoto, also known as Warren Kroll, also known as
Forrest, as such having a record on the U-Cover label. That might give you a
clue as to where this goes. Melodic rhythmic music, but Dorosoto loves a
darker touch. Not really IDM inspired music, but his rhythms are less techno
based, and more tribal and his synthesizer is set to tones that are much
darker with strange voice based samples. Quite nice to see things like this
moving away from the known paths, even when not every composition on this
release is a great one. Nice, fine, not the hat off though.
Inspired by drum 'n bass is the work of Carl States, also known as Speed
Control Head. Drum & bass is not a genre that we come across a lot in Vital
Weekly, simply perhaps we don't like it that much or simply because we
thought the scene had died out. Its therefore not easy for us to say
something valid about Speed Control Head. I think it lacks the deep end bass
a bit (mastering can help here), but the jumpy rhythms have the idea of drum
'n bass but just don't seem to match the thing I remember from the past
(and, no, I am not listening on computer as sometimes people suggest - we
have a real CD player!).
Behind Mall Security is one Steve Lutes, who, just like Speed Control Head,
presents his debut album here. Together with Dorosoto he is also part of The
Red Falcon Projects. According to the website everything was created in an
entirely digital way, which shows. The production is excellent and music
wise there is a lot to enjoy here since he delivered a highly varied album.
There is IDM inspired music with downtempo rhythms, melancholic keyboard
lines, but also songs that show a true love for pop songs. This variety
works well here, the album has some great tracks among some very fine
tracks. Not exactly straight forward sing a long pieces here, but a great
debut. (FdW)
Address: http://www.i-absentee.com
CHROMASCOPE - THERE IS A SMITHS FAN THAT NEVER GOES OUT (CDR by Silken Tofu)
GOGHAL - BLASTEMEA (3"CDR by Silken Tofu)
HUMAN LARVAE - THE ODOUR OF LOVE (3"CDR by Silken Tofu)
I believe Silken Tofu so far released only 3"CDRs in lovely neat boxes but
here is Chromascope, also known as Brandon Malzahn. And certainly not to be
ignored: a guy with some sense of humor (rare thing in the serious world of
Silken Tofu, I think). The first piece is called 'Some Girls Are Bigger Than
Others, And They're All On Myspace'. Luckily the humor doesn't stand in the
way of the music. This is the second release by Chromascope on Silken Tofu,
following 'Sleep Paralysis' (see Vital Weekly 535). Gone are the many sound
effects and that's great. The pieces here are made with long sustaining
sounds, played on synthesizers (I think), which form interesting ambient
industrial drones. Malzahn adds sparsely electronics to the material as to
spice things up, so that the material is evolving in a straight forward
manner. Minimal but with all the right moves and changes to keep things
interesting. A major step forward this one.
Following last week's release that Goghal did with Amputation Desire, here's
a solo release by him (her?) and it sounds like he's the quiet mind in the
collaboration. The nineteen minute piece is a loud ambient/quiet noise piece
that builds up carefully, reaches its peak with driving pulse beat (one
pulse only; more Pan Sonic than Carl Cox) and then breaks down as elegantly
as the built, with sounds washing away in the mix. The rhythmic drive is
quite nice and adds a great texture to the piece. Very nice work.
Whoever Human Larvae is I don't know, but he/she/they work from the harsh
noise perspective, at least for the bigger part of their track. I must admit
I am rather taken by the piece on this piece which moves between the noise
blocks, which has a dark line on the synthesizer and a snippet from a film
('i love you', 'I love you too'), until the Con-dom like vocals kick back
in. The two noise parts, beginning and ending, reminded me very much of
Con-dom anyway, either in 'singing' and the way the electronics are handled.
Very straight forward power electronics. As such not much new, but it's nice
enough, certainly if, for me, this is not a daily digest anymore - that was
twenty years ago. (FdW)
Address: http://www.silkentofu.org
PORZELLAN - MOUNTAIN CYCLES (MP3 by Abyssa)
At my age one might jealous at the young people, like the 23 year old
Porzellan. When I had his age all I had was a couple of cassette players, a
disco mixer (not as fancy as the ones you find in the discotheque these
days) and the possible to borrow a synthesizer. Porzellan can do with a
computer and produce a sound that is at least sound wise so much better,
richer and more refined. It could drive me crazy, but such is the 'progress'
of technology I guess. Porzellan confesses to like all this minimal, and
that is certainly shown in his music. Microsound is a very appropriate
description of his music. His pieces consist of usually one, two or three
set of tones, sine waves, processed hiss or such like which he mixes over
the course of a few minutes. Ikeda like for sure, but it's the brief
character of the pieces which makes this all quite enjoyable. There is
nothing new under the sun of Porzellan, just as much there was nothing new
under my cassette sun back then, but I must admit
this is much more a pleasure to hear than my old experiments. This is a most
promising start and no doubt with some extra shaping and it will certainly
grow in the near future. (FdW)
Address: http://abyssa.netlabel.free.fr
1. From: gregory buettner <gregorybuettner@gmx.de>
Blurred Edges 2008, 10-27 April
New Music, improvisation, sound art and the avant garde
with Christian Wolff, John Tilbury, Asmus Tietchens, Birgit Ulher, Serge
Baghdassarians & Boris Baltschun, Roger Turner and more.
Hamburg various venues,
Links: www.vamh.de
Mi, 16.04.2008, 20:00 Uhr
blurred edges - ensemble Intégrales: The Link to today's music
"...wie die Zeit vergeht" Werke von Karlheinz Stockhausen, Giacinto Scelsi,
Matthew Burtner (UA)
und Roberto Garretón (UA), Einführungsveranstaltung 18.45 Uhr
Ort: Opera Stabile, Ecke Kleine Theaterstraße / Kalkhof, 20354 Hamburg
http://www.ensemble-integrales.com
Mi, 16.04.2008, 21:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Robert Klammer & Gunnar Lettow
Ein Improvisations-Duo der besonderen Art - Elektronische Klänge und
mikroskopische Sounds:
Robert Klammer (analoge Synths, electronics, div. Klang- und
Geräuscherzeuger) & Gunnar Lettow
(präparierter E-Bass, electronics).
Ort: Kulturhaus III&70, Schulterblatt 73, 20357 Hamburg
http://www.dreiundsiebzig.de
Do, 17.04.2008, 20:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Nelly Boyd Kreis
'Drohne 5' von Robert Engelbrecht (2000/ rev 2007), 'Quartett III' von Jan
Feddersen (2004/06),
'Mind The Gap' von Jens Röhm (2005), '6' von Peter Imig (2006), 'Expressis
Verbis' von Nikolaus Gerszewski
(für Nelly Boyd, 2007) .
Ort: Forum Neue Musik in der Christianskirche, Klopstockplatz 2, 22765
Hamburg
http://www.myspace.com/nellyboyd
Do, 17.04.2008, 21:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Barbara Lüneburg & Marko Ciciliani
Ein Abend mit Stücken, die für Barbara Lüneburg (Amsterdam / Violine,
E-Violine) geschrieben wurden.
Sie tritt dabei gemeinsam mit Marko Ciciliani (Amsterdam / No-input mixer,
Elektronik, Licht, Laser) auf.
Ort: Westwerk, Admiralitaetstrasse 74, 20459 Hamburg
http://www.barbara-lueneburg.com
Do, 18.04.2008, 20:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Stones & Sticks
Y-Ton-G (Elektronik) und Corinna Eikmeyer (Cello) spielen zwei Stücke aus
der 'Prose-collection' von Christan Wolff.
Ort: Forum Neue Musik in der Christianskirche, Klopstockplatz 2, 22765
Hamburg
http://www.kirche-ottensen.de/forum-neue-musik
Fr, 18.04.2008, 20:30 Uhr
blurred edges - (e)lectric vs. (a)coustic
(e) phase~in: Gunnar Lettow (e-bass-electr) + Sylvia Necker (raumstation)
(a) acoustic trio: Joachim Lützow (sax) Frank Konstabel (sax) Achilles
Kougioumtzis (tp)
Ort: freitagsmusik, Kleiner Schäferkamp 46, 20357 Hamburg
http://www.freitagsmusik.de
Fr, 18.04.2008, 21:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Im Schlauch: TonArt-Ensemble Konzert
Das 8 köpfige TonArt-Ensemble bespielt mehrere ineinander übergehende
Kellerräume mit besonderem
Instrumentarium, wie Schläuchen (Tentacle Tubes), präparierten Instrumenten
und Elektronik.
Ort: KuBaSta, Repsoldstraße 45, 20097 Hamburg
http://www.tonart-hamburg.de
Sa, 19.04.2008, 15:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Lost In Meta
Hughes / Scherzberg / Wiese Trio: Meta-Jazz, Akustik-Improvisation und
elektroakustische live-Autoaggression
Fuo: Ziselierter Meta-Rock; ohne Popstruktur oder Gesang
Meta c'est Moi und Marc Matter: Inputfreier Meta-Ambient aus
Rückkopplungsloops
Ort: Michelle Record Store, Gertrudenkirchhof 10, 20095 Hamburg
http://www.fuofuo.net
http://www.myspace.com/triohsw
Sa, 19.04.2008, 18:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Heinschke, Sprenger, Hirt
Improvisationskonzert auf der Grundlage der Musik von Gerhard Heinschke
(1940 - 2007). Rüdiger Hirt (*1952)
und Sebastian Sprenger (*1972).
Ort: St. Nicolaus Kirche in Alsterdorf, Sengelmannstraße / Ecke
Dorothea-Kasten-Straße, Hamburg
Sa, 19.04.2008, 20:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Intones Quartet
Eine Hommage an die geistigen Mütter und Väter der Spontaneität, der
Freiheit des Gedankens und der Rede.
Tobias Netta (trumpet), Gernot Borreck (saxes), Joachim Kamps (piano),
Hinnerk K Börnsen (spacedrums)
Ort: Emil-Krause-Gymnasium, Krausestraße 53, 22049 Hamburg
intones.spacedrums.de
Sa, 19.04.2008, 20:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Cello en Vogue am Musenhof - Anna Amalias Bücher
Cello en Vogue: Anne Krickeberg - Köln, Marei Seuthe - Köln, Corinna
Eikmeier - Hannover, Krischa Weber -
Hamburg, Isabel Eichenlaub - Landau, Schauspiel: Angela Metzler - Köln
Ort: Jenisch Haus - Baron-Voght-Straße 50, 22609 Hamburg
http://www.cello-en-vogue.de
So, 20.04.2008, 11:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Abschlusskonzert des Projektes "Reise in die Musik des 21.
Jahrhunderts"
In diesem Projekt wird SchülerInnen die Möglichkeit gegeben, auf kreative
und produktive Weise mit ungewohnter,
neuer Musik Erfahrungen zu machen und kompositorische Prozesse und
Arbeitsweisen zu begreifen und zu lernen.
Ort: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Kirchenallee 39, 20099 Hamburg
http://www.landesmusikrat-hamburg.de
So, 20.04.2008, 12:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Matinee: futureduck
,futureduck' ist ein Toy-Projekt von Peter Kastner und Robert Klammer.
Improvisation gespielt auf und mit Toys,
Elektroniks und anderem Spielkram.
Ort: Atelier Ritter, Kleine Rainstr. 30, Hinterhaus, 22765 Hamburg
So, 20.04.2008, 16:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Bunkerrauschen
Neue und gebrauchte Werke für Cembalo, Zither und Flöte von Leopold Hurt und
Wolfgang Knuth
mit Formation Weisser Rausch: Martin Gonschorek (Flöte), Leopold Hurt
(Zither), Michael Petermann (Cembalo)
Ort: Weisser Rausch im Medienbunker, Feldstraße 66, 20359 Hamburg
http://www.weisserrausch.de>
So, 20.04.2008, 17:00 Uhr
blurred edges - a blossom bright
Das Trio ,pro:Fusion': Marcia Lemke-Kern (Stimme) Marion Fermé (Blockflöten,
Stimme) und Jennifer Hymer
(Klavier, Toy Piano) spielen die Musik von Cage, Berio, Webern, Ives, Hajdu,
Lemke, interpoliert mit der Musik des Mittelalters.
Ort: GEDOK Austellungsraum, Lange Reihe 75, 20099 Hamburg
So, 20.04.2008, 20:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Demand, Wienert, Reier, Hall
Sascha Demand (e-git), Hannes Wienert (reeds), Sebastian Reier
(vulkanogitarre), Jürgen Hall (computer und synth.)
Ort: KuBaSta, Repsoldstraße 45, 20097 Hamburg
http://www.kubasta.de
Mo, 21.04.2008, (Uhrzeit wird noch bekannt gegeben)
blurred edges - Filmportrait Alfred Schnittke
Präsentation biografischer Filmdokumente in Gegenwart von Irina & Andrei
Schnittke. Moderation: Alexander Ivashkin (UK)
Ort: MusikseminarKonzertsaal in der Max-Brauer-Allee 24, 22765 Hamburg
http://www.musik-seminar.eu
Di, 22.04.2008, 20:00 Uhr
blurred edges - The Hispaniola
Eine web-Radio Komposition von Christopher Williams (aus Barcelona)
Ort: Forum Neue Musik in der Christianskirche, Klopstockplatz 2, 22765
http://www.kirche-ottensen.de/forum-neue-musik
Do, 24.04.2008, 20:00 Uhr
blurred edges - New York sur_ Johannes S. Sistermanns
,New York sur_' (für Stimme, Akkordeon, Stretchfolie, 4 Lautsprecher /
Zuspiel)
,Intuition Raum 2008' (für Stretchfolie, electronics, Membran-Technik,
Kirchenraum)
Ort: Forum Neue Musik in der Christianskirche, Klopstockplatz 2, 22765
Do, 24.04.2008, 21:00 Uhr
blurred edges - für diesen abend / Asmus Tietchens
2 Konzerte abstrakter Elektronik, projizierten Prozessen und grau schattigen
Geräuschzellern...
mit: Asmus Tietchens / ,für diesen abend' (Stefan Funck, Gregory Büttner) +
Overheadprojektionen von Katrin Bethge
Ort: SKAM, Beim Trichter 1, 20359 Hamburg
http://www.tietchens.de
http://www.1000fussler.com/fda
Fr, 25.04.2008, 20:30 Uhr
blurred edges - Passierzettel
Thomas Piesbergen-voc, electronics; Thomas Siebert-git, key; Martin
Pozdrowicz-dr, electronics; Laurent Vianes-b;
Lothar Meid (AmonDüül, Doldinger)-b, voc; Charlie Schöppner-perc. -
groovig, psychedelektronisch, krautig - .
Ort: Bambi Galore, Öjendorfer Weg 30 a, 22119 Hamburg
http://www.passierzettel.de
Fr, 25.04.2008, 21:00 Uhr
blurred edges - h7-club @ blurred edges 2008
Improvisationskonzert mit Christine Sehnaoui - saxofon (Paris/Beirut)|
Sharif Sehnaoui - gitarre (Paris/Beirut)|
Heiner Metzger - soundtable | Nordzucker: Birgit Ulher - trompete | Lars
Scherzberg - saxofon | Michael Maierhof - cello
Ort: Blinzelbar, Grosse Bergstraße 158, 22767 Hamburg
http://www.hierunda.de/h7-club.html
Fr, 25.04.2008, 21:30 Uhr
blurred edges - unüberhörbar
Johannes S. Sistermanns: "Die Befragung des Echos". Eine Komposition aus dem
Echo beabsichtigter wie unbeabsichtigter
Klangimpulse, wie aus dem Echo alltäglicher, beiläufiger wie absichtlich
gesetzter Impulse. // Rainer Deutschmann und seine
Freunde. Noise als Therapie.
Ort: Hörbar, Brigittenstr. 5 (Hinterhof), 20359 Hamburg
http://www.hoerbar-ev.de
Sa, 26.04.2008, 21:00 Uhr
blurred edges - PGAM: Komponierte, elektronische und improvisierte Musik
Helena Gough (UK), Christine & Sharif Sehnaoui (Paris/Beirut), Pe Lang &
Zimoun (Bern),
Trio Nexus (Berlin) spielt Kompositionen von: Nicolaus A. Huber, Michael
Maierhof, Dodo Schielein und Hauke Harder.
Zusammengestellt von der Projektgruppe Aktuelle Musik.
Ort: Westwerk, Admiralitätstrasse 74, 20459 Hamburg
http://www.westwerk.org
So, 27.04.2008, 16:00 Uhr
blurred edges - Bunkerrauschen
Formation Weisser Rausch (Martin Gonschorek, Flöte - Stefan Matthewes,
Klavier) spielt Werke von Komponisten,
die das Koordinatensystem heutiger Musik maßgeblich geprägt haben: Bartok,
Hindemith, Messiaen, Yun, Ligeti.
Ort: Weisser Rausch im Medienbunker, Feldstraße 66, 20359 Hamburg
http://www.weisserrausch.de
So, 27.04.2008, 18:00 Uhr
blurred edges - On the Fringe
Der Masterstudiengang Multimediale Komposition präsentiert seine Arbeiten.
Mitwirkende: Alexander Schubert,
Moxi Beidenegl, Birgit Ulher & Jacob Sello, Sascha Lino Lemke, Sergio
Vasquez, Konstantina Orlandatou.
Ort: Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Harvestehuder Weg 12 (Eingang:
Milchstraße), 20148 Hamburg
mmm.hfmt-hamburg.de
So, 27.04.2008, 21:00 Uhr
blurred edges - PGAM: Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman ,Crippled Symmetry' (1983) Flöte/Bassflöte, Klavier/Celesta
und Vibraphon/Glockenspiel, 90 min.
Trio Nexus (Berlin): Erik Drescher (Flöte), Pascale Berthelot (Klavier),
Claudia Sgarbi (Schlagzeug)
Ort: Westwerk, Admiralitätstrasse 74, 20459 Hamburg
http://www.westwerk.org
2. From: Antboy Music <info@antboymusic.com>
NEWS FROM CABLE# (asso organising events in nantes, FR):
24 april
cable#15 with :
NICOLAS DESMARCHELIER (FR) - (musique improvisée, guitare)
+
TOMA GOUBAND (FR) - (musique improvisée, percussions)
+
PUMICE (NZ) - (return of the one man band)
@
chez apo33 / mire. 17 rue Paul Bellamy, Nantes, 44000
20h00. 5? (dans la limite des places disponibles)
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30 may
cable# & mire present :
THE CHELSEA GIRLS d'Andy Warhol - projection
+
WHITEHOUSE - concert
@
3 Quai François Mitterrand, 44200, Nantes, France
19h30 - projection
23h00 - concert
Tarifs : 8? / 10?
asso CABLE#
cable.nantes@gmail.com>
http://www.myspace.com/cablenantes
http://www.antboymusic.com/site.php
http://www.susanlawly.freeuk.com/
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NEWS FROM ERNIE ALTHOFF:
"CAFE POINTS" and "PEN AND INK"
Two sound sculpture installations at "aRtECYCLE", a City of Moonee Valley
Arts Week 2008 event at the Incinerator Arts Complex, 180 Holmes Road,
Moonee Ponds. Twilight opening 14 May 6-8 pm, then running to 1 June.
"CAFE POINTS" features a line of eight rotating small wooden table-like
structures which rub, nudge and bump a set of eight counter-weighted
aluminium chimes and eight rectangular tinplate gongs, against which
suspended pieces of scallop shells are allowed to clatter, providing a
sound-world made up of sustained pitch material and, in direct contrast,
short rattles and clicks and low-end booming frequency bands. As is usual
with the artist's work, nothing is overly loud, inviting listener
concentration. All materials are low budget, recycled and re-appropriated.
The title refers to the row of tables, and the 'food' still on them. Gentle
and low volume rubbing, scraping and clicking sounds emanate from the metal
strapping sounding elements of the work
"PEN AND INK". Polystyrene cups attached to the metal pieces are used as
simple acoustic amplifiers and harmonic filters. The longest metal piece is
set in motion by contact with a small record-player turntable placed inside
the black bamboo tripod support frame. The bamboo is home-grown, and bent to
its unusual shape during early growth stages. The title refers to the work's
monochrome shade and stark calligraphic appearance.
NEWS FROM JEAN-PHILIPPE GROSS :
upcoming gigs:
08/04 w/ arnaud rivicre - M.D.E - metz - france
11/04 w/ xavier charles - jyvaskyla - finland
12/04 w/ xavier charles - turku - finland
13/04 w/ xavier charles - gallery Myymala - helsinki - finland
14/04 w/ xavier charles - tallin - estonia
21/04 w/ maelstrom and golden serenades - molodoi - strasbourg - F 22/04 w/
maelstrom and golden serenades - geneva - switzerland
23/04 w/ maelstrom and golden serenades - instants chavirés - montreuil - F
24/04 w/ maelstrom and golden serenades - le 102 - grenoble - F
25/04 w/ maelstrom and golden serenades - l'embobineuse - marseille - F
26/04 w/
maelstrom and golden serenades - data - marseille - F
05/05 les instants chavirés - montreuil - F
07/05 w/ charles / hautzinger / marchetti - festival musique action - nancy
? F
09/05 w/ ombre_ext - festival musique action ? nancy ? F
27/05 w/ clare cooper - grand guignol - lyon - F
28/05 w/ clare cooper - metz - F
06/06 w/ agncs palier - nantes - F
21/06 solo - lampo - chicago - USA
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NEWS FROM WILL GUTHRIE
EDGAR in the UK
Will Guthrie - drums
Sebastien Coste - soprano sax
18 april 08 - Edgar - Termite Club Festival, Leeds, UK
http://www13.redstation.co.uk/term577794/fest.html
19 april 08 - Edgar (Will Guthrie & Sebastien Coste) - Sheffield, UK
http://www.freenoise.co.uk/
20 april 08 - Edgar (Will Guthrie & Sebastien Coste) + Guillaume Viltard -
London, UK
http://smabpf.blogspot.com/
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ELWOOD & GUTHRIE + PUMICE gigs in france
24 avril - PUMICE (NZ), apo33, Nantes
25 avril - ELWOOD & GUTHRIE, Violon Dingue, Nantes
25 avril - PUMICE,(tbc) Orleans
26 avril - ELWOOD & GUTHRIE + PUMICE, L'étincelle, Angers
http://www.myspace.com/elwoodguthrie
http://www.myspace.com/pumarse
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First time playing in the US of A!
with Newton Armstrong, Will Guthrie, Howie Stelzer
(solos/duos/trios)
http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~newton/
http://www.brainwashed.com/intransitive/stelzer/howardstelzer.html
May 3 - Dartmouth New Music Festival
Faulkner Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH
May 4 - Dartmouth New Music Festival
Faulkner Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH
May 5 - May 9 - Dartmouth Residency
May 10 - 8pm | bowerbird
Gershman Y, Borowsky Gallery, 401 South Broad St, Philadelphia, PA
http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/
May 11 - 2pm | ffmup
venue tbc, Princeton, NJ
http://www.ffmup.org/
May 12 - 8pm | sigogglin
venue tbc, New York, NY
http://www.rasbliutto.net/concerts/sigogglin.html
May 13 - 8pm | Semata Productions
also: Sudden Infant, nmperign
Piano Craft Guild, 791 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
http://www.myspace.com/semata
May 17 - Will Guthrie, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Jerome Noetinger
Lampo, Chicago,
http://lampo.org
3. From: Novi_sad <novi-sad@novi-sad.net>
I would like to keep you aware that my new audio work "Dramazon" has been
posted on TouchRadio.
You can find a sample here:
http://www.novi-sad.net/releases/dramazon/
Or, you can listen to the whole piece on Touch's website:
Novi_sad | DRAMAZON |
Recorded, assembled and produced by Novi_sad, March 2008. Mastered by
Electroware and Novi_sad at Dsp Lab, Athens
The whole piece is based on field recordings from:
Mamori Lake, Amazonia, Brazil
Alphios Bridge, Ancient Olympia, Greece
Vibrations from the bridge which connects Denmark with Sweden
A bottling plant in operation
and hydrophone recordings* from Mamori Lake.
Also used were sounds and notes from a church organ.
Output signals have been manipulated and electronically treated.
Dramazon is made in memory of a long rainy night in Amsterdam...
In the era of 01110011000111010110, one thing remains stable and it will
remain stable and non-mutated for eternity. The way people kiss, the way
bodies are connected...
[*thanx to Scott Konzelmann]
From: "> vertigo" <herrkock@gmail.com>
O Tannenbaum
Saturday April 19
Opening Brotkatze (aka Kommissar Hjuler) solo Exhibition.
The third solo exhibition will be from 19th April to 4th May 2008 mostly
painting from Brotkatze-Votzekatze-War will be shown. The exhibition is
supported by Kunstverein Berlin-Neukoelln.
open 19.00 hours
entree free.
Exhibition:
April 19 - May 4
Wednesdays 15.00 - 19.00 hours
Saturday 15.00 - 19.00 hours
or on request.
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