wolfgang voigt - gas (book & cd)

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wolfgang voigt
gas
raster-noton (r-n 102)

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Though beautifully packaged and presented in the usual, lavish raster-noton way, I was a bit disapponted by the photography. The images being a bit too repetetive in their style for my taste. The release, nonetheless, remains a captivating one musicwise. Packaged in a hefty (24cm x 29cm) book of photos of dozens of the wooded images we have come to associate with earlier Gas releases ;it comes complete with a rather fetching, red foil-embossed dust cover. A must-have for anyone who enjoys Voigt's atmospheric sounds and all true raster-noton collectors. (one2zero)


For the first time ever a book presents the visual aspect of Wolfgang Voigt's comprehensive GAS project. It is not meant to be a monolithic retrospective of his visual work, but it features a broad spectrum of photographic images taken between 1995 and 1998 showing many different moods and perspectives of Wolfgang Voigt’s cosmos. what they all have in common, however, is the mystical focus and seemingly, the blurring of boundaries between lightness and darkness, happiness and depression, kitsch and art, pixels and leaves. and the enclosed music cd, voigt has opened his treasure chest and presents some well-selected, rare jewels from the very early days (and nights). four of the five tracks have never been released or played before. (© raster-noton)

sonic youth - SYR8

Sonic Youth
Med Mats Gustafsson Og Merzbow
Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth
SYR 8 (2008)

Eigth installment of Sonic Youth's series of experimental + mostly instrumental releases.
This disk presents the complete 'Other Sides of Sonic Youth' improvised live performance from the 2005 Roskilde Festival in Denmark, featuring Sonic Youth (with Jim O'Rourke) and guests Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, and Japanese sound artist Masami Akita (aka Merzbow). The single piece performed was a structured improvisation which for 60 minutes added and subtracted musicians one by one until only Masami was left onstage.(© Sonic Youth)

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Sonic Youth

steinbrüchel - mit ohne

FORTHCOMING
Available September 2008






steinbrüchel
mit ohne
12k2010

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Limited to 500 copies.

steinbrüchel website

Mit Ohne is a sound documentation of an audio/visual installation by Yves Netzhammer and Steinbrüchel. The installation entitled “The feeling of precise instability when holding things” was part of the group exhibition “Wohnträume/Wohnräume” exhibited from 26.07. to 28.09.2003 at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich, Switzerland. The audio sections by Steinbrüchel where composed in sync with the visuals by Yves Netzhammer and succeed in translating and supporting the poetic vibrancy and slow morphing movements of the 3d rendered animation. For the exhibition an atmospheric fragile and detailed work was created involving a three-part projection and multichannel sound which conveys an abstract audio and visual approach to the environment surrounding us and the concept of a room itself. ©12k - more)

kanding ray - automne fold

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More sublime recordings from the raster-noton label. This week's offering from frenchman, Kanding Ray. (one2zero)

kanding ray
automne-fold
raster-noton (r-n094)

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David Letellier aka kangding ray was born in France and is today based in Berlin, he evolved as a guitarist and drummer in various bands whose influences ranged from rock and pop to jazz before moving into electronic music.
(© raster-noton)

Following his highly successful debut "stabil" (r-n073), kangding ray releases his second full length record on raster-noton, entitled "automne fold".

With "automne fold", david letellier has evolved from the quiet, pristine flow of his debut record to sounds that are raw, dark and organic on this second release. pulsating rhythms become lost in within walls of saturated strings, words are spoken over bowed acoustic guitars, and analog synths collide with urban field recordings.
vocals are a central theme through the record. treated as raw materials, like any other sound, the voice operates as beat, speaks melodies or sets themes.

In some moments, "automne fold" retains the emotional simplicity of traditional song structures, where message and images come together, but also manages radical abstract textures, when tracks morph in closed forms of static sounds.

"automne fold" is an instrumental record, an album of 14 "folded" tracks, and a cinematic journey between groove and the senses.(© raster-noton)

byetone - death of a typographer

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Back again following a rather long hiatus, due to me relocating (again), one2zero will be trying hard to make up for lost time with some posts on a more regular basis. First up is the excellent release from Byetone -Death of A Typographer. Thanks to my good friend Chris for letting me discover a whole host of exciting new sounds. (one2zero)

byetone
death of a typgrapher
raster-noton (r-n092)

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,death of a typographer’ is meant to be a snap shot. the release was recorded in a winter week in berlin. only the pre-released single ,plastic star’ was created in sunny athens. the album contains the original session version of ,plastic star’.

the music of ,death of a typographer’ carries the special sound of raster-noton - but it is different: the tracks act as focal points, as elegy of an latently flowing stream, a stream that still moves on even when the music has long faded away. the tracks do not necessarily move forward, they rather open up a dark abyss which seems deepest in ,capture this I’ and II. byetone manages to achieve a remarkable metamorphosis of the organic, the tracks don't reveal any of the elements of conventional composition techniques but somehow they seem to show through the static sound body. with ,heart’ byetone finishes the album in a very dark manner. isn't there any hope? not in berlin winter.

,death of a typographer’ poses us riddles, even the title reminds of peter greenaway's ,the draughsman's contract’. for the vigilant spectator the ambiguous artwork will reveal the ,death of a typographer’. (© raster-noton)

popol vuh - mika vainio / haswell & hecker remixes

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popol vuh
remixed by mika vainio
remixed by haswell & hecker
eMEGO090

editions mego

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On 12" vinyl

Nachts: Schnee Mika Vainio Remix
Aguirre I Haswell & Hecker Remix

Cut by Rashad Becker @ Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin December 2007

Popol Vuh’s soundtrack work for the films of Werner Herzog in 1970’s and 1980’s are some of the most stunning in the field. Editions Mego is pleased to present 2 re-workings of classic Vuh tracks. Mika Vainio takes ‘Nachts: Schnee’ from the 1987 soundtrack ‘Cobra Verde’, and delivers a skillfully constructed ambient piece of beauty, which shifts and turns over 10 minutes. Haswell & Hecker turn the majestic ‘Aguirre I’ from the 1972 soundtrack ‘Aguirre - The Wrath Of God’ into possibly the first track to be played at the last rave on Earth. Unlike recent H&H releases on Warner Classics and Warp this does NOT utilize the UPIC system but vintage digital delays and freeze effect units, in conjunction with digital compositional tools.
This release is pressed on red vinyl and packaged in a plastic sleeve with a golden sticker. ( © Editions Mego)

harmonia - live 1974

harmonia
live 1974
CDGRON78

gronland records

wiki

Finally managed to pick this up. I had looked it over on several visits to the record store but always took something else; Michael Rother's Invisible Jukebox in April's edition of The Wire won me over. Excellent indeed. I've always rather liked Neu! so I wasn't disappointed in the least. A must for any krautrock / kosmische music aficionado.


"You’ve heard of Kraftwerk, Neu! and Cluster, right? How about Harmonia? It’s much less likely because, like many trailblazers of their own era, they were ignored at the time. Well, beyond the ‘How to buy Krautrock’ section in your local record shop sits a further, towering wall of German space music to explore and first on your list should be Harmonia." more (© gronland records)

sawako - bitter sweet

Available May 2008






sawako
bittersweet
12k1047

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New York/Tokyo based Sawako is a musician, software designer, and multimedia artist whose multi-disciplinary works intermix and pollenate her music with inspiration ranging from nature, science, academia and poetic motion.

Bitter Sweet's diffuse and hazy soundscaping is Sawako's most mature work to date, relying less on her previous child-like melodies while remaining feminine and tender. She has come into her own after having established herself for a number of years as a New Yorker where she has tirelessly performed, studied and created as an important member of the city's electronic music community.

Bitter Sweet is packaged in a 6-panel digipack with photography throughout by Brooklyn-based artist and photographer Maki Kaoru. (©12k - more)

autechre - quaristice

autechre
quaristice
warp333cd

warp page

autechre

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Exists also as steel-cased special edition.


The music on Quaristice manages to make Autechre's complex sound designs feel simpler than before, which of course is an art itself. With a selection of tracks that sound like an album made on deep reflection, the whole album is kept exciting through the sheer range of music and ideas. more (© warp)

németh - film

németh
film
thrill194

németh

Very enjoyable recording from Radian stalwart, Stefan Németh. A couple of the tracks sound very much like some of the stuff found on the two Radian albums released on Thrill Jockey but on the whole this is well worth buying. Especially if you like anything that Radian has done. Nice booklet included but I wish the label would switch to digipak or some other form of packaging; jewel boxes really are the pits.


Film is the first solo album by Stefan Németh, member of Radian and Lokai and the co-founder of Mosz Records. The album developed out of his years of work creating soundscapes for experimental filmakers and installation artists, but it was only after years of creating this work that he had he idea to repurpose it for an album under his own name.(© thrill jockey)

aidan john moffat - i can hear your heart

aidan john moffat
i can hear your heart
CHEM101CD

aidan moffat


Enhanced CD. Includes digital lyric book, bonus 5-track e.p. with printable artwork & a bonus short story.

Superb stuff from the former Arab Strap. The Scots Bukowski according to Uncut. Worth it alone for the superb packaging.







"Adults Only" spoken word from the Scots Bukowski...UNCUT [4/5]

"Certain to be 08's most intimate album, and an early contender for being its best..." ROCKSOUND [9/10]

Aidan has performed some exclusive versions of tracks from "I Can Hear Your Heart" on YouTube and you can see them by visiting our YouTube site. He's performed "Hopelessly Devoted", "Beak", "Fuck It" and "Super Sexxxy Real Live" so check them out prior to the release of the album in February.
(chemikal underground)

on the turntable

on my desk (#4), originally uploaded by japanese forms.

2 CDs & 1 CD+DVD.
Rechenzentrum - Silence - Weiser Music - WM01
Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie Prince Billy - Wai Notes - Sea Note - SN14
Kim Hiorthøy - My Last Day - Smalltown Supersound - STSO87

fennesz - on a desolate shore...

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fennesz
on a desolate shore a shadow passes by
TS04D

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Transition Touch # TS04

7" vinyl only - no legal downloads of these tracks are available
Side A: On a desolate shore [5:14]
Side B: A shadow passes by [3:21]

This is the sister release to the digital-only On A Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes By. These three tracks are based on 8 different guitar recordings made at Amann Studios, Vienna, between 2005-07. The acoustic guitar was recorded with an AK c12 microphone. Other sounds were made using a Fender Stratocaster and a Vox ac15 amp.

The 7" is part of the Touch Sevens 7" vinyl-only series, which began with Oceanus Pacificus by Chris Watson [TS02].

Fennesz's new album for Touch follows in Spring 2008... ( © Touch)

2007 draws to an end

No Wave
Black Dog Publishing

Well 2007 has certainly been a eventful year for me. On a personal level; one of the best and one of the worst for family matters. Also, a horrendously long time spent moving and relocating meant that I was more or less cut off from music and my disc collection for almost five months. My collection is still in storage as my new accommodation is far too small. Don't see things getting back to 'normal' in the immediate future but another move is scheduled for Spring 2008

On the music front I managed to pick up and listen to many fine releases. Those that made their way onto the one2zero turntable include some excellent releases by the ever-prodigiously talented Bonnie 'Prince' Billy as well as three great discs -2 EPs and an album- issued by Battles. Other highlights included a whole host of first-class releases from the 12k, raster-noton and touch labels. Not only electronic music of the finest order but also -as per usual- superb packaging from all three labels. Several releases from these labels are featured elsewhere at one2zero. One of my other favourite labels, ~scape also issued some splendid stuff from Pole, Jan Jelinek and Deadbeat. Not forgetting top stuff from Von Südenfed, Kim Hiorthoy and a couple of reissues from Young Marble Giants and Seefeel.

The years ends with another excellent book from Black Dog Publishing which I highly recommend for fans of No Wave but also to anyone who's at all curious about what went on on the music front in late-seventies, early eighties New York. one2zero


No Wave

No Wave traces the history of this noisy and uncompromising genre, from its most famous names down to its many offshoots and sidetracks. From early pioneers like Suicide and Richard Hell, to forgotten treasures like Red Transistor and Bush Tetras, and descendents like ESG and Sonic Youth, No Wave charts all the cracks and crevices of a surprisingly diverse movement. ( © Black Dog Publishing )

jan jelinek / hub - tierbeobachtungen

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jan jelinek
tierbeobachtungen (live)
scape41LIVE

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Hub - Tierbeobachtungen

January 17th 2007 Jan Jelinek was celebrating the release of his album "Tierbeobachtungen" in Berlin at "Zentrale Randlage" and invited producer collegues to an outstanding remix project:Each performing artist was playing his/her own individual interpretation of one track from the album "Tierbeobachtungen".

Live remixes by:
Robert Lippok, Pole, Andrew Pekler & Hanno Leichtmann, Thomas Fehlmann
Frank Bretschneider, Anne Westphalen & Peter Lay

All tracks are available online only on i-tunes, beatport, Kompakt-mp3, bleep and the partners of finetunes.
( © ~scape)

willits / sakamoto - ocean fire

Available February 2008






willits / sakamoto
ocean fire
12k1046

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Christopher Willits and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s forthcoming release, Ocean Fire, is a sublime soundtrack for the ocean. It is an intense and stirring wash of cascading tones and textured harmony. Willits + Sakamoto surprise with rare form in this collaboration, creating a sound world unlike anything they have produced previously. Each artist has gently pulled the other into new sonic territory. Sakamoto’s gorgeous processed piano sound reflects Willits’ beautiful shimmering clusters of notes, a new aspect of Willits’ pioneering guitar/computer approach. Together, their sounds merge effortlessly, creating deep and seamless swells of gigantic melodic waves.( © 12k - more )

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sawako / richard chartier / shinjiro yamaguchi

01 november 9, 2007 (33:55)


a purely improvisational live performance experiment at the ICA [ London, UK ] as part of the Atlantic Waves: London International Festival of Exploratory Music, November 9, 2007. live room recording by: Joao Silva (who also did digital video improvisation for the performance) Sawako (computer and voice) Richard Chartier (computer) Shinjiro Yamaguchi (mixing board + feedback loops + sampling)

battles - tonto ep & dvd

battles
tonto ep & dvd
warp234cd
(also available on 12")

release info: warp

mp3 download: bleep

website: battles




(above: still from the united visual artists' making of tonto)

Fine choice for the EP treatment with interesting remixes from The Field and Four Tet. I'm a bit less enthusiastic about the DJ EMZ / Joell Ortiz remix of Leyendecker but maybe, after a few listens, I'll change my mind. Excellent packaging;artwork by United Visual Artists, the EP includes a DVD featuring the rather awesome video of the title track. Also by UVA. A bonus documentary 'Making of Tonto' by UVA is included as well as the Atlas video. one2zero

The Tonto+ release includes remixes from Kompakt heroes 'The Field', Four Tet, a reworking of Leyendecker from DJ EMZ and DR Dre mentored mcee Joell Oritz, plus two awesome live versions - which if you've ever seen Battles live means a lot more than your average live version. Both CD & 12" include a dvd with the full length videos of Tonto and Atlas plus a making of Tonto documentary feature too. (© Warp )

pole - steingarten remixes

new release

pole
steingarten remixes
scape 50

release info: ~scape

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acherbahn frivilous remix




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rechenzentrum - silence

new release forthcoming

rechenzentrum
silence DVD
DVD5 / NTSC

release info: RZ

mp3 download: ...

website: rechenzentrum





one2zero should be resuming normally in a couple of weeks. We finally got around to finding accomodation and we`ll be settling in soon. Hope to update the blog on a much more regular basis as from next month. In the meantime, I`m glad to announce that Rechenzentrum are at last releasing some new material. It`s a DVD and you can check out the information about it as well as some extracts from it by following the RZ link above. one2zero