tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41438021807529250322024-03-13T23:08:11.083-07:00one2zeroUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-81376825696802469382012-08-11T02:30:00.000-07:002012-09-06T02:15:39.678-07:00machinefabriek : forks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh dear! It's been so long since I posted something at <span style="color: red;"><b>one2zero. </b></span>I've really been neglecting this blog; hadn't noticed that it's been almost 6 months (!!!) since my last update here. Most of my (very little) free time seems to be taken up by my other blogs; by Flickr, and Twitter. Anyhow, I'll soon be working on a complete overhaul of my various blogs (layouts etc.) and promise (don't hold your breath) to post more at <span style="color: red;"><b>one2zero</b></span> in the future. It's not as if I haven't had any new records to blabber on about but I have been -due to lack of funds- buying a lot less than I used to. Which is no excuse because 'less is more' so to speak (of). Or write about.<br />
Well, for today we have latest production from the very prolific <span style="color: cyan;">Machinefabriek</span>. Some more electronic wizardry from Rutger Zuydervelt made this time using "tuning forks, steel wool, contact mics, memo recorders, looped cassettes, an answering machine tape, a ring modulator and looper pedals" no less. Not the best thing (in my mind) that Rutger's done but altogether very pleasant drones and whatnot; well worth a few listens on the headphones (in the dark). Nice artwork but it would have been so much better had it been packaged otherwise than in a jewel case. <span style="color: red;"><b>japanese forms</b></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thrill Jockey release <b>Wooden Shjips'</b> Remixes 12" next week -an MP3 or FLAC version is already available at <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://boomkat.com/downloads/497910-wooden-shjips-remixes" target="_blank">Boomkat</a></span>. The space rock / psychedelic rock San Franciscans are the latest to get the remix treatment from the likes of veteran UK dance producer /DJ <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Weatherall" target="_blank">Andrew Weatherall</a></span>; another one by <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kember" target="_blank">Sonic Boom</a></span> (a.k.a. Pete Kember of Spacemen 3) and the third by Kandodo (a.k.a. <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heads_(British_band)" target="_blank">Simon Price of The Heads</a></span>. Has to be my favourite release so far this year... Weatherall's outstanding bass-heavy remix pulses along with a sort of Jan Hammer-Miami-Vice meets Giorgio Moroder dancebeat. "<b>Crossing</b>" has everything going for it; Kember's mix is as trippy as it can get and Kanado's is a brain-munching 12 minutes of guitar distortion which sounds to me something like a spaced out Tibetan dungchen and percussion überdrone. Utterly fabulous. Very highly recommended. <b><span style="color: red;">one2zero</span></b></span><br />
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Well, it's been quite a while since I posted any updates here; due to the fact that I've bought very few records over the past few months. Although I have a acquired a few new releases -on download mainly- I just haven't got round to posting anything about them. Anyhow, I just got a download version of the latest release from <a href="http://bttls.com/" target="_blank">Battles</a> -a band that I really like. The idea reminds me very much of the great <a href="http://www.trts.com/disc/" target="_blank">Tortoise</a> Remixed project way back in the mid-90s (Unkle, Oval, Luke Vibert, Jim O' Rourke etc.) <i><span style="color: red;">Dross Glop 1</span></i> one is the first of four 12-inch remix EPs of tracks from the band's last album "<i><a href="http://warp.net/records/releases/battles/gloss-drop" target="_blank">Gloss Drop</a></i>." The A-side features a remix of "<i>Wall Street</i>" by Brazilian electronic music producer, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gui_Boratto" target="_blank">Gui Boratto</a> and the B-side; "<i>Sweetie & Shag</i>" remixed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Field_(musician)" target="_blank">The Field</a> (who already did some remix work on the fabulous "<i><a href="http://warp.net/records/releases/battles/tonto-ep" target="_blank">Tonto</a></i>" EP a couple of years back. I'm not too keen on the what Boratto's done -there seems to be some sort of Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive" (I think) instrumental sample included and this completely spoils it for me. On the other hand, The Field's remix is really fantastic -I've listened to it about a dozen times today and I'll be listening to it even more over the coming weeks. Until the next volume appears anyhow. Highly recommended for the B-side alone. <span style="color: red;"><b>one2zero</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> As with the tape featured in my previous post I've been trying to get hold of some of the tapes issued by Tapeworm... Once more I got lucky and managed to acquire the cassette-only label's latest release from digital artist and renowned electroacoustic musician, <a href="http://www.bitsteam.de/"><span style="color: cyan;">Stephan Mathieu</span></a>. I've followed Mathieu and have acquired several of his releases ever since I first heard the stunning "<span style="color: red;">Heroin</span>" collaboration with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekkehard_Ehlers"><span style="color: cyan;">Ekkehard Ehlers</span></a> about ten years ago. A lot of his releases; including <span style="color: red;">The Sad Mac</span> (<a href="http://www.faderbyheadz.com/"><span style="color: cyan;">Headz</span></a>) <span style="color: red;">Radioland <span style="color: #f3f3f3;">(<a href="http://www.dieschachtel.com/"><span style="color: cyan;">die schachtel</span></a>)</span></span> and the recent <span style="color: red;">A Static Place</span> (<a href="http://www.12k.com/"><span style="color: cyan;">12k</span></a>) are among my favourites but this tape has come as a disappointment. <span style="color: red;">Flags</span> sounds like an exercise in futility and releasing it, to me, seems pointless. But then, I'm not Mathieu; who describes <span style="color: red;">Flags</span></span><i> as "... a homage to the beauty of data. The pieces are created from photos of my studio equipment which were transformed to audio via header changes." </i>Beauty of data maybe but one of the tracks actually sounds like a 35 ton truck blasting it's horn as it whizzes along the autobahn and forcing terrified drivers out of its path... For the moment, I'll class this either in the "so good it's unlistenable" category or the "so unlistenable its good" one... I'm undecided; but it's doubtful that I'll play it as often as the recordings mentioned above.<br />
Comes in the generic Tapeworm white background inlay card with artwork illustration by <a href="http://place2playv2.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: cyan;">Caro Mikalef</span></a>. <span style="color: red;">one2zero</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well I finally managed to get my hands on one of those ultra-limited tapes from <a href="http://motionsicknessoftimetravel.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: cyan;">Motion Sickness of Time Travel</span></a> (a.k.a. Rachel Evans). It must have been my luck day. Anyhow, as usual, Rachel has come up with more breathtaking sounds; this time available on the <a href="http://hobocult.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: cyan;">Hobo Cult </span></a>label. Beautifully packaged, and including a MSoTT badge, this has to be one of her best ever recordings and already quite a bit of a collector's item, I imagine. Blue ink cover art printed onto beige, heavy-stock paper and a blue, cassette shell printed with white ink make this a highly desirable object indeed. Very highly recommended. </span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">one2zero</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"> Latest offering from the ever-impeccable Christian Fennesz. This new solo vinyl EP is his first release on <a href="http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/"><span style="color: cyan;">Touch</span></a> since the "<a href="http://www.fennesz.com/discography/fennesz_black_sea_cd.html"><span style="color: cyan;">Black Sea</span></a>" album in 2008.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Playing acoustic and electric guitars, bass, synths, and computers Fennesz comes up with some pleasant, somewhat placid, distorted and phased sounds that remind me very much of the stuff he was doing on the "<a href="http://editionsmego.com/release/eMEGO+135V"><span style="color: cyan;">Endless Summer</span></a>" album way back in 2001. Like most of his production, "<a href="http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/catalogue/tone_44v_fennesz_seven_stars.html"><span style="color: cyan;">Seven Stars</span></a>" </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">focuses on digitally manipulated sounds, layers of effects. Very dark and dreamy. Highly recommended. Beautiful artwork as usual from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Wozencroft"><span style="color: cyan;">Jon Wozencroft</span></a>. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">one2zero</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-48201945304158154052011-07-30T03:32:00.000-07:002011-08-18T01:49:37.523-07:00amon tobin / tessa farmer : isam - control over nature<div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/5989515497/"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiVrQoCt2HD5Onsq97fCkqxs9px5VrXqsaWidI6s7eGm2H3F6VLe7ZsGe3L11ZDo-q8-azzO_YfPaL6qtoj0Av1rq_Yk9zADX-pQb4X_iNTCR6zma1MqIgumCYDSI4izw_rHawUsX6XE/s400/isam+2+small-1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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isam</span><span style="color: silver; font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><br />
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<span style="color: silver;">ninja tune</span></span><span style="color: silver; font-family: verdana;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"> This is the very first time that I've acquired an <a href="http://www.amontobin.com/home"><span style="color: cyan;">Amon Tobin</span></a> recording -he's one of those electronic musicians that I've sort of passed by up until now so, as I rather like this, I might check out more of his stuff. Another reason why I'm not really aware of his releases is that I've never been too keen on any of Ninja Tune's productions either. Anyhow, although I quite like this (has a kind of Autechre seeping through samplers with lots of distorted crashing sounds feel to it) it's doubtful that I'll ever order anything directly from the label again. The reasons why: First of all, Ninja Tune took my order but failed to inform me that they didn't have any stock of this item. So i had to wait 4 weeks to get my copy... and which arrived <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/5940883774/"><span style="color: cyan;">damaged</span></a> because it had been very badly packed! They rapidly replaced it but all in all it took six weeks for me to get this disc. So, I'll go through other channels if I ever buy any Ninja Tune titles again. On the other hand, the object is very nice indeed and I like the music. Hardback artbook features lots of photographs of <span style="color: cyan;">Tessa Farmer's</span> amazing, miniature, insect sculptures. Recommended. <span style="color: red;">one2zero</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.amontobin.com/home"><span style="color: #33ccff;">amon tobin</span></a> / <a href="http://www.tessafarmer.com/"><span style="color: #33ccff;">tessa farmer</span></a> / <a href="http://ninjatune.net/"><span style="color: #33ccff;">ninja tune</span></a> <br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-58665240237206368912011-07-16T06:44:00.000-07:002011-07-16T06:44:19.497-07:00funki porcini : the devil drives<iframe frameborder="0" height="407" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25477579?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="543"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-8212297369861422332011-06-15T02:56:00.001-07:002011-07-30T02:52:52.812-07:00alva noto & ryuichi sakamoto : summvs<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/5835563872/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618383457568055666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglD6GsD3Es17jqX4bVLGFoP3X6RCai89dMDOna-ytoM5Rq8YA2a_ZdC20IVnDpwFnbHeXQtS3VW1yaqeSrd6VeiVv0K9w5UnYsPleBv9Ru3FZtl4R1iW2RibO7oMoYhb0B3hugPzeOp60/s400/noto+sakamoto+summvs+small.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 399px;" /></a><span style="color: silver; font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><br />
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summvs</span><span style="color: silver; font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><br />
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I'm still way behind in my posts with regards to recent purchases<br />
so I'll try and get in at least two posts this week. First up is the latest collaboration from <a href="http://www.alvanoto.com/"><span style="color: #33ccff;">Alva Noto</span></a> and <a href="http://www.sitesakamoto.com/"><span style="color: #33ccff;">Ryuichi Sakomoto</span></a>. <span style="color: red;">Summvs</span> is the fifth recording that the pair have made together over the past 9 years or so and it's another sublime piece. A fusion of Sakamoto's piano-based compositions and <a href="http://www.carstennicolai.de/"><span style="color: #33ccff;">Carsten Nicolai's</span></a> digital rhythms and computer/software manipulations leaning towards a lot more harmony and melody than we're used to from Alva Noto. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Immerse yourself in the, atmospheric, relaxing, ambient electronic and acoustic tones that run through the whole album. </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: verdana;">Features two versions; </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: verdana;">sans the vocals,</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: verdana;"> of “By This River” from Brian Eno's 1977 album </span><i style="color: #cccccc; font-family: verdana;">Before and After Science</i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: verdana;">. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Highly recommended. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">one2zero</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.raster-noton.net/main.php"><span style="color: #33ccff;">raster-noton</span></a> / <a href="http://www.alvanoto.com/"><span style="color: #33ccff;">alva noto</span> </a>/ <a href="http://www.sitesakamoto.com/"><span style="color: #33ccff;">ryuichi sakamoto</span></a> / <a href="http://www.carstennicolai.de/"><span style="color: #33ccff;">carsten nicolai</span></a><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-12846551590885495422011-06-11T05:02:00.000-07:002011-06-13T02:11:16.832-07:00battles : live @ the city hall, paris<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24513475?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="225" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/24513475">Battles | Futura | A Take Away Show</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/blogotheque">La Blogotheque</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-56590740662650213082011-05-25T05:18:00.000-07:002011-06-13T02:12:56.806-07:00pedro magina - nineteen hundred and eighty-five<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/5799427854/"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNu7XoTLf3UDUm8GdEuhXoH-0now6EFy45oDQ2r4ZI9SxUBk14_IYlK_LxEe_b9Nel5nrLuqOW0CUIJDlFAAHcCOUucvksv4c1jaVc5_5R1Z69L8qd1mOsx1hHhnCPmiXvqdgY4zHtTGM/s400/1985-2+small.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614278337966792002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >pedro magina<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">nineteen hundred and eighty-five</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">not not fun</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> (nnf219-cs)</span><br />tape</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />limited edition c40</span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">image:</span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >©</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >japanese forms</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Seems like I'm really out of the loop as far as a lot of new releases and labels go -and don't even talk to me about "mainstream" releases. I've mostly lost interest in a lot of "new" music and even trying to catch up on it, or listen to it. A lot of the bands that the music press (internet included) have been touting or championing for the past few years have passed me by but I imagine that, as far as I'm concerned, it's no great loss to me. Things that I do listen to nowadays tends to be confined to releases on labels such as <a href="http://www.raster-noton.net/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">raster-noton</span></a>; <a href="http://warp.net/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Warp</span></a>; <a href="http://www.12k.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">12k</span></a>; <a href="http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Ghost Box</span></a> as well as the odd album I read about in <a href="http://www.thewire.co.uk/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">The Wire</span></a> and feel that it would be a good buy; like the recent releases by <a href="http://one2zero.blogspot.com/2011/01/motion-sickness-of-time-travel-seeping.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Motion Sickness of Time Travel</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Nonetheless, I still do discover some music that I've tended to overlook -this time the Not Not Fun label which was featured in The Wire last month</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">. I was aware, and had heard some stuff by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahaunted"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Pocahaunted</span></a> but the the rest of the label's roster was unknown to me so, after reading the long article in The Wire I decided to seek out some of the music via the web.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Fortunately I came across the wonderful <a href="http://pontone.pl/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Pontone</span></a> blog which offers some amazing label mixtapes for download and the one featured this month just happened to be a <a href="http://notnotfun.com/now.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Not Not Fun</span></a> one.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Among the featured tracks, which caught my attention, were tracks by Sand Circles and by Portuguese musician <a href="http://www.myspace.com/memagina"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Pedro Magina</span></a> and I immediately set out to buy a copy. Needless to say, this (cassette only) limited edition album was sold out so, for the moment,<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">*</span> I have to make do with a download copy. Never heard Magina before but I liked this right off -sort of sounds like an 70s version of Tangerine Dream+Harmonia meets Vangelis... in a way. Recommended.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">one2zero</span>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">* <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><s>I've ordered a copy from a German distributor which I hope to get soon.<br /></s></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">My copy arrived yesterday (June 3rd).</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Buy this tape as a download @ <a href="http://boomkat.com/downloads/396474-pedro-magina-nineteen-hundred-and-eighty-five"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Boomkat</span></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-24064394476744553592011-05-19T08:06:00.000-07:002011-05-20T06:27:36.663-07:00conrad schnitzler & wolfgang seidel : consequenz 010b<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/5730589295"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaivgrdLLshYZOk0XDpfYivCjDn6udXcAo_30OvDfFcDqI6kjwG8KI95gis95E99KQwVLU3u81A2H-SYo_s7BazDlRfcbkP2Sy0vIltKuVTfvp3UAzNUlokGC5Erxkq4_oRhQrF0DkOH0/s400/mirror+tape+conrad+schnitzler+small.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608444147791786866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >conrad schnitzler &<br />wolfgang seidel</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />consequenz</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">mt008</span><br />mirror tapes</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />limited edition of 250</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">image:</span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >©</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >japanese forms</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">This tape falls into a category I would call "so good that it's unlistenable" (or the contrary, maybe). Even though it was recorded only last year it sounds to me like some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">musique concrète</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">from the GRM or from the very early </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">days at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">BBC Radiophonic Workshop</span></a>; only tuneless. This doesn't mean to say it's not good -it might be because I have a headache right now- but I don't think I'll be listening to it that often. Far less interesting, in my opinion, than the recent <a href="http://one2zero.blogspot.com/2010/12/conrad-schnitzler-101084-tape.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">10.10.84</span></a> tape; also released on the cassette only label <a href="http://mirrortapes.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Mirror Tapes</span></a>. For hardcore <a href="http://mirrortapes.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html#1584749080913773005"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Schnitzler</span></a> fans only. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">one2zero</span>.<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Review by David Keenan</span> (<a href="http://www.volcanictongue.com/news"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Volcanic Tongue</span></a>)</span><br /><b style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >...Consequenz 010B documents a meeting between Conrad Schnitzler – still the greatest exponent of austere Industrial synth and electronics – and long-term collaborator Wolfgang Seidel. Recorded in an abandoned subterranean bunker beneath the Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, the atmosphere is suitably macabre and claustrophobic, with Schnitzler generating some of his most psychedelic creations, ranging from wobbly purple architectures of electronics through ominous blocks of silence torn apart by invasions of odd keyboard melodies and sudden bursts of noise. The feel is highly ritualistic, almost like a séance, and there’s a weight to the music that is lacking in some of Schnitzler’s later work, a seriousness and a weight of execution that makes this one of his best contemporary recordings.</span><br /></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" >© Mirror Tapes</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Buy this tape @ <a href="http://mirrortapes.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Mirror Tapes</span></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-76902731232343580042011-05-17T08:05:00.001-07:002011-05-17T08:45:22.729-07:00fourcolor : as pleat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPCrdTGEtPr8eEvMWtGoW3d_T4H4iAIBrzrdhkCzQarGZXesZvZjAeKdfy0-4CCCD0QW2bBUsN2rJWq3X_tH7zvDCfKGjQgXul_NXG_pMiYia2yCZPwJm0jag3DEiZzi0ILPjEmfG4C0/s1600/fourcolor2+small.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPCrdTGEtPr8eEvMWtGoW3d_T4H4iAIBrzrdhkCzQarGZXesZvZjAeKdfy0-4CCCD0QW2bBUsN2rJWq3X_tH7zvDCfKGjQgXul_NXG_pMiYia2yCZPwJm0jag3DEiZzi0ILPjEmfG4C0/s400/fourcolor2+small.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607703010407332114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">fourcolor</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">as pleat</span></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br />12k1065</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><br /><a href="http://fc.frolicfon.com/index_e.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;" >fourcolor</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">©japanese forms</span></a></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">As usual, I haven't been updating this blog as much as I should -I've received quite a few discs/tapes since my last update so I'll try to catch up with the backlog over the next week or so. Latest release on the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">one2zero</span></a> deck is the third album from Keiichi Sugimoto's solo project: <a href="http://fc.frolicfon.com/index_e.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Fourcolor</span></a>.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Faithful followers of Taylor Deupree's <a href="http://www.12k.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">12k</span></a> label will be well aware of Sugimoto's previous two and very fine albums: <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Air Curtain</span> (2004) and <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Letter of Sounds</span> (2006).</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">As with quite a few recent 12K releases, the guitar has a central role with Sugimoto manipulating the chords to muster up drones, buzz and all sorts of sounds that he shapes into rhythms and a groove that form a sort of <a href="http://www.alvanoto.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">alva noto</span></a>-like ambience. A couple of the tracks are enhanced by vocals courtesy of Sanae Yamasaki (aka </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.12k.com/index.php/site/artists/moskitoo/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Moskitoo</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">). Recommended.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">one2zero</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-32332949689843604552011-05-08T02:47:00.000-07:002011-05-08T03:30:15.663-07:00nacional electrónica - 100%<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.havana-cultura.com/ws_embed/vdoPlayer.swf?ID=1923&IDMEDIA=3201&LANGCODE=en"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.havana-cultura.com/ws_embed/vdoPlayer.swf?ID=1923&IDMEDIA=3201&LANGCODE=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><p><a href="http://www.havana-cultura.com/en/1923.html" target="_blank">NACIONAL ELECTRÓNICA / 100 %</a></p><p><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" >I just discovered this band while watching a documentary on new Cuban artists and musicians on TV this week. This is a track that dates from 2006; and one which has been clearly influenced by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kraftwerk</span>. You can check out more of their recent recordings at the link above. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">one2zero</span></span><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.havana-cultura.com/en/1923.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-49844876633112525612011-04-13T07:28:00.001-07:002011-04-13T07:42:03.781-07:00ghost box study series 05 and 06<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/5613076693/"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSfWheYlb_5_wUbsyAKfEH6CgmKCsbZuQACSwgGeKurf72A_O85YReBJ5_VdmqEE4t0IwINbMMSK1OVWqnp1TSrRfrtOS_R1JWlArTtmkiArNtJa1ZHfFojY3LKgMcR2y07MDLUeub70/s400/study+series+51+small.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595075418821906098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">ghost box</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">study series singles 05 & 06</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">hintermass gbx705</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">jonny trunk gbx706</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">image:</span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; font-size: 85%;">©</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">japanese forms</span></span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/5613076693/"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span></span></a><a href="http://www.georgkargl.com/de/kuenstler/franz-graf"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; font-size: 85%;"></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; font-size: 85%;"></span></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/5613076693/"><br /></a> <p><span style="font-family:verdana;">A third batch of the very fine <a href="http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/index.htm"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Ghost Box</span></a> Study Series singles arrived in the post yesterday. Yet another fine pair I must say. 05 features <a href="http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/products/product_studyseries05.htm"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Hintermass</span></a>; a collaboration between Jon Brooks (<a href="http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/artist/artist_theadvisorycircle.htm"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">The Advisory Circle</span></a>) and Tim Felton of <a href="http://www.l-o-a-f.com/index.php?artist_id=92"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Seeland</span></a>. Excellent hauntological pop with (gulp!) proper vocals. Reminds me of early Broadcast and Stereolab. 06 has a wonderful sixties sounding electronic feel to it courtesy of <a href="http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/products/product_studyseries06.htm"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Jonny Trunk</span></a>. "Le Train Fantome"</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> stands as one of the best sounds ever to emerge from <a href="http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/index.htm"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Ghost Box</span></a>. Very highly recommended. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">one2zero</span><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-67415671689383477012011-03-31T09:48:00.000-07:002011-03-31T10:08:45.051-07:00phantasmagorical wonders : krautrock mix<div><object width="300" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=106"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="flashVars" value="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/dunwichradio/phantasmagorical-wonders.json&embed_uuid=45671b48-f283-4440-aadf-3d697d8d8ca0&embed_type=widget_standard"></param><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=106" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/dunwichradio/phantasmagorical-wonders.json&embed_uuid=45671b48-f283-4440-aadf-3d697d8d8ca0&embed_type=widget_standard" width="300" height="300"></embed></object><div style="clear:both; height:3px;"></div><p style="display:block; font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin:0; padding: 3px 4px 3px 4px; color:#999;"><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/dunwichradio/phantasmagorical-wonders/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=cloudcast_link" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;">Phantasmagorical Wonders...</a> by <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/dunwichradio/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=profile_link" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;">Dunwich Radio</a> on <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=homepage_link" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;"> Mixcloud</a></p><div style="clear:both; height:3px;"></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-30383125685993617422011-03-30T08:20:00.000-07:002011-03-31T00:25:25.153-07:00battles - ice cream<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuRoMv6ldggJn0RzztESFZVVanrhBziFs8UC7jcsKUmhrhexLBGF6cDTpnz12cjXqsTCv39DfisC9TBOLk9kRw8rxL3w1iQwlEHHoz6pspFraBt52aFLPJhsS5ntBed1b8NQlJHTGzqE/s1600/battles+Ice+Cream.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuRoMv6ldggJn0RzztESFZVVanrhBziFs8UC7jcsKUmhrhexLBGF6cDTpnz12cjXqsTCv39DfisC9TBOLk9kRw8rxL3w1iQwlEHHoz6pspFraBt52aFLPJhsS5ntBed1b8NQlJHTGzqE/s400/battles+Ice+Cream.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589895284449683618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">battles</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ice cream<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">warp</span> (<a href="http://bleep.com/index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=28937#"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">download single</span></a>)</span> <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A taster release from <a href="http://bttls.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Battles'</span></a> forthcoming long-player, <a href="http://bleep.com/index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=28582"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Gloss Drop</span></a>. Energetic riffs and punchy kicks with a guest vocal from Kompakt / Comeme records' Matias Aguayo. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It seems like it's been some time since <a href="http://bttls.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Battles</span></a> released anything -in fact, not since their superb <a href="http://bleep.com/index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=28582"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Mirrored</span></a> album way back in 2007- so it's great to hear this track from the forthcoming </span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><a href="http://bleep.com/index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=28582"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Gloss Drop</span></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">album; </span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">scheduled for release early June 2011.</span></span> More pop-like than what you'd expect from the band Ice Cream is quite funky and, like the artwork, very colourful. Recommended. Unfortunately, this is a download only; hope they'll be issuing <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">some vinyl ahead of the</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"> album release.</span> one2zero</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-75153992270382467992011-03-25T07:34:00.001-07:002011-03-31T00:41:08.822-07:00motion sickness of time travel - a disembodied voice in the darkness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-z39WvrSZ4hJbmXygKm60wPeTfvex0UtIm15UjqSZlsQY8eWEimbFmsQQyaTSHn4DmjVftWyjS2mIpuC-5SjuY8kjdrJnnryJFVCFEw3CztTY4Ls-phbBEP4LRKr8wseE6L81pmOQxQk/s1600/motion+sickness+of+time+travel+1new.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-z39WvrSZ4hJbmXygKm60wPeTfvex0UtIm15UjqSZlsQY8eWEimbFmsQQyaTSHn4DmjVftWyjS2mIpuC-5SjuY8kjdrJnnryJFVCFEw3CztTY4Ls-phbBEP4LRKr8wseE6L81pmOQxQk/s400/motion+sickness+of+time+travel+1new.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588025976108749682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">motion sickness of time travel</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">a disembodied voice in the darkness</span></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br />cassette (c34)<br /><a href="http://teosinterecords.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">teosinte</span></a><br /><br />Back after being offline for a long time due to my computer crashing. Haven't been able to do any posting at one2zero but I'll catch up soon. In the meantime <a href="http://motionsicknessoftimetravel.bandcamp.com/album/a-disembodied-voice-in-the-darkness"><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">check out a track</span></a> from the latest release by <a href="http://motionsicknessoftimetravel.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">Motion Sickness of Time Travel</span></a>. Another electronic-drone masterpiece by the sound of it. Might well even be better than the wonderful <a href="http://one2zero.blogspot.com/2011/01/motion-sickness-of-time-travel-seeping.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Seeping Through the Veil of Unconciousness</span></a> released a few months back. Anyhow, once again, I was unable to get a tape copy of this recording; hopefully it'll appear, like it's predecessor, on another format sometime in the near future. Hauntingly ethereal with lots of voice effects; much like most of MSOTT' s recordings, this is another gem from the very prolific Rachel Evans -who also releases some stuff under the guise of <a href="http://quietevenings.bandcamp.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Quiet Evenings</span></a> alongside her husband Grant Evans. Highly recommended. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">one2zero</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >Available on a red, green, or grey c34 tape and housed in an orange, blue, or pink home-sewn bag with hand-written insert. </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: verdana;" href="http://cultspectrum.blogspot.com/">Artwork by Grant Evans</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >. Limited edition of 47. </span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><br /><a href="http://motionsicknessoftimetravel.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;" >motion sickness of time travel</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.digitalisindustries.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;" >digitalis ltd.</span></a><br /><a href="http://motionsicknessoftimetravel.bandcamp.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;" >bandcamp</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-43344252742478107392011-02-06T09:33:00.000-08:002011-02-06T10:18:23.472-08:00marcus fischer - monocoastal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNU9FUJG85bkEtADLzl9WdNKCPHY1f4TGkmeK0FWD_Gv0YblTQbMf1ui70o39i8cVQ8YyD0VGXacoaHvEoq5x_CQRGvMVezMQo4QAjindC5x7aqd4MbmtftxdcO-x9WyIRi4XJ1Scthyo/s1600/marcus+fischer+monocoastal_modifi%25C3%25A9-1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNU9FUJG85bkEtADLzl9WdNKCPHY1f4TGkmeK0FWD_Gv0YblTQbMf1ui70o39i8cVQ8YyD0VGXacoaHvEoq5x_CQRGvMVezMQo4QAjindC5x7aqd4MbmtftxdcO-x9WyIRi4XJ1Scthyo/s400/marcus+fischer+monocoastal_modifi%25C3%25A9-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570631336009877474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">marcus fischer</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">monocoastal</span></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br />12k1063</span> <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><br /><a href="http://unrecnow.com/dust/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;" >marcus fischer</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">©japanese forms</span></a></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">If expired polaroid film had a sound then Marcus Fischer's sublime <a href="http://www.12k.com/index.php/site/releases/monocoastal/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Monocoastal</span></a> is what it might sound like. The reason I mention 'expired polaroid film' is that, besides from making beautiful sounds, Fischer is also a photographer who has a very fine <a href="http://unrecnow.com/dust/category/visual/photos"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">portfolio</span></a> of photographs; some of which, like the cover of <a href="http://www.12k.com/index.php/site/releases/monocoastal/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Monocoastal</span></a>, have been taken using it.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> According to the press release; tape hiss, sounds originating from field recordings, as well as found instruments, are used to make sounds recorded by both analog and digital recording and thus creating; as the following reviews put it: "<span style="font-style: italic;">softly undulating gestures... like a landmass meeting the recessing sea</span>" (<a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=8355"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Resident Advisor</span></a>) or "<span style="font-style: italic;">swathes of glistening ambience keep you firmly in a dreamlike state where you're unlikely to want to return from for a while</span>" (<a href="http://music.thedigitalfix.co.uk/content.php?contentid=12761&single=true"><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">The Digital Fix</span></a>)</span>. <span style="font-family: verdana;">Couldn't have put it better myself. If, soundwise, you enjoyed Taylor Deupree's recent <a href="http://www.12k.com/index.php/site/releases/shoals/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Shoals </span></a>album you'll enjoy this one too. Highly recommended.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">one2zero</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-10106923291880078972011-01-26T03:41:00.000-08:002011-01-26T05:46:15.531-08:00machinefabriek - apollo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/5390309322/"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tAzLkNWBKZP-JUSQ-GB8GCSM7e3zNbfMEYzTHC3ZdMM3_NtIaFv4FzOYtumib246P95cO0O14XenDEcf-Dv-3qpyBTCpBnEhOPhSbh2bejcOWfyU91Ss6X-ZQA3XU6JzRATzAPAzb68/s400/apollo+1+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566459087926660674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">machinefabriek</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">apollo</span></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br />3" cd-r<br />(</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" >l</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" >imited edition of 100)</span> <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.machinefabriek.nu/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;" >machinefabriek</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">©japanese forms</span></a></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Rutger Zuydervelt (a.k.a. <a href="http://www.machinefabriek.nu/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Machinefabriek</span></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">) begins the year as busy as ever with a reissue of <a href="http://www.machinefabriek.nu/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Vloed</span></a> and a brand new </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">3-inch cd-r entitled <a href="http://www.machinefabriek.nu/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Apollo</span></a>. This new cd-r is apparently an alternate edit of the soundtrack for <a href="http://makinokino.exblog.jp/13826414/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Makino Takashi's</span></a> experimental film 'In Your Star' -Takashi I don't know much about except that he has collaborated on several projects with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_O%27Rourke_%28musician%29"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Jim O'Rourke</span></a>- as for Apollo, it's, according to Rutger himself; <span style="font-style: italic;">"22 minutes of abstract soundscaping, combining field recordings, NASA Apollo flight-recordings and electronic weirdness."</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> You can check it out for yourselelves at <a href="http://soundcloud.com/machinefabriek/sets/apollo/" target="blank"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Soundcloud </span></a>where you can listen two excerpts from it. Really quite good all in all. As per usual from Rutger the artwork and packaging are quite exceptional. 'Apollo' is a </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">beautifully packaged, limited</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> edition of 100 numbered copies and comes in an oversized heavy paper sleeve.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> one2zero</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-62294713479285276222011-01-15T09:07:00.000-08:002011-10-12T04:11:08.269-07:00motion sickness of time travel - seeping through the veil of unconscious<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCr4k_iUg5TOJ5HkNZByAD9Ugs4BY2b5xvgIQexXxdzZ49RuCDcYE-FWpXu0sPWR793KUZ6byerL80tFokTm2phn5MoS___cgoAj8Nk3BBWOhqHjmItlEqopy-xlAoxDjU7J3iBscuAA4/s1600/motion+sickness+of+time+travel+sleeping+through+the+veils+of+the+unconcious.jpeg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562464553080125506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCr4k_iUg5TOJ5HkNZByAD9Ugs4BY2b5xvgIQexXxdzZ49RuCDcYE-FWpXu0sPWR793KUZ6byerL80tFokTm2phn5MoS___cgoAj8Nk3BBWOhqHjmItlEqopy-xlAoxDjU7J3iBscuAA4/s400/motion+sickness+of+time+travel+sleeping+through+the+veils+of+the+unconcious.jpeg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 204px;" /></a><br />
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cassette (</span><span style="color: silver; font-family: verdana;">c60 tape l</span><span style="color: silver; font-family: verdana;">imited edition of 80)</span> <span style="color: silver; font-family: verdana;"><br />
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<a href="http://motionsicknessoftimetravel.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: verdana;">motion sickness of time travel</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.digitalisindustries.com/"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: verdana;">digitalis ltd.</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Well I'm certainly starting of the New Year with more cassette fun and with the discovery of a whole new bunch of musicians that, I must had admit, was not aware of until I had a look at this week's <a href="http://boomkat.com/" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ccff;">Boomkat</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> newsletter</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Intrigued by the name: "<span style="color: #ff9900;">Motion Sickness of Time Travel</span>," I decided to have a quick search around the web to see (hear) what it was all about. Frankly I'm glad I checked <span style="color: #ff9900;">MSoTT</span> out because it's led me to some incredible sounds. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #ff9900;">MSoTT</span> is the solo moniker of LaGrange, Georgia's Rachel Evans (also a member of Quiet Evenings and Aerial Jungle), partner of Grant Evans (<span style="color: #ff9900;">Nova Scotian Arms</span> - <a href="http://one2zero.blogspot.com/2011/01/nova-scotian-arms-sun-flange-listen.html"><span style="color: #33ccff;">see previous post</span></a>). </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Her music, which can be described as delicate, drone, electronic pop, is really quite sublime. Does it fall into the "hauntology" category? I'm not quite sure but the music does have that "haunted," <span style="font-style: italic;">je ne sais quoi </span>feel to it. The whole considerably enhanced by Evans' ethereal vocals. As <span style="color: #ff9900;">MSoTT</span>, Rachel has already released a considerable amount of recordings; almost all of which have been very limited tapes on various small cassette-only labels, so I'll be checking her other releases and will undoubtedly be posting more on her output at a later date. In the meantime I'd advise anyone who's already heard <span style="color: #ff9900;">MSoTT</span>, and everyone else who hasn't, to try and get their hands on either a tape or <a href="http://boomkat.com/vinyl/372855-motion-sickness-of-time-travel-seeping-through-the-veil-of-the-unconscious-limited-vinyl-edition"><span style="color: #33ccff;">vinyl copy</span></a> of this album (both formats are sold out). If you can't, try to make-do with download copy. Very highly recommended. <span style="color: red;">one2zero</span></span><br />
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color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Warp</span></a><br /><br /><object height="354" width="466"><param name="movie" value="http://warp.net/swf/warp_embed.swf"><param name="flashvars" value="file=http://warp.net/rss/rss.xml%3Fpl_type%3D5%26pl_id%3D1132&playerType=embed&playlist=bottom&fullscreen=true&controlbar=over"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><embed src="http://warp.net/swf/warp_embed.swf" bgcolor="null" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="file=http://warp.net/rss/rss.xml%3Fpl_type%3D5%26pl_id%3D1132&playerType=embed&playlist=bottom&fullscreen=true&controlbar=over" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="354" width="466"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-52289257406740167962011-01-01T02:15:00.000-08:002011-01-01T05:25:52.031-08:00bj nilsen & stilluppsteypa - space finale (tape)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsib5TCukmrLNkL3DIm4MBz0ubqF4n1gCKUBd2nVrBtpklLWnL5T4sDjch5100JMV5OX2haOhZQ2wGFk6tPYTsjTTU6TTV0g7QUaraIiHzaD8v9AyRLebb37vc8KDbuHJtT94d-qDxFw/s1600/Bj+Nilsen+%2526+Stilluppsteypa+-+Space+Finale.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsib5TCukmrLNkL3DIm4MBz0ubqF4n1gCKUBd2nVrBtpklLWnL5T4sDjch5100JMV5OX2haOhZQ2wGFk6tPYTsjTTU6TTV0g7QUaraIiHzaD8v9AyRLebb37vc8KDbuHJtT94d-qDxFw/s400/Bj+Nilsen+%2526+Stilluppsteypa+-+Space+Finale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557159745461607554" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />bj nilsen & stilluppsteypa</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />space finale</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">demego 011</span><br />editions mego</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">c90 cassette tape</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">limited to 200 copies</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">image:</span></span><a href="http://www.georgkargl.com/de/kuenstler/franz-graf"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >©</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >franz graf</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Well I'm starting the New Year with something I completely missed out last year and that is the amazing <a href="http://www.editionsmego.com/release/DeMEGO011V"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa - Space Finale </span></a>album. Originally released as a (very) limited edition cassette tape it's since been made available as a 2LP on <a href="http://www.editionsmego.com/release/DeMEGO011V"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Mego</span></a>. Unfortunately, both editions have long sold out and people like myself, who've just discovered this gem, will have to do with a download copy. This is so good that it would have (if I'd done one) made my list of the best albums of 2010... The perfect companion piece to accompany the dreadful weather, as well as the whisky-fuelled stupor of the night before, that we've woken up to this morning... Though, I must make this quite clear, Nilsen and </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Stilluppsteypa's drone-along is anything but dreadful; the recording being quite sublime and much more interesting than anything else drone-wise that I've encountered in a while. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Not to mention that</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> this tape, all things considered, is almost worth having for the beautiful <a href="http://www.georgkargl.com/de/kuenstler/franz-graf"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Franz Graf </span></a>artwork alone. As <a href="http://boomkat.com/cds/259225-bj-nilsen-stilluppsteypa-space-finale"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Boomkat</span></a> says "<span style="font-style: italic;">An absolute treasure.</span>" Very highly recommended. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">one2zero</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><p face="verdana"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">A track from </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-family: verdana;">BJNilsen & Stillupsteypa's 'Space Finale'</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> features on the soundtrack to </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-family: verdana;">Gaspar Noë's 'Enter The Void.'</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> This film received a </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/23/enter-the-void-review">5 star review in The Guardian</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span></p> <span style="font-family:verdana;">............................................................................<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >"Fantastic collaboration between two masters of immersive drone music and location recordings. [...] Originally released on cassette earlier on this year. Divided into four lengthy pieces, the album has the feel of a classic piece of analogue experimentation, populated by obliterated field recordings, vintage synth timbres, archaic, blipping tones and above all, acre after acre of sustaining, continuous sound. [...] It's listed that the principal 'instrument' used in the making of this record was a Revox 2-channel tape machine, and the fact that the release was originally consigned to cassette means that the warm, magnetic character of the music is seen through right to the end. [...] Very few modern, digital drone records manage to achieve such an unshakable air of foggy enigma, and at its intangible best 'Space Finale' evokes a fantasy meeting between Delia Derbyshire and The Hafler Trio. Strictly limited copies - an absolute treasure.</span>" <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><a href="http://boomkat.com/cds/259225-bj-nilsen-stilluppsteypa-space-finale"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">©boomkat</span></a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Buy this recording @ <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><a href="http://www.editionsmego.com/release/DeMEGO011V"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Editions Mego</span></a> <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">/ @</span> <a href="http://boomkat.com/cds/259225-bj-nilsen-stilluppsteypa-space-finale"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">boomkat</span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">Download @ </span></span></span><a href="http://boomkat.com/downloads/333995-bj-nilsen-stilluppsteypa-space-finale"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">boomkat</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><a href="http://boomkat.com/downloads/333995-bj-nilsen-stilluppsteypa-space-finale"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"></span></a><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143802180752925032.post-1257787634181619052010-12-26T09:14:00.001-08:002010-12-27T01:22:46.045-08:00mark fell : ul8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/5293193180/"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzW5ETl_kBEkXNYBWF-GcaK0DxXPy_3YF46T-304zFsnulcpIsxw4rqh_pxtPu-FEatSLtdEDBUl80gSA0idgaclgrW7fNj4bSPm7jGzfn5utxdWtUrxpFZwWvcdSNjCGA9a4hmOcs14/s400/UL8_modifi%25C3%25A9-1+copie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555041090066291730" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />mark fell</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />ul8</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">mego 111</span><br />editions mego</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">image:</span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japaneseforms/"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >©</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >japanese forms</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Well <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">one2zero</span> more or less ends the year with a further release from </span><span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.markfell.com/wiki/index.php?n=Main.HomePage"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Mark Fell</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">. UL8 follows hard on the heels of his very recent </span><span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.markfell.com/wiki/index.php?n=Mf.Multistability"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Multistability</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> on </span><span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.raster-noton.net/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">raster-noton</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> and his tape only release on <a href="http://alkualkualkualkualkualkualkualkualkualku.org/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Alku Records</span></a> (see previous posts <a href="http://one2zero.blogspot.com/2010/12/mark-fell-multistability.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">here</span></a> & <a href="http://one2zero.blogspot.com/2010/11/mark-fell-evol-head-office.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">here</span></a>). On UL8 Fell explores territories of sonic abstraction that might not be easy on the ear for most of us though some will applaud this adventure in sound and rythmn... As <a href="http://boomkat.com/cds/366040-mark-fell-ul8"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Boomkat</span></a> puts it "</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">... [Fell] <span style="font-style: italic;">takes his sound even further into the outer reaches of glacial, rhythmic experimentation. "</span></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">I've only listened to it a couple of times (so far) but I imagine that even after a few more spins I'll like it less than the <a href="http://http//www.markfell.com/wiki/index.php?n=Mf.Multistability"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Multistability</span></a> album</span>. <span style="font-family:verdana;">I'll maybe let the over-indulgence of Xmas fade a bit before returning to it and to give it a listen in less hectic circumstances.<br />All in all though, an impressive album with Fell in full 'experimental' but not completely uncomprising </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">mode</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> as someone like <a href="http://florianhecker.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Hecker</span></a> perhaps. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Available in digipak card-sleeve with beautiful graphic design/artwork which, like the </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://http//www.markfell.com/wiki/index.php?n=Mf.Multistability"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Multstability</span></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> sleeve, was done by the musician himself. Recommended. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">one2zero</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />....................................................................<br /><br /></span><i style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">UL8</i><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >...Just two weeks after </span><i style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">Multistability</i><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" > comes </span><i style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">UL8</i><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" > on Editions Mego. Handily split into digestible sections, it's a much different listen than </span><i style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">Multistability</i><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >. The first section ("The Occultation of 3C 273") is the closest, but the sounds are duller, and more relaxed, with its distinct low-end coated with grit. The second section ("Vortex Studies") plays games with static and very slight noise for something that sounds like Kraftwerk's </span><i style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">Radio-Activity</i><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" > as filtered through AtomTM's </span><i style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">Liedgut</i><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >: ancient but determinedly technological...</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">©<a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=8424"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Resident Advisor</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">....................................................................</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Buy this disc @ <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><a href="http://www.editionsmego.com/release/eMEGO+111">Editions Mego</a> <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">/ @</span> <a href="http://boomkat.com/cds/366040-mark-fell-ul8">boomkat</a><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0