Author: dave
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Metal
United in a spirit of inquiry into head and ear-space, Lee Norris and Michael Gainford return with Metal.
Blending post-digital now-voyaging with a hefty hark-back, these sub-genre archaeologists draw on trajectories of early-mid ’90s halcyon days and hybrids of IDM experimentalism and environmental space music.
Limited to 150 copies.
Old vs. New
Unearthed a bunch of cassettes of a radio show I engineered on KCSB from 1990-1993. These were the days before MP3s, so these cassettes are the only record I have of that show.
The funny thing is that the only cassette player I have is in my 15-year-old Subaru. The 5-CD changer in there gave up the ghost long ago, but the trusty cassette player still works.
I was listening to one of the shows today and I couldn’t identify one of the songs, so rather than waiting for my co-DJ Elisa and I to identify the song, I used Shazam on my phone–moments later Siri told me the song was From My Mouth by The Essence. The fact that I was using Shazam to identify a song from a 23-year-old cassette was amusing. I’d imagine people probably do that all the time when they run across old cassettes containing unknown gems, but it was a first for me!
RGBW
Belgian label Colours is a collective of ambient electronic artists running a small, virtual enclave for like-minded practitioners of fine sonic art. Cycles of Moebius obviously embrace a pretty committed and focused work ethic; their debut, a massive four CDR work called RGBW, plays like a compendium of electronic music’s rich heritage from the 70s onwards. CoM comprise a duo of enterprising synth boffins who not only lovingly embrace the potent tempos beloved of so many classic ambient purveyors, but do so without the slightest bit of pretension or irony; electronic music, plain and simple, indulging in styles past minus categorical baggage, erected with clean hands and composure.
Encompassing individual tracks, mini-suites, and suites, often blending tracks together into a unified whole, RGBW has it all in one massive package: post-Namlook ambient, widescreen cinematic atmospherics, Berlin School-inflected sequencer riffing, nostalgic 90s beatstuff, and just about every sub-genre you can pack in-between. Throughout the journey, many delights await, such as the various “Cycle” tracks, both in their numbered and ‘re’-cycled forms, spin colorful threads of analog and digital gossamer into tapestries of engaging rhythmic patterns and deep-space calisthenics. Nearly four hours of music herein, and not a duff note in the bunch.
The God Particle
The God Particle was made in the spirit of magic number 7. This is the 7th album and celebrates 7 years in the world of ambient music by Aythar. After so many years, the desire for challenges and experimentation was still stimulated in preparing this new album. In offering this album not only for the fans of this music genre, but also for the ones, who just started to get to know it. The God Particle is for anyone who let themselves be carried away by the notes to an inner journey… Into a world, where you can go deep into your thoughts and feelings. Where you can find calmness and peace. A new relation with ourselves.
