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VITAL WEEKLY
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number 522
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week 16
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BURKHARD STANGL & TAKU UNAMI - I WAS
(CD by Hibari Music) *
ERIC LA CASA - SECOUSSES PANORAMIQUES (miniCD by Hibari Music)
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NOW (CD by Wonders/Double A) *
POSTHUMAN - THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC (CD by Seed Records)
GEOFF MULLEN - THRTYSUXTRLLNMNFSTNS (CD by Entschuldigen) *
MITTEN [STATE] TRANSMISSIONS (4CD set by Top Quality Rock N Roll)
THE W-VIBE - HI BOUNCER (7" by Top Quality Rock N Roll)
KORA ET LE MECHANIX - EXCURSIN (CD by Nextera) *
DAVE FOX - DEDICATION SUITE (CD by Umbrella Recordings)
NUMINOUS OPOSSUM - FIND THE BURROW AND BURY YOUR HEAD - (CD by
Umbrella Recordings)
CARRIE SHULL & TRARA FLANDREAU & REUBEN RADDING - THE
BRANCH WILL NOT BREAK (CD by Umbrella Recordings)
JIMMY GRAPHERY & JASON BIVINS & IAN DAVIS - IMPERMANENCE
(CD by Umbrella Recordings)
GHOST OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE - WITH FIERCEST DEMOLITION (CDEP by
Thirty Ghosts Records)
DJ/RUPTURE - MISS NEMSIS/OPTIONS (7" by Ek-ke)
A GIFT FOR (*|*) (2CDR by Grey Sparkle)
LUKASZ CISZAK - AUXIN (CDR by Sqrt Label) *
SLOWTION - TRUDGE (CDR by Sqrt Label) *
ADAPTORIES - KATAS (CDR by 1000+1 Tilt Recordings) *
AND THE WIND THAT WILL COME TO BLOW THE DUST AWAY (CDR by 1000+1
Tilt Recordings) *
B'TONG - POLAR:IS (CDR by 1000+1 Tilt Recordings) *
YURIA (CD compilation by Seedee)
PS STAMPS BACK - LIVE IN ATHENS 05 (MP3 by Desetxea)
CADUCEUS - INFLUENCE VOLUME SIX (MP3 by Caduceus Music) *
BURKHARD STANGL & TAKU UNAMI - I WAS
(CD by Hibari Music)
ERIC LA CASA - SECOUSSES PANORAMIQUES (miniCD by Hibari Music)
What a contra-guitar is, I wouldn't know, but Austria's Burkhard
Stangl plays one, along with normal guitars. Taku Unami plays
guitars and objects. For reasons that are surely of no interest,
I played this CD on a pair of headphones, which is something I
normally don't do, after playing it first on my regular stereo.
There is a computerized sound throughout some of these pieces
that is far away in the mix, if you would play this CD not very
loud, you wouldn't even notice it. On top there is the careful
guitar playing of Stangl, and occasionally there is a object that
bumps into another object somewhere in the space. Sometimes guitar
playing and object bumping meet up, but sometimes they move in
their own course, with caring too much about the other. Sometimes
it's all really quiet, in true onkyo style, but in the fourth
piece 'I Was....', which is a live recording (and if you didn't
know you wouldn't tell the difference from the three studio pieces),
things explode suddenly at one piece, which scared the shit out
of money, since the volume was of course all the way, to hear
all the fine delicate differences. Of course it's all improvised
music and sometimes not easy to follow, but there is a great sense
of concentration throughout and if the listener is prepared to
do the same, then it will surely be rewarding.
Elevator music is of course nobody likes to hear when they speak
about one's music. It's the type of music that one get in the
elevator, or the supermarket. Muzak. Yuk. But in the case of the
new Eric La Casa mini CD it's truly elevator music, music made
out of the sound of elevators. Going up, going down, the computer
voice, alarm, the bells and the ropes attached to the elevators.
All of the sounds that are so familiar for elevators pass by,
yet not very often humans. Divided into sixteen tracks, La Casa
made his recordings mostly in Paris, but there is also a sound
from Melbourne and Antwerp. However it's better to hear this as
one work and not sixteen small ones. It's sound scaping in it's
most pure form: without any electronic treatments, La Casa tells
us a story and builds from all the familiar sounds a fascinating
journey, even when the journey goes only up and down. (FdW)
Address: http://www.hibarimusic.com
NOW (CD by Wonders/Double A)
This release is a bit of a puzzle. First I thought the band name
was Wonders, since that was printed big on the backside, but when
I checked www.wonders.com I couldn't find anything about the band,
but I also learned it's not the name of the label either. Wonders
produces shoes and I honestly couldn't say wether these shoes
are nice or hip - being nothing of fashion man myself. So the
band is named Now, and it's a three piece: Fredrik Suter, Per
Moller and Kim Walltin, although what they played is not told.
The CD opens with a great up-tempo rock song that has a great
drive and energy. It's a highly promising start, but then it turns
out that the rest of is pretty much the same thing, but then with
less energy, speed and play-fullness. Tracks here are also longer
than the first one, which doesn't help much either. 'Frutti Di
Mare' is a slow song, with the obligatory trumpet, but it turns
out to be quite a boring. The other tracks are more so so, not
bad, not great. It's a bit like eating something you really like
but then really too much: the start is OK, but you can never make
it to the end. (FdW)
Address: http://www.wonders.com http://www.a-double-a.com
POSTHUMAN - THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC (CD by
Seed Records)
Two cousins make up Posthuman. Rich and Josh are originally from
Scotland and their first release was on Manchester's Skam, but
they moved to London, started their own Seed Records and organized
parties at the Aldwych Disused Tube Station. Although being on
Skam, and whilst having Plaid, Aphex Twin, Luke Vibert of Goldfrapp
playing at their tube station, the music of Posthuman is however
not as techno related as your would expect. Apparently their wrote
their songs on guitars and keyboards, in the old-fashioned way,
one could say, and then spend time to 'deconstruct' them. That
may seem also a bit too heavy for what it eventually sounds like,
but somewhere half way through Radiohead and Skam, you might find
the crossroad that says Posthuman. Guitars seem to be playing
indeed a bigger role in this release than in some other electronic
label release, but there is always the rhythm component that is
sometimes a bit techno like, but for the same matter it could
a much slower, hip hop like one as in 'The Process Of Filing Reports'.
Posthuman's music is hardly danceable, but also a bit dark. Not
just melancholic, it's just a bit darker than that. A bit Coil
like at times. All of this makes the album a lot more interesting
than the average breakbeat/IDM record. The sense of experimentalism,
still within the frame of a pop-song (of sorts), makes this throughout
a most enjoyable album. (FdW)
Address: http://www.seedrecords.co.uk
GEOFF MULLEN - THRTYSUXTRLLNMNFSTNS (CD
by Entschuldigen)
This is for me a new known name and a new label, but the label
is run by Keith Fullerton Whitman, so perhaps that is already
a guarantee for quality. There is no history available for Geoff
Mullen, or at least not one we know. Mullen plays guitar, banjo,
electronics and amplification. It's not easy to put this into
a little corner of its own: there is bits of drone rock in the
first piece, which is slow monolithic beast, but in the second
one (tracks have no titles of course) things are quirky played
on the guitar, but with some nasty sounds underneath. A bit folky
but with enough weirdness thrown in. The rest of the pieces keep
on balancing between these parameters: the drone related noise
and the finger picking guitar and banjo pieces. It's quite alright
material, even when not a big surprise. The influences of mr.
Whitman himself, or that of Jim O'Rourke (area 'Happy Days') are
never far away. A good, solid work, without many new steps taken,
but one that is nevertheless quite alright. (FdW)
Address: http://www.entschuldigen.com
MITTEN [STATE] TRANSMISSIONS (4CD set by
Top Quality Rock N Roll)
THE W-VIBE - HI BOUNCER (7" by Top Quality Rock N Roll)
This could be a nightmare quiz: the 1000 dollar question is, mention
five industrial noise, electronic, space rock etc bands from Michigan?
I think I would go blank. I could mention Windy & Carl, Wolf
Eyes, The Hearing Trumpett, Will Soderberg, PBK, Hive Mind, Matt
Borghi or even, apparently, Allan Bryant. But I don't think I
ever realized that they were from Michigan. Luckily this omission
is corrected by the release of the four CD set 'Mitten [State]
Transmissions', a four hour and forty-four minute compilation
set, with all of these names but also many many more. What can
I say besides that the word 'overkill' is stamped all over this?
The mixture of noise, experimental and electronic is nice and
that the component space rock is perhaps an odd addition, but
at the same time it sort of breaks the work up a bit, which is
nice, since not every noise (etc.) track here is the best you
can get. In the vast amount of tracks that are on offer, that
is hardly a problem, as you can always skip to the next lot. I
must say that the space rock pieces on this compilation were the
better ones for me, simply because of the overkill of noise pieces.
One keeps looking for the quieter pieces I expect, or perhaps
it's just my age. There is a good amount of music to explore here.
And apparently there is also a DVD-R with almost three hours worth
of live footage by some of these bands, but I haven't seen that...
The W-Vibe are two guys: Joseph Hornacek (Prophet 600, Roland
R-70, TR-808, Vermona, Yamaha AW4416, Sequential Circuits Vocorder,
vocals, Producer) and Dan Augustine (Prophet 600, Casio CZ-101,
Casio SK-1, Casio SA-7 & SA-9, Apple laptop, electronic toys,
song-writing, SP-12, Analog Delay, vocals). Their influences are
mainly pop related and from that mainly 80s oriented. 'Hi Bouncer'
is a quirky popsong played on electronics that sounds like Kraftwerk
using too many drugs and so is the final one on the b-side. In
between is a totally fucked up sort of punk song, or perhaps a
punk song of sorts, that is in high speed mode (most likely electronically
tampered). Strange one. Quite a nice 7", high energy electronic
mayhem - or some such.
The label offers also a DVD-R of the record reverser: a device
which you can mount on your record player and play records backwards.
Might be handy when looking for more 'Paul Is Dead' clues. (FdW)
http://www.topqualityrockandroll.com
KORA ET LE MECHANIX - EXCURSIN (CD by Nextera)
Although we came across the name Kora Et Le Mechanix on the compilation
'Out Of Place Artefacts' (see Vital Weekly 472), the music didn't
make a lasting impression. Here they arrive again, this time with
their debut album. Kora Et Le Mechanix are a duo of Michel Koran,
who previously played in Richter Band and Zapomenuty orchestr
Zeme snivcu and Filip Homola who worked with Die Archa and Znameni
kruhu - none of which mean much to me actually. The list of instruments
shows analog moduling synthesizer, laptop, vocoder, sampler, loops
and electronics. Two of the tracks were recorded 'live at Biosphere
concert', I assume when Kora Et Le Mechanix played the support
act. This may also provide a clue as to what Kora Et Le Mechanix
may sound like: ambient music but with a great sense of experimentalism.
Things are mysterious, deep, atmospheric, but also there are far
away nasty sounds to be detected that never take on a lead or
a main role, but that firmly keeps this out of the hands of the
new age monster. In terms of daring ambient music, Biosphere is
most certainly an influence to account for, as-well as perhaps
The Hafler Trio from a few years back. Ambient music is a dead
end, that much is clear, but every now and then, new people occur
on the scene and they seem to be doing a nice thing after all.
Address: http://www.nextera.cz
DAVE FOX - DEDICATION SUITE (CD by Umbrella
Recordings)
NUMINOUS OPOSSUM - FIND THE BURROW AND BURY YOUR HEAD - (CD by
Umbrella Recordings)
CARRIE SHULL & TRARA FLANDREAU & REUBEN RADDING - THE
BRANCH WILL NOT BREAK (CD by Umbrella Recordings)
JIMMY GRAPHERY & JASON BIVINS & IAN DAVIS - IMPERMANENCE
(CD by Umbrella Recordings)
New in the Vital Weekly chronicles is the Umbrella Recordings
label. Four releases of them dropped in recently in our briefcase,
none of them of recent date. If these four releases are representative
it is a label specialized in jazz and improvised music. North
Carolina drummer Ian Davis seems to be founder of this label.
In 2001 Davis recorded with sax and flute player Andrew Voight
( of ROVA-fame) and bass-player Morgan Guberman (also vocals).
Many musical experiences come together in this trio that shows
great interplay. It has intriguing player Voigt most of the time
taking the lead, but also there is beautiful group improvisation
to be enjoyed. Very expressive improvisations full of subtle,
seemingly messy sounding improvisations. Guberman attracts attention
with his typical style on bass. All in all a captivating and absorbing
work. Creating very diverse atmospheres.
In 2004 we find Ian Davis in another trio with Jimmy Graphery
on tenor and alt saxes and flute, and Jason Bivins on guitar.
Far less interesting in my experience. Very silent and cautious
improvisations. It shows the importance of the personal element,
and of course the mastership and experience of the musicians.
Also a trio but of a very different kind we hear on 'The Branch
Will Not Break' with Carrie Shull (oboe and english horn), Tara
Flandreau (viola) and Reuben Radding (double bass). All three
of them played with numerous other improvisors like Eugene Chadbourne,
Zorn, etc. The instrumentation as it is on this one we do not
not often meet in improvised music. Because of this instrumentation
and their style of improvisation it reminded me at times of early
Third Ear Band. Especially where they play long notes. The trio
presents a nice blend of improvisation and new modern classical
composed music. All three of them are very inventive players who
feel very well in their collective undertaking. They make good
use of texture and timbre, space, color and dynamic. At moments
their improvisation is so together that it sounds as composed
music. Music that has to sound this way. At other moments the
music is whirling in the air without a clear sense of direction.
Their music has a poetic and romantic feel that makes it more
close to classical than to jazz music. The CD is very good recorded,
one can hear every detail.
'Dedication Suite' is a work for piano by Greensburo composer
and player Dave Fox. It is obvious that Fox knows music history.
Many influences are pouring out in the lines he lays down. If
this is the case it is always the question whether the player
is in control of his luggage and capable of developing this own
vocabulary. Well, Fox knows what he is doing.
He arranged his improvisations in a suite. In his playing he makes
use of extended techniques. He plays no prepared piano, but at
times you would swear this is the case. Playing in a free jazz
style is changed for a contemplative classical style. His touch
caused some problems for my ears, as it continuously displays
a certain vigor and harshness. Again an excellent sounding disc
that satisfies only partially. (DM)
Address: http://www.umbrellarecordings.com
GHOST OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE - WITH FIERCEST
DEMOLITION (CDEP by Thirty Ghosts Records)
In our of course stupid policy to pay attention to everything
we get (except demo's), we sometimes receive music of people who
are no doubt clueless as to what Vital Weekly writes about, as
long as they can see their name in print. Ghost Of The Russian
Empire is such a band. They are from Texas and exist since 2004
with a core of four members. On this, their debut CDEP, they play
six tracks, which are clearly inspired by Radiohead, in particular
the albums before 'Kid A', and that exactly the Radiohead I don't
care about that much. Solid rock songs, with an OK enough production
(much reverb on the guitars, me thinks), but nothing that could
even remotely interest me, since what it's about is too far out
of Vital Weekly's taste, or let alone my personal outside-vital
taste. (FdW)
Address: http://www.thirtyghostsrecords.com
DJ/RUPTURE - MISS NEMSIS/OPTIONS (7"
by Ek-ke)
Somewhere along the lines I missed out on DJ/rupture's story,
you'll have to excuse me. 'Miss Nemesis' sound like a rhythm lifted
off one of the Muslimgauze records, but with the addition of more
bass, and some extra sounds played on organs, or perhaps plug
ins on the computers. It's an OK track, nothing spectacular. 'Options'
started with a bass line and some taped interview from some composer
- if I read the xeroxed and reduced cover very well, it is perhaps
Gregory Whitehead, before it fades over into a more collated piece
of music, which is nice but a bit chaotic. And after these two
fairly alright tracks, I still haven't clue what DJ/rupture is
about, really. (FdW)
Address: http://www.ek-ke.com/
A GIFT FOR (*|*) (2CDR by Grey Sparkle)
Recently we discussed the extended tribute project by The New
Blockaders, and here is another one, which is unmistakably smaller,
but it's also definetly not a remix project. Italian musicians
from the underground scene pay tribute to the journalist Mario
Biserni, who is not so well-known (I'm told, even by Italian standards)
but who has an absolute believe in the underground scene. It's
a project of love that can be purchased from no less than nine
labels and is also online to be found as a MP3 project. Spread
over two CDRs this is not just the collection of who's who in
the Italian scene, but it's also an introduction to many new names.
It's good to see say MB here, or 3/4HadBeenEliminated (with an
odd piece of dub music), or my private hero Giuseppe Ielasi, but
there is also Talk Show Host, Madame Prosa, Mugen or Paggo Uno.
Throughout the experiment is important for all of these musicians,
and each of them adds their own trademark. Many of them operate
in the world microsound, dealing with cracks, hiss, and beeps,
but rock and improvisation play a likewise big role. Thus this
is a pretty bunch of musics that never bored me, although I must
admit none of the tracks made a really big impression either.
It was 'just' good solid experimental music from many different
angles. Brought to you also by Aal, Andrea Belfi, Cria Cuervos,
I/O, Kar, Punck, Sparkle Grey, Logoplasm and many more. A young
person's guide to who's who in Italy. (FdW)
Address: http://www.greysparkle.com
LUKASZ CISZAK - AUXIN (CDR by Sqrt Label)
SLOWTION - TRUDGE (CDR by Sqrt Label)
It's been a while since we first got hold of music by Lukasz Ciszak
(see Vital Weekly 478). His first solo release was 'Phloem' which
didn't leave a devastating impression here. I am not sure if 'Auxin'
is also entirely made with guitars, but I do know that I liked
this much better than 'Phloem'. Elements of noise and improvisation
are still present, but Ciszak presents in the form of collages
which are certainly most interesting to hear. There is good sense
of dynamics here, sometimes quite soft, and at other times piercingly
loud, but Ciszak keeps an ear open for the balance of his pieces.
How this was made, we don't know, other than perhaps computer
manipulations of guitar sounds, but it's surely a fine work of
rougher (much much rougher) microsound guitar work. Quite nice
and a major leap forward.
Also on the Sqrt Label is a release by Slowtion, which according
to their website came 'out of the ashes of early nineties sheffield
noise terrorist outfit 'spleen' skimming the under-belly of sonic
exploration specialists 'dual'' So I am not sure, but I think
(a) members of Dual is part of this new band, which plays slow
guitar music, sometimes (not present in every track) with some
rhythm-machine. I assume Slowtion wants to play the mood card
in music, through the various possibilities the guitar has to
offer: strumming it through a wall of feedback, just a wall of
feedback or plucking the snares. Occasionally it sounds a bit
like Earth, but never captures the same power. The music is alright,
I think. Not overtly brilliant, not really bad. A six out of ten
rating, I guess, if we would do such a thing. (FdW)
Address: http://www.sqrt-label.org
ADAPTORIES - KATAS (CDR by 1000+1 Tilt Recordings)
AND THE WIND THAT WILL COME TO BLOW THE DUST AWAY (CDR by 1000+1
Tilt Recordings)
B'TONG - POLAR:IS (CDR by 1000+1 Tilt Recordings)
YURIA (CD compilation by Seedee)
PS STAMPS BACK - LIVE IN ATHENS 05 (MP3 by Desetxea)
'Katas' is the second release by Adaptories, or at least my second
encounter with them, following 'Music Playground Revisted' (see
Vital Weekly 463). I believe they are somewhat of a big band line
up, including the use of five laptops, two guitars, one contact
microphone, two trumpets, one drum set, one Korg MS-20 and effects.
In a way, Adaptories sound very retro, a cross-over between the
industrial music of Throbbing Gristle, meeting A Certain Ratio
(trumpets!) or Eric Random (guitars and rhythms), or Cabaret Voltaire
(some radio cut ups). Add to that the recording quality which
is not really great, and this sounds like a survived bootleg from
the 80s rehearsal space. Sounds perhaps I didn't like it that
much, but I thought it was quite nice: spacious, psychedelic and
a bit industrial.
I never heard of And The Wind That Will Come To Blow The Dust
Away, which is a trio of one Thomas playing didj, strings, effects,
Iason (owner of the label) playing guitar, strings, effects and
mark playing sax, flute and strings. "Apparently all three
paid homage to a delay unit" it says on the cover. It concerns
here a live recording that was made in Leipzig, Germany, which
was later cut and pasted, while parts of it were audiomulched
and mixed again. Highly atmospherical in approach indeed, with
a strong love for the echo, which smears everything together.
Sounds howl about, fading in and out, creating a spacious affair.
Not as retro sounding as Adaptories, but then perhaps not very
modern either, but it's throughout a fine release.
Many of the 1000+1 Tilt Recording releases deal with people from
Greece, but B'Tong is from Germany, being Chris Sigdell of Nid.
His first release was on Verato Project (see Vital Weekly 486).
'Polar:is' is a release that is just one step further from a sound
installation B'Tong did, together with Camilla Schuler and Brigitte
Gierlich. It consisted of 'a white room with three looped record-players
in rotating psychedelic light, plus a separate underwater installation
where two live-performance in icy atmosphere where held'. In what
way the release is related I don't know, but it mention natural
sound and samples. Maybe because this release lasts a bit longer,
we get a more coherent picture of the music of B'Tong. Moving
away from the microsound laptop doodling, he enters the spheres
of isolationist drone music. Deep dark rumbling bass sounds, with
gentle, glacier like moving textures on top. It reminded me of
what was called isolationist ten or so years ago, but more in
particular Thomas Köner's earliest works. A bit dated perhaps,
but quite nice for those who love their drones to be darker than
dark.
Not a CDR but a pressed up CD is a compilation which has live
tracks recorded at Vinyl Microstore in Athens, Greece. They have
many hard to find records and Yuri is their dog. Literally. Athens,
dogs and me are not the best combination in the world, but for
some people dogs are good friend. Every year, the Vinyl Microstore
has an in-store festival with the finest musicians from the local
scene, and some of which appear regular in these pages, such as
PS Stamps Back, Mecha/Orga and drog_A_tek, but also Free Piece
Of Tape, Chroniq, Stavros Gasparatos, Bombie Baumann, Minimaximum
Improvisation, Trypanosoma, Vyzantium Lambada. One would expect
this to be a bunch of laptop musicians, sitting in this small
store (but is it a small one? I wouldn't know), but throughout
the music holds much more improvisation, especially by those new
names of whom we never heard before. Chroniq is a bit of the odd
ball here, with a piece of ambient techno, well of sorts. Quite
a nice compilation, nicely varied, like a good meal.
Not on the 1000+1 Tilt label is the release by labelman PS Stamps
Back. On November 3rd 2005 he played at the aforementioned Vinyl
Microstore with his usual array of "laptop, effect pedals,
toy generator and various amplified-through-contact-mics surfaces
of vinyl". This MP3 is the entire recording of what is on
the compilation just an excerpt. Using such fine software as audiomulch
PS Stamps Back creates a densely layered field of high energy
noise, but with a fair enough dose of rhythm and sense of experimentalism.
Louder than his latest releases, this one fits the esthetic of
Mattin (who released this on his MP3 label) quite well. A furious,
driving force is behind this music, making this a particular heavy
affair. Heavy but nice. (FdW)
Address: http://www.geocities.com/tiltrecordings
Address: http://www.mattin.org
CADUCEUS - INFLUENCE VOLUME SIX (MP3 by
Caduceus Music)
The sixth volume by Caduceus is indeed a classic one, certainly
if you take a look at Caduceus own work. Here they remix three
pieces of Porter Ricks' groundbreaking 'Biokinetics' CD on Chain
Reaction, a CD that shaped a scene on a label that was a scene
in itself. The minimalist yet warm dance music that was often
imitated, yet never surpassed. Caduceus does a nice job in taking
the basic rhythms out of the Porter Ricks original and add a blend
of their own sound effects to that, but it remains a bit too cold
and distant like and seems to lack the warmth and depth of Porter
Ricks. They are nice tracks, like so many tried, but not entirely
succeeded in doing. (FdW)
Address: http://www.caduceusmusic.net
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