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VITAL WEEKLY
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number 660
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week 2
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* noted are in this week's podcast
CLEW OF THESEUS - MERIDIAN (CD by Cathartic
Process) *
LOCRIAN - RHETORIC OF SURFACES (CD by Bloodlust)
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE - CORE ANODE (CD by Ftarri / Meenna)
SACRAL SYMPHONY (CD by EE Tapes)
LES POULES - PHÉNIX (CD by Ambiances Magnetiques)
ENSEMBLE SUPERMUSIQUE - Y'A DU BRUIT DANS MA CHAMBRE (CD by Ambiances
Magnetiques)
ANDREA POLLI - SONIC ANARTICA (CD by Gruenrekorder) *
ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS/FAMILY BATTLE SNAKE/STELLAR OM SOURCE - HOW
DO SIAMESE TWINS ARRANGE THEIR LOVE LIVES (LP by Editions Zero)
BURROW - LOOM (CDR by Power Silence/Somnimage) *
IRR.APP.(EXT.)/MYKEL BOYD (7" by Somnimage)
PAINTING PETALS ON PLANET GHOST/MYKEL BOYD (7" by Somnimage)
JOY (CDR compilation by Zaftig Research)
ARSZYN - FON (CDR by Sqrt Label) *
PRICK DECAY/VIOLENT ONSEN GEISHA - DADA JUNK SPEW! (CDR by Studies
For Audio Orgies Records)
(VXPXC) - BAKED POTATOES (CDR by Dim Records) *
THOMAS DIMUZIO & ANDRE CUSTODIO/CONURE - STREET OF ERRS (CDR
by Cohort Records) *
JEAN BORDE - MORCEAU EN FORME DE LA (CDR by Appel Music) *
DAN WARBURTON - LIFE IN THE GREENHOUSE (CDR by Appel Music) *
C. REIDER - THE ELECTRET QUINTET (PART ONE) (MP3 by Vuzh Music)
*
CLEW OF THESEUS - MERIDIAN (CD by Cathartic
Process)
Although Clew Of Theseus is a new name, Ben Brucato has been recording
music since 1997 when he released his first 7". There have
been releases on Chondritic Sound, Cipher Productions, Harsh Noise
and Deadline Recordings, and even when we reviewed some of those
labels, somehow we missed out on this man before. The first two
tracks of the album - there are seven in total, spanning more
than sixty-five minutes - may mislead the listener. The scraping
of metal, drenched in reverb, could be all too easily mistaken
dark atmospheric drone music, but when track three kicks in -
after the abrupt ending (bad fade out) of the previous piece -
things end up in noise land. Loud, vicious feedback and distortion.
It never seems to return to the opening (long) bits but things
howl on end. Maybe this is a bit too much on the noise side of
things for me, and I would have preferred a more balanced mixture
of the first two pieces and the noise that follows, say a 50-50
balance, but like it is, I guess these weeks, lots of noise entering
the weekly. Clew Of Theseus is certainly one of the more interesting
noise bands around, which is a reputation he gathered mainly because
of the first two pieces. You know he can, its just that he should
it more.
The label announces also Eric Lunde's reissues and the only Daniel
Menche CD for 2009 - certainly most promising releases to look
out for. (FdW)
Address: http://www.catharticprocess.com
LOCRIAN - RHETORIC OF SURFACES (CD by Bloodlust)
When I read the blurb about this something jarred- "Rich,
heavy, guitar/keyboard/voice-based drone for those who usually
find such music to be too gentle or uneventful. " and more
significantly ." artwork that includes an appropriately "Ummagumma"
and "Kollaps"-influenced photograph. " which I
failed to see - on re-examination there is a photo of a few combo
amps and
instruments in an industrial setting but it no way matches the
pun of Ummagumma's reference to military aircraft displayed with
their weaponry-
drum sticks replaced machine gun belts etc. and an LP latter shunned
by "the
floyd" as they became known probably because it represents
one of their most
creative works still under the influence of the crazy diamond.
of course no
doubt the group would denounce its experimentalism - in light
of M.O.R. classics such as the sickening Dark Side of the Moon
- but enough - that was 1969 - what has Locrain to offer soundwise..
Frippery drone descending into feedback, rumblings and feedback
without echo and reverb this piece would almost disappear. which
might be a good place to start. When spring reverbs and echoplex
machines first appeared they may well have suited the trippy analogue
vagueness of hippy orientalism and cosmic pretentiousness - unfortunately
today we live in a cleaner digital age of 0s and 1s - though at
my most positive I'd have to say that this "rhetoric"
even back in 69 would lack the imagination and naivety of Syd
Barrett- (jliat)
Address: http://bloodlustcatalog.blogspot.com/
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE - CORE ANODE (CD by Ftarri
/ Meenna)
Three tracks of live (of catastrophic electro improv sound) recordings
on 19th September 2002, Kid Ailack Art Hall, Tokyo (20:41), 14th
July 2006, Stubnitz, Copenhagen (27:00), 15th December 2006, ICA
Theatre, London (22:22) Any one of which would make this a significant
release. Not withstanding the brilliance of these pieces - this
is the third attempt at a review. Anyone familiar with Otomo Yoshihide
will no doubt not require explanation and for anyone who is not
unfortunately I lack the pedagogic skills to describe and have
sufficient wisdom not to attempt a description or what might be
called wrongly a translation of this work. Its arrival is perhaps
serendipitous amongst a general clamor of hair splitting, definitions,
pseudo- philosophizing and pseudo naivety its only with works
such as this that we can arrive at something if not generally
epochal but perhaps just personal. Not that I can use the over
used term epiphany as is done in that magazine. as what this represents
is not (for me) the road ahead- (the way the truth and the life)
or a reinstatement of a dead end
but the (continual) fulfillment of a project, that in this though
not in my case... but neither a defeat but rather like the arrival
of the cavalry or general Kitchener - only this time I've managed
to keep my head, I can sensibly leave these mountains and those
pedants who seek to know just when a hill becomes a mountain-
and embark on new seas in this new year. What I and others do
might be good or bad - but my task here is fairly simple, this
marks I would argue a general more than personal turning point.
(jliat)
Address: http://www.ftarri.com/
SACRAL SYMPHONY (CD by EE Tapes)
With their roots in the world of cassettes, its hardly a surprise
that EE Tapes continue on CD with a fine tradition: compilations.
There has been an excellent trilogy on drone music called 'The
Walls Are Whispering', also already three compilations as 'Table
For Six: All Quiet?', and today its time for 'Sacral Symphony'.
No mentioning of a volume, so perhaps its a one-off. The nice
thing about the recent compilations on EE Tapes they contain only
six or, such as in this case, five artists playing longer than
usual pieces. Thematic the approach here is about religion, in
whatever form it manifests itself. Although playing this I can't
help thinking of all five as church goers. Perhaps not to pray
and contemplate, but if anything to tape their source material.
Best exemplified in the Rapoon piece, who sampled the Kyiv-Chamber
Choir and his own voice for 'choirboy melody'. In the piece by
Cisfinitum and Troum, heavily processed church bells and organ
seem to play a similar role. Maybe it has something to do with
them really being religious, or perhaps a youth trauma. I don't
know, but somehow I expect the first more: why otherwise contribute
to a compilation called 'Sacral Symphony'. Not being religious
myself (nor having trauma's in this area), but a true lover of
sound, I like churches, the reverb of them, the choir singing,
the organ playing. Its a fascination I share with these guys.
Rapoon's 'One Last Breath' is the stand out here, but all five
are quite alright. 1000Schoen shows to be a good student of old
zoviet*france, Troum's monk chanting and First Human Ferro being
the most experimental one around here, with a kind of low resolution
sampling. Non spectacular under the ambient sun, but even the
non religious folks/ambient heads will surely find lots of pleasure
in here. (FdW)
Address: http://www.eetapes.be
LES POULES - PHÉNIX (CD by Ambiances
Magnetiques)
ENSEMBLE SUPERMUSIQUE - Y'A DU BRUIT DANS MA CHAMBRE (CD by Ambiances
Magnetiques)
Les Poules is a trio made up of Joane Hétu saxophone, voice,
Diane Labrosse
(sampler), and Danielle Palardy Roger (percussion). Their collaboration
as Les
Poules has a history going back to 1986 when they released their
first record ('Les contes de l'amère fou'). To be followed
by 'Prairie Orange' in 2002. But under the names of Justine and
Wondeur Brass their history goes back even further. All three
of these women are very experienced improvisors and composers.
All three of them have their own projects going own, and also
they participate in even more projects and groups. From time to
time they decide to write another chapter in the Les Poules-book.
'Phénix', their third project, is comprised of 24 tracks
divided in six sections. All tracks are under 3 minutes and the
tracks within each section make up one continuous whole. The recordings
took place on two days in january 2008. Hétu contributes
most (and best) of the time with her voice, making all kinds of
noises that go well with the disciplined use of the sampler by
Labrosse and the percussionwork by Roger.
They create moods and textures through improvisations that concentrate
on the
qualities of sound. All three take also part in the Ensemble Supermusique
that is
completed by Jean Derome (sax, objects, voice), Pierre Tanguay
(drums) and Martin Tétreault (turntables). Recorded live
in september 2007, the CD offers four improvisations for which
respectively Hétu, Roger, Labrosse and Derome delivered
the leading ideas. 'Canot-camping' is a conducted improvisation
by Derome. Yá du bruit dans ma chambre' originated from
a improvisation concept designed by Danielle Palardy Roger. '8
moments brefs' is also a conducted game-improvisation by Hétu.
In this improvisation "Each sequence lasts exactly one minute.
Every minute, all musicians switch material at random." Also
for this ensemble this is a third effort. The improvisations on
both records have a similar outlook. Non-rhythmic percussion,
vocal sounds by Hétu and others. Detailed pictures full
of small and delicate sounds and noises. At times the music becomes
loud and cacophonic, but most of the time, the improvisations
pass by in a steady stream full of little and small sounds and
noises. The longer you look in this river, the more fishes you
discover. Of both records I like the one by Ensemble Supermusique
most. Improvisations on this one have many exciting moments and
dynamics. And personally I'm always having a good time by the
turntables-contributions by Tetréault in line ups as these.
(DM)
Address: http://www.actuellecd.com
ANDREA POLLI - SONIC ANARTICA (CD by Gruenrekorder)
The mail never arrives early here, which is in itself not a bad
thing: it gives me time during the day to work on what I got yesterday.
However when the cover has only very fine print, reading may become
difficult and I have to crawl under a lamp to read what is going
on. So I understand that this a new CD by one Andrea Polli, whom
I don't think I have heard of before. The Gruenrekorder website
however provides us with an extended biography, of which I pick
the highlights: "She is currently an Associate Professor
of Film and Media at Hunter College. Polli's projects often bring
together artists and scientists from various disciplines. She
is interested in global systems, the real time interconnectivity
of these systems, and the effect of these systems on individuals.
She has exhibited, performed, and lectured nationally and internationally.
She currently works in collaboration with atmospheric scientists
to develop systems for understanding storm and climate information
through sound (a process called sonification)." She works
with natural sounds, from the atmosphere, weather and such like.
This brought her to the Antarctica, where this work was recorded.
Basically this work has two components: pure field recordings
of the south pole and interviews with people who work there. Unfortunately
they are not on a 50-50 balance: the pieces with talking in it
outweigh the pieces that purely deal with sound. That is a pity.
Not because I don't like talking, but after I once took the information
in, I doubt wether there is a second time of doing that. The scientists
that talk about data or the fact that Darwin was a geologist rather
than a biologist is interesting (certainly in the Darwin year
a nice bit of trivia to throw in at a party), but would you play
it again? I doubt that. The sound pieces however are quite nice,
the penguins, the snow and telecommunication lines. I wish there
was more of that, accompanied by a more readable book, which would
provide all the text parts. A strong eco-comment however. (FdW)
Address: http://www.gruenrekorder.de
ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS/FAMILY BATTLE SNAKE/STELLAR
OM SOURCE - HOW DO SIAMESE TWINS ARRANGE THEIR LOVE LIVES (LP
by Editions Zero)
There was a time when I heard a lot of Ashtray Navigations, and
I could be classified 'a fan', but then at one point not much
seems to be released and I lost my interest a bit. I still hear
the old stuff with lots of joy though. Maybe things were just
really quiet, I don't know, but receiving a new LP, which I think
was always the format for his music, filled with lots of excitement,
and I am not at all disappointed. It seems to be - the cover is
not entirely a work of detailed information - a collaboration
with one Family Battle Snake and Stellar Om Source, both of whom
I don't think ever heard. Even this is supposed to be a collaboration,
its not Ashtray Navigations 'plus', but rather 'times three'.
I imagine three guys, three guitars, lots and lots effect boxes
on the floor, and then they branch out onto their own musical
obsessions: minimalist drone music, noise, heavy metal, stoner
rock and krautrock. In each of the two pieces, one per side, they
go with ease through these obsessions, in a very interesting interplay
these styles. One side (no titles, white labels) is a bit softer
than the other, and that one was preferred here, although both
sides are great. It made think to play some old Ashtray Navigations
to start the new year. (FdW)
Address: http://www.noise-below.org
BURROW - LOOM (CDR by Power Silence/Somnimage)
IRR.APP.(EXT.)/MYKEL BOYD (7" by Somnimage)
PAINTING PETALS ON PLANET GHOST/MYKEL BOYD (7" by Somnimage)
These are noisy days. The fireworks outside and the Vital pile
inside. Lots of noise last week and lots this week. Odd, and perhaps
just a concidence. Burrow is the collaboration of the Blake Edwards
we know as Vertonen and one Bryan Tholl, and together they are
armed with electronics, turntables and metals. Three pieces were
recorded on a radio programm, and one is live cut. All pieces
are long, between eleven and fifteen minutes. 'Cyclical Damages'
and 'Mud Stick' open up the release and takes you on a good twenty-four
minute ride on the noise waves. Metal crashes, sounds rotate and
make odd twists, feedback fires it arms and Merzbow is never far
away. Nice, but easy also. I though 'Anemone Drowning', an exercise
in more upbeat drone music was much more interesting. Electrical
circuits being amplified and making a sizzling high end piece
of drone music. The live pieces returns to noise, more feedback
and distortion than crashing happy metal, but that is nice however
in all its minimal, strict linear approach.
On the same label also two split 7inch releases, and both have
one side played by Mykel Boyd, the labelowner. Irr.App.(ext.),
one of the lover boys of drone music and a member of Nurse With
Wound these days, is represented on one side, and one could wonder
if the format of a 7" suits his music, but his small piece
of guitars, drones and some field recordings is quite nice. One
of those things which go by too quickly to easy. Quick changes
in the mix reveal there was more in this. Perhaps something similar
could be said of Boyd's piece, although his piece is more about
what it is. There is nothing more than this. His entire piece
seems to be made out of field recordings, wind sounds mostly,
processed to form that endless drone, with insects in the pond.
Less changing and exactly fitting the length of a 7".
Behind Painting Petals on Planet Ghost are The Opalio Brothers
from My Cat is an Alien along with Ramona Ponzini, who are all
members of My Cat Is An Alien. Here we enter a more 'pop' based
land, with Japanese bells, wind chimes, acoustic guitar, voices
and field recordings. Chimes in the wind, guitar intro, heavenly
Japanese like vocals. Gentle atmospheric music without the darker
edges that comes usually for free with this territory. And I guess
which is on Boyd's side. Recording sounds at the All Saints Cemetery,
in the snow, in 2006 and 'manipulated and shaped' in 2007. A darker
piece than is on the other 7", this flies low over the surface.
For all I know this could have been the lowest note on the organ
transposed a few more octaves down the spine. A shivering piece
that fits this particular cold, but snow free, day. Here too,
but then on both sides, the 7" format works wonderfully well.
Both on white vinyl and both limited to 200 copies. (FdW)
Address: http://www.somnimage.com
JOY (CDR compilation by Zaftig Research)
Posted three days before christmas kicked in, this of course arrived
well after new year, which perhaps is a bit late to listen to
a music compilation celebrating christmas holidays in an alternative
manner. Zaftig has been releasing compilations for this holiday
for about ten years now, and 'Joy' is the last one and that they
exhausted the topic. I think I reviewed only five in total, including
this one and the good thing is that the whole christmas aspect
is moved back even further on this compilation. If you wouldn't
know any better (say looking at the cover and see titles like
'Night (Bethlehem Mix'), 'Jerusalem' or 'Bells Jingled... Check')
then this could altogether be easily mistaken for another eighty
minute CDR release of experimental, electronic and noise music
compilation. There is some religious tunes scanned in for the
season pleasure, but throughout the 'bands' play noisy bits, electronic
chants and are perhaps like me: glad the whole christmas/new year
thing is over by now. Besides name checked people like Thee Virginal
Brides, Tzesne, Mystified, Karl Bosmann lots of new names, such
as Dead Shall Not Have Died In Vain, V.I.K.I., Astrogenic Hallucinauting,
Atas-400, Ctephin, Der Tribologe, Fail, Gorgonized Dorks, Humanextermination
Project, Goose, Stolen Light, Black Saturn, RS-232 and Thunderwheel,
which seems to be a new name for Chaos As Shelter. Nice compilation
for all seasons. (FdW)
Address: http://www.zaftigresearch.com
ARSZYN - FON (CDR by Sqrt Label)
Almost a year ago, Polish musician Arszyn surprised us with an
interesting work of spoken words of Polish emigrants in London,
mixed with sounds of the city. It was called 'Emigrant' (see Vital
Weekly 617). On his new work 'Fon' he doesn't seem to have such
political and sociological implications, but returns to five pieces
that deal only with sound. I believe its still the basis of of
field recordings that forms the fundament of this music, with
lots of electronic manipulation going on top of this. As such
Asszyn plays music that is best described as a mixture of microsound,
ambient music, drones and glitch. It seems that he moves per track
into these various areas. In the opening piece 'Filip', loops
swirl around in heavy ambient drone fashion, whereas in 'Czu'
its highly microsound ambient glitch and in 'Linalool' things
work in a more rhythmic vein, Ikeda/Pan Sonic styled rhythm. This
makes this release a pretty varied affair, which is nice to hear.
It harks to various other styles, and all of which were heard
before, but the combination of styles, be it per track and not
inside the track, is a nice twist. (FdW)
Address: http://sqrt-label.org
PRICK DECAY/VIOLENT ONSEN GEISHA - DADA
JUNK SPEW! (CDR by Studies For Audio Orgies Records)
The vague department rings again. What is this? Who released it?
It looks like bootleg, but in the world of CDRs you can never
be sure. It says on the cover 'Prick Decay/Violent Onsen Geisha',
and it has three tracks. Is this a split disc of solo tracks and
if so, who did what, or is it a collaboration? Not clear. What
can you expect then? Three slabs of noise, tape collages, psychedelic
singing, record spinning and even a lengthy section with rhythm
on 'You Two Scumbags As Innocent As Puppies', which works in a
nice krautrock like manner. The second piece 'It's Kasso, As In
Asshole' is a more pointless exercise in spinning records alongside
too much noise, but the electro-acoustic noise outing of 'Silver
Afro Funeral March' is on the other hand quite a nice piece. And
that sums up all the words found the cover. Strange world it is,
sometimes. (FdW)
Address: none given of course
(VXPXC) - BAKED POTATOES (CDR by Dim Records)
On two previous occasions I heard the music of (VxPxC), the trio
of Justin McInteer, Grant Capes and Tim Goodwillie, out of Los
Angeles. I now learned that the name stands for Vast Psychdelic
Cassettes and that they recorded since their inception some material
worth of thirty CDs, which seems a bit much. Their two previous
releases, as reviewed in Vital Weekly 577 and 627 were received
with some mild anticipation. The three boys, locked in the shed
they call their recording studio, improvise over 'spiked coffee'
on a variety of instruments, with guitar, bass and rhythm machine
headlining. Recording techniques have been limited to a cheap
stereo microphone which hangs from the ceiling, somewhere in the
middle of the shed. This means that the rhythm machine is consistent
low in the mix, boiling like a tea kettle in the background. Still,
also this new one, is a nice lo-fi affair. The guitar is a bit
tuned off, the singing a bit false, the compositions are a bit
long and not always to the point, but this all has a great charming
quality. One can feel the pleasure they had when they recorded
this, it has a great sense of naivety filled with this improvised
doodling. Sometimes music is not about delivering the best quality
but about the sheer pleasure of making music, with all the imperfections
that come with it. (FdW)
Address: http://www.myspace.com/dimrec
THOMAS DIMUZIO & ANDRE CUSTODIO/CONURE
- STREET OF ERRS (CDR by Cohort Records)
The ongoing series of split series. Usually with pieces that last
about thirty minutes, give or take, but here has a piece that
is under nineteen and one from twenty-seven minutes. To start
with the latter. The unknown Conure is one Mark Wilson, who gets
credit for 'processing, looping, and sounds recorded on the streets
of Manhattan', which results in a barrage of noise, distortion,
feedback and sometimes the street sounds zip through the wall
of sound. Not that things have been recorded superloud, but the
gritty lo-fi sound doesn't make a very solid impression. Rather
one of those on the spot recordings that is probably fun to do,
but not necessarily should materialize into a release.
The CDR opens with a duo piece of live sampling master Thomas
Dimuzio in collaboration with the for me unknown Andre Custodio,
who plays synthesizer and processing. In 'Air Way' they play some
heavy electronic ambient music. It moves back and forth, like
an endless steam engine of an electronic mass. I was reminded
of old Roland Kayn music here. Its not gentle ambient, but a thick,
swirling mass of sound, with lots of hidden tension that sometimes
bursts out. Now this is something. I don't think I could have
expected a weak piece by Dimuzio, and here once again, he doesn't
let us down. A fine piece. Quite solid. (FdW)
Address: http://cohortrecords.0catch.com
JEAN BORDE - MORCEAU EN FORME DE LA (CDR
by Appel Music)
DAN WARBURTON - LIFE IN THE GREENHOUSE (CDR by Appel Music)
Among the many noise based releases of this and last week, these
two apples come as a relief, a moment of tranquility, even when
the first one leaves me a bit puzzled. I think the band is called
Jean Borde, and their piece is 'Morceau En Forme De La' (a piece
shaped as), which reminds some perhaps of Erik Satie 'Morceau
En Forme De La Poire', if I remember correctly. Here its a chamber
music like piece for two double basses, a violin and a piano.
I am not sure if its improvised or composed, but if its improvised
than its a damn fine, elegant job they are doing here. Slow music,
with tension and suspense, elegance, sustaining sounds, silence,
a plink here and a plonk there. Perfect easy listening (but without
being cheesy) modern classical music. The more I hear it, the
more I realize its an elaborate improvisation for four instruments.
I have no idea what it sounds like, as my modern classical vocabulary
fails here, but I did enjoy this quite a lot.
Warburton's release is for solo violin and was recorded inside
a green house which was set up as part of an installation by Peter
Coffin. He invited various musicians to plat inside the greenhouse
'to entertain the visitors of the gallery and amuse the plants',
which is a great idea, but who knows if plants like music? Maybe
to find that out, Warburton suggests on the cover of the release,
the release should be taken into a greenhouse and the effects
could be scientifically tested on the plants. I can't do it, as
I have no plants. At forty-four minutes and forty-four second
this is quite a long album for a single solo improvisation on
one instrument, even when Warburton has all the right skills needed
to play such an instrument. He moves up and down the strings,
hits them, strikes them, plucks them. In terms of new improvisation
- the instruments as an object - he doesn't do much, the violin
here sounds as a violin and nothing else. Perhaps the conventional
character of the improvisation is something I have some trouble
with and I could have easily settled for a release that lasted
twenty-two minutes and twenty-two seconds. (FdW)
Address: http://www.appelmusic.org
C. REIDER - THE ELECTRET QUINTET (PART ONE)
(MP3 by Vuzh Music)
Of course we learned to appreciate the work of C. Reider as one
of those drone meisters with lots of online releases. Here however
he seems to be moving into a different direction. This is part
one of a series of five, dealing with 'experimental explorations
of the textures and sounds of analogue drum machines'. Two drum
machines are used here, the Roland TR-808 and the Roland TR-727.
There are fed through sound effects, computers perhaps and still
operate in a rhythmic manner, although Reider doesn't want to
classify his material as 'industrial, IDM, minimal-techno and
noiseambient'. I must admit I had a hard time with this. None
of the five tracks here worked very well. It seemed to me that
Reider more or less freely improvised on his drum machine, and
let the sounds slip into delay and reverb as well as some other
sound effects, but none of the tracks were interesting enough
to be played again. There is a strong lack of tension and structure
in these pieces and it marches on end, even when the pieces aren't
very long. I sense there is more to this, and Reider hasn't taken
the material to its full capacity yet. Very close to a 'start'
and very far away from a 'finish'. (FdW)
Address: http://www.vuzhmusic.com