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VITAL WEEKLY
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number 695
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week 37
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SLW - FIFTEEN POINTS NINE GRAMS (CD by Organized
Music From Thessaloniki) *
THOMAS KONER - LA BARCA (CD by Fario) *
THE INFANT CYCLE - THE SAND RAYS (CD by Diophantine Discs) *
THE MOBILE INTERACTIVE COMPUTER ENSEMBLE - MICE WORLD TOUR (CD
by EcoSono) *
TELEKASTER - THE SILENT ANAGRAM (LP by Champversion/Panic Arrest)
N - BERGEN (SKIZZEN + NOTIZEN) (LP by Consouling Sounds)
N - TRISCHEN (LP by Genesungswerk)
MIRKO UHLIG/N - SANDDORN (7" by Ex Ovo/Genesungswerk)
STILLBIRTH/PRURIENT - THE MIRROR OF PURIFICATION (7" by Semata
Productions)
RICARDO DONOSO - ZEROVINTEUM (7" by Semata Productions)
STRONGLY IMPLODED - WHY USE A PROXY? (CDR by Ikuisuus)
BIONULOR (CDR by Etalabel) *
THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS - THE MARIA SESSIONS (CDR by The Terminal
Kaleidscope) *
EDWARD KA-SPEL & THE SILVERMAN - THE WHISPERING WAIL (CDR
by The Terminal Kaleidscope)
THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS - HUMAN RADIO (CDR by The Terminal Kaleidscope)
INSTAGON - THEE SCREAMS OV ANGELS ON THEE DEAF EARS OV MAN (CDR
by Love Earth Music) *
AUDIO ROADKILL VOLUME TWO (CDR by Love Earth Music)
ILAN MANOUACH & TASOS STAMOU - LIVE (CDR by A Question Of
Re-Entry) *
MATT WESTON - FOR ALEXANDROS GRIGOROPOULOUS (CDR by A Question
By Re-Entry) *
PHANTOM HERON SEAS - SPECTRAL DISHWATER (CDR by Muzzedia Verhead)
*
DIODAAR - BLACK MOON SIEGE IMPRESSION (CDR by Muzzedia Verhead)
DIODAAR - RUST COLOURED AIRBRUSH STROKE (3"CDR by Muzzedia
Verhead) *
MACHINEFABRIEK - LOOPS FOR VOERMAN (3"CDR by Machinefabriek)
*
SLW - FIFTEEN POINTS NINE GRAMS (CD by Organized
Music From Thessaloniki)
The press text refers to a previous CD by SLW, which I called
back then an instant quartet. Its Burkhard Beins (percussion,
objects), Lucio Capece (soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, preparations),
Rhodri Davies (harp, electro-acoustic devices) and Toshimaru Nakamura
(no-input mixing board) and back then it seemed an one-of occasion
which, in the world of improvisation is a common practice. Imagine
a traveling circus of people who meet in a variety of places,
perform music on the spot, and then move on. Back then the CD
was called 'SLW', now they moved that being their 'band' name
and these four meet on a regular basis. The recordings presented
here were made in July 2007 in France, and is mixed by Nakamura.
Like with this previous releases sustaining sounds play the all
important role in this new piece. It sounds to me as if the four
agreed upon the following concept to play: let's all imitate sine
waves, drones and feedback like sound with our instruments. Only
Beins at a very few occasions goes out of that and seems to be
hitting instead of rubbing or bowing. Sometimes things seem to
explode and go beyond the noise limit, sometimes they play a very
soft card. The listener is taken on a great journey by these four
excellent players. Forty some refined minutes of improvised music.
Improvised music which hardly sounds improvised. (FdW)
Address: http://thesorg.noise-below.org
THOMAS KONER - LA BARCA (CD by Fario)
Maybe the time has come to admit that I was kinda jealous at Thomas
Koner when he released his first CD on Barooni. It was quite early
on for experimental music on CDs and this looked and sounded great.
In those early days I had all of his work, then later on also
his work as Porter Ricks (which I recently re-played and thought
still to be very good), but then, at one point, I didn't keep
up. I can't remember why, but it just happened, somewhere at the
beginning of this century. So somehow it escaped me that Koner
didn't release anything for the last five years and that 'La Barca'
is his first musical release for some time. Here he uses field
recordings from various locations (mentioned as longitude/latitude
in the titles), with a strong interest in voices. No rain drops
from the jungle, or wind from the permafrost, but people talking,
walking and passing by. This he mixed with electronics (I guess)
and the result is some great ambient music. I hear Japanese and
French voices, a car passing, and Koner plays all along long form
sounds, powerful in all its quietness. Ambient music with the
very big A, great music along the lines of the best, say Brian
Eno. Post holidays (a traveling period for some) a release that
keeps the spirit of traveling alive and an excellent companion
for short, dark winter nights. (FdW)
Address: http://www.feardrop.net
THE INFANT CYCLE - THE SAND RAYS (CD by
Diophantine Discs)
This label has released both on CD and vinyl. Perhaps its therefore
a bit of an odd choice to release the new Infant Cycle on CD.
Not because of the nature of the music, but due to the material
which was used to create this music: like before Jim DeJong, the
man behind The Infant Cycle, uses vinyl to create his music. Ah.
You think vinyl and you think Yoshihide, Marclay or Spooky? Wrong.
The Infant Cycle has nothing to do with turntablism like that.
More along the lines of Vertonen, The Infant Cycle uses run out
grooves which are taped and then fed through a line of analogue
sound effects or perhaps synthesizers and then further treated,
enhanced and altered on the computer. Actually I made that last
bit up, as I think there are no computers used by The Infant Cycle.
Its more likely that everything exists in the world of analogue
sounds, with cheap low resolution sampling keyboards, four track
recording machines and more analogue sound effects. The music
is raw and densely layered with lots of icing on the cake, but
this is not a work of endless spinning noise loops. Jim DeJong
knows how to create music that is both noise based and yet still
something to hear. Although throughout quite present, he is not
shy to take matters into a more quieter area, and presents us
a highly listenable release of music that is, for me at least,
the logical step in what some call industrial music. Powerful,
intense, rich of ideas and excellently executed. (FdW)
Address: http://discs.diophantine.net
THE MOBILE INTERACTIVE COMPUTER ENSEMBLE
- MICE WORLD TOUR (CD by EcoSono)
In this case MICE is short for The Mobile Interactive Computer
Ensemble, which lists a whole bunch of names, about twenty-one
in fact, and they are an 'innovative sonic arts ensemble using
networked computers and interactive acoustics'. They have played
all around the world, using their laptops and a variety of instruments
and sound sources... sand sources even. In the first track there
is the sound of buried microphones in a desert. There is an ecological
angle to this, say people of the green world unite, or something
like that, but that may reflect just of some of the more ethnical
sounds used here and there, but throughout the microsounding edge
prevails here. In 'That Which Is Bodiless' a saxophone bridges
to the world of jazz, and its the weakest piece on the album.
'Sandprints' has a nice poppy touch to it, an almost electro-dance
piece with great childlike rhythms. Great. 'World Strings' processes
all sorts of string instruments together in quite a nice pieces.
The other pieces can be find in laptop processing of sounds and
are more abstract, with ''A'aa' being almost a Stephan Mathieu
like piece. They are quite alright too, but not spectacular. The
album ends with eight short pieces of FM sounds being processed
in real time. They sort of elude me being on this album at the
end. Maybe four of them should have been cut in between the regular
pieces? Quite a varied album, and its perhaps this variety that
saves the album. Not every minute is equally strong, but its saved
by the pleasure used to bring this. (FdW)
Address: http://www.ecosono.com
TELEKASTER - THE SILENT ANAGRAM (LP by Champversion/Panic
Arrest)
The debut album by Matthias Grübel, who plays 'various instruments,
sounds and manipulation', with the help of some others on violin,
electric guitar, voice and 'orchestra arrangements and other recordings'.
Grübel has released before under the guise of Phon Noir on
Sub Rosa, but for some reason changed to Telekaster. Its not easy
to describe the album. Its all highly atmospheric music, that's
for sure. Not just in a drone sense of the word, because melodies
play an important role here. The various instruments seem to me
mainly guitars and a piano (perhaps a midi one), with an extensive
use of sound effects to create a rich, thick sound, that is orchestral
in 'All That Is Solid Melts Into Noise', drifting into a more
introspective tune of 'Where Diving Bells Are Ringing'. Post rock
is perhaps a term to fits this, but its all without drums and
its definitely not static. This music is in constant flux, always
on the move. A great record actually. Very melodic, without becoming
a pop record. More modern classical, I'd say. A very pleasant
and varied album. Highlight of the week. (FdW)
Address: http://championversion.com/
N - BERGEN (SKIZZEN + NOTIZEN) (LP by Consouling
Sounds)
N - TRISCHEN (LP by Genesungswerk)
MIRKO UHLIG/N - SANDDORN (7" by Ex Ovo/Genesungswerk)
To be honest: it sort of eludes me why in 2009 a label would want
to release a remix LP from a 2LP set from 2003? Back then Genesungswerk
released the very nice record 'Bergen' by N (see Vital Weekly
473), also known as Hellmut Neidhart, the guitar player from [Multer],
and now Consouling Sounds releases a four track remix album, with
pieces by Mirko Uhlig, Segment, Fear Falls Burning and N himself.
Things open up with a short lovely piece of a lighter nature.
Feeding perhaps through some synthesizer, this is gorgeous. Segment
starts out drone based, but then moves into a strange bouncing
and minimal piece of music. A long piece, but one that needs its
time indeed. Fear Falls Burning also get quite some space on this
record. Its hard to think how someone who plays guitar and effects
can create a remix. Maybe N gave him some chords used on the original?
Or maybe the original is fed through some of the Fear Falls Burning
effects? Either way, the end result is great. It doesn't sound
like a remix, it sounds like a Fear Falls Burning original. N's
own remix is a matter of 're-amping and live dubbing', according
to the cover. A subdued mix, sounding far away. Not very long,
but perhaps a fine way to end this record.
At the same time there is a new LP by N on Genesungswerk called
'Trischen', with recordings from this year, direct to two track.
The previous record was mastered by Thomas Koner, and one could
perhaps see that in the music, this new one is mastered by Fear
Falls Burning, and, I'll be damned, there is a link to that music
too. Five pieces of guitar playing, more raw than Fear Falls Burning
perhaps, with just a bit more distortion pedal, pushed a bit further,
but by and large N fishes the same pond of guitar drone music.
Actually quite nice indeed, be it not very original but played
with care and style. Remix to be expected in 2015, I assume?
The format of 7" might not be the right format for this kind
of music, but N and Mirko Uhlig give it a try anyway. Its a bit
unclear who does what here, but maybe there is no link: 'recorded
and mixed separately 2008 and 2009'. N's side sounds less like
guitars, or perhaps: less than on 'Trischen', and a bit more electronic.
Uhlig (formerly known as Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf) plays the piano
on his side, distant and quiet. Electronics? Perhaps somewhere.
Maybe you should play both sides at the same time? Curious little
item, on transparent vinyl and a nice full color cover on transparent
paper. (FdW)
Address: http://www.consouling.be
Address: http://www.genesungswerk.de
Address: http://www.exovo.org
STILLBIRTH/PRURIENT - THE MIRROR OF PURIFICATION
(7" by Semata Productions)
RICARDO DONOSO - ZEROVINTEUM (7" by Semata Productions)
It was mentioned before, but I'll say it again: not all kinds
of music are fit for a 7" release. Not because the music
is bad, but sometimes the tonal qualities are better for a CD
release, and the brief character of a 7" do not always justify
the music. That's my 'problem' with these two 7" records.
Excellent presented in nice covers and blowing away any expectations
I might have had. I assumed, wrongly, that Stillbirth and Prurient
on the firs 7" would be noise. Both bands present here, on
45 rpm!, a piece which is best described as dark ambient. Highly
textured music of layered guitar sounds, synthesizers, mumbled
voices from the ether and other manipulations. Great. But way
too short.
A bit longer, since it plays at 33 rpm, is the 7" by Ricardo
Donoso, who is the drummer of 'experimental death metal unit'
Ehnahre and one half of Perispirit. His 7" is great. Again
it has nothing to with death metal or noise, but it takes the
sound of drums and synthesizers as the starting point for two
great pieces of minimal dark ambient music. Especially 'Plate
Fourteen' is a very minimalist affair of cymbals that form a drone,
while title piece is more a complex web of sounds, all mixed to
dark moody pitches. Here too, I would have loved to hear more.
(FdW)
Address: http://www.semataproductions.com
STRONGLY IMPLODED - WHY USE A PROXY? (CDR
by Ikuisuus)
A release from the Ikuisuus-label (Finland). Strongly Imploded
is a group of four people who don't reveal their real names. They
play reeds, guitar, drums, glockenspiel, electronics, synth and
bells. They come from different musical backgrounds and decided
to start Strongly Imploded as an laboratory for new musical experiments.
And experiment is what they do. They recorded this CDR in 2008
in Napoli, Italy, so I suppose it is an italian combo. In their
radical improvisations they mix sources of acoustic and electronic
origin. In the quiet and open passages their music fails to attract
attention. However in the extravert and loud parts of the improvisations
they do. There are some very enjoyable cacaphonic and furious
minutes to enjoy here. Also they know how to built up a piece
of improvised music. They are relatively new in this business
if you ask me, but eager to learn more, as can be deduced from
their dedicated playing. (DM)
Address: http://www.ikuisuus.net/
BIONULOR (CDR by Etalabel)
The music created by Bionulor is "100% sound recycling"
as he calls it himself. Each piece is created with only one sample,
which is then processed in lots of different ways. A bit like
Aube used to work, taking one source to create music. Aube did
that for a whole CD, but somehow I think Bionulor changes his
source per track, which of course is fine too. He writes that
he uses 'musical waste', like sounds from old tapes, vinyl and
archive recordings. The processings done by Bionulor are entirely
made in the digital domain, i.e. the computer. A job well-done
I'd say. The music is glitchy, yet warm. Warm digital ambient
music along the lines of say Fennesz or Stephan Mathieu. As such
one could say there is not much news under this ambient glitch
music, but Bionulor does however a fine job. Fifty solid minutes
of finely woven, textured music. Some tracks could have been a
bit shorter I'd say, but surely that's something for the future.
This is a promising start. (FdW)
Address: http://www.myspace.com/bionulor
THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS - THE MARIA SESSIONS
(CDR by The Terminal Kaleidscope)
EDWARD KA-SPEL & THE SILVERMAN - THE WHISPERING WAIL (CDR
by The Terminal Kaleidscope)
THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS - HUMAN RADIO (CDR by The Terminal Kaleidscope)
A celebration that somehow escaped me, which of course I should
be ashamed of forgetting: this year The Legendary Pink Dots exist
thirty years and that means an interesting archeological sound
dig. Three CDRs of material, two by the band and one by the two
main actors of the band, Edward Ka-spel and The Silverman. Maybe
I told this story before, but in the early to mid-80s I was a
big Pink Dots fan, as their tracks on compilation cassettes stood
out from the amorph industrial music that was usually served.
They had a rock sound that was still experimental, with tape cut
ups and collages of sound. When they started to release records,
and played more regular songs my interest disappeared a bit, but
when I got 'The Maria Dimension' in 1991 I was blown away by those
great songs and to this date I think this album is the one to
get, if you only just want one. I believe its their best selling
album. On 'The Maria Sessions' we get to hear how this material
was born, shaped and finished. The band was four then: Ka-spel,
The Silverman, Niels van Hoorn and Bob Pistoor and each in a corner,
they created their music spontaneously, which was recorded onto
a cassette. To many this was the band's best line-up (me included,
although I think the absence of violin is still to be regretted).
Listening to these four lengthy pieces, one hardly recognizes
any of what would later become the songs of the album, but in
the first part the electronics swirl around. Coming from all four
corners, guitar and saxophone included, its a great ambient piece.
In the second part the rhythm plays a big role and Pistoor's guitar
howls away. The last two pieces combine both ends and make a great
album. As said, trainspotters won't be able to recognize any of
the songs, but these edits (keep that in mind - this is not the
complete session material, but edited highlights) show a great
instrumental Pink Dots work. Not unlike 'Four Days', which was
recorded in the same years.
The same working method was applied later on, in 2004, when the
band recorded 'The Whispering Wall', but then only by core members
Ka-spel and The Silverman. I realize that I have no clue how the
band worked for their other albums. Through similar jams? Or more
from a concrete starting point? Anyway, in 2004, the two sat down
with the synthesizers and went jamming around. Its away from 'The
Maria Sessions', these four jams being purely electronic and somewhat
crude, even at time a bit noise based. A far cry from the refined
psychedelic ambient of the previous release, and piercing at times.
I don't seem to remember this angle from resulting 'The Whispering
Wall' CD, but its nice to hear this. Of course its not screaming
noise hell, certainly in the first piece things are quite nicely
psychedelic. Great view of how a band like this works.
These two releases would make you forget that the Legendary Pink
Dots are band, playing songs, with heads and tails. May 14th 2002
was when The Dots (the Ka-spel, landed in Cafe Desmet in Amsterdam.
A small bar inside a radio studio. They were invited by Marylou
and it was a strange period for the Netherlands. It was about
election time, right after the murder of Pim Fortuyn, 8 days earlier.
A country in chaos and distress and what could be better than
the apocalyptic voice of Ka-spel and the at times sad and other
times hopeful music of the Dots? The set of eight songs they play
here is rather intimate, almost folk like with the 'The More It
Stays The Same' as the odd ball out. No krautrock like explosions
they can also be known for if they play the venue. No such thing
here. A damn fine recording of a great set of songs, plus some
funny radio quotes. Three fine releases to celebrate thirty years.
Onwards to the next thirty. (FdW)
Address: http://www.terminalkaleidoscope.com/
INSTAGON - THEE SCREAMS OV ANGELS ON THEE
DEAF EARS OV MAN (CDR by Love Earth Music)
AUDIO ROADKILL VOLUME TWO (CDR by Thee Instagon Foundation)
Back in Vital Weekly 671, we reviewed 'Audio Roadkill Volume One'
by Thee Instagon Foundation, here is a somewhat more complicated
affair. As Instagon, the band that is, there are twenty-four people
who contribute sound material to this release of eight tracks.
They were all recorded live, show 470 to show 483 (these guys
play a lot), where a variety, but not all twenty-four are on stage,
perform some crazy, noise based improvised music. Noise based,
but not in the sense that its an hour worth of feedback howl,
but improvised on a variety of instruments such as bass, synthesizer,
guitar, maybe even a bit of vocal. I was reminded of some early
Throbbing Gristle freaking and jamming out, when they sounded
more like a rock unit, than a band that used a lot of synthesizers
and electronics. Not every piece is convincing here, especially
when someone does that something that certainly won't fit the
schematics of whatever is going on, but the raw energy of this
makes up for it. Much better than the previous compilation, with
the jazzy 'The Handstamp Conspiracy' as the highlight here.
I wasn't that pleased with the 'Audio Roadkill Volume One' compilation,
but always eager to hear more, here is 'Volume Two' and things
have improved. It starts with a fairly long piece by Nux Vomica
for contact microphones and mild electronics, and it creates a
great piece. Vertonen's Blake Edwards has four tracks on offer
cut as one track, which brings the noise to the compilation, but
in quite a nice way. Not always just a loud blast, but he walks
a fine line with more silent fragments, inside the space of one
piece. A fine job. More noise comes from Audioemetic and Kawaiietly
Please, which wasn't bad, but too single minded in their turntable
with distortion pedals pushed through the floor. But Nux Vomica
and Vertonen save the day for this. (FdW)
Address: http://www.loveearthmusic.com
Address: http://www.tif.org
ILAN MANOUACH & TASOS STAMOU - LIVE
(CDR by A Question Of Re-Entry)
MATT WESTON - FOR ALEXANDROS GRIGOROPOULOUS (CDR by A Question
By Re-Entry)
Both of these releases have a printed cover, but both don't have
that much information to go by. The whatever info on Manouach
& Stamou is very small printed, but i learned that Ilan Manouach
plays saxophone and reeds (and more) and Tasos Stamou plays effects,
electronics, toys etc and that this work was recored during an
impromptu event at Despo Papastathi's house. A work of improvised
music. Manouach's saxophone sounds at times like Evan Parker or
Lol Coxhill, that is the somewhat more traditional playing of
the instrument and not the exploration of the full potential of
the instrument-as-object. Which of course is fine. Stamou waves
along some nice electronics, which are mostly in the background,
sometimes as drones, sometimes percussive. Nice stuff going on
here, like lazy sunday afternoon: glass of retsina, nice improvised
music, relaxed atmosphere.
But sunday afternoons can get disturbed. In December 2008 15 year
old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was shot by the police. US percussion
player Matt Weston, of whom I think I never heard, created a tribute
to Grigoropoulos' memory, which is a powerful, loud work of electronics,
turntablism (it seems, it might also be the kaos pad), and percussive
instrumental bits, all recorded loud, in your face, without becoming
too obvious noise based. This is also only partly rooted in the
world of improvised music, but perhaps owes more to old good musique
concrete in the old analogue sense of the word. Quite a powerful
work of heavy electronics for a heavy subject. (FdW)
Address: http://www.noise-below.org
PHANTOM HERON SEAS - SPECTRAL DISHWATER
(CDR by Muzzedia Verhead)
DIODAAR - BLACK MOON SIEGE IMPRESSION (CDR by Muzzedia Verhead)
DIODAAR - RUST COLOURED AIRBRUSH STROKE (3"CDR by Muzzedia
Verhead)
Behind Phanton Heron Seas is Allan Upton, whom we also know as
the man behind the Dead Sea Liner label, and as a musician as
Textured Bird Transmission. I must admit that hearing this Phantom
Heron Seas and knowing Textured Bird Transmission doesn't make
it easy to say what the differences are between both projects.
Upton likes his music to be drone based and it seems to me that
it is created in the digital domain. Highly textured glitch based
music that doesn't deal with clicks an cuts, but gliding and sustaining
sounds of refined computer processing. Excellent stuff. Nothing
new or spectacular innovative, but very well crafted drone music.
At times sparsely orchestrated and at other times a bit more massive.
From both project, I think this is the best release so far.
Diodaar is a trio of Simon Moore, Waz Hoola and Kev Wilkinson
and as soundsources, the cover lists guitars, bass, synths, computers,
electronics, cymbals, dictaphones, amps and boxes. On 'Black Moon
Siege Impression' they have two cuts, one of twenty seven minutes
and one of thirteen minutes. They improvise their music 'direct
to stereo mics'. I have no idea if there is some form of editing
afterwards. When I was listening to these pieces I couldn't help
thinking of the local The Dear Listeners. Diodaar sounds very
much alike them: sustaining guitars, which slowly evolve and develop
with sound effects playing an all important role. In '0612040902-1'
there is the continuous sound of a cymbal. Slow motion music,
played with great care. And of course something similar can be
said of the 3"CDR, a kind of sister release to the full length,
but if I had to compare all three pieces, I'd say the one of the
3" is the most worked out, most complex one, and the most
musical one. Rather than an improvisation, it seems if the three
members actually set out to play a pre-planned piece of music.
As great as the other one actually, but better! (FdW)
Address: http://www.myspace.com/muzzediaverhead
MACHINEFABRIEK - LOOPS FOR VOERMAN (3"CDR
by Machinefabriek)
The cover says 'originally presented on a three way speaker system,
11 and 12 september 2009 at Beeldenpark Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht',
which is funny, since I write this on the 4th of september. Perhaps
Machinefabriek made these ready before the presentation of the
sculpture by one Rob Voerman? The cover may show this sculpture,
but I don't think I would easily recognize this, when I saw the
real thing. Rutger Zuydervelt composed a fifteen minute for this
sculpture which deals with his guitar and the effects that surround
the six strings. Things are put through an endless sustain, with
a slow, shifting mood. Played with a violin bow, it seems, and
the decay of the sounds are amplified even a bit more, so we can
hear them well. Quite an environmental, as in ambient, piece of
music. Maybe a bit too much in the improvised world (some more
editing could have made the piece a bit more tighter), but a great
surrounding music piece anyway. (FdW)
Address: http://www.machinefabriek.nu