Brent Gutzeit is a member of the group Tv Pow, but is perhaps better known for his beautiful collaboration release with James Plotkin (Old, Khanate, Phantomsmasher) on the Kranky label. Furthermore, Gutzeit has collaborated with artists like Jim o?Rourke, Kazumoto Endo and Kevin Drumm. He also runs the Boxmedia label. The music of Gutzeit is hard to qualify…
Deathpile – G.R.
September 1, 2003 by
Just when I thought certain genres had finally died out, I?m confronted with this release. Deathpile is one of those acts in the field of ?power electronics? that has been around for some time, and simply will not give up. Deathpile?s music is characterised by layers of noise, with samples and aggressive vocals…
Tsukimono – Sketches 6-27
September 1, 2003 by
This CD-R by Tsukimono is the first release of a promising new label from the Netherlands, called ?Mechanizedmind?. ?Sketches 6-27? contains 5 long tracks. Most of the tracks appear to be made of manipulated piano and guitar sounds. These beautiful sounds are used to make subtle and beautiful compositions…
Nordheim, Arne – Dodeka
September 1, 2003 by
The only work of Arne Nordheim that I had heard before this release was the re-working of his compositions by Biosphere and Deathprod (also released on Rune Grammofon). While this re-working clearly had the identity of the latter two artists, it also contained a very special atmosphere that could not be ascribed to both reworkers.
Wiese, John – Bubble Pulse
September 1, 2003 by
Once there was a very obscure but brilliant band called ?man is the bastard?, this band played a sort of grindcore with lots of influences from the (Japanese) noise scene. This band stopped recording one day, and one of its members continued as ?bastard noise?. Bastard Noise created very harsh, but interesting noise, and collaborated with Merzbow, Brume and others…
Leafcutter John – The housebound spirit
September 1, 2003 by
Sometimes, I?m confronted with music that is totally unclassifiable. This album by Leafcutter John appears to be one of those unclassifiable albums. The artist behind the ?Leafcutter John? project is the composer John Burton. Burton uses electro-acoustic techniques to compose his works. The overall compositions on this album are made up from pieces of music from very different genres…
Speedranch & Janski Noise – Mi^grate
June 29, 2003 by
Mr Speedranch and Mr Janski Noise have made quite an impression with their remixes and tracks on compilations of the years, Now they released a full-length CD on the Planet-Mu label (the label of Mike Paradinas aka Mu-ziq). The CD contains 15 tracks full of NOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSE, interluded with an occasional sample…
V/A – All Tomorrows Parties 3.0
June 29, 2003 by
This is a compilation of tracks by artists that performed on the fourth issue of the ‘all tomorrows parties’ festival in the UK (4-6 April, 2003). The festival was curated by the legendary electronica pioneers Autechre…
Kenneth Kirschner – September 19, 1998 et al.
June 29, 2003 by
This is the first solo CD by Kenneth Kirschner, who released a collaboration CD on Sub Rosa with Taylor Dupree (raster, 12k, radical ambient) in 2002. Kirschner’s music is apparently inspired by the avant-garde compositions of Morton Feldman (who release works on Sub Rosa for example). And can be classified as environmental, electro-acoustic or avant-garde. This CD contains three long tracks…
V/Vm – It’s fan-dabi-dozi! / HelpAphexTwin 4.0 / Dimitri Shostakovich
May 15, 2003 by
Remember being a little girl? Remember that special day when you were being taken to the house of that strange man your parents always warned you about? Remember him giving you lots of candy and making him listen to his strange record collection,? while stroking you gently? You don?t? Well, then here?s your chance to catch up on the experience! Because artistic all-stars V/Vm just released th ..
Kareem – Full Spectrum Dominance
May 15, 2003 by
Kareem is perhaps better known for his involvement in Berlin?s Zhark label. This Zhark label has released a steady output of excellent dark and noisy industrial techno releases with a bit of an acidic flavour. About half of these releases have been by DJ Kareem. Some time ago, a sublabel of Zhark was created which is called Ramadan Records…
Ilar, Anders – Everdom
May 11, 2003 by
Wow, I have probably just discovered my favourite release of 2003. I will tell you about it right now? I have been following the releases of Berlin?s Shitkatapult label for some time now, and although I do not like every release, they have managed to impress me time and time again. Shitkatapult has released excellent 12?es and CD?s by acts like Apparat, T…
Dhomont, Francis – Jalons
May 10, 2003 by
Francis Dhomont is a composer from France who has been composing ‘musique concrete’ and electro-acoustic music for over 60 years, along with composers like Pierre Henry and Piere Schaeffer. Besides composing, Dhomont also lectures at the University of Monteal and writes articles about music-theory…
Jean, Monique – L’adieu au s.o.s.
May 10, 2003 by
I’ve never heard of Monique Jean before, but she surely made an impression with her first CD on the Empreintes Digitales label. Jean lives in Montreal and is a student of Francis Dhomont (reviewed elsewhere on this site). She works with dance, video and media installations. This is perhaps why her work is a bit soundtrack-like (in a slightly abstract way)…
Ch District vs. Duuster – Chemical Elements 1.0
May 10, 2003 by
M-tronic seems to be becoming one of the most interesting and qualitative French electronic dance labels nowadays, after excellent releases by Dither and Beefcake, there now is a release by newcomers Ch District and Duuster…
Seth Nehil & John Grzinich – Confluence
April 18, 2003 by
[ this review also deals with “Stria” ] These two cd?s were released and intended to accompany each other, one on the Belgian Erewhon label, and one on the American Intransitive label. Both cd?s contain 3 long tracks…
Seth Nehil & John Grzinich – Stria
April 18, 2003 by
[ this review also deals with “Confluence” ] These two cd?s were released and intended to accompany each other, one on the Belgian Erewhon label, and one on the American Intransitive label. Both cd?s contain 3 long tracks…
V/A – Bip_Hop Generation [v6]
February 7, 2003 by
This is already the 6th part in the Bip-Hop generation compilation series. It is also the last. This compilation contains exclusive tracks by Alejandra & Aeron, Scanner, Bittonic, Ilpo Vaisanen, Battery Operated and Angel. All the music can be classified as difficult electronica or idm, although one track is more difficult than the other, and some are quite accessible…
Lescalleet, Jason – Mattresslessness
February 7, 2003 by
I’ve been looking forward to hearing a solo-release by Jason Lescalleet ever since his amazing collaboration cd with John Hudak was released. I had been following the works of Hudak for years, and was really surprised with the collaboration as it was far more musical and subtle that I was used to…
Augur – Like little machines
February 7, 2003 by
Augur is quite an obscure project. Although I have heard of the project time and again, I must admit I have only heard their collaboration work with ‘Birds of Tin’ on the Manifold label. This cd apparently comes without a frontcover and has very minimal design (which fits quite well I must say). The 9 tracks on this album are all pretty quiet and on the background…
