Artist: This Co.
Title: Untitled
#ca355
Date: 2010-01-31
Keywords: dark disco, new wave, post-punk
Tracklist:
01 - Take it away - 04:32 (320 kbps)
02 - As you know - 04:10 (320 kbps)
03 - Nanina - 03:37 (320 kbps)
04 - Drying - 03:16 (320 kbps)
05 - Bass - 04:02 (320 kbps)
06 - Figure it out - 05:02 (320 kbps)
07 - Came along - 04:29 (320 kbps)
08 - XX - 03:52 (320 kbps)
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This Co. Is a Chilean band that combines Post-Punk and New Wave into a hybrid between rock and electronic. Thanks to its particular sound and meticulously designed stage show it creates an intense experience.
The band was formed initially under the name Macanudo as a duel of guitars and electronic bases by Jorge Christie and Nicolás Rebolledo (Chileno Medio). With the incorporation of Carlos Vergara (Federación de Boxeo, Crack) on the bass, the band began to call themselves This Co. and to consolidate, with new songs and a more mature sound, that which had already been started.
In 2007 This Co. played the principal stages of the local scene, presenting with Nouvelle Vague at the EIMA festival and also at the Cada Canción Una Historia cycle, that received a very good mention in Rolling Stone magazine.
The 2008 launch of their self-titled debut earned the support of the specialized and the general public. Various songs on the album have been remixed by Garbo, El Sueño de la Casa Propia (E.S.D.L.C.P.) and Fiat 600. This same year, with the incorporation of Cristián Aranda (Federación de Boxeo, Crack) on the drums presented with The Twelves in Kubix and launched the video of their single “As you know” preselected as one of the 10 most resquested on MTV.
Recently and with new songs in their repertoire, This Co. toured Europe and played in Barcelona, Weimar and Berlin on July 2009, in four excellent presentations that confirmed the international projections of the band.
This Co. is Jorge Christie (Vox, rhythm guitar), Nicolás Rebolledo (Lead guitar, keyboards) and Carlos Vergara (Vox, Bass)
(c) (p) This Co. 2008. Santiago, Chile.
Contact:
http://www.thisco.cl
http://www.myspace.com/thiscorock
http://www.facebook.com/thisco
Artist: Hindi + Riis
Title: Trunking
#ca354
Date: 2010-01-28
Keywords: electroacoustic, improvisation, experimental
Tracklist:
01 - Clear box - 11:09 (320 kbps)
02 - Joybubbles - 9:49 (320 kbps)
03 - Blue box - 8:45 (320 kbps)
04 - Linemen - 19:28 (320 kbps)
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As avid listeners surely has noted, exercises in improvised sound has, to an increasing extent, begun to bridge the gap between restrained tone clusters and the underworlds of grit and abrasion. But what is the nature of this “noise” being adapted?
If what we are dealing with truly is a case of adaptation, this might prove problematic, implicating the displacement of sound into new contexts rather than a profound familiarity with the matter at hand. While such strategies have rendered interesting results in their own right, it remains a rare thing to experience a merger not compromising either position. Releases like Kevin Drumm’s Sheer Hellish Miasma naturally comes to mind when reaching for standout examples, but listening to Trunking, it is evident that also Hindi and Riis are stating a vision of their own, exposing a similar understanding of the harsh noise vocabulary.
Alongside delicate wave structures and concrete object rustles the duo naturally cranks out the crude feedback squeals, throbbing crunch and junk metal crashes characteristic of another stratum of the experimental music scene. Yet, what seems to distinguish the playing of Hindi and Riis are not primarily the specifics of the sounds themselves, but what appears to be the genuine pleasure derived from their crafting. Coarse music, not for the sake of exotica, but for the genuine love of a heavy jam.
With a burgeoning understanding of noise, electro-acoustic improvisation might find itself once again embracing the ecstatic qualities of free music that were once rejected on the basis of excess. How are we to come to terms with the, perhaps vulgar, pleasure of noise while still aiming for the refined aesthetics of contemporary improvisation. Or, one might ask, has such a dichotomy of “body” and “soul“ been wrongly stated to begin with?
A partial answer lies buried in the binary code of these digital sound files, since, to its merit, Trunking seems to raise questions of this very kind.
Could this be music for fans of Burkhard Beins and Black Leather Jesus alike?
(Peter Henning, Malmö 2010)
Jassem Hindi (FRA/LEB): lo-fi electro-acoustic material: diverted machines, amplified objects, contact mics, found tapes, no-fi field recordings, no input mixing board.
Jakob Riis (DK/SWE): laptop, MaxMSP, real time processing.
Recorded at Mains d'Ouvres, Paris feb. 2007
Cover photos by Nguyenmaler http://www.tuannguyen.co.nr/
Contacts:
Jassem Hindi:
http://www.myspace.com/hindij
Jakob Riis:
http://www.sonicescape.net
Artist: stefano ferrian
Title: Improvisations For NoSyncopated Guitars
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Date: 2010-01-24
Keywords: acoustic, abstract, improvisation, classical, other
Tracklist:
01 - To The Amarcord - 2:18 (320 kbps)
02 - A Voyage - 4:32 (320 kbps)
03 - Drive Me To Paranoia - 1:51 (320 kbps)
04 - Broken Groove Box - 5:27 (320 kbps)
05 - A.N.S.I.A. - 1:59 (320 kbps)
06 - The Fly - 0:50 (320 kbps)
07 - Benzodiazepine - 2:31 (320 kbps)
08 - Abstract - 4:57 (320 kbps)
09 - A Duet, with myself and I - 2:49 (320 kbps)
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"Improvisations For NoSyncopated Guitars" is the first solo album of the italian eclectic improviser Stefano Ferrian. Here he's with 9 abstract classical guitar solos and duet (with himself) improvisations. Not just the usual impro stuff but a deep introspection guided by the winters solitude.
Produced by Stefano Ferrian @ Noize Studios on 19/20 December 2009
Stefano Ferrian / Classical Guitars
Artwork Photos by Stefano Ferrian
Stefano Ferrian plays guitars since the age of 9 studying various genres like Blues, Rock, Fusion, Funky and Avantgarde techniques. He's the former member of the Italian well known grindcore/experimental band .psychofagist. and he's active in various projects like Razoj, Udus and collaborates with many bands in the extreme music scene like Ephel Duath, The True Endless and in the folk project Skoll. After more that a decade playing in extreme/experimental bands he start studying Saxophones founding he's new Impro Trio FFATSO. He recorded or played live with musicians like Davide Tiso (Ephel Duath), Mario Gabola, Damo Suzuki, Stefano Giust, Dominik Gawara, Ivan Pilat and Luca T Mai (ZU).
Contact:
http://www.myspace.com/denoizeproject
This album is also produced by Setola di Maiale - musiche non convenzionali.
(SM1680)
http://www.setoladimaiale.net
http://www.myspace.com/setoladimaiale
Artist: Kerim Safa
Title: Subdermal
#ca352
Date: 2010-01-20
Keywords: electroacoustic, abstract, live electronics
experimental; other
Tracklist:
01 - A0d0f1i3r7y9 - 5:26 (320 kbps)
02 - Nochi - 3:49 (320 kbps)
03 - Kafka High - 3:50 (320 kbps)
04 - Maerd - 3:54 (320 kbps)
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Video: Nochi - 4:08 (47.9 MB)
We use words to get in contact with people to explain what we think. But thoughts are abstract. We narrow them by using daily language to make everyone understand. If we were able to use pure thoughts (not words) to communicate, there would be a vague and chaotic communication process from the viewpoint of the "daily language user". But on the other hand, there would have been a wider and sincere communication experience for the two sides of this uncommon conversation.
Kerim Safa is an audio/visual artist from Istanbul, Turkey. He was born in Izmir on 1985 and after 4 years of fine arts faculty (on printing design) experience in his hometown, he moved to Istanbul. In 2007, he started studying music at Istanbul Bilgi University with full scholarship. After playing and recording with some bands, he decided to release his own material as an ep. He is still living,playing and continiuing his education in Istanbul.
Contact:
http://www.myspace.com/kerimsafa
kerimsafa@gmail.com
Artist: The Rick Jensen Quartet
Title: Night Shelter
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Date: 2010-01-17
Keywords: jazz, improvisation, free jazz
Tracklist:
01 - Restless Legs - 4:23 (320 kbps)
02 - House of the Sun God - 2:31 (320 kbps)
03 - Writing in Ashes - 7:55 (320 kbps)
04 - Maranatha - 2:12 (320 kbps)
05 - On Southern Time - 9:56 (320 kbps)
06 - Night Shelter - 2:24 (320 kbps)
07 - Everything - 7:58 (320 kbps)
08 - The Cat Who Never Woke Up - 4:09 (320 kbps)
09 - In the Daylight - 1:22 (320 kbps)
10 - The Hedonist - 11:57 (320 kbps)
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Night Shelter was the last recording I made before leaving New Zealand, it was also the first (and so far only) studio recording by The Rick Jensen Ensemble.
It was recorded in early 2006 at James Gilberd's Photospace Gallery by Blair Wootton with his portable studio set up. It is also the last recording of mine from New Zealand to have never been released before. The band at the time had never played as a quartet before, James had been playing drums for me for a year or two, Sam had been playing bass on and off with the Trio for a couple of years, he had been in Korea for a year prior to this which is When Nigel had joined in playing bass and keyboards. The studio approach resulted in a very different sound to what we would normally do, shorter pieces, more jazzy and more room to try unusual things. I do think its still a good album, and marks a brginning and end in the history of this group.
Rick Jensen: Alto Sax, Clarinet, Recorder
Sam Stephens: Bass, Hammond
Nigel Patterson: Hammond, Recorder, Bass
James Gilberd: Drums, Percussion
Contact:
http://www.myspace.com/therickjensentrio
Artist: gillicuddy
Title: the yaouhl! mashups
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Date: 2010-01-10
Keywords: indie, rock, folk, post-rock, lo-fi, psychedelic, ambient, drone, experimental
Tracklist:
01 - i know, i know - 0:49 (320 kbps)
02 - de mannetjesolifant gaat op reis naar de oostzee - 7:57 (320 kbps)
03 - sh-dah - 3:35 (320 kbps)
04 - instrumental #2 - 2:34 (320 kbps)
05 - sme. li. co. - 1:01 (320 kbps)
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"the yaouhl! mashups" is the fourth release by German multi-instrumentalist gillicuddy, alias Andi Rohden.
It's about beauty, surprises, humour, distraction and nervousness.
Contact:
http://www.gillicuddy.net
http://www.myspace.com/gillicuddy
http://www.last.fm/artist/gillicuddy
http://www.facebook.com/pages/gillicuddy/388890755432
Artist: EugeneKha
Title: River Songs
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Date: 2010-01-09
Keywords: ambient, ethno, fusion, downtempo, pop-art, electronica, other
Tracklist:
01 - Intro - 1:37 (320 kbps)
02 - The River Song - 6:40 (320 kbps)
03 - The Volga Bulgarians - 4:03 (320 kbps)
04 - Interlude # 1 - 1:15 (320 kbps)
05 - Coast Hope - 6:07 (320 kbps)
06 - Rainsong - 2:58 (320 kbps)
07 - Volga - 6:24 (320 kbps)
08 - Interlude # 2 - 2:31 (320 kbps)
09 - Dark Wave - 5:05 (320 kbps)
10 - After A Rain - 2:54 (320 kbps)
11 - Reastrained Emotions - 3:48 (320 kbps)
12 - Interlude # 3 - 1:00 (320 kbps)
13 - Slippery Coast - 3:18 (320 kbps)
14 - Mirror - 5:20 (320 kbps)
15 - Last Mooring (Part 1 & 2) - 3:37 (320 kbps)
16 - The Eternal River (Radio Edit) - 5:21 (320 kbps)
17 - Final Passage - 3:54 (320 kbps)
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Recorded and mastering at White Art Studio, Moscow, November 2008 - November 2009
EugeneKha: music and arrangement, keyboards, piano, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, programming, samples.
Featuring:
Konstantin Guro: strings, flute, clarinet
Alexey Malyshev: piano, acoustic guitar
All music by Evgenij V. Kharitonov (EugeneKha/Yoko Absorbing/Microbit Project): 2008-2009
Artwork by Anna Kharitonova, 2009
EugeneKha info:
EVGENIJ V. KHARITONOV (EugeneKha, Microbit Project, Yoko Absorbing, Nameless Dancers) - Sound - and visual poet, sound artist, musician, producer. Was born in 1969 in Moscow. Has got philological education, the author of numerous literary publications and many books, works in journalism. The publisher and the editor of magazine of literary and art avant-guard "Drugoe Polusharie/Another Hemisphere", audio-magazine of sound poetry and audio art "ARTronic Poetry", the curator of Festival of experimental art "Lapa Azora".
In music is engaged from the middle 1980. In first half 80 was DJ and the dancer in the Moscow Disko-theatre "Columb", since 1987 played different rock groups as the guitarist, the vocalist and the author of songs. In the late nineties seriously was engaged sound poetry and audio-art. Acts with performances, has let out many audio-albums as sound poet, it was published in sound poetry magazines. The participant of many vanguard festivals and live performances.
In 2000 has taken a great interest in electronic music, without adhering to any one direction.
The basic musical project - EUGENEKHA (2006) which is focused on creation Intelligent Chill music: Ambient, Dark Ambient, World Music & Ethno, Melodic Downtempo, Melodic Psychedelic, Trip-Hop, Soft Synth-Pop, Chillout, Fusion and sometimes Soft House.
In 2008 has created as side-project MICROBIT PROJECT. Under this name he writes down various experimental and radical music - Industrial, Punk, Hardcore techno, Noise, Drone, Noise Ambient, Indie, Experimental, Low-Bit.
Another side-project - NAMELESS DANCERS which is focused exclusively on a dance music.
As in cooperation with the musician and artist Mikhail Lezin in 2008 has organised a duet of avant-garde music (concrete, progressive rock, free jazz, noise rock, abstract) "YOKO ABSORBING"
Except own musical and literary projects Evgenij V. Kharitonov is the operator of three net-labels - Microbit Records, 45RPM-Records and Another Hemisphere Records.
Links:
http://academia-f.narod.ru (site)
http://lautpoesie.narod2.ru (all music projects)
http://drugpolushar.narod2.ru (another hemisphere magazine)
http://www.myspace.com/evgenijvkharitonov
http://www.myspace.com/eugenekha
http://www.myspace.com/yokoabsorbing
http://www.myspace.com/microbitproject
e-mail: lautpoesie@yandex.ru
Artist: Graham Dunning + Noise Research
Title: Ocean Epicure
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Date: 2010-01-03
Keywords: noise, sound-art, music concrete, electronic, experimental, other
Tracklist:
01 - Ocean - 24:22 (320 kbps)
02 - Epicure - 19:03 (320 kbps)
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Ocean Epicure is their first collaboration recorded in Grahams Studio in Manchester, November 2009.
Ian Simpson: electronics, circuit bent toys, chimera boxes, glitch box
Graham Dunning: electronics, found sounds, altered records, objects
Noise Research is the Alter Ego of sound artists / musician Ian Simpson.
Ian Simpson has worked in experimental music for many years and has material released on Electronic Musik, Casual Seizures, Bivouac, A.M.P recs, Knife in the Toaster and EMP. He works with improving quartet Id of Mobius (also on Clinical Archives), ambient project Bacillus and electronica duo Fonik. Visual artist / film maker Adam Mufti has recently used music by Bacillus as part of a film soundtrack. Ian uses effects lines / processors combined with a variety of lapsteel guitar, cheap charity shop keyboards, circuit bent toys, scratched cd’s, chant generators, dictaphones, and chimera boxes.
Graham Dunning is a sound and visual artist based in the UK. His sound sources include field recordings pressed to dubplates; modified records; adapted playback equipment such as reel-to-reel tape players, turntables and Walkmans; found sounds, especially discarded footage of people’s home recordings; home made electronics and circuit bends; broken cymbals and other metal objects; and inexpensive delay units.
Dunning has recently performed at temporary gallery space Outlet run by Exocet in Manchester, a Happening in Shoreditch Library and the Leytonstone Arts Trail. He also performs in improvised noise, drone and post-punk band Blood Moon; psychedelic drone and improv band Infinite Birth; and produces dubstep, techno and electronica under the name Analogg.
Contact:
http://www.myspace.com/noiseresearch
http://www.myspace.com/grahamdunning
Artist: This Co.
