The Voigt brothers are basically the Wright brothers of Berlin minimal techno.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Max Richter - Memoryhouse
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Contemporary classical record. Cinematic, nostalgic, bosom-heaving, reminiscent of Phillip Glass.
My personal opinion is that this record would do well with more added aural space. Or just play it while watching the Jane Eyre TV miniseries.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Dandelion -- Dyslexicon
Pauline Oliveros: Electronic Works 1965-1966
"I think about using all these delays as a time machine. Because when I play something in the present, then it's delayed and comes back in the future. So that's expanding time. That's the idea there. It's not about just one delay, it's about a whole lot of them. I've got it up to the point now where I can actually use about twenty delays. If you're in a space, you're hearing delays all the time, different time-scales. What I got interested in, long ago, was the coloration of sound that happens in a space. This happens because of delays, so I wanted to work with that."
- Oliveros, Pink Noises: Women On Electronic Music and Sound (Rodgers, 2010)
Pauline Oliveros is a badass.
Also related to sound delay in music, Radiolab has a great interview with Zoe Keating of Rasputina called "Quantum Delay," which can be found here.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Broadcast - Tender Buttons
Vocals imitate the best of minimal synth/coldwave (think Xeno & Oaklander, Chris & Cosey, Jeff & Jane Hudson) but with a softer, dreamier minimal-pop touch. The album has a very good pace to it, switching rhythm and sound--achieving a 14-track record that remains compelling and entertaining throughout, with a fantastic overall texture.
RIYL: Ladytron, The Knife, Xeno & Oaklander
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Pärson Sound
The 3-LP box set released in 2010 of 60's era recordings from Swedish psychedelic/spacerock outfit Pärson Sound is reminiscent of Taj Mahal Travellers and hints at a later prog-rock movement. Swirling, expansive, and whimsical.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Ryoji Ikeda - Matrix
matrix | mātriks|
noun (pl. -trices |ˈmātrisēz| or -trixes)
1. an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure : free choicesbecome the matrix of human life.
• a mass of fine-grained rock in which gems, crystals, or fossils are embedded.
• Biology the substance between cells or in which structures are embedded.
• fine material : the matrix of gravel paths is raked regularly.
2. a mold in which something, such as printing type or a phonograph record, is cast or shaped.
3. Mathematics a rectangular array of quantities or expressions in rows and columns that is treated as a single entity and manipulated according to particular rules.
• an organizational structure in which two or more lines of command, responsibility, or communication may run through the same individual.
ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense [womb] ): from Latin, ‘breeding female,’ later ‘womb,’ from mater,matr- ‘mother.’
matrix is a series of sound installations employing pure sine waves and white noises as a sculptural material. The installations are designed in response to specific gallery spaces or public sites selected by the artist. Sine wave is one of the purest forms of sounds, white noise contains the full frequency spectrum randomly. As visitors pass through the sound field, subtle oscillation patterns occur around their ears, caused by their own movements interfering with the sounds. It is a very personal experience that is only through the visitors' physical engagement in the sound space that the real character of the work can be perceived.
I strongly encourage you to check out the rest of Ryoji Ikeda's website, some of his projects are wildly creative.
Vladislav Delay - Mutila
Austere glitch compositions. Crisp pops juxtaposed with distorted clanging and atmospheric tones. One of my all time favorite electronic albums.
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