Uwe Schmidt’s new release for Raster-Noton flips from tinkling piano tumbles to the kind of ear piercing glitch most often associated with the label, and sometimes combines the two in uneasy passages of creeping uncertainty.
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Archive for May 9th, 2012
Atom™, “Winterreise”
Beru/Adam Beckley, “Sing Over Me/The Day You Heal” split tape
Fledgling label Armed Within Movement modestly launches with this split of ethereal drone.
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Cakewalk, “Wired;” Ballrogg, “Cabin Music”
The Chicago-based, post-rock instrumental group Tortoise caused a bit of a critical stir in the mid-90s, although their complex blend of rock, ambient, jazz, techno and electronica may have ultimately been to subtle for mass acclamation.
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Hammock, “Asleep in the Downlights”
A couple of years ago, I wrote a review of Hammock’s “Chasing After Shadows…Living With The Ghosts”. I didn’t like it.
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Olaf Rupp, Tony Buck, Joe Williamson, “Weird Weapons 2″
At first, I was worried that this was going to be the type of improv recording that would be too difficult for my tastes.
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