Working more like character studies of the individual sounds therein than “songs” with structures and interrelated parts. This is a subtle distinction, much easier heard than explained—most of the tracks (pieces? it’s ambiguous) on Redsuperstructure do have “parts” or “sections,” in which musical variables such as timbre or the sounds themselves are added, taken away, [...]
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Byetone :: Symeta (Raster-Noton)
Bender has gotten more rhythmically adventurous, and has also updated his palette of sounds, somehow staying faithful to that precarious notion of what is and what isn’t appropriate on R-N. [Release page] My CD collection owes its size to the university library where I had a job during college. Working in the audiovisual department wasn’t [...]
VLADISLAV DELAY :: Away from the unnecessary
One thing that has Vladislav Delay’s work standing the test of time is an endless sense of definition-proof direction, not at all scattered, masterful in a worldly sense of musicality and overall breadth of style. TJ Norris had the chance to catch up with him on the cusp of releasing a few new exciting projects. [...]
Kangding Ray :: OR (Raster-Noton)
OR gives the ears a thorough pummeling across its eleven relentless bass-music tone-poems, interrupted only briefly by morsels of polished ambience or skewed and bent android like voices. Like most Raster-Noton releases, you’ll need to concentrate on OR to get the most out of it, otherwise it becomes a rather homogeneous smear. [Raster-Noton Shop] It [...]
Alan Lockett’s Tops of 2011 :: So Far (So Good)
Igloo Magazine Contributing Editor, Alan Lockett’s verdict on 2011’s half-year of music is sofar, sogood, with his picks appearing on two Top lists here. To accompany this, extracts from his thirty picks were chosen and sorted into two piles, broadly designated ambient/drone and techno/dub/idm, and spun into a brace of mixes. :::….:.:::….:::::::..:::::…..::..::::…::::.:.::::..:::…:::….:::.::::.:.::.:::.:::.:::…:::..::…:: 20eleven sogood :: [...]
ALAN LOCKETT :: 20eleven sofar | sogood (igloomag mix)
Alan, known to some as albient for his mix-tricks (and occasional audio-doodle) compiles 15 of driftiest dream-dealers in ambient/drone for 20eleven so far, while for 20eleven sogood he channels another 15 of the movie’n’grooviest techno/dub/idm players. Igloo Magazine Contributing Editor, Alan Lockett’s verdict on 2011’s half-year of music is sofar, sogood, with his picks appearing [...]
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto :: Summvs (Raster-Noton)
This music, this album, will be the perfect companion for lonely, dreary mornings; afternoon fall under the covers with only headphones. Just beautiful and bursting with inspiration. [Shop] Write a preamble about Alva Noto, also known under the name of Carsten Nicolai, proved futile as the musician clouds the issue since the beginning of his career. [...]
Top releases of twenty-ten
With this article, 151 releases and 25 honorable mentions are highlighted as being titles that garnered the extra spins in 2010. These musicians (and associated labels) offered an abundance of quality productions coming from all corners of the globe with an emphasis on releasing music that doesn’t always follow a defined path. [January 2011] Twenty-ten [...]
Frank Bretschneider :: EXP (Raster-Noton)
Packed with crisp clicks/cuts, waves and funky beats we hear short pieces ranging from 14 seconds to 3 minutes, all with one thing in common, ultimate flexibility of a pitter-patter beat that twists seamlessly from piece to piece. EXP is something of a glorious experiment. Sure there have been many artists who have put together [...]
Senking :: List (Raster-Noton, CD)
(04.19.07) Raster-Noton has made a name for itself as a purveyor of clean and often clinical, cutting edge minimalism. Hosting a multitude of experimental releases by the likes of Ryoji Ikeda, Alva Noto, Mokira, Ryuichi Sakamoto et al, Raster-Noton has long been a particularly esoteric label. Senking’s List, then, appears to be something of a [...]