(October 2003) Narrominded, a label from The Netherlands, started releasing music in May 2000 and is founded and run by Lars Meijer and Coen Polack, who make music together as Living Ornaments and are also members of the improv-band Psychon Troopers. This split release between Living Ornaments and Accelera Deck is the first in a series of split LP’s that will be released by Narrominded and each will feature music by one Dutch and one international artist; a good way to promote new and less known artists from The Netherlands who make interesting music.
Living Ornaments are featured with 11 mixed tracks (that equal about 20 minutes altogether) and are obviously interested in soundscape music, sometimes more rhythmic but mostly atmospheric, never too fixed. Their music is focused and transparent at the same time, it’s made of layers of sound that are changing, not very briskly, but also not too careful, leaving enough room for surprise, so you can not know what’s next. Their part is called Ribbels. Accelera Deck (Chris Jeely) is featured with 4 tracks (also about 20 minutes of music) and his side is called Spangle EP. It starts directly with 4 minutes of lo-fi shoe-gaze noise generated from guitar and done in a good way, with an obvious musical sense and lo-fi vulnerability. All tracks by Accelera Deck are good, raw but focused. The third is the longest, almost 12 minutes of patiently evolving ambient-noise that at the end is merged with the much shorter last track ending with a mix of white-noises and acoustic country guitar sounds. A very intriqueing start for the Split LP Series on Narrominded.
