Musically this limited Green cassette delivers experimental and challenging ambient compositions, made of slow moving atmospheres, delayed sounds and weird sound manipulations, focused closely on patterns, timbres, silence, tiny noises and electro-acoustic effects.
The musical industry always maintained a high dynamic of alternative micro movements, subcultures which follow radical DIY ethics (punk, industrial music). Electronic music with a cool modern classical and impressionistic ambient vibe definitely grew among new adepts of self-organized creativity in the margins of the big competitive production. An entire musical biotope made of community radios, micro-labels with a grass-root attitude rose from dark to make now a name in the e-trade and global digital culture. Analogue Chat is a recent initiative launched by two creative and cultural actors of the DIY music scene which borders sound art and ambient/avant folk music: Richard Cunliffe (curator of It’s Just Music Baby radio show, who also work in music production under the moniker of The Laborer) and Paul from Shimmering Moods Records who also hosts a monthly radio show on Red Light Radio. This micro-label offers here their second release, published as limited K7 edition, assorted with digital files. Quite an original tape publication as side-A features the soundscapes and side-B is an interview given by the sound producer Gary Mentanko about his compositional approach, inspiration and motives for this new work. Mentanko is a sound artist but also known as the owner of an other DIY label: Wistrec. Musically this limited Green cassette delivers experimental and challenging ambient compositions, made of slow moving atmospheres, delayed sounds and weird sound manipulations, focused closely on patterns, timbres, silence, tiny noises and electro-acoustic effects. It has a clear home-made or craft based dimension, sometimes inviting the listener to explore singularly elaborated, processed field recordings. An obscure, inventive and interesting release at a cross of quiet ambient miniatures and concrete music.
The Community Pasture is available on Analogue Chat.
