With previous releases on Noise Museum, Fario and Alice In Wonder it’s been at least 5 years since Marc Titolo (aka Dither) has crafted his powerful abstract frequencies for the world to hear. His sense of rhythm and rough electronic experiments set him in a field of his own. Layers of industrial influenced beats are molded to microscopic tweaks and twitches and yet there are structured melodic pieces within each of his tracks. Decomposed rhythms blend harmoniously within these melodic outbursts, and oftentimes they also create a sense of flow and abstraction from start to finish.
Summit is the latest release (Jan.2003) by Dither (as well as his fourth since Urei) on the Paris, France based M-Tronic record label. Available in a limited (and textured) burgundy colored Digi-Pack with silver ink, the minimalism described on the art-work suggests a very subtle chemical element is contained within the contents of the disc. Well, this may be true, but also keep in mind that this sort of minimalist “feel” is contoured with abrupt electronics and multi-layered experimentations.
While comparisons usually direct people to a particular sound description and/or genre, Dither’s musical formations are a breed of their own. The ingredients are a blend of darkness and light accented with textured electronics that fans of Gridlock, Codec, Autechre, and Scorn could identify with. As one of the leading French electronic musicians to date, Dither’s Summit proves that elegance can function easily in the stark landscape of eroded beats.
