Revealing a journey in the truest sense of the word, Re: conet_c traverses moody alleyways, tranquilized beatwork, and melodic strands that are pulled to their ultimate capacity to accentuate the albums musical range. Mixes by Nathan Moody, Roel Funcken, Benny Tones and Tiny Triumph Recordings (Toby Lloyd), Re: conet_c is mastered by Bob Macc at Subvert Mastering.
Showcasing dub echoes and the mastering process
The sound of minimalist dub echoes and sparse clicks, cuts, and modular rhythms abound, here we find Wellington, New Zealand-based Radek Rudnicki—sound artist, performer, composer, and Wave Folder Records owner—highlighting work by mixing and mastering engineers spread over ten tracks as an “open source” release showcasing the entire process of creation from an unmastered to mastered state.
Radek noted in a recent email exchange that “the idea here is that one can listen to the differences between each mix and see how different engineers approached the tracks. Then we have the software, samples, and all the nerdy goods as well as hosted on Github.” In summary, we can attribute this release as an educational sound document that not only engages the listener, but also allows them to discover the difference a mastering engineer can offer and provide a more realistic credit rather than buried in liner notes. Aiming to revisit and reconnect various bits of software and hardware, Radek continues to establish new workflows and admits that this release method is basically a “living project.”
Six compositions in total and four mixed by invited engineers—all of the mixes are mastered too. Revealing a journey in the truest sense of the word, Re: conet_c traverses moody alleyways, tranquilized beatwork, and melodic strands that are pulled to their ultimate capacity to accentuate the albums musical range. Mixes by Nathan Moody, Roel Funcken, Benny Tones and Tiny Triumph Recordings (Toby Lloyd), Re: conet_c is mastered by Bob Macc at Subvert Mastering.
One can easily find nuanced and more upfront details considered from the unmastered and mastered version of Re: conet_c, a surreal collection of music that flows from one track to the next as if one mastermind was behind the entire work. Sure there are distinctive audio signatures by artists like Roel Funcken offering gritty yet soothing and whimsical micro-chords, to Nathan Moody’s more subliminal dub extracts pulling slivers of glitch, clicks and slithering notes in one unified reformation, but it’s how each artist allows Radek’s original works to shine that really stands the test of time.
From the atmospheric and otherworldly soundscapes of “Broken Piano at Modular Meets 2020,” to the title track that shuffles and slices disjointed beats with abstract dub elements, to Benny Tones’ rugged and bouncy synths and Toby Lloyd’s bubbling bits’n bytes that shimmer and fade away, to the brittle static electronics of “Mornings at Night,” it’s important to note that Radek Rudnicki provides unique sonic abstracts in the form of liquified dub versions that succeed in their quest to reveal the entire musical process. Not to mention the cover artwork also very accurately depicts the before and after process in a glorious seaside and verdant mountainscape.
Re: conet_c is available on Github / Wave Folder. [Bandcamp]
