Experimental Electronic Music
Material from the following interview with Don Slepian was used in Justin Patrick Moore’s new book The Radio Phonics Laboratory: Telecommunications, Speech Synthesis, and the Birth of Electronic Music from Velocity Press and available on Bookshop.org, Amazon, and fine bookstores everywhere.
Druid is a cinematic and audiovisual experience for the senses; transporting us through multiple layers of exploratory sound patterns, textures, and shifting structures while deftly blending roughened sceneries with explosive clarity.
The ten tracks on offer have been meticulously remastered, breathing new life into the rich range of elements Paap originally employed. This dusting down accentuates the influence of Detroit on the record.
Sin Ciclo skillfully combines downtempo elements with breakbeats; sprinkling nostalgic electro fragments and melodic threads with pummeling effects.
Fluctuations leads us along an old-school path, albeit it’s not totally experimental pop oriented; at the same time, it forges new sonic avenues that only Language Field can unravel.
The entire album has a cool, lush beauty to it, rewarding the listener at any time of day or night with a sonic excursion to other lands.
A homogenous and well orchestrated performance, making every musician involved a fundamental component, as each adds their own little piece to form a bigger, more satisfying puzzle.
Still Time celebrates humans and nature, always considering that we are here on Earth together. The music reveals some new percussion sounds added to the studio at Space Center Music Productions in Sandane, Norway, and some experiments with international ethnic voices.
