Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Now playing...Move D · Namlook XX - Taygete PK 08/191
Care of I-tunes (thanks to Nickie who has this on her Laptop)
First play: 15.10.09: Hmmm...interesting, but not outstanding. I'm disappointed, think it's the worst of the series and I'm glad I didn't buy the CD.
Second play: 16.10.09: Tracks one & two are growing on me (especially two). I might just have to buy the CD afterall :)
Third play: 16.10.09: Brilliant, not as obvious as some of David's and Pete's stuff (you'll have to play it several times I think ;))...but overall I'd recommend it. Another fine addition to the series.
Second play: 16.10.09: Tracks one & two are growing on me (especially two). I might just have to buy the CD afterall :)
Third play: 16.10.09: Brilliant, not as obvious as some of David's and Pete's stuff (you'll have to play it several times I think ;))...but overall I'd recommend it. Another fine addition to the series.
1. Matter - Part I 25.33 min... A vocal sample soup of a track. Things pick up later with some notes that sound like they come from a kid's toy. Nice stuff and then finally at the 11 minute mark a bass drum starts to be felt and it's soon joined by a meandering piano melody. Better than I first thought...it's growing on me I think. The panned 'sucking'-synth reminded me of Irimn Schmidt's album Toy Planet, a bit like Rapido De Noir perhaps?
2. Matter - Part II 13.51min. More Soup with the odd plucked and quirky melody floating around over a deep and dark ambience. Some drums are then added, with new panned synths. Very nice indeed. More piano is layered on top as the track swirls and loops underneath...and the piece builds. The best so far.
3. Antimatter - Part I 18.13 min. Popol Vuh meets Pete Namlook I thought, but this is soon followed by some distorted Russian voice samples, as sax/sitar/piano swap notes. Once again drums eventually arrive, but this time hand-in-hand with some xylophone...this drops away to leave just the drums which gain a funkier edge with an echoing organ pulse and a relaxed club-lite melody. The piano returns, feeling for a melody but it soon disappears leaving a flim-flam sample and a head nodding beat. Pete checks to see if his reverb unit will go up to 11...as some new vocal samples roil, whisper and repeat. The drums fade out but the piano & xylophone play a few notes attempting to hold the voices together to close. Good stuff...needs to be played again soon I think.
4. Antimatter - Part II 8.19 min. Just as track 3 finishes, so track 4 starts. The kid's toy is back, as is the plucked DX synth notes. A sequence builds, some drums are added, synths are panned, a few things are faded in and out...and long fade...and that's it.
2. Matter - Part II 13.51min. More Soup with the odd plucked and quirky melody floating around over a deep and dark ambience. Some drums are then added, with new panned synths. Very nice indeed. More piano is layered on top as the track swirls and loops underneath...and the piece builds. The best so far.
3. Antimatter - Part I 18.13 min. Popol Vuh meets Pete Namlook I thought, but this is soon followed by some distorted Russian voice samples, as sax/sitar/piano swap notes. Once again drums eventually arrive, but this time hand-in-hand with some xylophone...this drops away to leave just the drums which gain a funkier edge with an echoing organ pulse and a relaxed club-lite melody. The piano returns, feeling for a melody but it soon disappears leaving a flim-flam sample and a head nodding beat. Pete checks to see if his reverb unit will go up to 11...as some new vocal samples roil, whisper and repeat. The drums fade out but the piano & xylophone play a few notes attempting to hold the voices together to close. Good stuff...needs to be played again soon I think.
4. Antimatter - Part II 8.19 min. Just as track 3 finishes, so track 4 starts. The kid's toy is back, as is the plucked DX synth notes. A sequence builds, some drums are added, synths are panned, a few things are faded in and out...and long fade...and that's it.
Monday, 5 October 2009
New from FAX
"Move D · Namlook XX - Taygete"
(Pete Namlook & David Moufang)
Recorded live at David's reSource studio in Heidelberg, Dave and Pete present their 20th "Move D · Namlook" collaboration. When considering the basic theories of space travel and the skills necessary to perform space flight, one's ultimate goal is crucial. Some scenarios are purely scientific, while others are of a purely philosophical nature. Combining atmospheric and hypnotic sounds, this CD is reflecting on and meandering between matter and antimatter.
We recommended setting the player on repeat, for hours of listening pleasure while drifting away in your own space... where "every star is like a cell in the brain of the universe".
DTS 5.1 Music Disc/Stereo 2CD. For compatibility reasons (to listen to the music in the car or at your friend's or if you don't own a DTS capable 5.1 Surround System) we included a stereo CD version in the double CD-pack.
CD tracks:
Matter - Part I 25.33 min
Matter - Part II 13.51min
Antimatter - Part I 18.13 min
Antimatter - Part II 8.19 min
Atmospheric and Hypnotic Music for Space Travel
"Spyra - Phonehead"
(Wolfram DER Spyra)
Starting with a sound that could be connected with melodic FAX Hard Trance of the old days, Spyra goes deeper into the fields of Ambient-Environmental music. Spyra's music is often performed with custom-built instruments such as the "Triangle Pads" and the "Elektrolyra", and consists of diverse sound sculptures ("sound-sheets").
Of course, Spyra is not your typical electronic musician--he was originally a performance artist who was a part of Documenta IX (1992) with his work "Panakustikum", as well as Documenta X (1997) with his work "My Little Garden of Sounds", wherein visitors were connected to P.A.S.S. (Portable Ambient Sound System) to perceive the natural environment in a processed way.
After many years have passed Spyra again proves that his path of timeless music succeeds.
CD tracks:
A 1 7 Homes & 8 Spyrits Part I 8.56 / 2 VCM 100F 10.22 / 3 Ocean 9.44
B 4 Level, Voice 11.08 / 5 VCF CS20 5.04 / 6 7 Homes & 8 Spyrits Part II 9.13
C 7 Ωmega est Alpha 14.47 / 8 Hommage a Satie 3.13
A timeless, melodic chill-out music classic
(Pete Namlook & David Moufang)
Recorded live at David's reSource studio in Heidelberg, Dave and Pete present their 20th "Move D · Namlook" collaboration. When considering the basic theories of space travel and the skills necessary to perform space flight, one's ultimate goal is crucial. Some scenarios are purely scientific, while others are of a purely philosophical nature. Combining atmospheric and hypnotic sounds, this CD is reflecting on and meandering between matter and antimatter.
We recommended setting the player on repeat, for hours of listening pleasure while drifting away in your own space... where "every star is like a cell in the brain of the universe".
DTS 5.1 Music Disc/Stereo 2CD. For compatibility reasons (to listen to the music in the car or at your friend's or if you don't own a DTS capable 5.1 Surround System) we included a stereo CD version in the double CD-pack.
CD tracks:
Matter - Part I 25.33 min
Matter - Part II 13.51min
Antimatter - Part I 18.13 min
Antimatter - Part II 8.19 min
Atmospheric and Hypnotic Music for Space Travel
"Spyra - Phonehead"
(Wolfram DER Spyra)
Starting with a sound that could be connected with melodic FAX Hard Trance of the old days, Spyra goes deeper into the fields of Ambient-Environmental music. Spyra's music is often performed with custom-built instruments such as the "Triangle Pads" and the "Elektrolyra", and consists of diverse sound sculptures ("sound-sheets").
Of course, Spyra is not your typical electronic musician--he was originally a performance artist who was a part of Documenta IX (1992) with his work "Panakustikum", as well as Documenta X (1997) with his work "My Little Garden of Sounds", wherein visitors were connected to P.A.S.S. (Portable Ambient Sound System) to perceive the natural environment in a processed way.
After many years have passed Spyra again proves that his path of timeless music succeeds.
CD tracks:
A 1 7 Homes & 8 Spyrits Part I 8.56 / 2 VCM 100F 10.22 / 3 Ocean 9.44
B 4 Level, Voice 11.08 / 5 VCF CS20 5.04 / 6 7 Homes & 8 Spyrits Part II 9.13
C 7 Ωmega est Alpha 14.47 / 8 Hommage a Satie 3.13
A timeless, melodic chill-out music classic
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