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V/A: These Sounds Will Have to Meet Somewhere in Between 2xCD Signifier |
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Contributed by Tony Young
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Wednesday, 09 November 2011 |
 So, here we have a lengthy compilation release from fresh, new label Signifier, and a really decent start it is too. Opener Tonikom unexpectedly gives the release a title track with sampling surrounding the name of the release, folded into steady beats and harmonious electronics, it’s a warm way to start the proceedings and perfectly folds in into the dramatic and wonderful shoe-gazing and electronic marvel that is Lan Formatique with the fantastic ‘All Fears Unfelt’. |
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EX_TENSION: Freedom CD Signifier |
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Contributed by Tony Young
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Wednesday, 09 November 2011 |
 I am backwards reviewing here receiving this album after this artists latest EP ‘Desert’ released on Tympanik Audio dropped through my door however its sometimes good to back track and should help see how the act has evolved.
Opener ‘Ourverture’ in orchestra like fashion immediately leads into the album title track which is a slow builder that has elements of GGFH within its DNA and is a fairly sold number that picks away at various Industrial genres and blends them together pretty firmly; the only negatives being the drum sound which sounds a little flat, but this is a minor gripe. |
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EXOCET: Consequence CD Ant-Zen |
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Contributed by Tony Young
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Wednesday, 09 November 2011 |
 Album number three and two years on from the stable ‘Grotesque Consumer’ sees this project immediately begin where he last left proceedings with hypnotic beats and sonic blips and rhythms. Now, it’s not a love and hate relationship that I have with this project, it’s more of a polite ‘nod and shrug’ which I should really explain; Technically this ticks a lot of boxes, sporadic rhythm sections, ambient atmospherics and the odd spurt of noisy distorted beat; on paper then this should be a an album that I truly relish. |
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DETRITUS: Everyday Explanations CD Ad Noiseam |
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Contributed by Tony Young
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Wednesday, 09 November 2011 |
 Back from his relatively short-lived retirement and venture into new waters with his ‘A Wake a Week’ project, Dave Dando Moore gives us ‘Everyday Explanations’. ‘Scattered’ opens up the proceedings, which is a suitably downbeat piano and guitar led affair that coinciding with track two ‘Reality Steps’ collectively give the impression of a rainy day that that slowly lets the sun filter through when again the barrage of distorted guitars collide to end those uplifting moments to let the truth of certain situations through. |
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Wednesday, 09 November 2011 |
 Now this was a nice surprise; opening with gentle harmonious electronics, live drums, guitars and an overtly industrial rock slant this for Ant-Zen is somewhat different to any of the other releases produced by this label and sits firmly in alternative territory accessible to a broader audience.
More often than not post-rock influences arise amongst the rhythm sections and genres are merged as sometimes, subtle IDM isms are dropped into the fray letting this self-titled release truly breathe with a bold courageousness not afraid to show experimentation and a willingness not top be pigeon holed into any category whatsoever. |
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SOMATIC RESPONSES: Concrete Glider CD Hymen Records |
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Contributed by Tony Young
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Wednesday, 09 November 2011 |
 Gentle harmonies, wire like electronics and subtle beats open up the latest welcome instalment from this Welsh duo in the fitting form of ‘Science and Emotion’, laying the foundations for their latest release as building blocks for what is to come. The paranoid electronic beat work of ‘First Day Back’ is back to a typical SR format of what we expect and its like they never left; the frenetic pace of this number gets this kick started properly and purposely leads into ‘Fairy Light Massacre’ where the pace of the drums slows ever so slightly to let the insanity be taken over by the electronics alone.
There is a slant on this album to lean towards IDM influences more so than before, a prime example of which being the crackers ‘Mistaken Sponge’ (what?); either way as head wrecking as this is, it’s a fun romp through broken mashed up beats and off kilter sounds that play with your head. |
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HECQ: Avenger CD Hymen Records |
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Contributed by Tony Young
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Wednesday, 07 September 2011 |
 The ever prolific Ben Lukas Boysen returns with his Hecq project this time basing his output on a cross hybrid of super heroes and Mexican wrestlers; the artwork comes from Mexican street artist Saner and if you hunt down the limited version of this album you are ludicrously going to be walking away with a Mexican wrestlers mask. Want.
So onto the music; you know, I simply haven’t got a bad word to say about Hecq, not one iota… |
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HAUJOBB: Dead Market CDEP Tympanik Audio |
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Contributed by Tony Young
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Wednesday, 07 September 2011 |
 It’s been absolutely ages since we heard from Daniel Myer’s main project Haujobb and boy has it been well worth the wait with this prelude to the forthcoming album ‘New World March’. This EP comprises of 2 new tracks in the form of the title track and a mix of another new track ‘Letting the Demons Sleep’ along with five mixes of Dead Market along with an extended mix. So onto the main track itself; it reeks of pure Haujobb with pulsating bass and beat structures |
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VARIOUS ARTISTS: EO4 2xCD TYMPANIK AUDIO |
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Contributed by Tony Young
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Wednesday, 07 September 2011 |
 So onto the fourth instalment of the highly regarded and successful ‘Emerging Organisms’ compilation series from Tympanik Audio, with 29 tracks separated over two CD’s. More emphasis on non label artists is the bread and butter of this album along with a couple of artists that call Tympanik home; and the release gets under way in impressive form with a soaring ambient drone section coming from the ever excellent Hecq, that barely seems to last a moment before shuddering to a complete standstill and passing the baton onto ‘Architect’ who raises the ambience into an orchestral jaunt complimenting each beat that he throws at the listener. |
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EX_TENSION: Desert CDEP Tympanik Audio |
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Contributed by Tony Young
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Wednesday, 07 September 2011 |
 Okay so this is technically an EP, an EP that is with a title track that rockets in at just over colossal 31 minutes with the remix wandering in at a measly (in comparison) 23 minutes in length along with three further tracks.
The title track ‘Desert’ rolls the ball with a jaunting bass line that introduces folding electronics and picks up ambient and rhythms as though they are hitchhikers thumbing a lift along a highway across a…well… desert if you will; its hard to keep a song going for such an endurance test without losing your way, but Ex_Tension manages this with ease and deserves to be applauded for such a task. |
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