Posts Tagged ‘Electronic’
Practitune vs Mr.DAM – Q-tips & Screws
Practitune vs Mr.DAM – Q-tips & Screws
Release: [onmp045]
Release date: October 30, 2006
Release notes
Q-tips & Screws is an project between Practitune and Mr.DAM. It’s a electroclash-synthipop project. They redusted some old stuff from Mr.DAM, Practitune and Mr.DAM created new versions of it.
“It was nice working with Practitune, we had a lot of fun” (Mr.DAM).
The EP is produced by Mr.DeVo!
7 Bandits – A Flock of Dream Tokens
7 Bandits – A Flock of Dream Tokens
Release: [onmp040]
Release date: August 22, 2006
Release notes
Although 7 Bandits’ blueprint for electronic listening music — aching electro-synth with mid-tempo beats and occasional guitars — isn’t quite a revolution in and of itself, A Flock of Dream Tokens is an amazing album. Similar to the early work of Autechre, Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada, the band is one of the few European artists who can match their American precursors with regard to a sense of spirit in otherwise electronic music. This is pure machine soul, or a rusting Commodore 64 just about to give up the ghost. Alternating broadly sketched works with minute-long vignettes (the latter of which comprise several of the best tracks on the album), A Flock of Dream Tokens might just be one of the best electronic releases of 2006.
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Zero V – Agree to Disagree [an index of possibilities]
Zero V – Agree to Disagree [an index of possibilities]
Release: [onmp039]
Release date: August 14, 2006
Release notes
Streamlining the muted, organic atmospheres of the previous Songs of Parting to forge a more cohesive listening experience, Agree to Disagree is arguably Zero V’s most accessible record, a delicate, jazz/world music-inflected work boasting elegant arrangements. Impeccably produced by Henk van der Duim, the songs are stripped to their bare essentials, making judicious use of the synths, tape loops, and treated pianos which bring them to life; rendering standouts like “Twinkling” and “Heaven” — both among the most conventional yet penetrating songs he’s ever written — with soothing strength and assurance.
Although this album is more acoustic and oriented towards somber, emotive songs laced with shimmering arrangments, Zero V still manages to set foot on the more ambient ground. Zero V produces original and interesting ambient music. The selections are quite long (“Notch” is over 11 minutes long) yet never get boring. It is to Zero V’s credit that he can keep the listener interested for that long with this genre of music. Zero V uses instruments and sounds to create his own emotive ambient music. The short-wave samples, for example, add an eeriness in “Hiss”, which adds to the overall sound of the piece. This music is not for every taste, but fans of Zero V and ambient music will find this to be a treat.
7 Bandits – The Brufolk Equation
7 Bandits – The Brufolk Equation
Release: [onmp036]
Release date: March 5, 2006
Release notes
This is the debut album of 7 Bandits. Although still a mystery, they (he, she, it) have managed to deliver 4 songs entitled: The Brufolk Equation.
The album kicks off with the 19 minutes piece Drumden Haviken, which is a drone-based song. This moody and ambient piece of work could have been made for a film-noir. It is a very dark song with little to none instrumentation, although, in the end we stumble upon a tuned piano sound.
The second song Menhir Verdu Dak is a whole lot shorter than the first one. This one starts where the first one ended, a bit more uplifting. It doesn’t leave us feeling uneasy or uncomfortable at all. Although drone-based it has a bit more instrumentation.
Humankind Verde, a song with a normal title. A song with a more world sound. A distorted drone. After listening to it a few times this song will grab you by the throat.
Medvinken Hukar is the end of this epic and eclectic album. Heavely on the dub sounds, but still it has the signature of 7 Bandits. We could call this one a crossover between number 2 and 3. It carries both aspects of arrangments and setting, but still in its own right.
After have listened to the album several times, we are left with one question: Who is/are 7 Bandits. One clue is left: there seems to be an anagramm in the title of the songs…
This album was written, arranged, performed and produced by 7 Bandits.
Executive producer: Zero V.
Boy In Trouble – Atmospherics (live) [onmp031]
Boy In Trouble – Atmospherics (live)
Release: [onmp031]
Release date: December 24, 2005
Release notes
Due to or – better yet – thanks to a rotten tape, Boy In Trouble was put back into gear. The entire 1991 album had to be done again. While Henk is still working on the Metamorphosis project, together with some musical friends. He decided that re-recording the album would be a hell of a job. Even when we consider that part of the samples, which Henk used at the time, where not available anymore.
Thus there was the decision to record a live album. A one off gig of the reïncarnation of Boy In Trouble.
During several weeks the ON-Mix crew was able to keep it a mystery.
Is Boy In Trouble a band or just one person.
The album, again entitled; Atmospherics, was recorded live and at the same time broadcasted through the internet. The boys were able to capture the sound that made Boy In Trouble unique in the 90s, they added a bit of this new century’s flavour and there it was: Atmospherics 2005.
During rehearsals they played around with a few of Zero V’s songs, one eventually ended up in the live performance; The Journeyman Joiner.
The album consists of 4 instrumental songs and is produced by Zero V.
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