Опубликовано: 31 авг. 2014 г.An Imaginary Country (2009)
Track Listing:
1.) 100 Years Ago 0:00
2.) Sea of Pulses 03:28
3.) The Inner Shore 08:10
4.) Pond Life 12:28
5.) Borderlands 13:53
6.) A Stop at the Chord Cascades 18:40
7.) Utropics 23:24
8.) Paragon Point 24:30
9.) Her Black Horizon 29:34
10.) Currents of Electrostasy 31:02
11.) Where Shadows Make Shadows 34:45
12.) 200 Years Ago 43:23
Опубликовано: 21 окт. 2013 г.~| no copyright infringement intended! |~
via NPR -
Over the course of 15 years, Tim Hecker's experimental electronic compositions have intensified like oceans. While few contemplated their soothing, unfathomable waves, the observant noted rising temperatures, torment and microcosmic disturbances that truly told of awesome powers. But with Virgins, Hecker may have reached his point of no return, a piece of such force and clarity that even the indifferent should tape up the windows.
From the opening seconds of «Prism,» Hecker heralds a change. His layered drones, incidental percussion and piano motifs, long submerged in deep chasms of noise, echo and static, are now exposed and glinting. «Prism» hurtles inexorably upward, piercing and shattering through sound barriers before the rest of the album bursts into fragments, then dust, then mist, almost as if Hecker himself is exploding from the murky beneath. Not only do you hear distinct notes and instruments; you also sense the room in which they were played and the people who played them. What had always been vaguely melancholy, solitary and dreamlike is now harrowingly vivid, visceral and real, yet no less mesmerizing.
On the surface, Hecker reinvents himself, but he also re-frames what he's done before. Compare Virgins' «Black Refractions» to «Borderlands,» from 2009's An Imaginary Country. Technically, they couldn't sound any different. The former sets a stunningly simple, repetitive piano melody atop distant but definite brushes, while the latter is a reverberating sound bath. But the underlying component remains the same: a beautiful, indelible melody. The comparison invites listeners to search back through these songs, to listen for what now seems obvious.
For the first time in his career, Hecker recorded his compositions with live ensembles and mixed these sessions with composer Valgeir Sigurðsson, whose engineering and producing credits include fellow Icelanders Björk and Sigur Rós. For an artist who recently referred to his process as «a kind of continual transformation,» the effect of Hecker's new way of working feels startling and revelatory. An artist many critics and fans assumed would simply continue to refine his signature sound has instead shed its most defining characteristics. The transformation is complete; this is a new being.
It is an artist's boldest move, to reject his established style, especially when his audience is relatively small yet devoted. It's as if Richard Serra demolished one of Gehry's shimmering civic trophies and built a rural mega-spiral from its scraps. Sharp, blinding, somewhat confusing, wholly fascinating and most definitely meaningful — but would his biggest fans long for the age of rust? For Virgins' listeners, the proposition is simpler: Hit play and forget what you know.
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Опубликовано: 27 июн. 2012 г.1. «The Piano Drop» 0:00
2. «In the Fog I» 2:54
3. «In the Fog II» 7:46
4. «In the Fog III» 13:47
5. «No Drums» 18:48
6. «Hatred of Music I» 22:12
7. «Hatred of Music II» 28:23
8. «Analog Paralysis, 1978» 32:45
9. «Studio Suicide, 1980» 36:37
10. «In the Air I» 40:02
11. «In the Air II» 44:14
12. «In the Air III» 48:22
Опубликовано: 26 мая 2013 г.Hymn to the Immortal Wind by Mono
1. (00:01) Ashes in the Snow
2. (11:50) Burial at Sea
3. (22:25) Silent Flight, Sleeping Dawn
4. (28:25) Pure as Snow (Trails of the Winter Storm)
5. (39:50) Follow the Map
6. (43:48) The Battle to Heaven
7. (56:41) Everlasting Light
Song List: 00:00 Funeral For A Great Drunken Bird 04:26 When God Comes Back 08:02 The Marriage Of Coyote Woman 13:54 Swallowed By The Sea 22:19 Charles William 28:07 The Death Of Coyote Woman 36:22 Romany Dagger 39:10 Mountain
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble — I Forsee The Dark Ahead, If I Stay (Full Live Album)
Опубликовано: 30 апр. 2013 г.'I Forsee the Dark Ahead, If I Stay' is the first TKDE live album. A compilation of 9 live tracks recorded during the period of 2006 to 2011, from shows in the Netherlands, Slovenia, Hungary, Spain and Poland.
The album is available as free download (in exchange for your email) or a donation of your choice. The download contains a little album/photo pdf cover for your archive.
Опубликовано: 8 июн. 2013 г.Monolake — Gobi. The Desert EP
monolake / imbalance computer music | ML 003
1999 / CD EP
From www.monolake.de :
Gobi is based on extremly slowed down and granularised material from the much later released Polaroid track. The original recording of the session is more then two hours. The most difficult decission when finishing this piece was finding the right duration and mix of excerpts from that session. Gobi became the most successful monolake record ever. When we released it I expected it to sell less then 1000 copies. We sold much more. Produced by Robert Henke and Gerhard Behles at Studio Charlottenburg.