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20 EPs of 2009 [part 1]
As the year draws to a close, and I start thinking about the upcoming Best of 2009 list, I realize that I haven’t properly covered some 12? singles, EPs and mini albums. These tend to fall off my reviewing queue, mostly because in some cases it’s difficult to do a …
Oct 23, 2009
Hecq Mixtape One
Oi oi oi! Do I have a treat for you! I'm about to set off for a two week vacation, but before I go, I want to present you with an amazing mix from none other than Ben Lukas Boysen, aka Hecq! As you could have already guessed from these pages, I am a big fan of Hecq's …
Oct 21, 2009
Vladislav Delay - Tummaa (Leaf)
Listening to Tummaa requires preparation. At least, it requires knowledge of the intent behind this album. Let me set the stage. The intent is 'darkness'. And this is its music. Tummaa reflects the mood recreated by Sasu Ripatti, composing under the moniker Vladislav …
Oct 21, 2009
Two and a Half Questions with Vladislav Delay
Tell us a bit more about the winter that you spent on a remote island. What were you doing there? How did it shape your mind as an artist?
i think location as a direct influence to music is overrated. it's not so important as the end result is almost the same, but at …
Oct 18, 2009
Ben Frost - By The Throat (Bedroom Community)
I first listened to Ben Frost when he released his sophomore full length album, Theory Of Machines on Bedroom Community back in 2007. I described his music as ambient hardcore - psychologically raw, punishing, and overdriven guitars, with reverberated pads and rhythms …
Oct 18, 2009
Two and a Half Questions With Ben Frost
How long did it take you to actually compose this album?
2 years more or less. This is true of most of my work, I would have liked it to be less, as after 1 year it could easily become 3, or 4 and then you start getting into Geoff Barrow/Kevin Shields territory, its a …
Oct 15, 2009
Two and a Half Questions with Solo Andata
Tell us about Solo Andata and what the name means to you.
SA (Paul): Solo Andata is a duo from Australia. One-half (Kane Ikin) lives in the East (Melbourne), and the other (Paul Fiocco) in the West (Perth). I discovered the name ‘Solo Andata‘ whilst traveling by …
Oct 15, 2009
Solo Andata - Solo Andata (12k)
Close the doors and turn up the sound. This is ambiance that needs to be really heard. Quietly chirping submerged engines are silenced by waves of bowed cello. The sound of rippling water seeps through the drones of strings. This is the organic world of Solo Andata - an …
Oct 11, 2009
Scanner - Rockets, Unto The Edges Of Edges (BineMusic)
Robin Rimbaud spent his life listening to others. In his early works, Rimbaud tuned into the airwaves to pluck out pieces of radio, mobile phone conversations and police broadcasts. These were intricately edited and folded back into his compositions, producing an …
Oct 11, 2009
Two and a Half Questions with Scanner
This is the first time we're hearing your voice. What prompted this revelation?
I've always been keen to humanise digital music and technology and have always used voices in my work since the earliest scanned phonecall recordings of the 1990s, but felt that I wanted to …
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perrence corriander, Mar 11, 2009:
Hey H.C. have you checked out Bochum Welts new album ( R.O.B. )on Rephlex at all ? very close to Ambient works and something I have not been able to take off my ipod for not wanting to stop listening to it.
Give us a shout and I will bung you a copy in the post if you like, defo worth a H.C. reveiw.
Pez:-)