The Answer Is In The Beat

Show #332 – 2/27/16

February 27, 2016 at 2:39 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

2:01 am Ryan Huber ~ “Kanab” ~ Kanab (new) ~ Inam Records ~ 2016
2:15 am Ulrich Krieger ~ “Trona” ~ /RAW:ReSpace/ (new) ~ XI Records ~ 2016
2:27 am Rangda ~ “Hard Times Befall the Door-To-Door Glass Shard Salesman” ~ The Heretic’s Bargain (new) ~ Drag City ~ 2016
2:35 am Infinite Body ~ “Empyrean” ~ Avolition (new) ~ Isounderscore ~ 2015
2:41 am Guido Gamboa ~ “side A track 1 and 2” ~ Saturday’s Notes (new) ~ Pentiments ~ 2016
2:46 am Pyrolator ~ “Inland 3” ~ Inland ~ Bureau B ~ 1979
2:49 am Venetian Snares ~ “She Married A Chess Computer In the End” ~ Traditional Synthesizer Music (new) ~ Timesig ~ 2016
2:53 am Die Partei ~ “Allerheiligen” ~ La Freiheit des Geistes ~ Bureau B ~ 1981
2:55 am Joey Anderson ~ “18 Arms” ~ Invisible Switch (new) ~ Dekmantel ~ 2015
3:02 am Brood Ma ~ “Molten Brownian Motion” ~ Daze (new) ~ Tri Angle ~ 2016
3:04 am Heliocentrics ~ “The Pit” ~ From the Deep (new) ~ Now-Again ~ 2016
3:10 am Odd Nosdam ~ “Sisters (Boards of Canada Remix)” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Leaving Records ~ 2016
3:13 am HEX ~ “Ruin Value” ~ HEX (new) ~ Liberation Technologies ~ 2016
3:17 am Dow One ~ “SURPLUS: design web, hege, third labor” ~ YOUTH WAGE SURPLUS (new) ~ Cairn Desk ~ 2016
3:27 am Zora Jones ft. Heavee ~ “Ruby Fifths [DVA Hi:Emotions Remix]” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Fractal Fantasy ~ 2016
3:32 am Akito ~ “Metamessage (Murlo & Famous Eno Remix)” ~ Metamessage Remix EP (new) ~ Sans Absence ~ 2016
3:36 am Micachu ~ “I Dare You (Demdike Stare Edit)” ~ Taz and May Vids (new) ~ DDS ~ 2016
3:40 am Matmos ~ “Ultimate Care II (the last 8 minutes or so)” ~ Ultimate Care II (new) ~ Thrill Jockey ~ 2016
3:48 am Shape Worship ~ “Zoned (Hecate)” ~ A City Remembrancer (new) ~ Front and Follow ~ 2015
3:56 am How to Cure Our Soul ~ “Night Climb to the Mount Analogue” ~ Luna (new) ~ Low Point ~ 2015
4:01 am BLÆRG ~ “Redundant Tautologies” ~ Redundant Tautologies (new) ~ Immigrant Breast Nest ~ 2016
4:17 am Wisp ~ “Prort Key” ~ Random Number… Colors Start ~ Moodgadget ~ 2004
4:22 am 食品まつりa.k.a foodman×Meuko! Meuko! ~ “Wan Wan Wan Wan (Vocal Version)” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Soundcloud ~ 2016
4:28 am Steve Roach ~ “Views Beyond” ~ Arc of Passion ~ Projekt ~ 2008
4:32 am holymachines x Aquiet ~ “Yt” ~ Image Version (new) ~ Average Negative ~ 2016
4:36 am Francine Thirteen ~ “13 Statements” ~ mp3 ~ Soundcloud ~ 2015
4:38 am Lightstorm ~ “Let Your Astral Body Fly” ~ Creation ~ Drag City/Yoga Records ~ 1977
4:42 am Invada Allstars feat. Anika ~ “99 Red Balloons” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Invada ~ 2016
4:46 am Pinkshinyultrablast ~ “The Cherry Pit” ~ Grandfeathered (new) ~ Club AC30 ~ 2016
4:51 am Heron Oblivion ~ “Faro” ~ Heron Oblivion (new) ~ Sub Pop ~ 2016
4:56 am SALES ~ “Jamz” ~ mp3 (new) ~ self-released ~ 2016
5:00 am Qluster ~ “Melpomene” ~ Lauschen ~ Bureau B ~ 2012
5:04 am Cavern of Anti-Matter ~ “Tardis Cymbals” ~ Void Beats/Invocation Trex (new) ~ Duophonic ~ 2016
5:17 am The Renderers ~ “A Dream of the Sea” ~ A Dream of the Sea ~ Siltbreeze ~ 1998
5:21 am The Renderers ~ “Seaworthy” ~ In the Sodium Light (new) ~ Ba Da Bing ~ 2016
5:25 am Thee Oh Sees ~ “Fortress” ~ 7″ (new) ~ Castle Face ~ 2016
5:30 am All Together ~ “The Oneness” ~ Ivan – Gavin (new) ~ Bandcamp ~ 2016
5:36 am Sarah Neufeld ~ “The Glow” ~ The Ridge (new) ~ Paper Bag ~ 2016
5:43 am Davey Harms ~ “American Raw” ~ Cables (new) ~ Hausu Mountain ~ 2016
5:49 am James West (DJ Midi Mayne) ~ “Rush 2 Tha Rave” ~ Busy Night Time 1997 (new) ~ Bootleg Tapes ~ 2016
5:54 am Essaie pas ~ “Depassée par le fantasme” ~ Demain est une autre nuit (new) ~ DFA ~ 2016

Bas Amro: Imposter Persona 12″ (Wolfskuil Ltd., 2016)

February 26, 2016 at 8:35 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Bas Amro: Imposter Persona 12″

This one sneaked up on me, I had it on my hard drive for a while and when I finally got around to playing it on Crush Collision last night, it clicked. It reminds me of the Mr. Fingers-isms of Khotin, but not quite as brazenly melodic. It’s way more subtle, with some of the edges blurred and hazy. Minimal, tech-y, a little dubby, but also a bit mysterious. Aside from the beat, the sounds in “Dissociation” all seem to be playing backwards, but it takes a few minutes for you to even notice. “Defensive” ups the classy dub-house-disco quotient. The opening title track is still the winner, though.

Crush Collision 2/25/16

February 26, 2016 at 10:09 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

Hour 1
10:01 pm Koto ~ “Chinese Revenge”
10:05 pm Die Partei ~ “Nord-Sûd-Fahrt”
10:06 pm Echaskech ~ “Certainty Of Tides”
10:10 pm Pantha du Prince feat. Queens ~ “The Winter Hymn”
10:12 pm Lena Platonos ~ “Witches (Red Axes Remix)”
10:18 pm Ryan Huber ~ “Red Gods”
10:22 pm NY*AK feat. Mark Hand and Misumami ~ “Shadow”
10:26 pm Virginia ~ “Never Underestimate”
10:31 pm Dawan ~ “Strangers”
10:35 pm Frak ~ “Synthfrilla”
10:39 pm Oskar Offermann ~ “Koleu”
10:45 pm Ben Marc ~ “Safe Sounds”
10:48 pm Cazion ~ “All the Way Thru”
10:54 pm Myles Sergé ~ “Tolo”
Hour 2
11:03 pm Population One ~ “Multiple Choice”
11:06 pm Detroit’s Filthiest ~ “Shake It Baby (Instrumental)”
11:09 pm James West (DJ Midi Mayne) ~ “Option_Select”
11:12 pm µ-Ziq ~ “Houzz 4 (Remix)”
11:18 pm Somatic Responses ~ “Qu-ktch”
11:21 pm Housemeister ~ “We Are Data”
11:26 pm Surgeon ~ “Inside”
11:31 pm Bas Amro ~ “Imposter Persona”
11:37 pm Cavern of Anti-Matter ~ “Pantechnicon”
11:45 pm Essaie pas ~ “Lights Out”
11:48 pm Joey Anderson ~ “Nabta Playa”
11:54 pm Laser Dance ~ “Goody’s Return [Maxi Version]”

How to Cure Our Soul: Luna tape (Low Point, 2015)

February 24, 2016 at 11:40 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

How to Cure Our Soul: Luna tape

The third How to Cure Our Soul release is all about staring at the moon on a dark, bleary night, not exactly getting a clear view of the sky but trying anyway. The three tracks here are blurry and warbly but still aim straight for the heavens. They’re also pretty sparse and subtle, differing slightly throughout their durations. “Night climb to the Mount Analogue” is the longest drone at 15 minutes, and it’s the one that’s most likely to make the moon seem haunted.

Erik Waterkotte + Ryan Huber: …And Now They Are Gone CDr + Ryan Huber: Kanab CDr (Inam Records, 2016)

February 22, 2016 at 10:54 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Erik Waterkotte + Ryan Huber: …And Now They Are Gone CDr

Two new CDr’s have just arrived from RH on Inam Records. The one with Erik Waterkotte is the less limited of the two (at 80 copies), and it has fancier, screen printed packaging. The music is pretty different than Huber’s usual work; a lot of it is more hissing, scraping, and field recordings, and not as much in the way of beats or rhythmic drones. The first few tracks feel like they were recorded in a factory. “…antag: v” feels a bit more glitchy and computer-generated. The tracks that follow are more haunted drone. “…antag: vii” is pretty lovely; “…antag viii” is a repetitive, slow throb. “…antag: ix” is footsteps, buzzing, and the distant sound of something falling or knocking. The buzzing gets louder. “…antag: x” is another factory drone which seems like it’s going to build or change but it doesn’t.

Ryan Huber: Kanab CDr

The second CDr (and the more limited, and honestly better, of the 2) is named after one of Utah’s finest cities. This one only has 3 tracks, but the first one is a phenomenal 15 minute burner, with a thumping beat barely keeping afloat while churning feedback noise growls away on top of it. It’s hard to tell if it ends up crossfading to another beat, or if the one beat keeps going and shifting down a bit. Regardless, it’s hypnotic and goes on for a really long time and it’s incredible. “Lantern” sounds like harsh, ripping wind with a loop of some sort of chatter underneath. After the 4 minute piece ends, it abruptly shifts to “Red Gods, which has an upfront techno beat chattering away over a void-like drone. Really, though, the beat is what takes up most of your attention. Near the end, there’s some bubbly effects around the beat, and then the track actually has a proper ending where the beat deconstructs before dropping out entirely.

WCBN Night of Noise 2016

February 20, 2016 at 9:18 pm | Posted in Night Of Noise, Photos | Leave a comment

This year’s annual fundraising improv session went really well, Tyler Carr brought in a huge synth rig and set up turntables and delay pedals, and a few guests from Arbor Vitae showed up. It got off to a little bit of a late start (only 10 minutes or so) and it ended at 5AM, but here’s all 7 hours, along with photos by Mike Perini.

Hour 1

Hour 2

Hour 3

Hour 4

Hour 5

Hour 6

Hour 7

Christopher Riggs and Carl Testa: Sn (Gold Bolus, 2015)

February 20, 2016 at 8:04 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Christopher Riggs and Carl Testa: Sn

This CD documents a 40-minute improv session recorded at the intimate Firehouse 12 venue in New Haven, CT, right near my hometown, Hamden. Riggs plays prepared electric guitar and Testa processes it live, warping it far beyond the already highly unconventional manners in which Riggs plays it. I have to admit, previous Riggs recordings that I’ve heard just sounded too discordant to me and I couldn’t really enjoy them, but this recording sounds great. I think the fact that it’s an actual CD rather than a cassette might help. Apparently there’s a 5.1 Surround version available to download, which probably sounds even more mindblowing, if you have that kind of audio setup (I don’t). But anyway, the duo conjure up a multitude of bizarre sounds and then push them further out into space. Given that there’s only one instrument being played, it gets very sparse and then explosive and wild, with various scrapings, rumblings, and pluckings in between. At times there’s some harsh viola-like bowing, and some manic squiggly tones, and even some moments when it sounds like some lost voices are in the mix. Near the end it starts to imitate some exotic animal cries, with a cloud of effects giving it a haunted rainforest feel.

Petrichor: Mångata (Soma, 2015)

February 20, 2016 at 7:23 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Petrichor: Mångata

Another one that sort of creeps up on you, but it seems more vital the more you listen. I almost though it was a metal album when I first saw it, until I noticed it was on Soma. Very gorgeous deep-space ambient techno, with unobtrusive but carefully assembled beats and rich washes of wet, dubby pads. While there’s a copious amount of echo surrounding the sparse beats, it doesn’t quite feel accurate to lump this one in with dub techno. It feels like there’s much more of a focus on melody, and the tracks build up a lot more. There’s some progressive, underwater breakbeats and creeping chords which make the album feel like a more submerged version of labelmates such as Slam. Yes, it’s spacey and underwater at the same time somehow, although some tracks are a bit more grounded. Detroit and Berlin influences are alluded to, but the album is still in its own orbit.

Povab: Zarja (Offshoot, 2015)

February 20, 2016 at 7:10 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Povab: Zarja

Another unassuming CD that knocked me out. This one isn’t even on Discogs (but it is on Bandcamp) and I can’t find too much info about it, other than that it was going to be released on another label before Psychonavigation picked it up for one of their imprints. Whoever this artist is, some of these tracks build up intense machine rhythms and tear them to shreds, like the Somatic Reponses-esque “20”. Other tracks have more steady techno beats, but they’re still tense and kind of suffocating. Then there’s the more dancey, industrial-influenced tracks. But even these play around with the form, taking the beats from being danceable to half-time rhythms. Some of the drums are more explosive and bashy, and others are fizzled apart by acidic chemicals. And then other pieces are more ominous and barely have drums at all (piano-driven “110” is a gruesomely violent scene waiting to happen). So much detail, and every track sounds different. Don’t overlook this one!

Aris Kindt: Floods (Scissor & Thread, 2015)

February 20, 2016 at 6:48 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Aris Kindt: Floods

There’s a few CDs that have been sitting on my desk that came out of nowhere that I’ve been meaning to write about, and this is one of them. This is a duo including Francis Harris of Frank & Tony, and it’s way deeper, dubbier, and darker than their relaxed, blissful house tracks. Definitely some parallels to Dubchord and similar/related dub techno artists, but there’s something murkier and more decaying about this album. A bit more distortion, a bit more manipulated instruments lurking underneath, a considerable amount of subtlety. It creeps up on you with repeated listens, and it’s seriously great. There’s the upfront, bassy dub-techno pulse, but there’s wayward drifting sounds and some gorgeous, distant melodies. The duo threads a lot of seemingly alienated aspects together, but it’s remarkably cohesive.

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