Archive for September, 2008

MACHINEFABRIEK: Dauw (Dekorder)

Max Schaefer on Sep 10th 2008 10:26 pm

Machinefabriek: Dauw

MACHINEFABRIEK
Dauw
DEKORDER029
Dekorder 2008
05 Tracks. 47mins06secs

As an audio collagist, structure is Rutger Zuydervelt’s particular forte, and in this respect Dauw is one of his strongest works to date.  Zuydervelt’s evinces noticeable compositional control over how he arranges and uses a small, considered palette of sounds.

An orderly canon structure builds soberly then breaks apart beautifully in Singel, the twenty-five minute closing track.  Zuydervelt has clearly matured in his ability to recontextualize traditional instruments with small scufflings, rich washes of surface noise and other infinitesimal sounds. Continue Reading »

Filed in Albums | Comments Off

YUKI KANEKO: Rut (mOAR)

Max Schaefer on Sep 7th 2008 07:25 pm

YUKI KANEKO
Rut
MOAR2
mOAR 2008
11Tracks. 49mins08secs

With continued attention, what at first blush seemed a trifle meandering and indulgent, soon leaks into the subconscious owing to its untrammeled imagination, natural lucidity, and stylistic and thematic considerations and limitations. Continue Reading »

Filed in Albums | Comments Off

« Prev