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Whatizit? Une curieuse pour éditeurs exigeants, qui regroupe
le"meilleur" de la scène expérimentale
us, produisant des enrengistrements bien particuliers: micro-house,
new wave cheap, 8-bit, disco métal, ambient, électro
goth et électronica.
Meilleurs moments? Cosmic Rocker"logic", Oknard5"
In Form", Nullsleep "Hard 4 u In Tha Bayou", Craig
Garrett"Caribou".
Bilan? Très arty, Sonic Rec Room est suffisamment vairé
et intelligemment agencé pour ne pas décontenancer
les oreilles fragiles. A chaque titre un peu trop déstructuré
répond un morceau plus"classique" d'ambient
ou de pop électronique. Ce qui permet de s'enfiler ces
découvertes parfois étranges sans aucune difficulté.(BC)
TRAX magazine
#66
New York's underground zine Repellent is an active purveyor of
exploratory artistic expression, so it makes sense that the 16-track
compilation Sonic Rec Room contains such a wide variety of largely
experimental electronic music. Ranging from the fractal-laden
warmth of Blurter's Parkonenlatz and the 8-bit Gameboy shenanigans
of Nullsleep, to the nursery-rhyme-gone-wrong Run Through the
Wind by XAR (a.k.a Michael Portney, the Soy Bomb guy who crashed
Bob Dylan's Grammy performance a few years ago), there's truly
something for everyone. Some of the tracks come off a little
flat, but really, can you bear to miss out on Donna Summer (no,
not the disco diva) mashing up loops of several highly recognizable
guitar riff samples amidst glitchy breaks chaos?
No, you can't.
XLR8R Issue
#71 - Tim Pratt
Frank Sinatra
würde sofort zum Mikrofon greifen und "New York, New
York" anstimmen. Nicht wegen der Musik auf "sonic rec
room", denn die würde ihm nicht allzuviel sagen. Aber
er würde spüren, dass da etwas in der Luft liegt. Repellent
Sounds und Codek Records präsentieren DIY Recordings aus
New Yorker Wohn- und Schlafzimmern, Kellern und Nischen. Seventies
Disco Glitch, Micro House, IDM, Neo-Neu-No-Wave, Ambient, 8-Bit
Electro und noch viel mehr, so frisch, dass man noch das Schimmern
der Tautropfen sehen kann. "The sound of the next week,
today". Da sollte sich das "Alte Europa" schon
mal warm anziehen.
http://www.de-bug.de/review/19257.html
"Sonic Rec Room" is 70 minutes of electronic histrionics
highlighting the next wave of "rec-room" wizardry from
far and wide! Compiled by Repellent Sounds, it provides a fine
sampling of the current "plugged-in" generation of
"freestyle expressionists" producing their own brand
of home-made, DIY recordings.
Repellent is
an independent publication and art-producer focused on the high
and low art of freestyle expressionism. Exposing new, mostly
unreleased material by emerging artists, in various media formats,
here, Repellent presents a fun mix of sounds that range in mood
and style - from the bumping and rhythmic, the challenging and
experimental, to the decadent, and even slapstick!
With the explosion
in music technology, music industry outsiders, artists and free-stylers
have been given the means to create songs whose production quality
rivals anything heard on the radio. Armed with nothing more than
a laptop loaded with Rebirth or Pro-Tools, musicians (also avant-garde
experimentalists and everyday people) have found enormous pleasure
in turning every musical genre on its head, while also re-mixing
and pushing forward the future of existing genres.
In response,
Repellent Sounds proposes a cacophonic archive of new, mostly
unreleased tracks:
" Donna
Summer's 70's disco glitch-metal
" Cosmic Rocker's staccato house rhythms
" Classical IDM from Oknard5 and the micro-dance beats of
Craig Garrett.
" Experimental soundscapes from Benton-C Bainbridge,
Natasha Pachano and Blurter, Nelson-Electric Chaircut,
" Ghost Exits remake of the Pop Group's "She's Beyond
Good and Evil"
" Infierno Blanco's spanglish electro
" Nullsleep's "8-Bit" bumping gameboy tune
" Goth-neu-wave rock from Creme Blush and Navy
" Symphonic-Electro-Prog-Opera from XAR
" Avant-electronic meditation from Daniel Givens
" Lisa Eriksson's electronic southern blues
With spastic
whimsy, Repellent Sounds has archived and uncovered the sounds
of next week, today.
repellent
sounds... rec room record
CR.022
Vinyl
track list:
1) cosmic rocker...logic
2) donna summer...180 morton
3) nelson...electric chaircut...fa remix
4) craig garrett...caribou
5) natasha pachano...campanas/bells
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repellent sounds...sonic
rec room
CR.011.CD
CD track
list:
1) oknard5...in form
2) xar...run through the wind
3) nullsleep...hard 4 u in tha bayou
4) donna summer...180 morton
5) infierno blanco...white woman
6) creme blush...my statement
7) navy...sun visor
8) cosmic rocker...logic
9) blurter...parkonenlatz
10) craig garrett...caribou
11) nelson...electric chaircut (fa remix)
12) natasha pachano...campanas/bells
13) ghost exits...shes beyond good and evil
14) benton-c bainbridge...wormy ambler
15) lisa eriksson...showering in the mojave
16) daniel givens...transcend
produced by
repellent/ihu anyanwu
www.repellentsounds.com
www.repellentzine.com
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1)
Oknard 5...In Form
Lift the lid on the music box, and the porcelain ballerina slowly
rotates to the pure, sonorous tones of Oknard5, otherwise known
as Enzo Lim. Think of the simultaneously minimal and classical
"In Form" as the opening credits in your soon-to-be-favorite
film.
- Craig Garrett |
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2) XAR...Run Through The Wind
He is quoted as once saying, "It's my path towards superstardom."
But that was when our kid XAR was up on stage shaking his "Soy
Bomb" sharpied tummy with Bobby Dylan. Yeah! All-right!
This bit of loon-pop might be an earnest expression of madness,
or Mr. Portnoy has been drafted as the villain in the latest
blockbuster for your X-Box. Either way, XAR's brand of mad-hatter
electro-carny-baroque is guaranteed to turn you kandy-koloured
and stick in yr head 'till you've got stars for eyes. What a
wonderful world!
- Ben Baumes |
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3) Nullsleep...Hard 4 u on tha Bayou
Imagine yourself an awkward 16-year-old boy with floppy hair.
You're clothes are too big and that girl with the giant black
eyes is sneaking peeks at you, ever so coyly. The game begins
in 8bit harmony, your challenge: to snake across the room, dance
kind of near her, doing the bop-bop-giddy-click-beep, shy squiggle,
and build courage to peck her on the cheek. Nullsleep wants you
to have this moment, using sounds from old computers and video
games, with simple melodies that build over increasing complex
rhythms. It's sweet. It's poppy. It's playful. And you will get
to kiss the girl.
- Shel Kimen |
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4) Donna Summer...180 Morton
What's the maximum number of genre references allowed for a three-minute
song? Donna Summer has set a new standard with "180 Morton,"
fusing an ever absurd, unlikely mix of breaks, two step, seventies
anthem rock, metal guitar solos, house pianos, soundtrack organs,
and bass noise. What's crazier is that it works. The production
is tight, complete with cool panning and filter effects, an excellent
combination of guitars and electronics, and the mood is scrupulously
controlled. The kids at the party will lose their shit.
- Shel Kimen |
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5) Infierno Blanco...White Woman
Angular-bass driven, distorto-slicing guitar riffed, politically
in/correct-isms built over a burka babble of broken breakbeats.
A white hell sonorous synth stylizer, sparsely structured density
sounding out about freedom. Certain clinical/cynical slickness
in production. Almost too good to be true.
- Enzo Lim |
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6) Creme Blush...My Statement
The great goth dance tune called "My Statement" speaks
of an obvious sincerity and sense of humor regarding the genre.
It is probably the most conventional of songs on the compilation,
with a clear harmonic progression. Digital synths abound, and
a dry, ultra clear bass guitar enters, so totally reminiscent
of early Cure and other early 80's goth bands, while simultaneously
signature Creme Blush; the pumped up electro beat (a la Doktor
Avalanche and the Sisters of Mercy) is the only brash characteristics
to the song. The singing style of the girls has always reminded
me a little bit of Star Search in a good way. You know, not perfect,
but very heartfelt and earnest, almost strained even. And the
lyrics, "My Statement" being the only really discernable
ones, over and over... whatever their statement, it sounds true
and believable.
- Andy Butler |
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7) Navy...Sun Visor
Navy members Jill Arcade and Brina Thurston have wired their
synth and guitar to the exact frequency of one summer afternoon
between sixth and seventh grade. Together their bleached-out
melody sets the stage for David Riley's "after-school"
vocals, gently reminding you of that time when you believed everything
was possible. The minute before you had your heart broken for
the first time.
- Craig Garrett |
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8) Cosmic Rocker...Logic
Cosmic rocker, a.k.a Sasha Crnobrnja, has produced and contributed
a "two thirty a.m. peak of the party" kind of track.
While so many pieces of music feel like great starters or enders,
this song really bumps in a way that leads you on, and ready
for more. Rhythmically, it maintains the frenetic energy of a
false start throughout, with a jerky breakbeat (one of the most
engaging I have heard in a while) kicking away. The synths and
samples are thoroughly tweaked out, with a kind of harmonic question
that never offers an answer. The recording is of a high integrity.
Cosmic Rock is definitely alright.
- Andy Butler |
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9) Blurter...Parkonenlatz
Blurter is known for his custom built interfaces and home made
microphobes. A brilliant experimental musician, Ashis Mahapatra
(aka Blurter) has created a diaphonous, yet, cosmic glitch journey.
A sound of force, "Parkonenlatz" documents a time in
the experimental NYC movement forever etched in our conscience.
- Dei Lewison |
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10) Craig Garrett...Caribou
Craig's aesthetic (from the visual to an incisive and well-wrought
text) is of an unassuming high-ground. Hardly anomalous, "Caribou"
expands this aesthetic through an ambiguously linear offering
of playful melody and glitch. Deploying poppy synths and a firm
kick, "Caribou" resists reduction by traversing categoricals
through excessive simplicity. The 2:42 of "Caribou"
is the epicure's portion.
- Dan Butler |
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11) Nelson...Electric Chaircut...Fa
Remix
The "gag" teeters on the edge between art and a clever
marketing ploy. In the case of "Electric Chaircut,"
the gag sounds ace! Self-proclaimed
failure, Nelson, wanders through Soho hacking up the hairs of
the willing with amplified scissors and calls the results music.
Fuck me for not thinking of it first, and fuck all 'cause it's
glitchy, spikey and frees you from having that irksome chat with
yr barber.
- Ben Baumes |
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12) Natasha Pachano...Campanas/Bells
Natasha Pachano offers a piece that avoids the
definition of a song. Campanas/Bells is more like a statement
in four layers of sound, a bilingual parody of language barrier
and simultaneous translations. A voice in spanish delivers organic
visions of daily sound. It is followed by its english counterpart,
a more static, serious and artificial version of the same words.
A sonic noise can constantly be heard, like a toy spaceship that
a child would play over and over again. A little girl's chant
that's peaceful and disturbing at the same time.
- Amelia Bande |
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13) Ghost Exits...She Is Beyond Good
& Evil
The longest and most drugged-out sounding jam on the album, this
reeks of treacherous decadence - the headiness of lost weekends
with a deal of devils. Could it be helped if Shaun Ryder's "evil
twin" (imagine that) escaped wherever it was they've been
hiding him to remake this number by The Pop Group? It's quite
the cocktail (Amyl-house anyone?). Lo-fi and funkdefied it's
a "smash-up" - yeah. Get right on up!
- Enzo Lim |
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14) Benton-C Bainbridge...Wormy Ambler
"Wormy Ambler," as a title, seems devoid of mystification:
the track ambles in the process of decomposition. Sauntering
while destined to decompose, the body of "Wormy Ambler"
is heavy at the bass and melancholic in resolve. Intermittent
tweaking of acidic shrieks in the face of death solicits a reintroduction
of pleasure, a release (through) entrancing metrics of melancholia.
I don't mean to be too cryptic, but that shit's erotic ya'll.
Mysticism it is'
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15) Lisa Ericksson...Showering in the
Mojave
A weird and successful blend. A southern blues
guitar played outdoors, comfortable with its identity and the
early evening sun, suddenly gives space to electronic beats that
can be heard both as a train journey or a desire to dance. The
voice is old fashioned, like a song tought by a traditionally
folk grandparent. The three elements co-exist in their contradiction
with volume level games between them and mood transitions.
- Amelia Bande |
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16) Daniel Givens...Transcend
Daniel Givens - Recorded in the summer of 2001 from the "Ideas
of Space" this haunting melody is the magnified echo of
urban life. Hitsky's voice implores the heart, mind, and soul.
Another stellar composition from one of the most forward-thinking
musicians of our time.
- Dei Lewison |
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