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DOPPELGANGER
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Album: The Grid, Doppelganger (Some Bizarre)
By Simon Price - The Independent.
Sunday, 23 March 2008
In the Old Rave era, long after Soft Cell had fallen apart, synth maestro Dave Ball formed the Grid with Richard Norris, and sold millions.
Their comeback album 'Doppelganger' displays all the versatility you'd
expect from the man who wrote "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" and
"Swamp Thing". There's an echo of the early Eighties on "Pleasure
Control", there's Art of Noise-style ambience on "Closer"
and "Mighty Heroik" (with Robert Fripp on "Frippertronic
guitar"), and there's even Beach Boys-esque doo-wop on "Be Here
with You". Grown-up, sophisticated stuff, without ever losing its
sense of fun.
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Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets
"Beyond The Pale".
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"Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets - Beyond the Pale"
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’Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets - Beyond The Pale’
8/10
(Some Bizzare) His work with Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart probably makes Gary Lucas the worlds most popular avant-rock guitarist, though his solo work can lack focus. Here, his solo pieces mingle with tracks recorded with electronic composer James R Hunter, aka The Dark Poets, whose samplescapes, synth beds and vocal samples about things like military mind-control techniques recall the dark portents of Cabaret Voltaire. Highlights include a resonant cover of part of Popol Vuhs Aguirre, Wrath of God soundtrack; an exhilarating "Judgement at Midnight" incorporating swirling National steel guitar phrases over a synth drone bed pockmarked with found-sound fragments; "Breath of Bones", a delicate tangle of guitar tendrils; and "Teds Theme", a lovely sequenced samba-shuffle burnished with glinting guitar. Solo showcases include the glistening Frippertronic-style guitar tones of "Rosemarys Baby" and the almost electric-flamenco flurries of "Rise Up To Be". Pick of the album:The Judgement at Midnight, Teds Theme, Aguirre & Rosemarys Baby.
Terrorizer Magazine
Reviewed By Sam Rackman
"When it comes to eclectic post-punk Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets knows where its at. Beyond The Pale, Released through Some Bizarre, is a collaboration between the Grammy nominated/one time Captain Beefheart guitarist and the British electronica outfit. The result flits between sounding like Tubeway Army remixed for the 21st century and Nick Cave playing acid-infused bluegrass."
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GL1TCHG0R3
GEARBALL
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GL1TCHG0R3
is unusual in that they are primarily a “virtual’ band formed by Ted Bell
and Patrick Chauncey, conceived, executed, marketed, discovered and signed
before the two band members ever actually met in person. They formed in
June of 2007, and within a few weeks developed a large underground following.
GL1TCHG0R3 (glitch - gore) was born out of an experiment to create a new
fusion of sound somewhere between hip-hop, improvisational jazz fusion,
noise, IDM and glitch. Stumped at how to proceed with this task, they
invoked Eris the goddess of chaos through song, art, insanity and an organ
donation. The Mother of mechanized music was indeed pleased - so pleased
that she plucked out her right eye, and created the most terrifying weapon
of mass destruction in the universe to take its place among us. Thus Gearball,
also known affectionately as Mister Twinkles, came to become the band's
whimsical cyclopean mascot. Travel with Mister Twinkles and his friends
through a wild acoustic romp into the depths of cosmic chaos. And if you
listen closely, betwixt the screams of the undead and alien tribal rhythms,
you'll hear the dancing laughter of Eris grinding away at the humming
rotors of creation.
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pedroINF
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DJ REVIEWS:
PEDRO INF No.3 in the Catapult Records (Cardiff) cool cuts chart (5/2/08)
Always good to hear something out of my comfort zone. Very impressed. Will keep an eye on this dude. favouritetrack: Deep Night (Dj Moneyshot - XFM South Wales/Various – Wales)
Kinda techy with industrial, electro, chill out overtones. I Like. Thank u for sending (Jerry Bouthier - Boom Box/Family/Kitsunã© Resi-Reviewer For M8/Update/Notion – UK)
Really like this. Has a nice old skool Chicago feel to it as well as sounding very now. Great! (Neil Scott/Diablo - Nish Nash Nosh/Homoelectric/El Diablos Social Club – Manchester/Uk)
Solid release. Stand out for me is Deep Night which works on my floors. Good stuff. favouritetrack: Deep Night (TC Monckton - On @ Digital Newcastle, Wax:On @ Stylus Leeds, Arcane @ NUSU Newcastle)
Interesting. Some Bizarre is certainly an appropriate label for him. It will take a while to fully get my head round this, but i like the palate of sounds. favouritetrack: I Love Trees (Fil OK – NagNagNag/333/Various – UK)
I like the old skool sound of the beats on this. (Dan Hayes – Lock Tavern/Aitbf/Various – UK) This has got some nice grooves and sounds in it. The first track "Deep Night" is probably my favorite up tempo track here, I like what sounds like a bit of a meltdown at the end of the track. But I think the second track "Crazy BBB" and the last track "Love Trees", are my favorite tracks. The Aphex type synth sounds work well on these tracks. favouritetrack: I Love Trees (Leaf Troup - The Social/The Amersham Arms/Various – London)
Interesting ideas. Nicely done. (Anthony Vicious – Hotwerks/Various – London) Nice production. (Rob Smith – Smith & Mighty/Various – Worldwide)
I LOVE this! It would be good with a longer edit though. Feel VERY free to send me more...! (Pjotr - Tête À Claques @ Berns/The Electric Gay Ballroom @ Kolingsborg/T @ Berns/Various – London/Stockholm/Various)
Abstract! Different and good. Not commercial at all and definitely an acquired taste but I like it. Any chance of a finished album, please!!! Favourite track: CRAZY BBB (Johnny Luv - Jamm/Various - London/Surrey)
Some yellow magic orchestra shit going on somewhere here. Mad world. Favourite track: deep night (Cuban Brothers – Phatlace/Fabric – London/Cardiff/Various/Worldwide)
Good stuff. Look forward to checking the rest of the album. (Nico De Ceglia - The End/Radio 1/Various – London/Various)
Lurrrverly! Deep, without being noodly and the production is just the right side of raw. Nice one! (Capoeira Twins - Tru Thoughts/Hope -Glasgow/London/Various/Worldwide)
Interesting,
diverse stuff. Good to listen to. Not sure if Id play but would be totally
rinsing Crazy BBB if it was 3 mins longer! too short! Get him to make
a longer version! Favourite track: Crazy BBB (Ill Will - Adventures Close
to Home – London/Various)
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KONTOUR
SCANNNERS
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KONTOUR
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Kontour is a British all-electronic group
from the South of England. Their new album, ‘Scanners’, is being recognised
as a step forward in electronic music, albeit with odd and eccentric footsteps.
Containing songs about government surveillance and mass paranoia sounding
like it was recorded during a nuclear war. The new fifteen-track CD is
a testament to the creative work of a creative artist pushing the boundaries
of music. Each song blends into the next with the continuity you’d expect
from a modern day apocalyptic storyteller. The themes are reminiscent
of Burroughs or Ballard approaching people’s ideals of untruths and hidden
reality. The uniqueness of ‘Scanners’ can be attributed to the writer
and producer David Hunt, who’s experimental approach, to the album, has
created some unique and interesting sounds. Having experimented with analogue
effects and tape recorders on previous recordings, he continued with that
approach and ran with it into the far future. The songs were constructed
from the ground up with distorted rhythm tracks and mantra basslines weaving
in and out through crazed synth noise sounding like something unheard
of in today’s clean digital age. Running over and under the music is the
uneasy vocal of Hunt, who uses various methods to create the eerie sound
of the story teller feeding you the lines to some sordid hidden secret
hidden by the powers that be. The subject matter turns to the darker side
of life with stories of conspiracy, fetish fantasy and abnormal emotions.
Tracks like ‘Necromance’ and ‘Kennedy Syndrome’ reveal the development
in music style since Kontour’s previous release. The conclusion of experimentation
mixed with the uneasy vocals makes this CD an engaging listen.
Side-line (UK) Review 2008
Kontour - Scanners (CD Some Bizarre Records) www.side-line.com 01/05/08
David Hunt aka Kontour is an English artist who has already been active for more than 20 years now. He for sure is a musician who remains faithful to a sort of early electronic tradition reminding me of the 80s. More than once “Scanners” evokes some early and good old Cabaret Voltaire memories. Especially the 2 debut songs are really cool and essential. There’s this brute electronic construction made with instruments like a Moog or MXR effect processor. It creates these typical electronic vibes while the good-old rhythm box percussion sound only reinforce the 80s feeling. The male vocal parts are pretty zombie-like, but totally fitting in to the music. “The Kennedy Syndrome” and “Loose Wire” are definitely strong openers. I’m not affirming that after such a great debut the album slowly stagnates, but it’s just that the other tracks left are less convincing. “Pressure Point” is a track that brings the album again to a higher level. Kontour also reveals a more experimental side, which brings some diversity, but less new high lights. It doesn’t take away that this album will for sure please the lovers of early Cabaret Voltaire and other bands in the same line. (DP:7)DP.
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ZGA/FIGS
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ZGA is a unique phenomenon in Russian post-rock music.
There’s never been a band that would for so long, so consistently and
with such dogged perseverance and dedication pursue the non-compromised
approach to music. ZGA pretty much equals Nick Sudnick. Throughout countless
personnel changes Nick has always been there - the mind, the heart, the
soul, the creator and inventor of this unparalleled music. We first met
in the early 80s. The newly born Russian rock strived for lyrical freedom
and new spirit, music hardly mattered and in most cases remained quite
simple. I, however, craved for weirder and stranger textures. Sudnick
was a connoisseur and avid collector of Rock in Opposition and industrial:
Henry Cow, This Heat, Test Department, Universe Zero. That was the shape
of sound ZGA was aiming at. “Zga” is a very obsolete, obscure and peculiar
Russian word. It means something really miniscule and in the contemporary
language it survived only as a part of an expression ni zgi ne vidno -
“pitch dark”. ZGA’s music when I first heard it was by no means sounded
obsolete but obscure it very well was: asymmetrical rhythms, hardly any
melody, distorted guitar paired with Nick’s homemade instruments. They
lived in Riga, and in 1986 I was proud to bring this unusual band for
their first ever gig in Leningrad, then capital of Russian rock. In 1991
Sudnick and ZGA moved to St. Petersburg. His studio in the legendary artists
commune at Pushkinskaya 10 is a mix between a scrap metal warehouse, where
he builds, solders, puts together his countless homemade instruments,
and a makeshift recording studio. He’s also a curator of GEZ 21 - Gallery
of Experimental Sound, the hub for noise and industrial projects. Living
in Pushkinskaya 10 and working at GEZ exposed reclusive Sudnik to a whole
new range of people and ideas. He works on a number of side projects,
one is producing an all female band IvaNova. Its drummer Katya Fedorova
became a full-fledged ZGA member and brought more accessible and less
austere timbres of female vocals, violin and accordion of her fellow band
members into ZGA’s later albums. Katya Fedorova is also a member FIGS,
another very special project that is featured on this compilation. FIGS
is an acronym that stands for the names of four musicians: apart from
Sudnick and Fedorova there are two drummers: Alexei Ivanov and Marcus
Godwyn, a Brit who has lived in St. Petersburg for many years now. The
resulting band - three percussionists and ever noisy Sudnick with his
homemade instruments - is an apotheosis of rhythmic industrial sound.
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