BRUME & NOMUZIC – TRANSPORTS (CD by Cheeses International)
Two masters team up. Transports not of equipment, but the exchange of music
by mail. Brume is known for doing anything with sound but not with
synthesizers or samplers and Nomuzic on the other does everything with the
analog and digital keyboards. The 15 pieces are rather short and most of
them swirl around like a thick mass of sound in which one can sometimes
recognize drum patterns, metallic percussion sounds etc. This is not an
easy CD to digest – I had to play this many times before capturing the
beauty. Maybe it’s because the sound is so thick and there is much going on
a mostly the same dynamic level. But as said: there is a lot going on and
there is beauty to be discovered by the careful listener. (FdW)
Address: 783a Christchurch Road – Bournemouth – Dorset – UK BH7 6AW
NOMEX & SCUD – EUROSTAR (7″ by Maschinenbau)
After Nomex first vinyl treat (the sound of a needle on a recordsurface),
here comes his next musical conception. One side uses ‘the sound of a
Eurostar train engine as source material’ and the flip ‘produced using
recordings of a piling machine situated in the middle of the river Thames’.
The a-side starts out indeed with a sort of train sound, but is intercepted
by a rhythmbox that will drive a longside the continious train noise. I
liked it more at 33 rpm, because the drum & bass is better on it, because
that’s part of the dish too. Strange record and if there is a story told, I
may miss it. But it is a wacky record. The ‘Piling Machine’ is a steady
bonking machine beat with whistles and with 3 times the interception of old
type gramophone music. Again – I think I miss a point, but there is
something nice about it. Very industrial I’d say. (FdW)
Address: BM Fuzz – London WC1N 3XX
MAIN – DELIQUESCENCE (CD by Beggars Banquet)
Anyone who buys a piece of CD every once in a while, or who is a dedicated
follower of some musical act, may wonder why there exists something like a
live album. Alright in the improv scene it is a common thing to collect the
memory of a special event with people who would otherwise not play
together. But in rock music it is usually the thing to keep the fan happy
while waiting for the next studio album. As Main is not the standard rock
band, but do reside on a rock label, maybe they had this contractul filler.
This album was recorded in june at the beautiful Musiques Ultimes festival
in Nevers. As I have never experienced a concert by Main, I can’t really
judge wether this is the capturing of a unique event, not to be repeated
anywhere else. But listening to it, I doubt it. It sounds very much like
anything of a normal Main studio album. And they are usually quite good.
Somehow it is in my brain that this is nothing special. But maybe that is
something I would like to think… what if this was the next studio album?
Anyway, this is by Main standards a regular album – not particularly good,
but not bad either. Taken the fact that it is the live album it may seem a
little bit too much. (FdW)
MAEROR TRI – EMITONAL ENGRAMM (CD by Iris Light)
What a bummer it is listening to this CD! Not that it is bad CD – au
contraire! This CD has the final studio recordings by this most promising
German trio who split up about a year ago for personal reasons. This CD
shows their most mature studio recordings to date. It leaves us guessing
were they could have gone if they wouldn’t have stopped the show…
If you are a newcomer to this: Maeror Tri produce music for the creative
part of the brain. Hugh walls of droning sounds, processed guitar and
gongs, never getting below the audible range (like other gong players
sometimes did), drenched in a bath of effects. This music which simulates
you while working through your day. This music is like a drug: it will have
a great impact on the mind. But in a much more positive way. Cherrisch the
Maeror Tri’s available. And don’t be sad. (FdW)
Address: <ilight@irislight.demon.co.uk>