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| | | ecstatic peace! (usa) #e# 089 cd rst: “r136a” compact disc - the start of an unfinished chain reaction
- coils opposite
- red sky
- broken submarine
- they saw tomorrow
- tin sun
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- 10
- speeding up the beam
- giant molecule
- rstore
- event horizon
| | ecstatic peace! press release... |
| rst:
r136a cd
cat: cd#89
rst is the solo project of new zealand guitarist andrew moon (previous documentation via the corpus hermeticum le jazz non compilation & his own ultra limited lathe cut releases on his own imperial recordings label.).
"whereas all his previous musical activity had been on drums, moon determined that rst should be an avenue for his experiments with guitar. though he had little prior experience with this instrument, from the very beginnings of rst, he showed a 'brut' aptitude and ear for sound that alone makes rst worthy of investigation.
the first fruits of his recordings were the event horizon lp, released on geraldine vinyl on his own imperial recordings imprint in february 1995. an early and almost completely unrecognized classic of the new new zealand scene, eventhorizon was a crucial document and one of the most important nz recordings of that year. a stunning combination of heavy noise-drone overlay and jagged, harsh string manipulation, in the literal sense (with the guitar's strings literally poked and hit with a range of objects), it instantly announced a totally new voice, in a year in which a number of bands and individuals in this country began to stake their claims for acknowledgement.
it was followed a few months later by the the acceleration stations 10", on which rst's sonic repertoire was expanded further to encompass a strange brand of quiet banging and whacking of the chosen guitar. he continued to record at home throughout the rest of 1995 and all of 1996, and it's from these recordings (along with a selection of tracks from the rst lp and 10") that the material for r136a is drawn. these recordings highlight another side to rst. always searching for new avenues of musical expression through the limited means available to him, moon experimented with actually playing the guitar - plucking and twisting the strings, to produce a mutated and peculiar form of chord-based music - and further manipulating the amplification, resulting in a low-frequency, distantly audible hum. the results are highly intriguing, and while only tenuously linked to previous rst output, still manage to complement it and throw it into a new and unseen light." -- nick cain. |
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