| $17.36
new to stock as of
april 7th, 2008
threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones
folk
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| | | low point (uk) #lp 019 cd freiband / machinefabriek “oahu” compact disc - martin luiten - oahu 1 (1:23)
- freiband & machinefabriek - oahu 2.1 (21:52)
- freiband & machinefabriek - oahu 2.2 (19:56)
| ... i have to admit that i’ve been (unfairly) avoiding mr. zuydervelt’s work in relation to the mms stock-pool ; mainly as, in the grand scheme of “the prolifics” - he’s right up there w/the merzbows & lópez’s of this world (& the next) ... but then recently i’ve had the chance to sit down & investigate his work and, lo and behold, for the larger part, it’s pretty great ; near-static walls of digital sound w/hints of fennesz-lineage chord-shapes almost post-rock progressions ...
this collab. w/frans de waard is certainly no exception, a pair of extended “remixes” of a 1-minute solo hawaiian slack-key guitar piece by martin luiten - touching on similar themes as the recent (and just as excellent) m.b. / jozef van wissem duet ... very nice stuff ... |
| | low point press release... |
| freiband & machinefabriek - oahu
‘oahu’ is a collaborative release between dutch sound artists freiband (the latest project of frans de waard, founder of the korm plastics label and member of kapotte muziek, beequeen and goem to name but three) and machinefabriek (the prolific rutger zuydervelt).
the genesis of the project was a 90 second recording of improvised acoustic lapsteel (the oahu of the title) played by martin luiten. from this initial recording, segments of music, each lasting 30 seconds in length, were created then passed back and forth between de waard and zuydervelt over a period of four months for further processing, editing and refinement. finally, with a collection of 20 of these segments, each artist composed their own 20 minute mix using these pieces.
though the nature of processing and reprocessing applied to the initial recording of the lapsteel makes it at times almost unrecognisable, the harmonic and melodic essence of the instrument is retained and utilised throughout. and whilst unified by the source material at their disposal, these two tracks have a distinct feel and identity that manage to perfectly encapsulate the work of both artists.
cd packaged in a matt printed digipak case. ltd edition of 450 copies. |
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