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sigma editions (usa) #sigma 011 cd

julien ottavi “nervure magnétique” compact disc

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  • (32:50)
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sigma editions press release...
artist julien ottavi
title nervure magnétique
cat. # sigma011
format cd
duration 63'48"
released august 2003

nervure magnétique's two mountainous tracks shock by bleeding unpredictably out of audible range at both ends. because track two for example, does not present expected musical progressions beginning with methodical test pattern format in which basic analogue-sounding tones of varying duration and texture are laid down in guileless succession at a drastically low volume leaving you vulnerable to the sonic assault at 12-odd minutes, you are never sure where to set your listening parameters. you must either except the loss of the shadow or highlight detail or excavate from these extremities with the volume control.

julien ottavi is not the type of experimentalist so inclined to subtly expand the listeners perceptual horizons as to forcibly pries them open. the experiments he conducts on you have a similarly gaping range from the fuck you boy's noise to the subtle strategy of loosening his grip on the listener's attention so perilously with the low tones at the end of track one that you forget what it is you are supposed to be engaged in.

ottavi knows how to manipulate with the direct physicality of sound. in track one, simply with a slowly building increase in volume, reedy contemplative tones become pressing and forbidding, and effects a complete inversion in scale around the listener's body, moving from it is in you, to you are in it.

it is his intelligent violence and subtle brutality which distinguishes his output. in nervure magnétique, you are also led through passages of intense beauty and clarity. that he is able to assemble such extremes without making a show of musicality, and attain coherence, shows that there is a persuasive overriding intelligence at work.

- anna sanderson, 2003

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sigma editions (new zealand) #sigma 010 cd

rosy parlane “getxo” compact disc

  • versa (10:10)
  • pinxit (10:09)
  • a.c.u. (6:01)
  • #6 (4:06)
  • getxo (6:35)
  • tanka (11:11)
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second / 2002 full-length from this new zealand by way of london by way of new zealand again comprovisor / imposer of note (recently: the sakada trio with amm’s eddie prévost and mattin, and a third solo disc for touch in early 2004), (earlier: collaborations with both pita and fennesz (separately), and the thela and partmetier groups with dean roberts and dion workman, not to mention a fantastic remix of hrvatski’s “insect digestion melancholy” on a klangkrieg kompilation) ...

now working exclusively in the digital domain, the fidelity of rosy’s work herein shimmers with finer detail to sparser sound materials. lovely, lovely audio and the perfect “sister” to the “iris” disc ...
sigma editions press release...
the tenth sigma release is by rosy parlane and comes four years after the inaugural sigma, 001: parlane's #1-4.

with this new work, entitled getxo, the parlane sensibility is recognizable: an interest in sublimity, minor keys and mesmerizing repetition. track one, for example with its simple repeated four note phrase, is like melancholy carnival music devoid of sentimentality. the repetition in this track mimics mechanical reproduction in that the quality degenerates over the course of the track, ending in an enveloping, ever stronger fuzz.

in comparison to #1-4,getxo is lighter, looser, takes itself less seriously. however, at the same time its tracks are more varied, intricate, difficult and internally more complex, moving between density and thinness. the relationship between the six tracks is also more complex, with the tracks existing as pairs (1&6, 2&5, 3&4) in terms of structure, source material and method.

since making #1-4 parlane has shifted from relatively lo-fi techniques of construction to the digital realm of computer music and this shift in technology is reflected in the intricacy of the tracks and the quality of the sounds. #1-4's dark and urgent rumblings have been superceded by crispness and clarity.

getxo is part of the evolved and evolving parlane aesthetic, very knowledgeable, drawing on a wide range of influences, and innately musical, seductive and affecting, full of quiet and not so quiet catches and hooks, so easy that the difficulty is camoflagued.

- anna sanderson / adrian leverkühn, 2002

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sigma editions (australia) #sigma 007 lp

conoco “kemikoski” twelve inch single record

  • keppi (7:56)
  • ventola (13:05)

  • koski (20:51)
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while i’m maybe not the biggest fan of where sasu rapatti took his vladislav delay and luomo projects after the clean shaven head and drab functional garb (ca. 1999’s berlin podewil concert) were replaced by a mane of flowing blonde locks & chic designer apparel (ca. summer 2002 sonar), i was and remain a huge fan of his early productions as huume, uustisalo, and conoco ...

this is possibly the finest of his vinyl-only free-throb outings, as deep-space wasted as the now-classic “ele” disc without a hint of his later fashion-zombie trappings. fine misted murk that unfolds over 20 minutes on a side (making this the deal of the century) ...
sigma editions press release...
artist conoco
title kemikoski
cat. # sigma007
format 12"
duration 41'
released 1999

kemikoski is arguably the best record made by vladislav delay in his pre-luomo days and is an essential release for anyone interested in his pre-house experimental work. on 1999's kemikoski delay returned to his original pseudonym, conoco, and reworked material first developed in 1996/1997. along with 1997's the kind of blue e.p. (huume) and 1999's ele (sigma editions) kemikoski's three tracks, 'koski,' 'keppi' and 'ventola' evade any specific categorization and revel in a deconstructive experimentation with the form of dance music.

the tracks 'koski' and 'keppi', in particular, share many of the same interests that delay explored with ele, from the length of the tracks to their methods of construction. these two tracks hint at consistent beats more than they hold them and when the rhythm is allowed to solidify its deconstruction begins again almost immediately. delay's refusal to 'ground' the music could be seen as an attempt to evade the hypnotism of techno and the refusal to leave the music free enough to float, an attempt to evade the dreamy and disinterested listening state encouraged by ambient music. as with ele a strong dub influence is evoked by the immersive quality of the delay soaked sounds.

with 'ventola' delay's concerns shift towards those of the kind of blue e.p. and to a lesser extent his 1999 release on chain reaction. here a jaunty and jaundiced techno is experimented with. along with the late 90's proliferation of european minimal techno (typified by a kind of health, an ease of production, listenability and danceability) some producers began embracing an unhealthy state where even the most basic tenets of techno were repeatedly attacked and weakened. delay was certainly among the 'techno' producers who showed little regard (or is it, in fact, the highest regard?) for the tradition of techno. the tradition is used as the base for formulating the parameters of an experimentalism that necessarily calls for the negation of that tradition. an outright dismissal of everything developed within the tradition would be as senseless as an uncritical acceptance of it and it is for this reason that even in this 'impoverished' form it still resembles, and warrants the name, techno.

- todd dealer, 1999

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