microsuoni: Mort Aux Vaches

Mort Aux Vaches

	artista : Andrey Kiritchenko
	titolo : Mort Aux Vaches
	etichetta : Mort Aux Vaches
	formato : CD
	packaging : confezione speciale
	cod. nr. mavkiri
		2007
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[Il ritorno della serie che rappresenta le John Peel Sessions della musica sperimentale, con il solito design molto particolare, è affidato all'ucraino Kiritchenko, reduce dal grande successo di "True Delusion" su Spekk. Questa registrazione rappresenta al meglio lo stile di Andrey, glitch ambient con riferimenti fennesziani, droni leggeri, scricchiolii del laptop, field recordings.]

"Things have been quite for Staalplaat and their Mort Aux Vaches series. It seems as Staalplaat moved to another building in Berlin and things are up and running again. Celebrated with a new release in the Mort Aux Vaches series, an ongoing series of CDs recorded at VPRO radio in Amsterdam, and by now with some fifty or more releases - a small encyclopedia of modern music. And oh: an encyclopedia of CD design. This new one comes with a sort of bathroom curtain plastic cover, that is partly transparent, but also makes a hallucigenetic thing. The music is by Andrey Kiritchenko, our man on the laptop (and more!) from the Ukraine. Around when this was recorded I also saw him play a concert and besides a laptop, I believe he used an autoharp and a guitar. The laptop contains the 'usual' crackles, hiss, and processed field recordings, but Kiritchenko plays some rather nice warm ambient glitch music. Half way somewhere Fennesz and microsound, not yet really pop like, and cut in to one long piece, Kiritchenko plays rather moody, atmospheric music. Fortunately not too abstract with his ploinks on the guitars, or his drones from the autoharp. I remember back when attending the concert that Kiritchenko's music is quite nice, but perhaps better enjoyable at home then in a concert space with people standing around and talking (like the one I saw). Now that it is on CD, I can only applaud the fact: yes, it works much better. Another great addition to the series." [FdW - Vital Weekly]

Prezzo : € 16,50

	Artist: Pimmon
	Title: Mort Aux Vaches
	Label: Mort Aux Vaches
	Format: CD special package
	Cod. nr. MAVPIMMON

"From all the people with a laptop and who travel, I rate Pimmon as one of the better ones. Not falling in a pure noise mode, or a pure improvisation mode, his music is a combination of melodies, raw chunks of sound and glitchy rhythms. His recent 'Snaps Crackles Pop' (a rather self-explanatory title) for Tigerbeat didn't make it to these pages, but would rank high in my top 10 for 2003. That CD was a studio, to get the full Pimmon picture, one would also need the 'Mort Aux Vaches' CD. Recorded at roughly the same time as the Tigerbeat CD, the live recording on 'Mort Aux Vaches' CD dates from about a year ago, upon his first Europe tour. Of course, the live side is always arranged in a more free mode, small mistakes happen but these pieces bear the Pimmon trade mark allover: grainy yet warm glitch rhythms, amplified static hiss that evolves into small wormholes and crackles and pop all around. However, Pimmon never looses the idea of composition - he never leaps into pure improvisation nor does he let things get out of control, there is always the structure to control. Pimmon clearly has this capacity, both in his studio work, but also in his live work. Finally a very good example of the latter becomes available." * Frans de Waard (Vital Weekly)

Price: € 11,70 offerta!

	Artist: Philip Samartzis
	Title: Mort Aux Vaches
	Label: Mort Aux Vaches
	Format: CD special package
	Cod. nr. mavsamartzis

"Philip Samartzis is one of the most innovative artists on the Australian sound art scene. Apart from a few releases on the excellent Australian Dorobo label, he has collaborated with a number of leading sound artists abroad. Latest release in the excellent Mort Aux Vaches-series presents three stylishly quite different projects approximately lasting for one hour. First track "Variable resistance" opens the show with low audible timbres, glitches and discreet noises that after a few minutes give way to a wide range of natural sounds from various field recordings, sometimes repetitive but otherwise constantly developing. Second track "Deconstructed windmills" opens slowly with short frequency sinewaves reminding of Panasonic (pre-Pan Sonic) that suddenly fades into pure silence until the next wave of noise flushes. Generally "Deconstructed windmills" is minimal in its expression, both being hypnotic in its repetitive sounds and quite noisy thanks to the use of high frequency sounds. Final track "Soft and loud" opens with some metallic percussive sounds followed by almost painful screeching sounds that suddenly penetrates and then disappears again. During the first part, the track constantly changes between silence and noise. Soon after deep rumbling subtle drones occur together with electroacoustic noise sounds gained from the use (or misuse) of various music instruments. "Soft and loud" is the most remarkable piece of work on the album sounding like a strange combination of Einstürzende Neubauten, Oval and Edgar Varese. Using a great variation in his sonic expression, Philip Samartzis certainly demonstrates his talent as an electroacoustic sound artist on this great edition of Mort Aux Vaches." * NMP [Vital Weekly 364]

Price: € 9,90 offerta!