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artista : Pole | |
| titolo : Steingarten | ||
| etichetta : Scape | ||
| formato : CD | ||
| packaging : digipak | ||
| cod. nr. scape44cd | ||
 | 2007 | |
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After minimalist experiments with elements of hip-hop and dub, Stefan Betke's latest album has hardly any concrete references. What has remained, though, is the minimalism so characteristic of Pole. Built around little loops, his arrangements dispose with any kind of ornamentation. A stark contrast with the album's title and cover – which shows a picture of the famously ornate, gingerbread-style castle Schloss Neuschwanstein. But despite some funky grooves, this is no dancefloor record. And despite its simplicity, the music never comes across as meagre or repellently cool. This might be due to the fact that Pole has found a perfect middle point between avantgarde and pop. Pop in the sense of functional music, which wants to please and use familiar structures. And avantgarde, which, since early modernity has been characterised by a total lack of solicitousness, not seeking to be anything but an autonomous piece of art. The beats are groovy, but never overtly dance-oriented. Melodies are used as harmonic dashes of colour, but remain fragmentary rather than sing-song-y. Some cracking noises pop up, but not as a dissonant element - they just seem a logical part of the sound structure. The term "sound design" would, in this context, not be derogatory but a fitting term for the clearly structured textures which form the basis of Pole's music. |
| Prezzo : € 9,90 offerta! |
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artista : System | |
| titolo : s/t | ||
| etichetta : ~scape | ||
| formato : CD | ||
| packaging : digipak | ||
| cod. nr. scape13cd | ||
| 2002 | |
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| "System are three producers from Kopenhagen, Denmark, who not only have been close friends for a long time but can also look back on a very successful joint musical history. They decided to start a new project, dedicated to special musical likings all the three of them share. While their other common project 'Future 3' over the years turned more and more into popmusic, Knak (known as well as Opiate and producer of the important tracks on the recent Björk album Vespertine), Remmer (aka Dub Tractor) and Skaaning (aka Acoustic) realised, besides a big variety of other influences, a common love for Dub and the sonic trademarks of this music: Reverb, Echo & Bass. Dub is a starting point, a always returning reference, the base for System´s very modern, experimental sound, guided by a love for reduced, warmth full of digital static, motivated by an overwhelming interest for new software tools and driven by the gift of using these new technical possibilities in a very subtle way and integrating them into the sonic spectrum. Let's be honest here: Can you think of musical experiments of that kind which actually have such a flow?" |
| Prezzo : € 9,90 offerta! |
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