Quote from: anomalie on November 14, 2014, 08:46:50 PM
Brighter Death Now - With Promises Of Death (Familjegraven)
Yummy.
Not bad. Listened this few times, acknowledging that it must be recorded with computer/digital recorder, and especially samples appear much more clear than in past. But also music lacks that old suffocating sound. But at the same time thinking: It doesn't matter much. In this case, the core of BDN is still pretty much exactly the same as we have known to expect from BDN. It perhaps doesn't belong along classics of BDN, but it is also enough different and good to justify inclusion to collection.
V/A MUU FOR EARS #9Muu Artists' Association
Hmm.. was it week ago discussion about "academic" vs. other experimental sound. Lets say, if I'd be about to collect the best things of Finnish and Norwegian sound, I could guarantee none of content of this compilation would be in. Muu Association has gallary in central of Helsinki, and perhaps some could know it for quite recent Tom Of Finland exhibition. Most often smaller profile stuff there. This CD series has been partly CDR's and lately CD's. This CD was published in connection of Supermarket Art Fair in Stockholm 2012. Amount of logos from sponsors and whatever is huge. Supermarket Art Fair. Nordic Culture Point, Suomalais-Norjalainen Kulttuurirahasto, Taiteen Keskustoimikunta,...... pffffffff, jeesus! And what we have here, is slim-jewelbox packade disc with no artwork. Just front with compilation name and inside tracklist. Starts with norwegian Marieke Verbiesen playing Nintendo Gameboy and some loop program was it? Utter shit. Fuck nintendo sounds. Antti Nykyri does computer time-stretch manipulations and ambient/techno. Joonas Siren does poly-rhythmic version of drum&bass. Younghusband is the first one actually be any good, but also follows playful but semi-ok work by Hemmelig Tempo and Mikko Haapasalo doing digital electronic music what could be soundtrack from science-fiction film. Aleksi Myllykoski does actually pretty decent stuff, but so obvious and clear sound somehow removes a lot of charm and character from otherwise quite neat sound-collage mixes of field recordings, piano, turntable noises, time-stretch manipulations. Trond Lossius does also very digital sounding piece of sampling female choir music and something what appears like ocean waves or simply "cut-off" manipulations.
Few bonus tracks are thrown in. Why they are considered "bonus tracks", I have no idea. Nintendo girl returns with shitty live set and more songs and Mikko Haapasalo does his thing with digital sound manipulations.
Whole compilation is mastered by Petri Kiljuntausta, who has written several books about experimental music. There is also one huge book in English about 50's/60's early Finnish electro acoustic music.
Anyways, of course most of these people probably don't fall into "academic" in way of being professionally trained musicians from university or such, but as members artist associations, as part of state/organization funded art projects, etc. it's that different group of sound artists. And not that good, if we put them next to the better sound makers of Finland or Norway...
