Arpanet "Inertial Frame"

Artist: Arpanet
Album: Inertial Frame
Label: Record Makers
Release date: 20 November 2006
Genre: Electronic
Style: Experimental Techno/Abstract
RIYL: Dopplereffekt, Drexciya

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Tracklisting:
01. Universe Oscillation
02. Großvater Paradoxon
03. Axis Of Rotation
04. Infinite Density
05. Zero Volume
06. Twin Paradox
07. No Boundry Condition
08. Schwarzchild Radius
09. Event Horizon
10. Chandrasekhars Limit
11. Ergosphere
12. Lorentz Contraction
13. Gravitational Lense
Total running time: 47' 47"

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[Arpanet - Open MySpace Standalone Music Player]

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[Arpanet - No Boundry Condition - Max/MSP + Jitter experiment]

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[Arpanet - Infinite Density - Video Clip]

"As part of Drexciya and Dopplereffekt Gerald Donald can often be found in the catalogues of labels like International Deejay Gigolo, Warp and Tresor. In fact his track ‘Z-Bozon’, which he produced while hanging out with his Dopplereffekt Friends, is set to appear as the opening track of Gigolo boss DJ Hell’s upcoming mix CD “Misch Masch vol. 3”. But for this new album under his Arpanet guise, Donald returns to Air's Record Makers label for more scientific madness.

Taking the name Arpanet from the progenitor of today’s internet, it isn’t hard to guess that on his second album Donald once again looks at music more scientifically, not solely in the naming of tracks like ‘Event Horizon’ and the “Inertial Frame” album tile itself, but also in his choice of futuristic synths, computerized samples and spaced out pads.

Arpanet fans, that’s the artist not the Internet’s father, will possibly be confused, confronted and bewildered by the amount of vocal tracks on “Inertial Frame”. While it could be considered a stretch to call it singing, Donald intones lyrics on numerous occasions for example the reticent tunes ‘Zero Volume’ and ‘Twin Paradox’ as well as the only infinitesimally more verbose ‘Event Horizon’ and ‘Gravitational Lense’.

Recently Arpanet’s ‘NTT DoCoMo’ was picked up by Laurent Garnier for his half of the “Kings Of Techno” compilation. While there is plenty of well produced music on “Inertial Frame” there aren’t many that would be immediately picked up for “techno” mix CDs. ‘Axis Of Rotation’. ‘Infinite Density’ and ‘No Boundry Condition’ are obvious exceptions however and most pieces on the album leave a lot of room for other artists to interpret them as they like into dancefloor ready remixes. The chilling vocals of ‘Twim Paradox’, one of the albums highlights, would sound especially good pumping out speaker stacks over a banging four-four beat." [HigherFrequency]

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Bitstream "Domestic Economy 7"

Artist: Bitstream
Album: Domestic Economy 7
Label: Modern Love
Release date: January 2005
Genre: Electronic
Style: Experimental Techno
RIYL: Autechre, Clark, Aphex Twin

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Tracklisting:
01. Ice Core Laboratory
02. Come And Play With Us
03. Open Sesame
04. Chain
05. Bass Lobe
06. Dragon 32
07. Orange Room
08. Geodesic Space Dome
09. Skymon
10. Test Tube
11. F Codex
Total running time: 54' 30"

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"When it's taken you the bast part of ten years to complete your debut album, it better be sick!! 'Domestic Economy 7' is a pummeling beast of devastation from the brothers Steve and Dave conner, a blistering assault of darkest electro grinds and industrial machinations falling appart at every joint and seam. Having never been confined by any mediocre or slapdash IDM templates, this music can be illuminated by its guiding influences - old school electro, Detroit Techno, choral transmissions as perfected by Penderecki and Ligeti, the ability to fuse the tricks of the old turntablist masters with the advanced digital techniques that lend everything on this awesome record such an uncompromisingly dark, twisted scale. The few people who have already heard 'Domestic Economy 7' have been totally floored by its unusual, uncompromising bass brutality - Andrea Parker has already described it as "the sickest electro album I have heard for time.." while even Depeche Mode's Martin Gore has been spotted spinning Bitstream 12"s in Berlin. In an age where inspired fractured electronic music is an absolute rarity - Bitstream not only re-define the agenda, they not only rule the show, they goddamn OWN it." [Boomkat]

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Autechre "Quaristice"

Artist: Autechre
Album: Quaristice
Label: Warp
Release date: 3 March 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Experimental Techno/Ambient
RIYL: Aphex Twin, Gescom, Mouse On Mars

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Tracklisting:
01. Altibzz
02. The Plc
03. Io
04. PlyPhon
05. Perlence
06. SonDEremawe
07. Simmm
08. Paralel Suns
09. Steels
10. Tankakern
11. Rale
12. Fol3
13. FwzE
14. 90101-5l-l
15. Bnc Castl
16. Theswere
17. Wnsn
18. Chenc9
19. Notwo
20. Outh9X
Total running time: 73' 16"

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"Not counting their previous incarnations, Sean Booth and Rob Brown have operated as the highly influential Autechre since 1993. Their first two works, Incunabula and Amber, stand as touchstones for a dubiously dubbed genre that shall go unnamed for the sake of their sanity. Following in the wake of their third album, Tri-Repetae, widely considered their masterwork, subsequent releases were increasingly met with hostile critique by critic and fan. Accusations that their compositions lacked soul and meaning, that they had lost the plot, etc. began to flow fast and heavy, just as the intricacy and organization of their sounds intensified in complexity.

Tri-Repetae showed that Autechre were actively challenging their listeners, and it is no surprise that they remained in that compositional dialogue for future releases, despite critical resistance. Much like modern composers such as Xenakis or Lachenmann, these challenges are not set for effect. They are set because they seek to re-examine and explore their chosen palettes’ limitations and settings in an effort to continue the documentation of their independent voice. And what some might deem as cold and soulless, others will find new levels of effect outside of the prescribed. Ultimately, the quest and documentation of the new will rarely meet with open arms.

That said, Quaristice benefits greatly from a slight referencing of the dimly lit ambience similar to their favored releases, which will undoubtedly appeal to fans that felt their work had become overbearingly clinical. The stronger fleshing out of surroundings is evidenced immediately within the painterly washes comprising opener "Altibzz," hinting at themes mined in the past, yet surpassing them with a greater degree of sophistication in arrangement. This brooding ambience is explored throughout the album, but most notably with the streaking depth charges that criss-cross the landscape of "paralel Suns." The album is capped off with two further examinations of the ambient discipline, "Notwo" and "Outh9X," each an unsettling exploration of tone and acoustics that dwarf many works based in similar theory.

Quaristice is by no means an ambient album. Yet even within the clanking fidgety rhythms of "The Plc," for example, atmospheric tones are found streaking throughout the spatial framework, alluding to that genre’s typical signifiers. Several passages on Quaristice are staggering in this heightened balance of rhythm and surrounding ambience: "WNSN," with its tonal clusters groaning, overwhelmed by their own strength; the stuttering kick drums of "plyPhon" sending shockwaves forth into the all-consuming, cavernous setting; the frenetic "Simm," which descends into a triangular counter-clockwise motion of punctuation; and "Tankakern," which threatens to explode at its edges underneath all of the weight set into it. The whole of the release seeks to consume the entire space that it occupies.

After many detailed listens, the record feels like their strongest yet, a bold statement considering the importance of their previous works. It is a remarkable assemblage of expressive textures, with an allowance of echoes of their past to resonate from beginning to end. Composers often need to re-examine previous theories in order to move forth into new territories, and Quaristice is that simultaneous step back and forward, likely to please fans both old and new. What this album will sonically proceed is anyone’s guess — we can only hope to be prepared at that point for whatever territories that Autechre are ready to navigate and document." [Tiny Mix Tapes]



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