August 2004 news

August 17, 2004

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT:


• tube'|003 - Kenneth Kirschner - June 18, 1995 et al.

«New York musician Kenneth Kirschner is known in the scene for his atmospheric electro-acoustic and experimental electronics. He has released with Con-v, Sub Rosa (with Taylor Deupree) and 12k Records truly engaging and excelent works. But this release for test tube leaves the fuzzy electro-acoustics away and gives in to spiraling percussion experimentation.
June 18, 1995 et al. is full of metal-work. Just listen closely and pay attention to all the beautiful details... feel the wood and metal notes articulating together, building up tribal rhythmic structures that appear to go nowhere, leaving the listener behind picking up the pieces and trying to make them fit together.
The apparent cacophony is gently laid on a ambient lo-fi bed, covered with ethereal sci-fi like sound tapestries, reminding us that music is, ultimately, the builder of human dreams. Just let it flow.» - Pedro Leitão

August 09, 2004

Time Out New York magazine latest issue (462), features Pitch Boys's release as Mp3 of the week (page 121), and it reads like this:

«Fans of Bill Laswell's '90s output and Dj Shadow are urged to explore the bedroom electronica and psychedelic-tinged hip-hop instrumentals of Pitch Boys, the nom de digitale of self-taught sound artist Nuno Meneses. Posted in late July by Test Tube, the recently launched net imprint of Portuguese label mono¨cromatica, Random Teleports I offers seven tracks plus elegant front and back cover art, all free of charge. Another worthy download, the Fennesz-like Peri Sable EP, by Phoebus, is also available on the site. - Steve Smith»

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