February 2005 news

February 24, 2005

OH YEAH, JAPANESE GEEK FETICHISM.

Or perhaps some sort of scientific achievement. Check this: I did a google search for 'Chaosmos' (I do that from time to time) and came across this page, on a japanese website. It has nothing to do with Rui Gato's recent release, but has a video worth checking out. A Wave Machine, hmmmm.... I wonder how useful is that...

FERNANDO PESSOA WOULD TRIP IMMENSELY

Here's a nice review of tube009 from Disquiet:

«Straight outta Portugal (the country that birthed the poet who gave this website its name, it's probably worth mentioning) comes Test Tube, a netlabel with 10 sets under its belt, one of the most recent of which is Rui Gato's Chaosmos EP, three long-form tracks of slow-build drone ("M1," 17 minutes), glitched-out field recordings and modified acoustic instrumentation ("M2 Extended," 7 minutes), and a bit of granulated fire that slowly evolves into brittle minimal techno, then into a florid industrial wallop, before fading out with enough grace to erase the any memory of the recent unease ("M3 Final," 11 minutes). "M1," which starts in silence and masters a rich verticality necessary for repeat-listen ambience, is the keeper. Check them all out at monocromatica.com/netlabel (Monocromatica is the parent label of Test Tube). More on Lisbon-born musician Gato at elasticvoid.monocromatica.com.»

February 22, 2005

SOUND SITUATIONISM


• tube'|010 - Minus Pilots - Central Industries EP

«Resist to the paradigms of conventional aesthetics, resist to the sound language simplifications and resist to - and subvert - the protocols and flows of information. This is the work of Minus Pilots, a multinational duo (recently upgraded to a trio) that absorbs and paints it by meticulously manipulating information provided by the media (copy-paste), mixing it with its own counter-information. Voices, characters, phrases and words echoes and slips from the hypothalamus to the cerebellum, managing to achieve that information subversion which has been faithfully provided before. A coming and going of atmospheric sounds which not only relaxes but also shuffle the perception and the time-sense of the listener. The constantly ascending and descending mental states (!), reinforced by delays and soundscapes, create a unified conductive thread, between the digital and the analog, giving it the necessary amplitude, creating sound consistency and making this an excellent EP.» - Bruno Barros

February 20, 2005

ADDITION DAY

Check out the new site additions:

- New artist added, Aitänna77, and scheduled for an April release;
- We have 10 new banners! Including 5 from the latest Mars Express mission;
- Our logotype is now available for download, in the about page;
- Some new Netlabel URL's worth checking out:

CANDY MIND [link]

«Candy mind records is a record label and web portal, focusing on cutting edge music and electronic art in all forms. We are trying to focus on artists who are creating and inventing new music and sounds instead of just repeating others.»

KOMPLOTT [link]

«The Komplott label was established in 1999 as a reaction to the limited scope available for experimental and electronic music in Scandinavia at the time. The initiator Maximilian Moulettes runs the label with colleague Frans Gillberg from the Komplott headquarters situated in Malmö, Sweden.»

MONOKOM [link]

Bulgarian Netlabel, offering tunes from Hip-Hop to Dancehall to Experimental Techno Ambient music.

SINE FICTION [link]

«launched in 2000 and curated by a_dontigny, the sine fiction series is a No Type thematic project whereby each release is an invented soundtrack to a notable science fiction novel.»

Happy browsing.

February 15, 2005

WHERE'S MY 9 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS, MAN?!


Ok, we don't know how to put this, but... you've been conned. Yes you've been.

We sincerely appologize for this we're about to explain:
The first part of our last release - Rui Gato - Chaosmos EP - which is a 7 minute and 41 seconds piece called 'M1' isn't, in fact, complete. The real and finished one has 17 minutes and 28 seconds! That's more than twice the lenght. To those of you who loved it so much, who wrote nice reviews and sent comments by e-mail, we appologize for misleading you into a slightly different experience.
Explanation: when we were transferring the data between servers, the file got truncated somehow, and was cold-cutted near the end. But fear not, because, weirdly or not, the original 'M1' last seconds are very close to what you heard in the 'wrong' version. We believe that it will not ruin your experience.

Please, forgive us, and download the complete 'M1' to enjoy the full piece.

Thanks for understanding.

February 13, 2005

NOT FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED, NO.

Milieu has a review on our latest release tube009. The reviewer, Alex Young, has even found the 'hidden' frequencies in the first piece. You can only spot these when you crank up the volume to violence inducing levels, so, Alex, watch out for your ears, ok?

Thanks man.

February 10, 2005

SEAMLESS MOVEMENTS INTO THE CHAOS


• tube'|009 - Rui Gato - Chaosmos EP

«After some generic and proximity, let’s say ‘audible’, works, Rui Gato returns with a piece divided into three movements. We ask that you do a complete listen of this EP, not because of commercial reasons – we don’t ask for money – or even of aesthetic imposition ones, but quite simply because of the Deleuzian way in which Chaosmos EP is presented.
‘M1’ is nothing more than a landscape of silence, without self-imposed forms. It’s the beginning of the order in itself; it’s this un-organized state, the ‘absolute zero’ from where the whole piece starts evolving. ‘M2 Extended’ assures us that the order is not universal and pummels us to and from distinctive elements in its formal composition. ‘M3 Final’ is the end, the finish line, a proliferation of material signs that illuminates its unformed character, and even manages to approach chaos. A chaos of image/fragment/fracture/remain.
Musically speaking, the subtleties of dub-soaked disperse particles, fill up the last movement. The comprehension of this work cannot be achieved by accessing the origin, but by understanding the way all the events intertwine (M1+M2+M3) and build their own origins. Apprehend the plurality as a plurality implies that the effects of the unity must not be re-evaluated, in the same way that understanding the difference implies that the effects of the identity this work possess must not be re-evaluated. Superb!» - Bruno Barros

February 09, 2005

BROADCASTING INTO DEEP SPACE

Ubeboet's Bleak EP tube007 is featured on Sinsal Radio until the end of this week. Listen to it, you haven't done it already. Bleak EP is one of last year's favorite tubes.

February 2, 2005

NETLABEL GUIDES

Igloo Magazine, an online USA publication dedicated to electronic music, does today an extensive article on the Netlabels issue, complete with some recommendations, where to get started, etc. From contributor Michael Upton.
It's an excellent guide for you to get on browsing free and quality music online.

STREAM ME, BABY!

We added links to M3U streams (Winamp and compatible audio players) to each test tube release, for your convenience. Try it.