| October 2009 news
October 23, 2009
DREAMING IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP
• tube'|mm002 - Bogdan Dullsky - Freedom Reflex | Second
«Famous russian experimentalist Bogdan Dullsky - responsible for the Quest Room Project - returns to test tube with a mixed-media release, to much of my own pleasure as I'm a big fan of his work. For this 'Freedom Reflex | Second' he invited some friends to collaborate, namely Barandash (the visual artist who created the amazing images that accompany this work); Nikita Golyshev (founder and curator of netlabel Musica Excentrica and musician) on samplers and synthesizers; Olliver Wichman (founder and curator of netlabel Petcord and musician) on piano, and also Ray Kondrashov on acoustic and midi percussions.
On this follow-up of a previous work, Bogdan and friends create a fantastic work of various levels in complexity, rendering the listener numb and dazzled. 'Freedom Reflex | Second' is, simply put, an audio-visual materialization of what life could have been in a concentration camp (one like KZ Mauthausen). Life on the edge, full of horrors, misfortune, sadness and agony, but also a life. What is life when you know it will eventually end, sooner than you think? What if you had to enjoy in the best possible way even knowing you would be eventually tortured and executed? What would fill your mind? What kind of pleasure would you try to take from those moments? What would you dream?
Would you dream about Death? Despair? Freedom?
There are many answers to these questions. One possible answer is in 'Freedom Reflex | Second'. Listen to it, and watch the images closely» - Pedro Leitão
«One year ago I had a terrible dream. Both simultaneously grandiose and beautiful. The whole year I have spent attempting to reproduce landscapes of the spiritual world behind the looking glass, in a sound...
Perhaps. Which that was possible. You check up...
It would be desirable that we have stayed near to prisoners of concentration camp Mauthausen and other camps of death. In what time and in what place they would not be... Can not listen to this album... Simply pray for, that some things. Never repeated... Though... What am I to speak for it? It will repeat again and again...
I have impudence pretentiously to trust in a good victory :)
Take care...» - Bogdan Dullsky
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October 18, 2009
FIVE YEARS DEAD AND LOST
• tube'|188 - Rico Püstel - Islescape
«Rico Püstel (of tube167 fame) returns with a full album this time. 'Islescape' was written in 2003 when Rico was only sixteen years old, and he thought that the recordings had been thrown away in some garbage dump or whatever ever since, but, back in December 2008 Rico found a copy of the original recordings and instead of tossing them out (again) for being such academic or primitive compositions, he decided to remaster them in light of what he had accomplished as both composer and producer since then. The result is this strangely nostalgic album of what seems to be deep and melodic nineties-flavored techno.
Here's some insight from Rico about 'Islescape':
"My technical standards in 2003 were quite different, so I had to work on them [the original tracks - Ed.] without having any tracks or parts from the arrangements - only the finished pieces. The process of mastering was based on some kind of "low-fi" sound quality, which made it a tough job. Furthermore, I didn't wanted to destroy the original atmosphere, so I had to accept restrictions. To sum up, I can say that "Islescape" is a personal monument where past time stands still while constantly moving within its conditional boundaries. Through this whole process of rediscovering and re-living this music I renamed the concept into "Islescape" attributable to my distant self-observation 5 years later. The original song-names were kept."
Hope you like this time-travel experience into Rico's past.» - Pedro Leitão
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October 08, 2009
MINIMAL PLACES
• tube'|187 - Minimal States - Like A Photograph
«Thomas Carter has yet another musical project called Minimal States, where he explores ambient soundscapes based on collected samples and field recordings.
'Like A Photograph' is the first set of a trilogy that Thomas intend to release on test tube.
This first work is heavily based on samples taken from the well known Fm3 Buddha Machine and CC field recordings taken from the Quiet American website. With 15 minutes spent with each piece - 'Circadian Rhythms' and 'Stereopsis' - Minimal States embraces the full spectrum of landscape generative ambient in its true form.
The artwork is yet another amazing work from Thomas' friend, Matthew Hawtin.
Stay tuned for the remaining two parts of the trilogy.» - Pedro Leitão
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