| June 2010 news
June 29, 2010
GOING UNDERWATER
• tube'|211 - Project : N.A. - Insomnia/Abyss II
«psq M.O.S. is the pseudonym of a polish musician who for the first time presents his work here at test tube, under the alias 'Project : N.A.'.
The two tracker 'Insomnia/Abyss II' invests greatly in deep and dark ambient
over the course of its nearly 23 minutes. 'Insomnia' is more into the 'dark side', or at least the first half is, while 'Abyss II' - as the name suggests - has a more deep and submersive character, I mean, most of it sounds like field recordings taken from the undercurrents of the ocean bed. The last part of this track, on the other hand, sounds like as if the submarine trip ended up in another world or another dimension.
Great stuff to listen to in the comfort of the night with a nice pair of headphones while watching underwater life documentaries.»
- Pedro Leitão
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June 16, 2010
SINGER/SONGWRITER 2.0
• tube'|210 - Aitänna77 - The Last Summer Days EP
«It is hard to believe that it was almost three years ago that we saw the last release from our dear friend Mikel Martínez, titled 'Health Needs', a concept album about a fictional life/death situation. And before that, more than five years ago, test tube was graced at the very beginnings of its existance with the short EP 'Spring is coming soon EP', which gathered some very nice words about it at the time, like for instance: '(...) a truly superb mix of acoustic and electric elements, with all the elegance of classic minimalism and all the presence of an early-1970s singer-songwriter album.' - Marc Weidenbaum dixit.
Enter his new EP, 'The Last Summer Days', another 4 tracker like the first one, equally absorbing, equally delicate and dreamy, but with a couple of differences of note. Mikel matured his sound
enough, to the point that it can now acommodate his shy singing. Aitänna77 is now, at last, a complete 'singer slash songwriter' musical project, which he seemed to sought after when he started it.
Fans of the 'old' Aitänna77 should rejoice, and fans of the new should also love the old, because it is the same... it's everything there, still... and moving.
New and beautiful songs (and a Codeine cover), the same awkward but rightly placed instruments, the same minimalistic scores and arrangements and that same seemingly out-of-place nostalgia we learned to love, that keeps us from getting grounded to a particular moment in time. 'Tarde o Temprano' feels like watching 'Verano Azul' twenty-five years later (only our spanish readers will understand this, sorry.). Such a perfect little gem!
I was really in the need for something like this. Thank you, Mikel.»
- Pedro Leitão
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June 06, 2010
PSYCHEDELIC JOURNEY
• tube'|209 - Paul Sharma - Safar
«Paul Sharma is a british artist raised in India who started producing music after a well succeeded incursion in painting. Paul gathered some friends and began writing traditional indian music with western scales. 'Safar' which we are presenting here, means 'Journey' in urdu language. Safar is Paul's attempt in relating Indian Raga music and scales with western modern composition, electronic composition. For this, Paul called some friends - including singer Rajesh David - and produced 'Safar'.
If you are keen on electronic ambient and indian classic music you should definitely
listen to this.»
- Pedro Leitão
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