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K3 038
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"It took Tim Wijnant two years to complete the successor of his debut-album Gravity=Love. All this resulted in a stream of ideas, influences which were put into this new album. This is a mature CD ranging him amongst the likes of Pimmon/Fennesz/Markus Schmickler. The Wide Album is a progressing work. Started out by collecting 'sounds' from different sources. Manipulated, and processed into rough tracks and fitted alongside one another until a definite version was completed and fine-tuned as a whole. An album, which will not only appeal, electronica-fans worldwide, but also the more adventurous pop-listener and the avant-garde scene. It's a musical history trip almost without the use of conventional instruments. Ovil Bianca is one of the few electronica-artists whom still discover new territories within a listenable concept. This is probably a result to his statement about being influenced by Syd Barrett, Dj Tiesto, Bonzai Records and Wesley Willis. These influences say off course more on the mental state of Ovil Bianca then on actual musical references of this CD."
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K3 031
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"Main is back in grand form... After finalising his Firmanent CD's it's been a bit quiet around Robert Hampson. Although very busy with other projects as Comae (with Janek Schaefer), Chasm (Fatcat), his Main output has been a bit low. Tau shows the first full album in years from a talent whom showed us the way to turn guitars into ambient. His unique way of concrete sounds and manipulating these into something of his own has always been his identity. Tau is no more or less a classic mover for quiet, threatening soundscapes with lots of attention for details. Details who are there to demand your attention. There is no way you can put this on as background music. The layers of overtones and quiet climaxes are very demanding for ears and brains."
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K3 033
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"Floating of directly direction improvisation this record have almost no overdubs. Coming close to the abortion of sounds genuinely overlooked by contemporary artist, they succeed to use 'noise' as a base to build quite direct tracks. At times very soft and gently showing of a romantic side of things, followed by a psychiatric attempt to slaughter all neighbours. The general feel after listening to the album is gasping for breath. It took them 4 years to do this album of top guitar improvisation setting comfortably in the shelfs between Ashtray Navigations, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Corpus Hermeticum, 20 city or even the more loopy based projects of Philippe Jeck and Es."
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K3 024
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Gas-station attendants around the world will rejoice at news of this final missive from Jason DiEmilio (aka Azusa Plane), a cleverly titled reminder of one of the Boss's most visionary & epic lines. Featuring two long tracks of cable glitch, amplifier hum and microphone bumping, this CD has such comedic aspirations that even Neil Hamburger will probably have to sit up and take notice. Thank you, New Jersey.
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K3 022
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"Musicians often forget to focus on direct approach to the listener. This is exactly where Wio specializes in: he's got something to say. Each song tells another story, like a fairytale from Grimm. Sometimes lovely, sometimes threatening. Wio doesn't waste time. His music is pretty straight, and his target is visible for everyone. Just listen closely to his voice: whispering, and still clear for everybody. His gentle guitar touch resulting in songs so beautiful you wonder why he isn't in the same league as Nick Drake, Flying Saucer Attack, (early) Smog or Alastair Galbraith. His second album simply proves what everyone expected from him... Sure it isn't all songwriting but somehow he tries, in his own way, to fill the gap between experiment, pop and pure lovesongs. His first album was a real lo-fi gem, this one is really 'hifi' and his first proper album (since his previous one was a kind of collection of tapes, radiosessions etc.).".
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K3 015
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"Shifts is Frans De Waard. Famous for his ground-breaking releases on his own Korm Plastics/Bake/Microwave labels (all available as CDRs) and his work for Staalplaat (which he didn't found, contrary to popular belief) and from a thousand other projects as Goem, Beequeen and Kapotte Muziek. Shifts produces another angle of De Waard's minimal music. The guitar is the source of Shifts. After a string of 7"s, 10"s and 2 CDs, we are proud to say that Mechanica is one of his best. The album is a continuation of his work on Meme but probably more guitar oriented. No surprise since this CD is the first in the (K-RAA-K)3 improguitar series. The music builds up like a rolling thunder of quiet guitar strumming, processed through several effects. Like Dean Roberts, he creates a world on his own, leaving the listener very relaxed. While the tension is sometimes very stretched, the music develops into a bewildering experience you take in yourself. It only leaves your mind hours after the CD has stopped spinning. A mechanical orchestra humming on end."
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K3 011
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"The debut album from this vaguely guitar oriented Belgian trio searches lines into the dessert. The field is filled with foggy waves, tickles sustain the sonic sprawls and cloud the area. The structure of most songs vary from ultraminimal course to rock/pop timed changes, but the wire will run through your brain. The sounds and the melodies build an overall density. The color experiments of such avant guitar bands lead you into a new world of industrial solitude and madness."
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K3 010
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"Already from the beginning Wio and Köhn, a.k.a. Ed Nolbed, covered each others songs. On stage, they played mainly their friends' music because they thought their own songs were too bad. Now they've recorded some of these refabrications. The music reflects a great distance from all those dance remix albums -- because of the respect and knowledge the bands have for each other. It offers personal interaction, a filling of the gap between guitar and electronica for all those who think we're crazy."
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