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Soiled - Mindnumb (c) 2004 Elm Lodge Records
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Source..: CDDA Label.....: Elm Lodge Records
Scans...: None Catalogue#: n/a
Tracks..: 07 Type......: Album
Rel.Date: 10/09/2004 Genre.....: Electronic
URL.....: http://www.soiled.org.uk
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The EP "Mindbumb" is the third release by individualist UK artist,
Marcus H on his home label Elm Lodge Records. Overall, and despite
the short duration, "Mindnumb" is an interesting and pleasant (but
very short) listening experience.
Soiled's music is simple but interesting nevertheless: a lo-fi blend
of looped percussion, distorted sampling and of oscillator
manipulation producing droning sounds or repetitive downtempo
rhythmic structures. Interestingly, the oscillator rhythms give the
music an almost melodic touch, as the loops seem to go through
simple and subtle intensity variation, on occasion setting the mood
of a song or simply complementing the percussion.
With a playtime of slightly over a quarter of an hour and featuring
seven tracks, "Mindnumb" feels very much like a notepad or a sketch
-book: a place where ideas and concepts for future works are hastily
jotted down for future reference. And there are quite a few
interesting ideas and concepts here that are worthy of further
development. However, considering the description of Marcus H's
approach to creating his music (record and release immediately),
there is a chance that the note-book character is intentional. In
which case, the listener will have to be satisfied with the couple
of more 'complete' pieces, of which "Mind Numb" and "Geoff vrsà."
are perhaps the best examples.
There might be a tendency in a certain kind of 'punkish lo-fi free-
electro' music to create short music pieces, whether due to real
artistic vision, trend factors or simple lazyness. In some of those
cases there are pieces that are most worthy of expansion. Soiled's
"Mindnumb" is definitely one of those cases and one can only hope
that the author won't allow his ideas to remain as 'embrio-
entities'.
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01 Mindnumb 02:37
02 Bingo Beauty 01:52
03 Bad Vowel Movement At Wp Primary 02:05
04 Paranoid Conclusions N07 03:33
05 Atonal Movie 01:53
06 A19 South 01:01
07 Geoffs Vrs 03:20
Total:26,1 MBB / 16:21 min
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contribute to the growing sale losses of record companies.
Unfortunately our style primarily targets small, independant labels
that need sales to survive.
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sites or P2P tools; if more and more receive their music from the net,
artists and labels will have to face even less sells than nowadays.
Please do not consider this release as a substitute to the original, but
only as a way to check out and learn about new music.
We absolutely do not approve of DJs or other individuals that earn
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