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september.27.2002 - #1047
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artist : Languis
album : Simball Sounds
year : 1998
label : Simballrec
genre : Lo-Fi
catalogue : SSR02
url : www.simballrec.com
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.Standing on an Empty Chair 03:12
02.A Flower Growing on the Carpet 04:32
03.Carousel 03:06
04.Ultra-Color Neutralizer 04:22
05.Amphibious 03:21
06.Tragic Affair 03:22
07.Mayfly 03:36
08.Athletic Standard 03:01
09.From General to Specific 11:14
09 tracks | 39:46 mins | 54,7 MB
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The duo known as Languis - Marcos Chloca and Alejandro Cohen - has
been making music together since 1991, when they were both
classmates in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1996, they sold their
guitars and amps and moved to Los Angeles, where they occasionally
perform with other artists who are associated with that city's
somewhat experimental, underground lo-fi electronic movement, much
of it centered around the Internet-based "dublab" collective
dublab.com. Musically, Languis' recordings may remind some
listeners of Stereolab's less motorik/more downbeat recordings, or
Teutonic post-ambient groups like To Rococo Rot and Tarwater.
However, Languis doesn't really seem to align itself with any
particular style or genre, falling somewhere in the "chill-out"
side of the post-rock electronic genre, just this side of laptop
techno-noir. Languis utilizes both analog and digital synthesizers,
as well as various organs, samplers, sequencer, signal processors,
abstract electronic percussion, and guitars (mostly acoustic) -
even vocals, some heavily processed and vocoder-y, and others
barely whispered into a telephone handset - in a uniquely
refreshing and organically futurist fashion.
The first proper Languis release, Simball Sounds, was recorded on a
borrowed four-track recorder at the duo's home studio and released
by L.A.-based Simball Sounds Recordings (hence the title) in August
1998. Their follow-up album, Last Frequency Presets, was released
in the spring of 1999. A limited-edition 7" single, "Soft Music,"
issued in February 2000, contained three instrumentals that were
closely related to sound collage material; full of atmospherics,
loops, acoustic guitar, and static rhythms. In November 2000,
Languis issued Unithematic, which explored a more melodic
song-based side, utilizing more vocals, acoustic guitars, and
pianos than previous releases. Languis' next release, the boldly
experimental "Parallel to the Atmospheric Sound of Silence," a
split 10" with Safety Scissors, was issued by the Plug Research
label. This recording added various elements - hiss, noise, peaks,
distortion, static, clicks, and pops - that sound somewhat audibly
influenced by Stefan Betke's recordings as Pole, using a
sound-processing device called the Waldorf 4 Pole-Filter. Blevin
Blectum (of Blectum From Blechdom) also contributed vocals to this
recording. In 2002, the hectic and lush Untied was released. In
addition to their releases on the Simball imprint, Languis has also
collaborated on projects and compilations with various other
electronic labels, including Phthalo Records, Tigerbeat6, Ubiquity
Records, and Zealrecords. --AMG
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