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Nybbl - The Path From A Point Is In The Shape Of A Heart
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Year :: 2005
Label :: Noise Factory Records
Cat No :: NOISECD917
Genre :: Lo-Fi
Tracks :: 09
Size :: 72,3 MB
Source :: CDDA
Bitrate :: VBR / LAME 3.96r V2: preset standard
Rel. Date :: 22/09/2005
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Born and raised in Rochester, New York, Tim
Quackenbush remembers blissfully abusing his father's
guitar while still sporting diapers - somewhere there
are pictures to back this up. A handful of years
later he found himself fascinated by the effects of
flicking the magical 'PAN' knob back and forth while
listening to 'Yellow Submarine' - Music only! Now
singing only!
Years passed again, and after a handful of false
starts and about-faces around the east coast, he
eventually found himself attending OIART in London,
Ontario for a degree in audio engineering. Taking up
residence in Toronto upon completion, his many
years of 4-track experiments, guitar noodlings, and
computer love coalesced into his current explorations
in electronic music. Soon he began to make
connections with some of the other local bedroom
producers, helping to create the 'bit_rock alumnae',
a collective dedicated to showcasing the numerous
hidden talents in electronic music in and around
Toronto.
A number of online releases through the Manchester,
UK based netlabel Hippocamp served as an introduction
to nybbl's musical adventures; stretching across a
varied landscape of styles and moods, and paving the
way for his 2005 Noise Factory Records debut, 'The
Path From A Point Is In The Shape Of A Heart.
The most head-scratch inducing query nybbl comes up
against is 'What kind of music do you make?'
'Electronic based, guitar heavy, post-post-rock-ish,
IDM?' The string of adjectives and descriptions come
streaming out but none seem to sum it up concisely.
It is warm and flowing. It is as alive and vibrant as
the spring but calm and sparkling like a perfect
winter day. A defiant and still center surrounded by
dancing chaos; a soft and chewy center with a hard
candy shell.
Simply put - if we are still allowed to have anything
simple in this world - it is music. There isn't the
scrutinising worry about giving it a catchy name or
concocting a revolutionary artistic manifesto. All he
can do is press the keys, hit the strings, turn the
knobs, and pull all the insides out to find something
glowing at the core - broadcasting the results for
whoever is listening.
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[01] To Begin with [06:06]
[02] Dance for Buddy [07:09]
[03] Finding Faultlines [05:03]
[04] One Day that Smile Will Save You [05:22]
[05] The Season [05:42]
[06] Styrofoam Pieces in Place of A Heart [05:14]
[07] Monoid [04:55]
[08] Joy Chant [06:50]
[09] Such Grand Ideas [03:52]
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