Release : VA Blue Chair Red Chair - A Clickclickdrone Compilation
Artist : VA Blue Chair Red Chair
Album : A Clickclickdrone Compilation
Genre : Lo-Fi
Source : CDR
Label : Click Click Drone Records
URL : http://www.clickclickdrone.co.uk/
Date : 2005-11-00
Quality : VBRkbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 14
Time : 66:34 min
Size : 98 MB
1 Z-Arc - Field Lines 4:04
2 Boc Scadet - Ibill 4:54
3 Mint - Shoes Too Big For Her Feet 4:16
4 Shirase - Stellar Mapping 4:14
5 October Man With Landis - Fault Line 3:40
6 Photobook - Casioland 2:10
7 The Ileon - The Foe Has Mastered Sleep 4:21
8 Lum - Glowfly 6:10
9 Gagarin - 120 Cms 5:30
10 The Gosub Routine - Routine 5 4:42
11 Cheju - Datec 5:32
12 Colamm - Relmm 4:25
13 The Rumblist - Mxfrmlhg 4:28
14 Zainetica - People More Fuel 8:08
A very good compilation released by ClickClickDrone and as any good label
compilation this is a showcase of their artists and the different styles they
represent. ClickClickDrone is one of many prolific so-called CDR labels (a
distinction that becomes less clear by the minute) and ôBlue Chair Red Chairö is
their eight release. CCD was started and is maintained by recording artist: Boc
Scadet. The ties to another quality label heavily featured here at the E-desert
becomes apparent by a quick glance at some of the 14 contributing artists and
that label would of course be the lovely Boltfish Recordings. Another liaison is
the one to the newly started October Man Recordings, also incidentally reviewed
here not long ago. ItÆs also nice to see that Gagarin has contributed with a
track, if thereÆs not a double-ganger that would be the same Gagarin who
released the nice sounding ôEarthlingö album on ôGeo Recordsö. The ôBlue Chair
Red Chairö album weights in at 14 tracks all in all and everyone with their
appeal dependent on personal taste. Z-arcÆs ôField Linesö, Boc ScadetÆs ôIbiilö
and MintÆs ôShoes too Big for Her Feetö deliver warm sounds and healthy beats,
well balanced and very enjoyable. Shirase opts for ambience and does so
successfully in ôStellar Mappingö. October Man with Landis takes an acoustic
detour in the friendly ôöFault Lineö. PhotobookÆs ôCasiolandö is decidedly
pop-influenced and comes with vocals to boot. The IleonsÆ ôThe Foe has Mastered
Sleepö features a piano intro and some jazzy feather light beat. LumÆs ôGlowflyö
returns to ambient territory and sets the mood with gentle guitars accompanied
by atmospheric sound in a virtually beatless track. Gagarin offers ô120cmsö void
of beats, plentiful of atmosphere and a subtle bassline framing the track. The
Gosub Routine brings back the beat back in the gritty ôRoutine 5ö a really nice
track with menacing setting and industrialised handclap and Cheju of Boltfish
fame keeps the beats alive in ôDatecö another great sounding effort by Cheju.
The beats set in dance floor mode, excellent build-up and a bouncy bassline to
keep things moving forward. ColammÆs ôRelmmö a drum machine fuelled track with
competent programming and a good selection of sounds and The RumblistÆs
ôMxfrmlhgö is heavily cut-up, displaying beats trickery in a nice way. Last but
by no means least is the fourteenth track ZaineticaÆs ôPeople More Fuelö an
excellent track by this productive and talented artist. Especially in light of
him also more or less simultaneously releasing a full-length album on October
Man Recordings (May 2005) reviewed here at E-Desert. This track is awesome, with
a prolonged call and response intro, which really doesnÆt give away where the
trackÆs heading. Then slowly the trackÆs structure gets it form and the beats
works like magic with the unusual choice of sound source. Excellent atmosphere,
plenty of forward movement and really, really nice beats! In short a very good
track ending a very good compilation. The recommendation is to track down CCD
and buy the compilation now.
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