a r t i s t : Richard Youngs & Simon Wickham-Smith
t i t l e : 5 Years
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : VHF (vhf#99)
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2006
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 71,9 MB
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5 Years is the venerable duo's first release since Lammergeier
(vhf#58) in 2000. After recording and releasing nearly 20
albums between 1990 and 2000, Richard and Simon decided to try
a novel and opposite approach to music making -- they met once
each year to record a solitary 10 minute track. The results
show the duo remarkably unaffected by the half decade that
elapsed - the tracks on 5 Years reflect their long established
signature mix of 'real human' instrumental expression and
explosive musique concrete sensibility. 2002 starts with
several minutes of looped snippets building up subtle patterns
as they slide in and out of phase, leading to a change to a
tremulous chord organ driven section. 2003 starts with a
drastically filtered base of hand drumming, with full-on hand
-on-the-knob tweaking, before giving way to an over the top
fuzz organ solo that sounds like Mike Ratledge on 200 rpm.
2004 is a throwback of ululating noise as heard on 90's
efforts such as Metallic Sonatas. 2005 is based on
electronically treated percussion, the sparest and most
minimal track of the bunch. Recorded mere weeks ago, 2006
finishes where we started, with a baffling electronic test
pattern drone that segues into a section of beautiful, weird
ambience.
http://www.vhfrecords.com/catalog/99.htm
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01-2002 [08:56]
02-2003 [09:47]
03-2004 [09:52]
04-2005 [09:57]
05-2006 [09:54]
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48:26 min