Artist : Robert Lippok
Title : Robot
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2006
Date : Nov-26-2006
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 08
Label : Western Vinyl
Source : CDDA
Length : 20:14 min
Size : 27,5 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Tracking 01:10
02.To The Zero Movement Point 00:20
03.Unexpected Behavior No. 7 03:52
04.Silent Movement (No Servo) 01:28
05.After Work 03:53
06.Closed Loop 3 00:48
07.Pick And Place 03:55
08.Sweet Servo 04:48
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20:14 min
From Boomkat.com :
Finally. After Open.Close.Open on the Raster Noton label way
back in 2001 we were left gasping for more solo material from
Mr. Lippok. Sadly his full time job as a member of German avant
rockers To Rococo Rot and some select collaborations with
Komeit and Barbara Morgernstern have taken his time up over the
last five years and itÆs taken this long to get even a hint of
new solo material from this gifted musician. At only 20 minutes
in length, æRobotÆ is hardly the grand follow-up we were hoping
for, but what it lacks in length it makes up for in quality.
All too many records are plagued by filler or simply tracks
there for the sake of being there, Lippok has trimmed this
record to fit into his grand plan, and everything is exactly
where it should be. Part of Western VinylÆs Portrait series
(designed to allow artists to take a single idea and explore
it) æRobotÆ looks toward the very nature of robotics, exploring
ideas from 20th Century science fiction writer Stansilow Lem,
golem creator Rabbi Loew, computer science pioneer Alan Turing
and irreverent scientist Athanasius Kircher. A lofty set of
ideas to fit into merely twenty minutes of music, but Lippok
rises to the challenge, filling his distinctly digital
compositions with emotion and loneliness - fitting given the
iron-clad subject matter. The cold nature of robotics is shown
in the layers of digital distortion and white noise Lippok
plays with, but beneath that is harmony and melody taking us
into the realms Lippok is most known for. There are definite
echoes of æAn Amateur ViewÆ-era To Roccoco Rot here in the
melodic structure, but they are buried amongst the glitches and
blankets of outrΘ sound-collage. In fact, although the gorgeous
Mahler string work which bound together æOpen.Close.OpenÆ is
now sadly gone, æRobotÆ feels like the perfect follow-up to its
wistful predecessor û the sentiment is still there and the
music still feels like it would slot into the Raster Noton
catalogue magnificently. A bold and effortlessly beautiful
statement from one of our favourite musicians, short but
perfectly formed. Highly recommended.
http://www.westernvinyl.com/west022.htm