Artist : VA
Title : Microscopic Sound
Genre : Electronic
Year : 1999
Date : 03/06/2007
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 11
Label : Caipirinha Productions
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 66:46 min
Size : 81,9 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Noto - Crystal S2 05:38
02.Ryoji Ikeda - Zero Degrees [3] 07:12
03.Produkt - Rotor 05:49
04.Thomas Brinkmann - Studio 1 04:23
Variationen Gelb
05.Kim Cascone - Vortex Shedding 05:32
(Bluecube_Recombinant_02)
06.Goem - Comp Twee 07:05
07.Digital - Rom 07:20
08.Sound Track - Zenith 07:37
09.Komet - Reihen 06:52
10.S-Nemek - Hep 07:39
11.Unknown Artist - Untitled 01:39
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66:46 min
Wow, it may take a few listens to get your head around this record, but it's really worth the effort. Sounding
like virtually nothing you've heard before in a musical setting, the tracks on this new Caipirinha release are
billed as "experimental post-techno." What that really means is that this stuff achieves what techno never
actually did--completely stripping away all elements of traditional song structure and the cult of pop star
celebrity.
The new sound springs from Germany's Rastermusic/Noton collective and is computer-constructed, but
not for the dancefloor, and explores the subtleties of sound and synthesis. If this all sounds overly
intellectual, not to worry, the musically adventurous will find much to appreciate, though you may not
always be sure the sounds you're hearing are coming from your CD player. Noto's "crystal.s2" sounds
rather like a sprinkler system on a respirator, while Ryoji Ikeda's "zero degrees 3" might make you think
there's air coming out of your bicycle tires. What's surprising is this stuff actually works as music,
especially if you could use a really good chill-out.