icarus--squid_ink-CD2001-kW

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65,41 MB

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2002-11-02

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     artist    :: icarus
     release   :: squid ink
     year      :: 2001             
     genre     :: drum & bass
     label     :: output
     catalogue :: oprcd40
     website   :: www.parnassus.org.uk

     ripper    :: ix
     date      :: 01-nov-2002
     quality   :: 192kbps/44.1khz
     source    :: compact disc

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     01 zz9                                                         0:21
     02 oott                                                        7:47
     03 cyan                                                        7:23
     04 sake                                                        4:01
     05 neon king kong                                              8:12
     06 ubik                                                        8:03
     07 stuzzikini                                                  4:19
     08 bystanley morecombefleet                                    7:31

     playtime  :: 00h 47m 37s         

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     wax and kingsley marshall call this drum'n'bass, so i will         
     too...although it is certainly pushing limits of the definition.   
     icarus at one point fit neatly into the 'abstract dnb' category    
     also inhabited by the likes of source direct and photek, but while 
     the latter have returned to more floor friendly fare, and the      
     definition of what is dnb has narrowed, icarus have further pushed 
     towards the abstract. a beautifully fuzzy and psychedelic          
     soundtrack to 5 am, almost drone-like at times but with a lack of  
     repetition which is sure to frustrate those looking for familiar   
     beats.                                                             
                                                                        
     or in the words of someone else:                                   
     icarus is the misadventure of ollie brown and sam britton,         
     following the fiddly twisted rhythm along a scratchy line; noise   
     from black boxes through which only certain pieces of data may     
     pass. this in turn feeds through boards and wires to become        
     processed as musical, by default.                                  
     in short, an effect similar to dropping ink into water is          
     experienced aurally as a series of ineffable blips, interleaved    
     within the sounds of the marketplace. with a bit of luck this      
     should reconfigure musical industreality into a dadist work of     
     precision chaos, but a freak occurence could equally spell         
     disaster for us all.                                               
     all icarus can do is try to mediate the event; this is the true    
     fate of the modern musician, sending his her sound bouncing along  
     wires until somewhere, at some unknown point, they crash headlong  
     into context. it's like tapes and cars. it's like the junk         
     equation. it's like the effect of indifference to sound, which is  
     less than the difference in sound from infront or behind. the      
     dissolution of noise clears way for a fragmented melody; a flux of 
     harmony on a polymetric pulse.                                     
     the rate of growth of data is the marker for an indifference to    
     sound. overwhelming are the demands on music: as yet more vibrations
     fall victim to the staccato bitwise we say "let noises run amok".                                                         

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     greetings :: sb, qdp, sour, dps, it, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, igr and mgc

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