a r t i s t : Jean-Louis Huhta
t i t l e : Halfway Between The World And Death
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Slottet Records (SLM5)
g e n r e : Lo-Fi
r l s. d a t e : May/2007
t r a c k s : 01
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 95,8 MB
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A dark deep probe into the electric Abyss with a light in it's
centre. Friends of Monolake and non-clichΘ technotics take
notice
Slottet (SLM5CD)
Member from early 80's post-punk band Cortex and grindcore
combo Anti Cimex makes his solo LP debut.
Jean-Louis Huhta is already an established name on the Swedish
underground music scene. "Halfway Between the World And
Death", however, is his first solo album. It's a fascinating
and suggestive album, filled with surprising elements. Ambient
soundscapes are mixed with Dⁿsseldorf-inspired rhythms and
guitar loops to form a neopsychedelic musical brew. Song
titles such as "Helvete" ("hell" in Swedish) and "Objects Are
Sinister" imply that we are dealing with a dark album. And
it's shades are indeed dark but not only so. A light is also
present and some of the songs have a warm, almost soothing
feeling.
Jean-Louis started his musical career in the early eighties as
a member of the notorious post-punk band Cortex. Just as
legendary, if not more so, was the Swedish grindcore band Anti
Cimex, in which Jean-Louis played percussion between 1984 and
1987. Since then he has participated in various bands and more
or less experimental (art-)projects. Together with Texas
Instruments he created rhythm-based, industrial noise and as a
member of the art collective Lucky People Center he found his
way to the contemporary dance music. He has also tried his
hand at funk and go-go music with The Stonefunkers.
Today Jean-Louis is involved in a bunch of different projects,
among them the noise combo Audio Laboratory and the rock band
Skull Defekts (soon to be signed to Tigerbeat 6). Under the
name Brommage Dub he and producer Jesper DahlbΣck deal with an
unorthodox and dub-inspired form of techno. In the trio Ocsid
(disco backwards) Jean-Louis plays "improvisational lounge
music". The other two thirds of the trio are the artist Carl
Michael von Hausswolff and Graham Lewis, former bass-player
for Wire. During recent years Jean-Louis has also composed
music for film, theatre and dance performances.
"Halfway Between the World And Death" is a laptop-based album,
although it also includes some acoustic elements. In addition
to guitars, accordion and a small Tibetan bell you can hear
Jean-Louis own voice, like a ghost in the machine. Apart from
that the album is completely instrumental. Jean-Louis has
recorded and produced the album himself and he also plays all
the instruments (except on the title track, which features
artist colleague Johan Zetterquist on guitar). It is hard to
label Jean-Louis Huhta's music. When the notorious underground
filmmaker Bruce LaBruce heard a few songs from the forthcoming
album he got so excited he immediately explained he wanted to
use the music for a yet unmade melancholic gay zombie flick.
That speaks for the intriguing qualities of "Halfway Between
the World And Death".
http://www.slottet.eu/
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Halfway Between The World And Death
01-Jean-Louis Huhta - Exit [06:15 ]
02-Jean-Louis Huhta - Marja-Lisa [00:56]
03-Jean-Louis Huhta - Running Boy [08:02]
04-Jean-Louis Huhta - Halfway Between The World And Death [05:44]
05-Jean-Louis Huhta - Some Other Place [00:51]
06-Jean-Louis Huhta - Assume Formlessness [07:26]
07-Jean-Louis Huhta - For Conny [04:50]
08-Jean-Louis Huhta - Each Day [04:43]
09-Jean-Louis Huhta - Helvete [07:15]
10-Jean-Louis Huhta - Suddenly There Is A Change [03:50]
11-Jean-Louis Huhta - Furniture To Sit On Kitchens To [03:21]
Cook In Cars To Drive
12-Jean-Louis Huhta - Objects Are Sinister [00:42]
13-Jean-Louis Huhta - Straight To You [07:56]
14-Jean-Louis Huhta - Watching The Swells [03:25]
15-Jean-Louis Huhta - Memories [01:24]
16-Jean-Louis Huhta - Truth Is In The Sounds [10:08]
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76:48 min