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r e l e a s e . i n f o
Artist.....: MNortham
Title......: Memoirs Of Four Discarded Objects
Rip Date...: Jun-02-2007 Cat.No.....: edition xxxii
Style......: Avantgarde Label......: Edition . . .
Quality....: VBRkbps Type.......: Album
Size.......: 63,2 MB Source.....: CDDA
r e l e a s e . n o t e s
"Michael Northam (aka Mnortham) is a mean sound manipulator -- and
a playful one, too. Judging from the title of this album (the
result of a commission from Kunstradio and the ORF) and the titles
of the four pieces it presents (and which translate to "Knot,"
"Brush," "Spring" and "Chime" -- either the door or grandfather
clock kind), one expects to hear works assembled from sound
samples originating from the object named in each title.
Absolutely wrong. In fact, the sounds heard evoke many things,
from birds and water, to church bells and more alien realities,
but they hardly ever bring to mind their namesakes (except in
"Carrillon," much more obvious). Then again, what are the memoirs
(or should it be "memories"?) of such objects? The question is
worth pondering while listening to the album, but the fact is that
Mnortham's music exerts a fascination that goes beyond such
thoughts. His pieces are carefully assembled, offering enough
recognizable sound elements to trigger the imagination and enough
dreamy, puzzling, abstract textures to let it run freely. "Brosse"
is particularly well-conceived, keeping hold of the listener's
attention throughout its 12 minutes of duration. The digipack
leaves the listener with very little information (on the contrary,
his :coyot: CD included a detailed explanation of the project),
something some people will find annoying, but in terms of
listening experience, Memoirs of Four Discarded Objects represents
a clear peak in Mnortham's discography and, despite the demanding
aspect of this music, offers a relatively comfortable listen.
Recommended."
www.allmusic.com
"The title of this disc with four tracks (varying in length from
10:05 to 12:32 minutes) is quite suggestive of course. It is
easily assumed that the source material for these tracks was
recorded from four different objects (there are some printed on
the inside of the digipack, most of them seem to be metal). The
tracks are not very different from each other: all have a great
sound design and more or less the same composition, which is
actually hard to define, floating somewhere inbetween ambient and
structured noise. The general atmosphere is pretty quiet and
relaxed and asks for attentive listening, but the music is not
entirely able to keep the attention span tight all the way,
although it is not far off. A very well done work of new music.
(MR)"
Vital Weekly
http://www.preg.org/~mnortham
p l a y l i s t
01 Noeud 10:05
02 Brosse 11:47
03 Ressort 11:25
04 Carrillon 12:19
45:36 min
g r e e t i n g s
agw - amok - bass - bcc - bex - boss - cmg - cmc - cms - d2h
def - dh - disc0 - drum - emp - ftd - fwyh - gem - i8 - ipc
jce - jfk - jrp - just - khz - kinky - kw - lame - maem - mbs
mgc - psycz - r2r - rac - radial - rapid - rks - rtb - sb
sever - sfe - soup - sour - sq - tr - trt - ube - uc - upe
uki - xtc - yard - zi
respect to music lovers worldwide
never forget : go to the show. buy the t-shirt. order the vinyl