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r e l e a s e . i n f o
Artist.....: James Plotkin
Title......: Indirmek
Rip Date...: Sep-06-2007 Cat.No.....: URCD009 / Arc4
Style......: Avantgarde Label......: Utech Records
Quality....: VBRkbps Type.......: Album
Size.......: 100,2 MB Source.....: CDDA
r e l e a s e . n o t e s
James Plotkin unveils his second solo release in as many years.
Indirmek presents two distinct facets of his musical work. The
first track, Afyon (opium) lies closest to Plotkin's trademark
drift. In essence, a guitar track stretched to limitless
possibility. An elemental fury contained, dissected and entrusted
to a NYC audience for their consideration in the spring of 2007.
Amfetamin (amphetamine) is a second recording from NYC, performed
in the fall of 2006. The track is considerably more immediate.
It's allure can be credited to Plotkin's use of electronics to
invoke raw sound and shape it as he sees necessary to fit a given
context. The track speaks a multitude of languages in succession
and simultaneously.
The Utech Records Arc Series represents an alliance born from a
mutual respect between the label and photographer Max
Aguilera-Hellweg. The releases are designed by Utech and will
constitute the label's first fine art series. A selection of sound
artists are slated to release music. All items will be hand
assembled in a package exclusive to the series and limited to
editions of five hundred, issued every six to eight weeks. Nine
volumes are scheduled for release in 2007."-Utech
Limited edition of 500, Matchbook-style sleeve w/die cut window,
offset printed w/metallic and black inks
"New Jersey's renaissance man of all things heavy has released his
second solo album in as many years that explicitly shows his
diverse array of skills at their finest, both in the shaping of
complete chaos and the obsessive study of minutiae.
The two sprawling tracks that comprise Indirmek are named after
drugs that accurately reflect the sound created. "Afyon," or
"opium" is pure subbass drift. A rumbling, rhythmic undercurrent
of processed guitar propels the piece through gravity-less space.
Sometimes sounding like a digital didgeridoo, Plotkin's guitar
becomes the sound of time and space stretched to pure infinity.
The shaking from the low end of the mix is a definite
attention-getter, but the subtle, nuanced shifts in tonality and
structure keep the attention, almost forcing the listener to
listen carefully just to hear what will happen next. At times the
guitar work drifts into the higher registers, yet the crystalline
shards of guitar are always coupled with the low end rumble that
is characteristic of the track. Much like the titular drug, it is
slow, disorienting, and forces one to focus on every little bit
that happens.
"Amfetamin" is in stark contrast: stuttering feedback loops,
phased tones, and hyperspeed edits are the polar opposite of the
previous track. The spastic vomited sounds stay locked in a
rhythmic groove that may not be danceable, but do indicate some
underlying sense of structure or method to the madness.
Percussive sounds enter the mix like the death rattles of a legion
of plague victims over digitized bass elements, and loops like
locust swarms fade in and out of the mix. There is an extremely
unworldly element to the track, with processed tones sounding like
SOS beacons from somewhere out in the infinite darkness.
While some may know his work best from his more metal projects
like Khanate and O.L.D., Indirmek shows that more experimental
side of James Plotkin's work that is no less compelling than his
more heavy handed musical endeavors, and this makes for one of the
best "experimental" works this writer has heard all year."
Creaig Dunton, www.brainwashed.com
http://www.plotkinworks.com
http://www.utechrecords.com
p l a y l i s t
01 Afyon 32:41
02 Amfetamin 40:14
72:55 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