Artist : Icarus
Title : Sylt
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2007
Date : 12/2007
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 07
Label : Rump Recordings RUMPCD007
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 59:39 min
Size : 84,6 MB
Tracklist:
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01.keet 06:23
02.rugkiks 03:28
03.first inf(e)raence 18:37
04.selfautoparent 02:45
05.second inf(e)raence 16:56
06.jyske 05:17
07.volks! 06:13
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59:39 min
Icarus started off as a drum & bass duo and got carried away with slicing and dicing. Surgically altered
beats are still in the operating system of this unit but not in a linear sense. Icarus canÆt be described as
glitch-y either. They simply have great communication within their partnership. The liner notes refer to
ôconcatenative synthesisö as their methodology. They let loose a series of algorithms to rearrange small
bits of a large music library into new forms. This is not a random process but neither is it as comparatively
linear as chopping up one break beat to modulate over the course of a song. The three dimensional
possibilities of a method of synthesis affecting rhythm, texture and pitch in spontaneous ways are not at all
academic here but continually exciting.
Over 70 minutes, Icarus have their way with simple sounding notes that turn into mountains of sound and
tribal rhythms of non-existent cultures. There is always the sense of a continuing dialogue to break it down
as far as possible to reassemble it, especially with the spellbinding 15-minute-plus live pieces ôInf(ae)rence
1 & 2.ö This is expert improvisation that still maintains one foot in IDM.
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