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| [ Xanopticon - Liminal Space (Hymen Records #735) ] |
| SUPPLiER: UBE GRAbbER: Wavelab |
| RELEASER: UBE ENCOdER: FHG MP3 Codec |
| STYLE: Electronic QUALiTY: 192kbps/44,1khz |
| dATE: 11-14-2003 SoNGS: 9 |
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| - R E L E A S E i N F O - |
| battle music for nano-samurai. thatÆs xanopticon. |
| not really, but itÆs not too far-fetched, either. liminal space, |
| xanopticonÆs debut album for hymen records, centers around |
| nanometer-sized sound snippets placed one-by-one in perfect |
| order, creating a mesmerizing fight scene between clangs and |
| clacks, snaps and pops, noise and thunder. like microscopic |
| swords locking in a martial ballet of darkstep rhythms, liminal |
| space unleashes a bevy of cunning musical forms meant to be as |
| much art as it is confrontation. |
| "in some sense itÆs a snapshot of my life, in that writing tracks |
| is always sort of like purging yourself and whatever ideas have |
| been floating about in your mind", says xanopticonÆs ryan |
| friedrich of liminal space. comparisons run the |
| break/dark/techcore gamut from panacea to venetian snares to |
| black mass plastics, but the trait that sets xanopticonÆs brand |
| of power breaks apart from his peers is the degree to which dead |
| silence plays a pivotal role in conveying his musical ideas. |
| "iÆve always thought that dynamics are extremely important", says |
| ryan. "i try to make the tracks sort of narrative, albeit |
| abstractly, so thereÆs always an attempt to place moments of calm |
| and different moods amongst the chaos. the spaces between add |
| weight to harder parts and vice versa - a track is sort of like |
| an animal when its done and it needs room to breathe." |
| ryan, a pittsburgh, pennsylvania native who recently completed |
| studies in film and philosophy, likens this breathing room to the |
| film noir-related term liminal space, whence the album name |
| derives. ryan remarks thereÆs a quote from his film studies that |
| best sums up Æthe paradox of liminal spaceÆ: Æthe moment when |
| borders become porous, structures disintegrate, commonplaces |
| collide and stability is subverted by the occult drive of |
| change.Æ |
| what that means for xanopticon is a little more concrete. liminal |
| space functions on a premise of silent veneers punctuated by a |
| panoply of different sounds. symphwrakÆs accelerated industrial |
| bass toms pierce a wavering metallized plane like so much grenade |
| shrapnel through an aluminum shed; constant, on the other hand, |
| with its finely isolated and matte tonality, suggests a manic |
| industrial chopping machine, where everything from snaps to |
| croinks to breaks fall julienned in uniform fashion. the more |
| dramatic synth overtones and delicate beat structures of drunxpla |
| connote the sense of a grand sword battle between seasoned |
| warlords, an orchestration of tight percussion quanta clashing |
| with violence, yet tempered with strategy. |
| the music of xanopticon began to fester inside ryan in 2000 for a |
| few reasons: his passion for messing around with electronics and |
| other technology until it did something interesting, which goes |
| back to his teenage years; and an inability to find the kind of |
| music he wanted to hear. today, what with the midwestern hardcore |
| scene taking off, the latterÆs less of a problem, making it |
| easier for xanopticon to find outlets on hymenÆs masonic |
| compilation, sssÆs circuits of steel, a 7-inch on mirex, azif, |
| and a forthcoming 7-inch on kid606Æs tigerbeat6 imprint. |
| "the motivation for me", he says, "is always sort of the same - i |
| just want to write tracks that i want to hear and that get me |
| excited, physically and mentally. partially itÆs an attempt to |
| write tracks that click in a certain way and break through to |
| something else, some other space." exactly: xanopticon breaks |
| through to liminal space. |
| label website: http://www.klangstabil.com/hymen |
| artist website: http://rhinoplex.org/xanopticon |
| Enjoy this fine release |
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| 01 constant 07:27 |
| 02 these days 05:08 |
| 03 indec 05:10 |
| 04 drunxpla 05:37 |
| 05 into the dark 05:15 |
| 06 symphwrak 06:00 |
| 07 clii 05:20 |
| 08 the slow walk down 06:13 |
| 09 capacitd 07:27 |
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