Artist : Novisad
Title : Funkel
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2009
Date : 05/25/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 18
Label : flau
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 41:50 min
Size : 41,2 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Funkel 01:18
02.Song 2 01:49
03.Untitled 1 01:55
04.Song 1 01:56
05.Untitled 3 03:39
06.Raindrops 03:32
07.Untitled 4 01:21
08.Untitled 9 04:02
09.Tokimeki - Pingpong 01:30
10.Pingpong 01:09
11.Restspielzeit 02:31
12.Yappari 01:52
13.Distant Vicinity 02:15
14.Tine 02:47
15.Verlauf 02:20
16.Untitled 2 02:08
17.Kaeri 02:03
18.Abbild 03:43
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41:50 min
Funkel, Kristian Peters' third album under the Novisad name
(Novisad and Seleya appeared on Tomlab in1998 and 2001
respectively), packs eighteen songs, all of them produced
during a seven-year timespan, into a fleeting forty-two minute
running time. As a result, the tracks' two-minute durations
don't typically allow them to move through the conventional
narrative stages one might encounter in a longer composition.
As a result, most of Funkel's songs are even-flowing set-pieces
that use layered loops to establish a mood and then hew to it
for the duration. The material is also, by design, a concept
album of sorts with all of the pieces created from guitar
samples the Rostock, Germany-based producer (who has also
issued material under his real name and as Adlib) collected
over time and from different places, Peters having embraced the
concept upon realizing the infinite potential the single
instrument offers.
Despite whatever seeming limitations one might think an
adherence to a single instrument would impose, Funkel's
material reveals a generous range of variety. Acoustic lattices
fall like raindrops during ôSong 2,ö crystalline, harp-like
flutterings dominate ôUntitled 4,ö and stuttering filigrees of
acoustic and electric guitars find Novisad firmly ensconced in
Klimek territory during ôRaindrops.ö Aswim in a quiet sea of
static hiss and pops, gentle strums evoke a tranquil country
setting in ôUntitled2ö while a lilting percussion rhythm
underscores blurry streams and gentle shadings in ôAbbild.ö The
ambient haze Peters generates in ôYappariö indicates why
Novisad's inclusion on Kompakt's Pop Ambient 2002 makes perfect
sense. Though Peters asserts that the album material is built
from guitar samples, the range of sounds sometimes suggests a
broader range of sound sources; rippling pianos seem to appear
alongside percussive rhythms and billowing lattices during
ôUntitled 9ö but, then again, it's entirely possible that the
sounds derive from heavily-treated guitar-generated material.
Listeners hungry for compositions featuring dramatic peaks and
valleys won't find them on Funkel; what they will find are
eighteen, semi-static mood pieces tailor-made to induce reverie
and reflection.
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