a r t i s t : davor mikan
t i t l e : taeuschung
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : cronica
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2010
t r a c k s : 31
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 43,9 MB
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Based in Vienna, Davor Mikan creates music about failure,
beauty, lust and delusion in the context of psychoacoustic
effects and in a personal sense (self-delusion). Translation:
this is a 37-minute CD with 31 very short tracks, which the
author developed in the last four years. His procedures
include algorithms, handmade music (meaning what?), generative
graphic tools and granular synthesis. These descriptions give
only a faint idea of how the record appears, although
understanding is not difficult given the label weÆre dealing
with: ôfragmentariness is indeed the necessary password.
ThereÆs no chance to get used to something, because that
something is not even there. Glimpses of ideas appear then
crumble and break, disfigured by the studio treatment; sheer
noise accompanies the subsequent disillusion. Milliseconds of
silence, then a graceful looped melody sounds as if termites
were munching its core. Flint-hearted noises and ultra-
distorted rejects form bodies whose shape and colour is
nevertheless accepted and, in a way, loved like an ugly
sister. The canon is more or less the same throughout the
duration of the disc, which is a realistic example of
manipulation of sonic snippets that sounds good without being
historic. Still, this is a stayer, made with extreme care and
respect for the overall artistic concept, whatever that be.
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01-animal [01:06]
02-; o [00:47]
03-gehaessig [00:37]
04-masken [01:08]
05-schon halb verwest [02:16]
06-geaest [00:27]
07-mp3 [00:26]
08-gespenster und lippenstift, ein komplettes drama [00:37]
09-eine erinnerung [01:57]
10-cleaning my graves ii [01:20]
11-flimmer [01:24]
12-glattes [00:36]
13-animal [00:15]
14-cleaning my graves i [01:50]
15-balkig [00:55]
16-gebaelk [00:11]
17-klitzer [00:30]
18-o [00:31]
19-vince [00:46]
20-s [00:20]
21-herbst [01:31]
22-riss [01:14]
23-das gewitter hat sich in eine bahnhofshalle [01:59]
zurueckgezogen
24-dunkelnder [04:12]
25-fluesterhaus [00:19]
26-der eisverkaeufer explodiert einfach [02:12]
27-meine freunde [01:19]
28-gespenster [02:26]
29-ein tag [03:12]
30-animal [01:19]
31-rufen uns zu [00:12]
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37:54 min