[Microsound-announce] [tube043] Kubik - Infinite Territory

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*Kubik*
Infinite Territory
[tube043]
cover: 
http://www.monocromatica.com/netlabel/releases/tube043/tube043_cover_front.jpg

«Victor Afonso is a portuguese musician living in Guarda, a city lying 
near Serra da Estrela (Star Mountain) at some 1000 meters above the sea 
level. He has been releasing music under the name Kubik (2 albums) as 
well as in many other projects. "Oblique Musique" and "Metamorphosia" 
albums recorded as Kubik showed up a musician deeply inspired by cinema 
and also by a great variety of music, from eastern europe folk to 
contemporary drum'n'bass. This alloy allowed Kubik to develop a very 
personalized and surrealistic sound, which defies the listener 
imagination with a wave of references sequenced in a way that take shape 
in the form of musical pieces. "Infinite Territory" is his new release. 
It is a departure from earlier works, because here Victor Afonso decided 
to explore electronic music more close to the IDM genre. It is obvious 
from "Infinite Territory" that musicians like Amon Tobin or Aphex Twin 
play an important role as sources of inspiration. This EP is very well 
balanced between ambient soundscapes and bursts of drill'n'bass, showing 
Kubik at the maximum of his skills and inspiration. From 
phantasmagorical pieces like "Bona Fide", to kinetically unstable tracks 
like "Infernis", "Plus Ultra" and the surrealistic "Non Hilum" (perhaps 
the track more related with his previous works), Kubik shows up his 
personal view of what electronic music (or IDM) can be, with a great 
capability to create images in the mind of the listener, rather than 
being purely another kind of dance music. "Infinite Territory" is 
therefore a kind of a soundtrack of a lost science-fiction movie, lost 
in the outskirts of the galaxy (or, more precisely, of the mind), 
exploring lost territories and lost spirals that liewithin the more 
pristine forces of nature.»/ - César A. Laia//

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