[microsound-announce] Lovely Boomkat review of Resonating Wires featuring Richard Chartier, Francisco Lopez, Sawako, Isan & Simon Scott

[David Newman]

http://www.audiobulb.com
Resonating Wires - Autistici Reworked
BOOMKAT 



 Audiobulb label owner David Newman presents another set of Autistici works,
this time remixed by the great and 

 the good of contemporary electronica: contributions come from acts like
Richard Chartier, Francisco Lopez, Isan, 

 Sawako and Ian Hawgood with Danny Norbury. The album begins with
ex-Slowdive drummer Simon Scott, 

 whose 'Orexis' takes on a studious dissection of static and tiny acoustic
timbres. From within all this whirring 

 minimalism a backdraft of granular drone rises up and takes the track to
its finale. Bluermutt's 'Telephone Library' 

 is a more melodic electronica enterprise, in keeping with Isan's tuneful
electroacoustic study 'Isan Ice Later', 

 which beautifully mixes together percussive sounds, crystalline bell tones,
xylophone (and very possibly 

 something to do with ice, given the title) plus bowed strings. A similar
strategy is adopted by Ian Hawgood and 

 Danny Norbury, whose collaboration yields some arrestingly lovely results,
particularly thanks to the addition of 

 Norbury's arcing cello strokes. Bridging a gap between this and the more
experimental material is Sawako, 

 whose music is either very experimental electropop or very tuneful
microsound, depending on your perspective. 

 Either way, her 'Tide Ride' is a clear-cut album highlight. Richard
Chartier and Francisco Lopez fly the flag for the 

 more lowercase end of the experimental music spectrum, fashioning some
incredibly detailed, incredibly quiet 

 compositions from the source material, with Chartier's 'Wire.Re' standing
out in particular..
http://www.audiobulb.com/albums/AB032/AB032.htm
 

David Newman

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