(Catalogue no. 13771)
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.01 |
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TuÕM |
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Cut |
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CD |
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€ 13.00 |
Mp3 samples: 1 2
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Title Description:
one of the joys of listening to freely improvised electronics is the chance to bask in a variety of timbres and suss out the sound source(s). although touted as improvisors of lowercase sound, the trio tu m' exhume an almost orchestral variety from their assorted (and without details on the cd, unlisted) gadgets. most of the pieces on Ç.01È begin with an off-kilter but discrete loop and proceed to explore the intricacies of hiss, static,pulses, and switching noise. the second track (the tracks are also unlisted) shuffles chits of sound here and there while a faintly tapped cymballike tone hovers in the background and slowly reverses upon itself. the chirping chits take over towards the end, as if relaying telemetry to a distant point beyond. in the fourth track, veils of hiss and flickers of static lithely swoop and sway against high pitched drones, almost qualifying as a lullaby!
>christopher delaurenti, signal to noise, spring 2002
tu m', made up of andrea gabriele, rossano polidoro and emiliano romanelli, is an italian trio with an unpronounceable name, and their take on improvisation closely echoes kahn's own. the crackle and drone here could just as easily be attributed to a lone musician with a computer, though the knowledge that this is an ensemble work primes the ear to listen for the collisions and collusions that are absent from solitary laptopping. these are nonlinear forays into ethereal hisses and prolonged squeaks (a predilection also suggested in the multimedia compositions featured on the group's web site, www.tu-m.com), and like kahn's music, they lean heavily on loops for their structure, layering short repeating figures over elongated refrains. beneath the fluid surface of their high-pitched tones and steamvent exhalations, minor disruptions -- static, charred vocal samples, uncertain grumblings -- suck, dimple and chafe, like impudent forces and irascible chemical reactions.
>philip sherburne, the wire, march 2002
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