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Billy Gomberg - Climate

2007-08-27T13:05:00.000-07:00

When Billy's Gomberg Climate hit my iTunes (yes I use iTunes) playlist it falls under the noise category. In fact, it deals with noises and their playfulness, but it strikes me more as an ambient piece. It merges layers of sound rather than just placing them side by side.
Overcast is an oozing nebula that daunts the listener with its floating presence. Its weather equivalent is a summer storm. But only the peace that precedes it. Down, is a full on reverb closet on steroids. A melodic figure builds up through the song but in a rather spectral way. Revolve is the busiest piece on the release. Not in a hyperactive way, but in a glitchy, off-tempo beat vibe which makes it a personal favorite. It has those deep abstract traces of this release but in a focused way. Lastly, there's Reach, an enduring flow of low frequency sounds with no origin and no destiny. They just exist and endure.
Climate Download
Test Tube Website
Billy' Myspace

acp009: Vybbtuan - Temporalities

2007-08-24T10:42:00.000-07:00

I'm listening to Temporalites through these really cheap and unapologetically red headphones and I just love the arrays of bit crushed sounds that they burst. Amidst the elaborate cut, crop and organization of these randomly feeling sounds, there’s an intelligent use of melodies. And although they don’t stand up front they are what unifies this six song release.
The 0’s and 1’s are used in an percussive way but feel extremely anti-metronimical. They have that familiar sound of a computer generated distortion. That washy ending that sounds like sand in a plastic bag just feels adequate along the cymbal feeling melodies.
There’s no anarchy and every sound has it’s purpose and you can see it when the songs turn more narrative oriented .
Looking one more time to the unbearable redness of my headphones, I see they just go along with the out-of-place feel of those bits and bobs arranged in a way, that only a sophisticated, highly editing-proficient child would do.

Temporalities Download
Vybbtuan Myspace
Acroplane Website

Howdy folks

2007-08-12T19:36:00.000-07:00

Well, I've created this blog to share with others music released under netlabels. So I'll try to update it with news, releases and events related to netlabel music.

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