Electronic Phantom Orchestra - The Mystical Album (suRRism-Phonoethics, 2011)

1 Quiet Room
2 2'27''
3 Brothers and Sisters shut up
4 Cavalleria Rusticana
5 No Noise in the Soul
6 The Reverend invites to the prayer
7 Unknown Napoli

Electronic Phantoms are:

Hal McGee (USA)
Ben Presto (I-D)
Albrecht-D (D)
Reverend Man Manly (USA-D)
Splithead (D)

Recorded live in the ether
Munich, Germany, Dec. 2010

Very special thanks to LollyPope + Siemers (Sturclub, Stuttgart)
Play it random


'first property mechanics
then spack at their particles'
-undRess Béton

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DTH – Young Heart Sounds (Chinquapin Records, 2011)

Each track, title, and sample in this album is very personal to me. Many of the clips are of my friends, family, or places/events I’ve been. I conducted these pieces primarily as a way to sort of immortalize a certain time of my life – all the people, places, and feelings that came with it.
Dth

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Lechones Sangrientos - Kaseum (suRRism-Phonoethics, 2011)

01 David Lynch Lunch Kaseum
02 NaCi
03 Kanopedia I
04 EbaY
05 Caratula Gorrion
06 Kanopedia II Live in Japan
07 Alesis X
08 PerfectH
09 Kanopedia III
10 Mas Aya
11 Pork Fest

'less wave with independently smiling at the momentum
more similar may cause this, so they are certainty such as unsanitary moments'
-undRess Béton

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Jack Hertz - Black Sunday (Just Not Normal, 2011)

1 Black Sunday

As oft throughout the year electro-music.com feasts on special occassions with a team of performers galore. And so they did on Halloween, be it a day later though, sunday october 31st. One of the sets of that evening was from Jack Hertz.
And I’ve been listening to it now for the last hour. There is but one thing missing in all this; images.
Then again, all you need to do is put this on your player and for a full hour you’ll find yourself in a haunted story. One that happened on a black sunday! Jack features his quisp quake and tells a tale of horror.
Just Not Normal

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Mikra – Es Ist Über Ein Wenig Rainer Maria Rilke (Just Not Normal, 2011)

1 Es Ist Über Ein Wenig Rainer Maria Rilke

It was some time ago that I received an email from Pavel from Minsk (Belarus). He came to JNN through word of Zhang JW of the great Bypass netlabel. As Pavel explains his music displays the modern technogenic world and intertwines also the Internet and cinema. This piece you’re about to hear is indeed a world of technogenics that intertwines the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. JNN has previously released albums that work from the poetry of some famed poets and writers, but this release takes it all a step further.

One could call this collaging sounds and spoken words, but together they make for an intriguing listen.

Pavel may also be known under his ABC monniker that has a fantastic release out on the intox noize netlabel. As he stated he used to work with old Soviet analog synths in the past but has now moved on working more with computers. Either sound grand to my ears, so why not join in hearing something quite fascinating.
Just Not Normal

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Noise Research - Shelter Itch (Amplified Music Pollution, 2010)

1 shelter itch
2 Chris Lynn and Noise Research - evening swimmers remix
3 movement towards soundtrack

Track 1 is a collaged based piece constructed from field recordings and found sounds.
Track 2 is a special remix of Evening Swimmers by Sound Artists Chris Lynn.
Track 3 is the soundtrack I composed for a short art house film by David Sant.



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Tobias Herzz Hallbauer - '84°3'N,174°51'W' (suRRism-Phonoethics, 2010)

1 Spaceradio
2 Littlehammerscape
3 Shortloopplay
4 Newniceloop
5 Kairuan
6 Waveshall
7 Volxsequenz
8 Loresdelay
9 Glasslike

suRRism-Phonoethics proudly presents Tobias Herzz Hallbauer '84°3'N,174°51'W'!

With this record Tobias Herzz Hallbauer demonstrates the basis for all other music he creates:
soundscapes, miniatures, improvisations and compositions for guitar, guitar-fx and loop sampler.


Performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Tobias Herzz Hallbauer, 2009.

'...tender evaluation
an in is rather assertive out

the cause had admirers parks
the gardens of your ideas leaving charm to have arrangements existing past-

...sculptural light in cranes behavior seems like his architectural underwear
though used as any boat made of elastic architecture torpedos
possibly made of things stuck to her monument

however, case that line.'
-undRess Béton

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International Email Audio Art Project Volume 1 (HalTapes, 2010)

The Homemade Music Movement has grown from the roots of the Mail Art Movement, and in order to pay due respect and acknowledge these origins, I propose an international EMAIL audio art project in which contributors will send to me a one-minute miniature audio work in mp3 format (plus visual works if desired) attached to an email. These works will be published together in volumes online.

This is Volume 1 of the International Email Audio Art Project (a HalTapes label release), consisting of 60 contributions, by these artists:

01) Totem Mold Growth
Cord Debate
USA

02) Pregnant Spore
Priest Slime
USA
violentthreads@ifitmoveskissit.net

03) NXP
I`m Stuck With A Broken TV From A Bankrupt Retailer
Norway
http://www.myspace.com/nekroxp

04) Jack Hertz
Darntrumn
USA
http://jackhertz.com

05) Maarten van der Vleuten
Auseinander
The Netherlands
www.maartenvandervleuten.com

06) Goh Lee Kwang
Far East Fantasy
Malaysia
http://www.gohleekwang.tk

07) Lubrication
Sundawn
Republic of Qazingulaza
memexikon@gmail.com

08) Deerpark
Noospheric Catbox
USA
sdohring@hotmail.com

09) Rubbish
Hal-o-een
USA
patrickcooksey@hotmail.com

10) Massimo Magee
Abandon Neolatry
Australia
http://arraymusic.wordpress.com

11) Screwtape
It's All Your Fault
Australia
http://solaranus.synthasite.com/

12) Post Mortem
Air
The Netherlands
www.jankeeshelms.nl

13) The One Hitters
!!! -Instinct
USA
JAWKNEE8@YAHOO.COM

14) Tullio DeSantis
Something From Nothing
USA
www.tulliodesantis.com

15) Kyle Willey
Epidermal Outgrowth
USA
deepshivmaximus@hotmail.com

16) Tokyo Sleep Police
Chicago
England
http://tokyosleeppolice.bandcamp.com/

17) Filthy Turd
ttrimmed troglodyte tumor
England
http://filthyfilthyturd.blogspot.com/

18) Cranial Drill
Thomas The Tank Engine Goes Postal
USA

19) Jazznoize
The Lincoln Battalion (Tribute)
Spain
http://myspace.com/jazznoize17

20) kx - second lost puppy revolte
giuliani
Germany
emitter19.blogsport.de

21) Ronny Waernes
A Walk In The Park
Norway
www.ronnywaernes.com

22) Sarah June
Sophisticated Girls
USA
sarahjunecontact@gmail.com

23) RP Collier
Portage
USA
http://www.youtube.com/user/tynego

24) Zebra Mann
The Devil's Blacksmith
USA
agitatedzebra@gmail.com

25) Daniel Prendiville
No Pockets In Shrouds
Ireland
www.reverbnation.com/danielprendiville

26) Clutter
The Secret Lives Of Dentists
UK
www.cluttermusic.com

27) The Beautiful Room is Empty
Caregiver (Preamble)
USA
http://onyudo.com

28) Seth Horvitz
Melting Rhythmicon Meets Cecil Taylor in 60 Seconds
USA
http://www.context.fm

29) YMMV
Action at a Distance
UK
http://www.facebook.com/pages/YMMV/106907302710411

30) Torstein Wjiik
Postal Worker
Norway
ambolthue@gmail.com

31) Enstruction
Analog
USA
enstruction@gmail.com

32) Charles Rice Goff III
The Wail Between The Seams
USA
www.tapedrugs.com

33) Kristian Day
Monotheist March
USA
www.kristianday.com

34) Scissor Shock
Cat Planet Woman [Take 2]
USA
http://www.myspace.com/scissorshock

35) chefkirk
Grant me the indulgence of this unsolicited mail to you
USA
http://www.controlvalve.net

36) Jeremy Gluck
I Came From Where I Am
UK
http://www.myspace.com/jsgluck

37) gintas k
lets make a piece
Lithuania
http://gintask.dar.lt

38) BBBlood
Intra-holoenzyme
UK
http://bbblood.blogspot.com

39) Kristof Lauwers
Mult-R
Belgium
http://kristoflauwers.domainepublic.net

40) Dave Fuglewicz
Tangerine
USA
http://www.davefuglewicz.com

41) Lord Litter
a minute of your life
Germany
http://www.LordLitter.de

42) premo-vs-theworld
dirge
USA
premovstheworld@gmail.com

43) Hybrid Frequency
Logica Inversa
Colombia
http://hybridfrecuency.50webs.com

44) Anton Mobin
Blocked sender
France
antonmobin@hotmail.com

45) MaCu
Storm
Austria
http://macu1.wordpress.com/

46) Jerk Kerouac
Pulled Out of a Bodily Orifice
Malaysia
http://jerkkerouac.weebly.com

47) David Wampole (WAMPO)
Smells Like Sushi
USA
barkingtuna@tampabay.rr.com

48) Sean T Wright aka StaticJack
Atlantic Ocean
UK
wrightsea@googlemail.com

49) Daniel Steffey
Radio Piece #7
United States
daniel.steffey@gmail.com

50) Brian Green
hallway
USA
www.seeyouinsleep.com

51) Buzzsaw & The Shavings
Scintillating in Reflections over the Destitution of Poulton-le-Fylde of a Hauptstrasse
USA
www.tapegerm.com/jamroom/bands/20/

52) Violence and the Sacred
Depart, Deceit
Canada
http://www.viosac.net/

53) Nux Vomica
The Idiorrhythmic Skete
USA
http://www.nuxvomica.net

54) Otto von Rhinau
56sec
France
ottovonrhinau@gmail.com

55) Y.D.B.
The Hello Wien Sound Machine
Belgium
000YDB@gmail.com

56) Cheapmachines
Flex
United Kingdom
http://www.cmx.org.uk

57) Snagus Fanglebush
Scylla (pirate)
USA
http://www.soundcloud.com/snagusfanglebush

58) Otolathe
Things of that Nature
USA
otolathe@otolathe.com

59) Douglas Burkett
HALucination
USA
thebowler@embarqmail.com

60) My Brother Daniel
Bird Boy
USA
www.radioscotvoid.com

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Joe Frawley - Speak Of This To No One (Clinical Archives, 2010)

1 The kiss
2 In paradisium (Black lipstick)
3 Avenue of the Secret Fur
4 Yes, please, yes
5 Mirrors
6 Descension Day
7 Apparition
8 Faded flowers
9 Touch

I wrote the music, or improvised the music, and played the piano. I also chose the found sounds and did the electronic processing and arrangements. Rachel breathed, spoke and sang. Greg provided certain sounds in the bass register. Some voices are those of narrator "Secrets", who reads for Librivox.org. "Descension Day" features double bass bowed harmonics played by Houston Guy, courtesy of user "Stomachache" on Freesound.org. "Yes, please yes" is based around dialogue samples borrowed from the BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama "Sacred Hearts". Special thanks to J.C. for sharing his personal collection with me. Cover illustration is a detail from "Ava in the Snow", by Natasha Newton [ http://theblackbirdsings.typepad.com ], used by permission. Speak of this to no one.
Joe Frawley

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Conductive Alliance - Water Glyphs (self release, 2010)

Water Glyphs" is the sophomore EP from Chicago's Conductive Alliance. The albums intricate sound collages and experimental pop arrangements expand on the minimalist improvised approach heard within the band's earlier incarnation. Their broadened musical palette incorporates spiraling tape loops, fizzing electronics, ethnic percussion, cello and musical saw.

Tracking was split between Steve Albini's Electrical Audio Studios and Shape Shoppe. The EP was engineered and mixed by Griffin Rodriguez, who has worked previously with Icy Demons, Beirut, Man Man, and Akron/ Family. Recording to tape, the band captured the cavernous drum sound and instrumental warmth of Electrical Audio and Shape Shoppe.

Conductive Alliance will be touring extensively this summer and fall to promote the new release.
Conductive Alliance

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Dth - Songs To Sleep Next To (self release, 2010)

01 Pruny Hands Felt Health 06:03
02 You Are In The Grass 04:06
03 Honesty Is God (with Chris Rehm) 03:56
04 Sleeping's Just Like Lust 01:35
05 Your Eyes Are Like Wells 03:06
06 Your Heart's Like A Baby's Face 05:16
07 Staring Games 05:05

Devin Hildebrand, who plays under the moniker Dth, just released a new album.

Just some haiku, to accompany tracks :

Pruny hands felt health.
And now I've got the river
All over myself.

It's not I miss you,
It's scared love that you're still here.
You are in the grass.

I wish we'd just lay
Out our insides as we meet.
Honesty is God.

Sleeping's just like lust
When you forget touch and just
Keep thinking enough.

Your eyes are like wells
Swaying my hanging torso
As they shrink and swell.

I'm so impatient.
Your heart's like a baby's face
I can't understand.

Also, please note that most of these tracks contain key parts represented by extremely low and/or extremely high frequencies. Thus, this album may not be fully heard on some speakers or if one has some hearing loss.

Tracks #1 and #2 for RTG.

Track #3 is a collaboration with Chris Rehm (visit).

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Dth - I Hope I Can Feel Something Like That One Day (self release, 2010)

Reçu un mail de Devin qui vient d'auto produire son premier album sous le pseudonyme de Dth / Received a mail from Devin, who just self release his first album as Dth...

This album is held together mainly by the little noises of everything: found sounds, field recordings, samples of everyday speech and old VHS's. On top of this are some guitar lines and progressions, and some additional percussion and ambient vocals. The overall mood it strives for is empathetic and nostalgic, though frantic at some times.
Dth

Dth is a kid doing college down in New Orleans who asked a whole bunch of people how they were feeling and then cut it up into samples of their recorded voices, dividing it up into a 16-point scale (weird, right?) based on how they were feeling.

The results amount to a glitchy mashup of sampled talking, with some smooth guitar and synth instrumentals and a whole army of digital clicks and corresponding clacks. And some jazz drum, at one point. Many of these tracks sound a lot like the premeditated "aleatoric" music of The Books, but with a perfomative fourth wall cracked away at between the recorder and the field-recorded. Here's how he explains the project:

I set up two mics in an alcove outside my school's dorms (then had to move to inside the commons building because of rain) and stopped numerous people, hit record, and asked them, "How are you feeling today, on a scale 1-10?" After receiving a good amount of responses, some short and some long and elaborate, I quickly cropped out some abrasive noises and pops in the recordings around the responses they gave me (resulting in some gaps between answers). Then I had a series of conversational clips, each containing at least 1 number.

I devised a way to scale these numbers to notes - a simple version of a major scale, but intervals of every other note (for instance 7 = C, 8 = E, not D.) This way, I could also account for the times I got responses of a half number, like 8.5. I played the corresponding notes whenever a number was spoken in my clips, and sustained it somewhat until the next number was spoken. When the same number was spoken consecutively (as in two people in a row said 7), I would play the octave of that note.

People's moods making music together.
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