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Friday, May 16, 2008
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ARTIST: CALABI -YAU
TITLE: Compactified
LABEL: FARIA
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| DESCRIPTION: Calabi-Yau (called in the names of two mathematicians (Eugenio Calabi) and (Shing-Tung Yau )) spaces may be that microscopic shape, deep inside the hidden dimensions of string theory. There are many such spaces…
According to string theory, space-time isn't 4-dimensional as you might expect, but 10-dimensional. Where are the extra six dimensions? One answer is that they're "compactified": roughly speaking, rolled up into such a small space as to be unobservable at human scales.
You are in the forest, it is night, and in a moment you are in space, exploring the phenomena, for which there is no explanation and knowledge in our days…And You hear the sound of loquacious water far away from You. The sky is in front of You…You can observe all the planets to be clearly. And there are plenty of animals around You, which You‘ve never seen before, which are so close, that they are almost touching You. Thought is equal to movement, there is no difference between them. There is only one way to understand these visions… It is possible because of «calabi-yau», spontaneous movements and feelings inside myriads of spaces…
Limited edition of 650 pieces, |
| ITEM NUMBER: 09472 |
FORMAT: CD |
PRICE: $12.99 |
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ARTIST: UW HYPOTHEEKADVIES
TITLE: Nature or Nuture
LABEL: BETA LACTAM RING
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| DESCRIPTION: Ed. Of 400 numbered copies with full color insert each with an original hand drawing. Features members from former BlRR band Girlfriends and mastered by Erik Drost and Raymond Steeg (Legendary Pink Dots). According to the Explosive Ordinance Field Guide: “Uw Hypotheekadvies should be handled with great care as it is one of the most powerful EO’s, especially if detonated through speakers in the comfort of one’s own home.” As trios go, UH sound more like a thousand-tet. Imagine a heavily armoured Glenn Branca guitar army falling DOWN an UP escalator in such a way that they never reach the bottom and are forever tumbling and crashing. Now throw DNA down the same escalator and pour acid on that. UH don’t just rock; they ROCK. Like agates gone wild, their abstract explorations come delivered via sledgehammer and arrive on the plate as oddly conceived gemstones with insects trapped inside. It smells like the teen spirits of Naked City and Laddio Bolocko lurk underneath UH’s woodpile, but despite the improv flavour of UH’s pummeling, they skew away from jazz and lean in more towards prog than Zorn and Co. UH’s chaos fleshes form and even descends into subtle soundscapes in between the rat-a-tat blastpatter. A beautiful monstrosity of Nature and Nurture.
“Uw Hypotheekadvies (‘your mortgage advice’) is a noisy trio from Nijmegen, the Netherlands. There is a drummer, a bass player and a guitar player. The band evolved partly out of Girlfriends (which you can also buy at Beta-lactam Ring Records). Uw Hypotheekadvies aims to have a fresh, open approach towards making music. Influences are diverse like krautrock, no wave, Albert Ayler, bBfheart, dDeerhoof, ethnic field-recordings… The core of the music is interaction. Improvisation is a means but not necessarily an end. This has resulted in their first official release ‘Nature of Nurture’ referring to an old, for these three guys, still relevant question. After this rigorous work, they are occupied with making a new recording. Rumours say that this will turn out to be a pleasant piece of pop music.” |
| ITEM NUMBER: 09473 |
FORMAT: CD |
PRICE: $14.99 |
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ARTIST: PROYECTO MIRAGE
TITLE: Turn It On
LABEL: ANT-ZEN
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| DESCRIPTION: proyecto mirage was founded in 1990 by alicia h. willen and francisco planellas. they were initially influenced by the classic electro-pop of the early nineties (a sound which is still present in their side project bubble gum) but the duo was also attracted to industrial-music projects like s.p.k., whitehouse and - of course - esplendor geométrico. their first release saw the light of day after nine years, and their creative output since then has evolved into more complexity. the hard-floor oriented aggressiveness was enriched with electronic ingredients of all kinds - ranging from electro and electronic body music to techno, drum'n'bass, or even sounds similar to those of experimental 'bridging artists' like aphex twin and pan sonic. artists who share p.m.'s taste for alarming atmospheres, broken melodies and distorted rhythms.
'turn it on' is the conclusion of more then ten years of progression. lashing high-speed dance floor blasts ('cannibal party'), distorted eighties nostalgia (6 6 5, 9), straight breakbeat excursions ('welcome to life'), pounding four-to-the-floor industrial anthems ('salvation', a collaboration with italian experimental/folk mastermind spiritual front), disturbing experimental-core ('darker bex') - this album is a perfect amalgamation of all facets of the electronic assault culture - all of which is welded together to form a powerful statement that encompasses severity as well as humorous wickedness - nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
this is what they are, this is where the project is today - take it or leave it.
always keep in mind: proyecto mirage is not just an illusion but a concrete reality! |
| ITEM NUMBER: 09475 |
FORMAT: CD |
PRICE: $16.99 |
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