Browse by Artist: RADIAN

Artist:	RADIAN
Title:	TG 11
Label:	MEGO/RHIZ (AUSTRIA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	MEGO/RHIZ 1

"Austria's Radian operate in the space between music and noise, between live and sampled sounds, between driving me up the wall and being intriguing beyond words. Drummer Martin Brandlmayr produces rolling, stop-start meters both funky and freestyle while bassist John Norman occasionally adds muted sonic waves. The essence of Radian is dependent on Stefan Nemeth's Korg MS 10 playing and the group's overall integration of noise shrapnel, piercing tones and electronic feedback. These sounds are both microscopic and minimal, cold and bitter but acceptable, like a hungover Sunday morning where the night's revelry still echoes through your ringing ears. Fascinating." -- XLR8R

Artist:	RADIAN
Title:	Rec. Extern
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	THR 113CD

"John Norman: bass, Stefan Nemeth: synthesizer, computer, Martin Brandlmayr: drums, vibraphone, computer. The Vienna trio Radian formed in 1996. For its full length debut TG11 the band choose to issue the record as a joint release on both Rhiz and Pita's Mego labels. In the beginning of 2002 Radian traveled to Chicago to record their second full length, Rec.Extern with friend and fan John McEntire. Before even heading into the studio the band had conscientiously made the decision to make a record that was more 'organic' than previous efforts. Rec.Extern began with 'real' atmosphere samples like an old elevator, the sound of train station, and in the event you can smell the sweat, their rehearsal room. Rec.Extern finds the band in a crisp, compelling rhythmic space, crackling and bouncing."

Artist:	RADIAN
Title:	Juxtaposition
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	THR 147CD

"The bulk of preparation for both the electronica and standard instrumentation on Juxtaposition took place in Radian's Vienna studio. The band first collected and created sounds of different sources -- mostly instruments like drums, bass, guitar vibraphone, and marimbaphone. They then recorded these instruments in unusual ways, like 'microrecording' the sound sources through synthesizer patches. Next Radian carefully arranged these electronics to work within their performances on live instruments of drums, bass and synthesizers. Finally Radian brought their complete electronic arrangement to Chicago's Soma studios where John McEntire recorded the drums and bass. These parts were added to the electronics according to Radian's arrangements. A painstaking and time consuming process, but one that offers the listener many rewards."

Artist:	RADIAN
Title:	Chimeric
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	THR 224CD

""It had been four years since Juxtaposition, our last record and one year of a self-chosen absence from the stage, that we met again to work on Chimeric. This break was a necessary step to leave any routine behind us, to restructure the working process, to rethink the concept of this band and its music. It was always a driving force within the band´s history to enter new territories, like it happened with the transition from the self-titled EP to the abstract minimalism of TG11 and finally in the more colourful rhythms of the Rec.Extern and Juxtaposition period. But this was done and we needed to go further, exploring forms and sounds we had not been dealing with so far - and adapting them to our system. Chimeric is not a polished album. Within our context it is raw, broken, even dark sometimes. Steady, multiple rhythms, layered on top of each other disappear into chaos and turn back into discreet structures in the next moment. References of rock music, executed with the precision of a sequencer; mutated, restructured. A lot on this album is about control and the loss of control. The risk of failure. This was probably always in our music, but kept in a very stable form, sometimes even hidden. But Chimeric is much more free. Some of the longer pieces are composed of very different parts and different colours along a continuous timeline. They tend to evolve in a narrative form and are moving through various scenes and surroundings, which is also present in the spacial relationship between the instruments. One could see the album as one continuous story, where some elements are passed from one piece to the next and then serve as the base for a completely new scenario. The result was something unpredictable and unstable, even for us." -- Martin Brandlmayr, Stefan Németh, John Norman (Radian)

Artist:	RADIAN
Title:	Chimeric
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	THR 224LP

LP version. ""It had been four years since Juxtaposition, our last record and one year of a self-chosen absence from the stage, that we met again to work on Chimeric. This break was a necessary step to leave any routine behind us, to restructure the working process, to rethink the concept of this band and its music. It was always a driving force within the band´s history to enter new territories, like it happened with the transition from the self-titled EP to the abstract minimalism of TG11 and finally in the more colourful rhythms of the Rec.Extern and Juxtaposition period. But this was done and we needed to go further, exploring forms and sounds we had not been dealing with so far - and adapting them to our system. Chimeric is not a polished album. Within our context it is raw, broken, even dark sometimes. Steady, multiple rhythms, layered on top of each other disappear into chaos and turn back into discreet structures in the next moment. References of rock music, executed with the precision of a sequencer; mutated, restructured. A lot on this album is about control and the loss of control. The risk of failure. This was probably always in our music, but kept in a very stable form, sometimes even hidden. But Chimeric is much more free. Some of the longer pieces are composed of very different parts and different colours along a continuous timeline. They tend to evolve in a narrative form and are moving through various scenes and surroundings, which is also present in the spacial relationship between the instruments. One could see the album as one continuous story, where some elements are passed from one piece to the next and then serve as the base for a completely new scenario. The result was something unpredictable and unstable, even for us." -- Martin Brandlmayr, Stefan Németh, John Norman (Radian)

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