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"Once set in motion, these songs express what words cannot: the ineffable sensations accorded to desire and attachment. Much has been said about the dehumanizing aspects of computer technology. Jake Mandell revises these luddite notions and claims the computer as the 20th century humanizer par excellence. Love Songs... leaves no computer music movement untouched. From the poppy new waveness of New Order and early Human League, to the unique timbres and rhythms can only be achieved with late 20th century computer software, this CD brings the last 50 years of computer music history together into one very bold emotional statement."
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"Quondam Current is Jake Mandell's second album and his first for Force Inc. He has been creating electronic music since he was a freshman in a suburban Boston high school during the early 90s. After having had lessons in classical piano and free jazz, Jake studied both Biochemistry and Japanese history. After receiving a grant to study enzyme structure, he was inspired by the advanced computer modeling of proteins and the interconnectedness of biological systems. He takes the same awareness for structures and applies it in his studio.Using a network of three computers, a combination of software he wrote himself and commercial software, Jakes music draws at will from the atmospheres of film music, the joy of 80s pop, and the structure of techno, but creates a soundscape many levels deeper. His first release in '97 surprised many with its quirky drum & bass. Lucky Kitchen released the Midwest EP, and Worm Interface followed suit with the acclaimed album Parallel Processes in early '99. EPs on Pitchcadet and an enigmatic 74 minute ambient track on Kodama were also released this year. His new album, Quondam Current, is an impressive example of new minimal techno. Minimalism provides an ideal framework upon which to hang convoluted computer techniques. The album constructively combines the ossature of minimal rhythms with the potential of advanced software to create simple and intricate sound plexuses. After each time through, the subtly musical and exquisitely textured sounds of Quondam Current will simultaneously engage and reveal themselves to the listener."
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"We're excited to present The Placekick EP: 7 tracks made three million years in the future by a 24 year old raised by cats, fed by curry, and mentored by a senile artificial intelligence." The CD is sorta football-shaped, you'll have to see it to, uh, "believe" it. If you're lucky, you might stumble in front of a highly accelerated train before your eyes ever meet up with such a sight.
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