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MUSCUT 016LP
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Nostalgia Por Mesozóica is an exploration of "experimental exotica" consisted of synthesized tropical attributes -- an artificial landscape isolated behind the glass frame. Reminiscent of recording techniques and sonorities ubiquitous in the '60s and '70s, it could conceivably have been intended as a soundtrack for the Mesozoic Era exhibition at your favorite natural history museum. Mastering by Flaty. Cover artwork/photos by Dmytro Nikolaienko. Features Arthur Mine and Amphibian Man II.
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FAITICHE 023LP
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Fortunately for Faitiche, Dmytro Nikolaienko agreed to open up the jewelry boxes of his tape-loop archive for his debut album on the label. What came to light was a collection of dreamy glittering gems, masterfully presented using the compositional possibilities of analog tape machines. Some may consider a tape machine to be limited as a musical instrument, but Rings makes a convincing case with its sure-handed use of the available parameters -- moving tape over the tape head mechanically and manually, cutting loops, manipulating timbre and creating noise by means of saturation. The results are eleven blurred, repetitive, rhythmic patterns that can be understood as an intervention against digital precision, as mechanical irregularities and background noise become musical events. For those familiar with Nikolaienko's work, his nostalgic approach here will come as no surprise: born in Ukraine and now based in Estonia, he has chosen a historical medium (that has been enjoying a renaissance for some years now) to record historical-sounding sequences. The way he manages his own back catalog is similarly archival, documenting the chronology of his tape loops in such a way as to leave no doubt as to their advanced age. And then there are his two wonderful labels Muscut and Shukai, the latter being an archival project releasing electroacoustic obscurities from the Soviet past. Which brings us back full circle... Includes download code.
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MUSCUT 003LP
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2015 release. 140-gram LP. Includes download code. Canada-based label Graphical Recordings and the Ukraine-based Muscut label present Nikolaienko's The Sounds of Pseudoscience, a playful and intriguing archive of sounds influenced by the works of electronic music pioneers and experimenters. The album acts as a tribute to the golden era of early electronics, pondering the theme of nostalgia through warm, analog space-aged sounds. For the artist, it's an odd document with which he hopes to declare another way to make contemporary electronic music.
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