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01. MAPSTATION - Horns Version
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02. MAPSTATION - The Way Things Change
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03. MAPSTATION - Sororities
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04. MAPSTATION - The Sinuous Ribbon
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05. MAPSTATION - Eleven
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06. MAPSTATION - Listening To Stockholm
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07. MAPSTATION - Loin D'afrique
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08. MAPSTATION - Warm Distance
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09. MAPSTATION - Constant
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10. MAPSTATION - Valencia Was Asleep
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ARTIST
MAPSTATION
TITLE
Distance Told Me Things To Be Said
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
SCAPE
CATALOG #
SCAPE 038CD
SCAPE 038CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
5/1/2006
Behind Mapstation is
Stefan Schneider
(
To Rococo Rot
,
Music A.M.
) from Düsseldorf, and this is his fourth recording and debut for the ~scape label.
Distance Told Me Things To Be Said
brings us to unknown topographies and familiar surroundings alike. Produced between 2003 and 2005 at various studio and living places in London, Berlin and Düsseldorf, it was mixed by
Bernd Jestram
of
Tarwater
. On songs like "Horns Version" and "Warm Distance" we hear wonderful guest appearances by London- based trombonist
Annie Whitehead
, and
Martin Brandlmayr
of Vienna trio
Radian
is once again the percussionist of choice. After his stunning performance on Mapstation's previous album
Version Train
, Brandlmayr offers polyrhythms that elegantly and effortlessly match with the sequencers. The songs "Valencia Was Asleep" and "Listening to Stockholm" are based on real live recordings from these cities and project a sense of narration -- pockets of silence within amplified streets. On "Loin D'Afrique" we find the other Africa, imbued with a mild ecstatic feeling, the scenery slowly changing from dark green to ochre where circling rhythms and melodic fragments produce afternoon atmospheres and twilight music. Also found here are plenty of electronic sounds, 303 basslines, drum machines, percussion and trombone phrases. By combining low-key melodies with field recordings, a submerged reality seeps into the material: a child is playing somewhere nearby, the window is open, a car is passing by. Then you return to the room to scrutinize the atlas. This is an album of quiet music and secret melodies.
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