|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CD
|
|
DOR 019
|
"Darrin Verhagen, in tugging on a thread of viciousness which has lain subdued and understated for most of Shinjuku Thief's backcatalog, was surprised to pull up a 42 minute slab of sonic violence which is as unmerciful as it is exquisitely crafted. Under his new power electronics pseudonym 'e.p.a.' we find a finely balanced tension between visceral chaos and deliberate nastiness. If all the Shinjuku Thief albums which preceded it suggest the ghostly existence of a dark world, Black Ice delivers the map, the accelerator and the searing pain upon arrival. Counterbalancing the sonic assault, is the most seductive artwork i+t=r has yet delivered -- his design rendered in matte varnish on high gloss black stock. Black Ice is the first in the 'Black | Mass' trilogy (Dorobo 019-021)."
|
|
|
Artist |
Title |
Format |
Label |
Catalog # |
|
|
CD
|
|
DOR 020
|
"If Black Ice delivered the 'searing pain upon arrival' to the Black | Mass trilogy, Black Frost serves as something of a gently uncomfortable antidote. Bordered by lowercase, delicate electroacoustic, sinecore and glitch terrain, frost presents material considered, precise yet modest in tone."
|
|
|
Artist |
Title |
Format |
Label |
Catalog # |
|
|
CD
|
|
DOR LTD7
|
"Artefact is collaboration between improvisers Sachiko M and Philip Samartzis. Sinewave and noise generators interact to form a textural foundation for explorations into degradation, distortion and rupture. Commenced in Paris in late 2000 and completed one year later, both composers bring an ascetic sense to each track's formation allowing the minutiae of sonic detail to evolve gradually, gently modulating between sporadic and dense moments of activity. Limited edition of 600 copies."
|
|
|
Artist |
Title |
Format |
Label |
Catalog # |
|
|
CD
|
|
DOR 016
|
"An interleaved compilation of dark and contemplative music from the Paynes Grey of Melbourne, Australia. Artists featured are all graduates from the media arts department of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and represent the next generation of Australian electronic composers. Eschewing the imposed division between academic art and the post-industrial 'underground', these artists effortlessly smudge the boundaries between lowercase, electroacoustic, dark ambience and glitch. As a result, the compilation comfortably travels in scale from epic cinematic soundscape (banking sharply over the blade runner skyline) through to the calm detachment of nanotechnological-level activity and stasis." Artists: Troy Allan,. Thembi Soddell, Andie Reynolds, Bruce Mowson, Camilla Hannan, g_s, James Cecil, Sianna Lee, Phillip Pietruschka, 24k, Haima.
|