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SMLL 001LP
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London-based label SM-LL presents its second 12" LP release, Zimní Král, from Italian artist Andrea Taeggi. Taeggi works in Berlin as a composer, live performer and electronic music producer. Besides his solo practice under his own name or under the moniker Gondwana, he is also a part of the long-standing electroacoustic project Lumisokea. His music has been released on vinyl and dubplate on labels Opal Tapes, Type, and Präsens Editionen. The music on this record was made using a vast array of rare analog machines Taeggi had the chance to work on at the Willem-Twee synthesis studio in Holland (built with the iconic Studio di Fonologia RAI as a blueprint). Most of the percussive sounds come from an analog computer, which has been rarely used as a music instrument as its main purpose was flight simulation. In fact, during the Cold War times it was also used as a measurement tool by civil engineers and even by the army. At present, no one has ever officially released music recorded at the Willem-Twee synthesis studio. The music on this record further explores cyclical, minimal and hypnotic concoctions, a particular investigation focused on unusual rhythms that Taeggi had already started on his well-received Mama Matrix Most Mysterious, (TYPE 126LP, 2015). Think walls of sub frequencies, snappy rollercoasters of the mind, labyrinths in hyperspace, and snakes eating their own tails.
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SMLL 000EP
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London-based label SM-LL presents its first main label 12" release from owner Martin J Thompson aka Pokk! with a remix by Yves De Mey (Sandwell District, Line, Spectrum Spools). Furthering his deep interests in rhythm, repetition and reduction, Pokk! crafts white noise with clinical tone bass percussive elements to form shifting patterns like that of Steve Reich. This four track release spans from intense rhythmical drive, calm and broken structures, and a classic Yves De Mey heavy bass pulsating remix created using a Nord Modular patch.
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