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7/20/2011

Martin Back - Unstable Rotation Centers (2010)



8.9

/Avant-garde, Minimal, Microtonal, Noise, Sound-art, Electro-acoustic, Acousmatics, Drone, Experimentalism, Avant-electronica, Avant-jazz/

Comment: This is an advanced, 4-pieced achievement by Martin Back who used to explore the very extremities of conceptual electronic music. In true, his sound can not be considered "usual electronica" at all, because in the opening track he pushes forward on buzzing, drone-inflected progression at times a bit slowed down, sometimes a bit speeded up. Indeed, there can be detected for quite restraint, minimal approach. On the other side, one of those long-running tracks - the third track - is designed for to blur the borders between electro-acoustic music and experiment-prone jazz music. The second track is a true-bred instance of an abstract buzzscape applying for to get the greatest amount of gloss on the album. The closure notch takes on a menacing, digital noise-backed somersets. As a consequence, the whole is a efficacious and accomplished.