Achim Mohne -Philip Jeck - Radio Touch 77 (2012)

Touch

9.4

/Abstract, Glitch ambient, Sound collage, Soundscapes, Non-music, Experimental electronica, Avant-electronica, Conceptual, Minimalism, Sound-art/


Comment: there is represented one temporally vast piece which will be switched off at 1.03.16. The composition contains three parts - the first half is composed by Achim Mohne, the second part is the artists` common part, though, lasting some minutes only, and the last section is headed by Philip Jeck. In particular, the artists show their inclination toward minimal and microtonal music, manipulating with barely audible digital bits and crackles which step by step will change its wave shapes and sonic phases ultimately leading up to hiss-infiltrated vintage orchestration-based samples, throbbing flickers and hazy yet ethereal electronic soundscapes. By the conceptual side the publication pays tribute to the format of vinyl disk which is still as popular as in the past days.

Fennesz - On Invisible Pause (2012)

Touch

9.5

/Conceptual, Folktronica, Post-rock, Experimental electronica, Modern claasical/

Comment: Fennesz (born in 1962) is Christian Fennesz, the Austrian sound explorer/electronic musician who does not to be introduced for the melomans, though. There is presented just one lengthy composition which will be ended up at 48.13. Furthermore, it is a conceptual publication thought for one dance performance. More profoundly, he makes up layers of sparse, digitally sounding motives and on the other side these elements are backdropped with massive bass thudding. Stylistically it veers away from Borealia-tinged ambient and fine glitchtronica to more post-rock-ish epicness (indeed, undulating glitch-y soundscapes are seamlessly fused with static but mesmerizing guitar washes) or there is up more soothing sonic gliding to fade away below the sky. In the final part Fennesz will enter into the realm of subtle folktronica. In a nutshell, it sounds like a hallmark of today`s classical music.