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MACHINEFABRIEK + STEPHEN VITIELLO - Box Music

Format: CD
Label & Cat.Number: 12K 12K1048
Release Year: 2008
Note: digipack
Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00
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Subtile atmosphärische Experimental- & Geräuschmusik auf dieser Split & Collaboration-CD (je 2 Solo-Stücke, die aber mit dem Fundus des anderen eingespielt wurden; und ein "echtes" Collab-Stück am Ende) - das aufstrebende Experimental Ambient / Drone-Projekt aus den Niederlanden, und der lange aktive VITIELLO aus den Staaten. Für BOX MUSIC haben sie sich in der Tat Boxen mit Klangobjekten und Alltagsgegenständen zugeschickt, die der andere dann benutzt hat. Kurioses Konzept und ansprechendes Ergebnis, zwischen Drone und digitaler Musique Concrete.

"Rutger and Stephen sort of accidentally met through e-mail. A simple note regarding an ordering question for a CD led to an enthusiastic e-mail conversation and climaxed in a musical collaboration. This all happened in a very short period, both musicians being very inspired by the concept of 'exchange,' as a means to cross space and time -- Rutger living in the Netherlands and Stephen in Virginia. Most of the time, when (electronic) musicians work together, it's a matter of swapping digital files. In this case they decided to do something different and sent each other a box full of (mostly non-musical, or musically non-functional) objects and recordings, with the 'assignment' to make music with those objects and all as source materials. As the titles tell, we're talking about an egg cutter, thumb piano, a broken Kraakle box, rice, chocolate sprinkles, old cassette tapes, a broken 7" record, etc . Both musicians made two of their own solo tracks with the box they received, and the last track was done together by Rutger adding sounds and processing to a piece started by Stephen. For Rutger/Machinefabriek, this is part of his most delicate work. For Stephen, it was a new and extremely enjoyable form of long-distance
collaboration." [label info]

"....Its not easy to recognize these sounds in the music presented here. The treatments are wide and extensive. There are two solo piece by Rutger, two by Stephen and one collaborative, started by Rutger, finished by Stephen. I haven't kept up with Vitiello's work, so it's a bit hard to say wether his pieces are like his other music, but this is a great collaboration. Very delicate sound processing going on here, subtle crackling of sound, the best of ambient glitch music. Machinefabriek has found a sound of his own, but that he did for more than a year ago, and now it's time to deepen that sound. This is certainly a highlight in his career." [FdW / Vital Weekly]



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