HANDS TO - Artiment

Format: do-CDR

Label & Cat.Number: Impulsy Stetoskopu IS 015

Release Year: 2009

Note: re-issue of do-MC from 1989 (Big Body Parts); lim. 120 copies in sisal texture cover, very handmade & unique !

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"Polish label Impulsy Stetoskopu have carved out a niche of their own by releasing works that were originally released on cassette in the 80s, now presented on CDR, or, in the case of XX Comittee's LP on CD. The harsh noise of Knurl and Odal were left with Jliat, whereas these two noise boys (well three actually) are more spend on me. Behind Hands To is Jeph Jerman, who operates these days under his own name with some ultra soft music with natural objects and no amplification. Hands To may have used similar sound material, but back in the 80s when Jerman released an endless string of cassettes on his own Big Body Parts label, the small casio sampler was used to create crude loops of that. Also used were some sound effects, shortwave radio and straight field recordings. Its been a while since I last played any of the few Hands To cassettes I have but this set brings back many good memories. Like then, I am still quite pleased with this music. Its partly crude and raw, with a good healthy doses of experiment, but the experiment doesn't stand in the way of the end result. Its not noise for the sake of noise, but Jerman tries to create small sound environments using elements from the environment, treated electronically. Like in a good 80s tradition, the listener is urged to play these separately or in tandem, and create their own mix. Definitely one of the more interesting re-issues lately (and sadly I missed out on the re-issue of City Of Worms, a group that Jerman was involved in, also on the same label). Nice handmade cover too." [FdW / Vital Weekly]

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