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HUNT, WYNDEL - Sunshine Noir

Format: CD-R Label & Cat.Number: Dragon's Eye Recordings de5027 Release Year: 2010 Note: ed. of 250 copies, professional design; Seattle-based sound-sculptor doing very powerful drones Price (incl. 19% VAT): €10.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info "Inside instantaneous openings of titanic surroundings and pinpointed views, with patchwork surroundings of silver, black, and grey, Wyndel Hunt's Sunshine Noir is in its length and breadth both streamlined with sharp contours and accented by the deep buzz of dissipative control. Hunt’s fourth recording on Dragon’s Eye builds using attention to details and dynamic control in coordination with restraint and pattern-weaving; the sounds move toward a seemingly paradoxical goal of constructing disappearing monoliths of sound. Compositional methods referencing collage and descriptive phrases such as aural painting, sonic architecture and sculpture are apropos yet not exhaustive--the proportion and volume of the pieces combined with their sudden disappearances make them simultaneously tangible and elusive. While epic proportions are kept in check with fuzzing, mechanical lines, some of the greatest moments in Sunshine Noir are where the sounds drop down below the edge of perceptibility--the subdued quality of the recording is enhanced in all the apparently empty spaces—making the moments where little more is left than a whisper where Sunshine Noir burns brightest. Sunshine Noir was recorded throughout 2009 in Seattle, Washington, using only Ableton Live, Reason 2.5, a Casio MT-520 and a guitar. All tracks were composed by Wyndel Hunt, except 'Deckle', which was constructed by Christopher DeLaurenti. With this small arsenal of materials, the resulting compositions are an astounding achievement of sculpted geography allowing the listener to imagine the process of construction and its completion as a singular movement." [label info] "A new work by Wyndel Hunt, who has previously released on this label, both solo and in collaboration with Thom Heileson. Unlike before we now get to know what he uses: Ableton live, Reason 2.5, Casio MT-520 and a guitar. When I called this 'computerized blissful drones' in Vital Weekly 577, I wasn't off the mark. This is what he did, and still does. In the eight pieces here he creates a form of drone music that is 'louder', more 'present' than many of his peers. Sounds swell and decay like all good drone music, but it seems he needs less time to do so than many others. The music is fuzzy, like a shoegazing form of laptop music. In such cases I am supposed to say that its a pity there hasn't been much progress since the previous release, but its also not a matter of over-production I guess, which is also a nice thing. Its fine to have music that is away the typical ambient glitch sound (that is sometimes also loudly present in this label's catalogue) and is something of his own. Again the pieces that are more collage like are a bit stronger, but I must say that throughout this is a highly pleasant work." [FdW / Vital Weekly] www.dragonseyerecordings.com