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DIMUZIO, THOMAS - Sonicism

Format: do-CD Label & Cat.Number: RRRecords RRR22CD Release Year: 1997 Note: DIMUZIOs masterpiece of extremely multi-layered (power) drones and tightly woven sound cocoons, intelligently constructed from real instruments but also field recordings and electronic sources... lots of fine details ("1000 drones at the same time") and enthralling atmospheres are build that give us goose bumps for the most of the time; BACK IN STOCK ! Price (incl. 19% VAT): €16.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info "Sound-Artist aus San Francisco, der für seine urlangen Kompositionen haufenweise "normale" Instrumente, aber auch field recordings und elektronische Klangquellen benutzt. Er entwirft damit dröhnige Geräuschlandschaften, die zum genauen hinhören und "abfahren" einladen, komplex und intelligent aufgebaut, trotzdem noch atmosphärisch aus dem Bauch heraus, spacig und kraftvoll... 1000 Drones at the same time... absolut genial, ständig Gänsehaut-erzeugend.. Meisterwerk!!!" [old Drone Rec info] "Dramatic studio works-years in the making! Dimuzio is something of a find. His double CD provides a wealth of diverse, thoughtful, industrial ambience. It would take practically the length of a review just to list Dimuzio's instruments, sampled sound sources and field recordings; the list would include not only guitars and synthesizers, but also clarinet, water spigot (!), short-wave radio, shrink-wrap machine, conveyor belt, thunderstorm, bees, fire and freight trains. Dimuzio's methodology is generally consistent throughout the two discs, without becoming overly predictable. He favors slow disclosures rather than sudden revelations, and most of his pieces unfold at leisure, sometimes beginning at a subliminal level. (This is a minor irritation on several tracks, as it results in over a minute of apparently dead air while the piece struggles toward audibility.) Characteristically, Dimuzio uses thick, harmonically rich drones, with little percussion as such, but sometimes with regular pulses and patterns. Ocassionally, as in "AutoNation", a relentless rhythmic intensity emerges; on "Clearcut" or "Atonement," the mood turns harsh and abrasive. More often, though, Dimuzio's pieces have a kind of quiet mystery to them, but whatever the emotional quality of the piece, close listening reveals a great deal of subtle, subterranean movement and evidence of an impressive talent. Even allowing for the double CD format, there is more "meat" on this industrial bone than on any six of the typical releases in the genre." [William Tilland, Option]