ini.itu is releasing a new vinyl only LP, the 8th of its catalog, composed by
Freiband ( Frans de Waard )
• Side A seems to progress through an acid bath, and take the magnifying glass to enhance the digital decays, evoking
various stages of textural corrosions. Through this aggressive and irreverent treatments, the naturally metallic
harmonics are by twitst and turns abruptly dismantled into crunchy, dense and fuzzy fireworks. These gutsy and
intensely fractured variations on gamelan, despite the stop & go transitions still hold a nice unity across the digital errs
and disturbances. Hard-edged, raw.
• on side B, through some arcane wirings, some machines end up spitting out shifting binary patterns with a somewhat
alienating feeling. Proof that electronic music can be minimal and eschew the 4/4 dancefloor pattern, in favour of
some dry and uncompromising “ Unerforschtes Gebiet” between minimal beats and Steve Reich’ early tape
compositions.
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