Alva Noto - Univrs

alva noto is back for another glitchy, heavily processed data trip with his weirdo spoken-word-french-artist-guy. an obvious followup to the amazing unitxt, this album gets a bit further into noise territory than the previous one.

Pan Sonic - Kesto (234.48:4)

ogosh :o

Kim Cascone - Blue Cube [ ]

the song below is not from this album, but i couldn't find any of the tracks from blue cube on youtube :(

Ametsub - The Nothings Of The North

i found this artist through their music video for the song "repeatedly"... i instantly went and bought their albums, as soon as the video was over. it is seriously one of the most impressive music videos i have seen in my entire life, and the huge amount of effort put into it is extremely easy to see. let me say that, this album (as well as the other) matches the video, some of the most highly polished glitch i have ever heard (that is a bit of an oxymoron, i know). very, very skilled musician(s), they are amazing at what they do.

Alva Noto - Unitxt

minimalist ambient glitch trip through data and rhythm and math and sound. this guy is a genius, and i honestly don't think i am exaggerating here. he has sonic and rhythmic ideas that most people would never even consider, and all while generally staying within the limits of the traditional electronic music template (4/4 time signature, 120-ish bpm). this is one of the essential alva noto albums, a few other (in different styles) being "For", "Viroon", and his famous "Xerrox" projects. i might post those some other time, because they are just that good. ok enough ego stroking for noto, enjoy the sounds.

p.s. just in case you are wondering about the random things being read in the intro track down there, that is explained here:

"...the album is one of the few (if not the only) Alva Noto releases that feature vocals. French sound poet Anne-James Chaton intones in a robotic manner on two tracks, including opener “U_07.” He reads the contents of Nicolai’s wallet (credit cards, driver’s license, receipts, etc.) in a constant outpour. This only furthers the album’s harshness, reducing personal information about the man to mere information, data to be processed."