A couple months ago {AN} Eel started sending out invitations to artists, for his latest project 'Three Way Dance'. For this project, he brings together 3 artists, whom in most cases never worked together and has them make an album. Each album will consist of 3 solo numbers, 3 duets and 1 trio. The first album in this series just got released yesterday and is made by William Davison, Wilfried Hanrath and Glenn Sogge. I guess that those 3 artists don't need a separate introduction, and that most EC-readers will already know about them and their work. If those names don't ring a bell, you might want to check out:
W.A.Davison at Recordism Wilfried Hanrath at Bandcamp Glenn Sogge at Aural Films Bandcamp... a little advertisement for Aural Films, never hurt anybody. Now, about the album... I don't like comparing artists with other artists, but I might just throw in a name here and there. But first, {AN} Eel wrote some liner notes for the album... let me start with stealing some of his words that sum up the general feeling(for me) of this record: metal, fog, raw earth, vanishing, collide, electric discharge, unfolding, grim realities... these words alone, should make you surf to:
Solos, Duos, Trio at Bandcamp and make you buy the album for a 'pay as you want' price!
Ok here I go, the album starts very strong with 'The Creeps', a slightly industrial composition/drone of William. If I may throw in a first comparison... Machinefabriek, comes to mind!
The second composition, 'Sue§o', is from Wilfried. A more ambient-piece, with a reverb/delay guitar and synth (that would be my guess), that gets a little more threatening half way through the song. And, I don't know if they planned it, but it is a perfect introduction to 'Preparations of the Blood Moon', Glenn's solo composition. This song, makes the industrial feeling stronger again (Z'EV comes to mind) and that feeling remains in the next 3 songs.
'Shovelling Glass', 'Some Thing or An Other Thing' and 'Beyond the Boundaries of the Remit', those are the 3 duets that the gentlemen did. For the regular EC-readers, remember a while ago, the show that Swami Loopynanda did about Klaus Schulze? Well, that is who those 3 duets remind me of. That's the last time, that I will compare, I promise! 3 different combinations of musicians, but these 3 songs form one whole. The last song, the trio piece, conveniently called: 'Trio Piece', is a strong ending of a superb album! That's all I have to say about that! And, as you all know, I have an exquisite taste in music, so go and buy this album and support your local artists! Cover image of the album: Glenn Sogge... I do wonder if the picture is taken in his garden.
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Maybe there is something in the water, but I think a lot of great music comes from Holland! Last time, I also talked about some Dutch artists and this time I am going to do it again. Most of you probably heard about Rutger Zuydervelt aka Machinefabriek, the least I can say is that he's prolific!
Every once in a while, I discover something 'music-wise', that completely blows me away and getting to know Machinefabriek is one those times that left me speechless. On one of my Bandcamp-search sessions, I typed in 'fieldrecording' and the first album that popped up was 'Macrocosms' by Banabila and Machinefabriek. I liked the cover, so I bought the album and that was the beginning of my MF-addiction and my Banabila-addiction (more about him later).
Reading some more about both artists, I decided to buy 'Live at IKLECTIK' from MF. It is not one of my favorite MF albums and as a first purchase, it almost scared me away... but it didn't and I wanted to hear more from Mr.Zuydervelt! After that purchase, I guess I bought around 30 more of his albums, in a very short period of time and I still continue to do so(though less fanatic). I think Mr.Zuydervelt was impressed to, because he send me a thank you mail (same like you Hal).
One of the things I like about MF, is that sometimes he brings out pieces of music, that he made before he was famous and so, you can hear where he's coming from. I know that a lot of artists would not put such things on the internet, but MF is not ashamed to do so. For that(amongst other things), he deserves respect! Talking about every album that MF made is impossible, that would be a very long resume! But, it might be interesting for people who never heard about him, to give some album titles, so they can go explore...
Also, all (or most) of the artwork on his albums are made by Rutger himself. If I am correct, he is a graphic-designer and it shows.
As I said, he's very prolific and he worked together with many great artists... Celer, Jaap Blonk, Minus Pilots, Stephen Vitiello, Steve Roden, Peter Broderick, Gareth Davis, Andrea Belfi, Dag Rosenqvist, ... to just name a few! He's also a member of Piiptsjilling... a band that mostly does improvisations while Jan Kleefstra recites poems in Frisian dialect (a Dutch dialect)... a must have in any collection! Rutger Zuydervelt website Machinefabriek at Bandcamp That's it for now, I do hope that anybody who is not familiar with Rutger's work, gives him a listen! I think he makes some of the most original music! Drones, micronoises, dance, theatre, television, ... he's done it all and I am positive that he will keep on surprising me in the future! |
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