Re: [microsound] sndstdiotypes

[Edward Roda <ejroda@xxxxxxxx>]

| > >hey, i'm beginning to wonder if there's anyone besides mille plateaux &
| > >force inc. who release cds of this kind of supermodern beat-oriented
| > >glitchclickshtick stuff that's not just plain 'minimal house'.  i'm
| > >beginning to actually have a 'mille plateaux collection' without even
| > >trying...  come on, where's the competition??


Well,
I very much like the ten-track CD _shape-space_ by Process on Fat Cat.
For me it falls smack into the above categorization.
Process is Steve Barnes from Brighton.
Here's a little blurb from the Fat Cat website:
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Produced and sequenced on Barnes' favoured Kurzweil sampling keyboard, the
ten tracks gathered here on CD, and eight on vinyl (including one exclusive)
build a self-assured and propulsive dynamics, moving closer to the hypnotic
minimalism of the Cologne sound. Slowly building, tracks are formed from
warm, abstract sounds, carefully shaped into a percussive tapestry of
stabbing offset rhythms and EQ-tweaks. 4/4 beats are overlaid with mesmeric
loops. Textures hang and morph like gas-clouds. Drawing the listener in,
each track forges its own, distinctive space, flickering and shifting,
expanding and unfurling before your ears, creating a sense of depth, using
textures and layers whilst keeping the tracks organic in nature. The
intentional noise and hiss are used to create an extra moving layer of sound
which fuels the dynamics of the original sound.

'Shape-Mod' is an extended re-working of an electro-based track first heard
(and enthusiastically received) in Process' set throughout the FatCat tour
of Germany last summer; whilst 'Popbeat' and 'Shape-Mod (B)' expand on
Barnes' individual sound / style. The 'SMP-K Options' tracks make evident
their means of construction, the titles referring to a sequencing function
within the Kurzweil.

Processed yet organic, sensuous and intelligent, 'Shape-Space' blurs
definitions, and negates any gap between body and mind, between the
pleasures of isolated home listening and the physical pull of the
dancefloor.
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Edward