Staubgold

[Joshua Maremont <thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 1:50 PM -0800 1/20/01, Sean Cooper wrote:
> other bits: i picked up the oren ambarchi/martin ng cd on staubgold 
> yesterday. i didn't really like oren's touch cd all that much, but i 
> figured i'd give him another try. so far i like this one more. 
> pretty drone based, but less murky, and a little more progression in 
> the tracks (three of them clocking in at over 10 mins each). nice 
> design work by tina frank as well. i also ordered the sack and blumm 
> 10" on staubgold, which has yet to arrive. what's the word on this 
> label? some interesting artists releasing through them...

Nice to see some mention of this label, especially as it seems to fit 
into no particular category and to follow nothing other than the 
clearly quite interesting taste of its pilots.  I have several 
releases on this label, and all are quite rewarding and different 
from each other:  Tesendalo "Laura" LP (droning analog cosmic 
electronics with sounds from the musician's baby), Reuber "Anna" LP 
(smooth, upbeat, and melodic electronics in a quite hypnotic early 
Kraftwerk mode by one member of Klangwart), Institut fuer Feinmotorik 
"Wenig Information:  Kein Titel" LP (minimal and rhythmic 
experimental turntable artifacts), Groenland Orchester CD (upbeat and 
quite warmly quirky electronic instrumental pop, not distant from the 
Morr Music, City Centre Offices, and Karaoke Kalk aesthetics), and 
Gunter Adler "15 Electronic Pieces" CD (by one member of Groenland 
Orchester and exploring a similar but slightly mellower vein).  It 
seems that the Klangwart label Klangstelle is associated with 
Staubgold, and here all three releases I have managed to locate - 
"Inkiek" 3"CD, "Koln-Olpe" LP, and "Zwei" LP - have surprised me with 
their changes in direction from Cluster/HNAS space music through 
early Kraftwerk rhythmic hypnosis to minimalist drones.  Most of the 
releases to which I have been exposed have not been at all micro, but 
for those who like to smile and be surprised while listening to 
electronic music, Staubgold is worthy of much exploration.

afternoon listening:
Piano Magic "Artists' Rifles" (one of the best rock albums of last year)
Sigur Ros "Agaetis Byrjun" (very nice so far on a first listen)

afternoon reading:
Nick Hornby "High Fidelity" (for us who haunt lists such as these, a 
brutal and hilarious portrait of record geekery)
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joshua maremont / thermal - mailto:thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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