>Jean-Francois Laporte ?- Soundmatters
>Musique concrete, Drone
First track is lots of wind. Mountain wind, banshee wind, before it finally blows a door shut. Tinnitus and anxiety follows, sitting in whatever mountain-side cabin this takes place in. Then come war horns, and a 26 minute piece with engines.
Not too bad for 1998-2005 works, but not very groundbreaking for its genre. Good for someone who just wants dark ambient.
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>Lionel Marchetti & Seijiro Murayama - Hatali Atsalei (L'echange des yeux)
>Musique Concrete
The dying escapes of breath from a withered, atrophied woman, before the unmistakable scrapes and crackling of footsteps through snow. An anxious and riled dog, and hidden gliding drones.
Very menacing, but its quirks grow old quick. The cacophany midway of Part 2 is definitely something, but I'm Fucking Sick Of ASMR In My Music
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>Seijiro Murayama and Eric La Casa - Supersedure
>Free Improvisation, Field Recordings, Musique concrete
Water and drums is an interesting approach, mainly because those drum heads will be fucked by water damage, so I suppose this was a one-time album. The unique ambiance, the build into track 3's meltdown, choice of samples envisions the quietist riot.
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>Michael Pisaro - Stree, Sleep, Pipes, Tones
>Field Recordings, Lowercase
Serene, but also the musical equivalent of watching security video feeds. Bass clarinet and electric guitar also appear, interspersing silence and an extended melody. Very light sine waves combine with these instruments. A haunting sucessor to Brian Eno's Obscure label.
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>Arsene Souffriau - Experience BIMES
>Electroacoustic, Musique concrete
An archival release of a little-known Belgium composer. Much more disjointed, but a lot of similar bitter textures to ABECD on this chart. Much less "post-rave", more sinister and melodically unsustainable systems. Stockhausen synths and piano experimentation makes this a gem of the past. I
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