NEWS: NEW Stedmusik Podcast - Two Year Anniversary Episode

It's RANDOM.

http://russstedman.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-16T09_32_50-07_00

INTERVIEW with Daniel Prendiville

Daniel Prendiville

AUTOreverse #14, summer 2011
Daniel Prendiville
interviewed by
Ian C Stewart

SO......DID YOU MISS AUTOreverse?
I did for sure. It was a real eye-opener for me. I had no real idea what was going on in the underground scene. Didn't even know there was one, to be honest. AUTOreverse was always highly entertaining and provocative. Down in the main to your own personality...

INTERVIEW with John Gore of Cohort Records, 'kirchenkampf', etc.

John Gore

AUTOreverse #14, summer 2011
John Gore
Cohort Records
'kirchenkampf'
interviewed by
Ian C Stewart

John, thanks for answering a few questions. Let's start with that old chestnut, influences. Who are your biggest musical influences and why?
If you mean who do I think I want to sound like, that depends on when the release came out. My style has changed a couple of times since I started in 1986.

My earliest experiences with electronic music were Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. I was crazy about anything with synthesizers in it.

INTERVIEW with Mike Cosma aka XoloStar Warrior, Anixas, etc.

Mike Cosma

AUTOreverse #14, summer 2011
Mike Cosma
aka Xolostar Warrior
aka  Anixas
aka Black Acid Development
interviewed by
Ian C Stewart 

Mike, hello. Is there anything you're feeling particularly mouthy about at the moment?
You know, I want to say things and shake people up and slap them silly and say "what are you thinking?"

INTERVIEW with Jeremy Gluck

Jeremy Gluck

AUTOreverse #14, summer 2011
Jeremy Gluck
interview by
Ian C Stewart

Let's start by talking about your musical influences. Who are your biggest influences and why? Who were your early musical influences?
My primary musical influences are actually quite orthodox and considering the character of my electronica tend not to fall into the more predictable categories. This is also because a lot my work expresses a part of myself that I live with but not always from. I grew up with rock music and with rock music I remain, especially Paul Westerberg and Van Morrison. I adore The Beach Boys, The Who, The Stooges, early Bowie, The Smiths and Morrissey. I love cheesy country and trucking music, but also Blue Oyster Cult and The Beatles. However, I enjoy electronic music, usually ambient, and also primo American punk, such as Husker Du and Ramones.

INTERVIEW with Carrie Hodges aka Auzel

Carrie Hodges

AUTOreverse #14, summer 2011
Carrie Hodges aka
Auzel
interviewed by
Ian C Stewart 

HOW/WHERE/WHEN WAS OLD RECORDED?

Old was recorded when I was young, in various ways and places, from 1991 to 2003.  I was 18 when we recorded the two earliest songs on Chris [Reider]'s crappy second-hand 4 track. We were living with my parents at the time, in a claustrophobic little room. Life kind of sucked. But that was 20 years ago, and I don't remember much other than being incredibly self-conscious. When Chris had me improvise some singing over a track of his guitar playing, it was nearly impossible for me, and I was practically crying by the end. For the other early song, he and I sang into each other's mouths. I can only describe it as a kissing didgeridoo. The feeling of the vibrations is what I remember.

INTERVIEW with Dave Fuglewicz

Dave Fuglewicz

AUTOreverse #14, summer 2011
Dave Fuglewicz
interviewed by
Ian C Stewart 

Let's talk about your musical influences. Who are your biggest influences and why? Who were your early musical influences?
I would have to list Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze's work of the 1970's as major influences and a lot of the progressive rock movement of those days. Jimi Hendrix was and is a big influence of my musical direction. That may not be obvious since he was a guitarist, but in the sense of a philosophy of music that is free, experimental and willing to take chances.

PODCAST: AUTOreverse Podcast 8

AUTOreverse PODCAST NUMBER 8

August 20, 2011
0. Ian C Stewart - "AUTOreverse Theme"
1. Auzel - "She Turned Into The Dog" from OLD
2. Knitting By Twilight - "Biddeford Pool" from WEATHERING
3. Devilcake - "Salad Bar Man" from EATING THE GOSPEL
4. Jon 7 - "Sunset" from LIGHT AREAS
5. Aric and the Episodes - "Boy Crazy" from I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ALL ALONG
6. Wendell K - "Steam (20:8 Remix)"
7. Dino DiMuro - "My Name Is Print" from OUTTAKES UNIVERSE
8. Translucent Mirror - "Flow Of Life Interrupted" from FUZZY LANDSCAPES
9. Evan Peta - "All My Lovin'" from ZEN BY DEFAULT
10. Anixas - "Zectec 117" from ZECTEC
11. Love Calvin - "Green Pea Soup" from WHAT'S LEFT, VOL. 4
12. C. Reider -"We Will Make You Whole" from OWNING EXTINCTIONS
13. Crippling Deficincey "These Tools Are Pretty Helpfull, Especially The Cry Editor (excerpt)" from I AM TERROR'S SNOOTINESS
14. Ray Carmen "Little Angel" from OLD SCHOOL OLD FOOL
15. Just John - "Huminor" from THE OLD DOUBLE MELMAN
16. Distant Trains - "Sketches" from CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUICIDE
17. Bat Lenny - "These Fragile Thoughts" from SHADOWLAND
18. Todd Skaggs - "Hemidemisemiquaver" from IN THE TEMPLE OF THE BUTCHERED COW
19. Next Big Thing - "Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand" from NBT-4-CNP
20. Russ Stedman - "Heavy Ketchup" from WHY KILL YOURSELF? (1987)
21. Ian C Stewart - "Trail Mix" from ALPHABETICAL FOOD ODYSSEY
http://iancstewart.podomatic.com/entry/2011-08-20T10_20_33-07_00

NEWS: Dave Stafford - "The Haunting" now available

today is the day, august 17, 2011, worldwide release of "the haunting", brand new ambient album from dave stafford - available now. the link is the album download, but you can also hear samples on the dave stafford discography page at www.pureambient.com, or download individual tracks via the pureambient store.

INTERVIEW: PBK interviewed by C. Reider

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011

PBK
aka Phillip Klingler
interviewed by
C. Reider 

First of all, congratulations on your twenty-five year anniversary!  Twenty-five years is a long time to be doing anything, and I think you've been consistent and principled in pursuing realizations of your ideas, and deserve a lot of credit for that. Considering the occasion, I think it's probably appropriate to start with something retrospective. Why don't you tell me about the beginnings of your work with sound, and your first experiences with noise music?

Thanks for the kind words, Chris. I never think about things like that too much, although it's nice that you said them, coming from you it's quite a compliment! I do sometimes enjoy telling people how long I've been following my creative compulsions, it has it's own absurd impact.

NEWS: Fortuitous Happenstance by Noring/McGee (2001) now online

Brian Noring and Hal McGee's 2001 release, "Fortuitous Happenstance,"  is now available online here. Get it!

NEWS: Love Calvin - What's Left, Vol. 4 - available now

"Love Calvin - What's Left, Volume Four

Love Calvin  - "What's Left, Volume Four," now available for free download. These songs were done in 1989, around the same time as the album "Portrait Of Flesh."

GET IT HERE.
http://www.lovecalvin.com/whats-left.html

LIKE IT HERE.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-Calvin/132883900139166

REVIEW: The Mighty Accelerator - "Soccer Mom" EP, 2011

The Mighty Accelerator - Soccer Mom EP

THE MIGHTY ACCELERATOR
Soccer Mom
EP, Download, 2011http://themightyaccelerator.bandcamp.com/
Funtime hard-rockin' rock band songs that are equal parts Midwestern punk and classic rock. Cowbell AND double-kick drumming in the same song. Kind of like a lighter Motorhead, something like that. "Shake It" opens with some heaviness, and the chorus reminds me of Tad. Stylistically it sounds like a mashup of Celtic Frost and Cinderella. This would make a nice 7" vinyl single, I'm sure Andy would've done that back in the day. "Mustache Foam" has dynamics and riffs for a semi-epic vibe. The production is nice but not so overpowering that I feel the need to mosh here, or stagedive off of my desk. Clean and professional in a good way, and fun.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEW: chefkirk + Carl Kruger - Physical Release, 2011

chefkirk + Carl Kruger - Physical Release, 2011

CHEFKIRK + CARL KRUGER
Physical Release
download, May 2011, http://www.controlvalve.net
These guys are a two-man noise riot. This piece is a 27 minutes worth of everything but music. You got several types of feedback, shrill samples and loops, all percolating in real time. This was created live. Certain types of people are drawn to the fringes, the hard, painful, line-in-the-sand that just makes it impossible to think or breathe. Too much of this will ruin your hearing and make you go blind, or maybe that's just me. Tag me out, I can't finish listening to the entire piece!
Ian C Stewart

NEWS: Vuzh Music reissues "Fall" by The Unseelie Court

The Unseelie Court - Fall

Originally released on cassette in 1995.

Long out of print postal collaboration between C. Reider and Terry Burke.

Now available for free download here.

http://www.vuzhmusic.com/releases/unseelie.html

REVIEW: ANIXAS Outer Space Located In Debris Field, 2011

ANIXAS
Outer Space Located In Debris Field
EP - Jamendo download, 2011http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/96196
Repeat of the 3P. Weird ambience, screaming, reverbed to hell, sounds like the soundtrack to an old martian film, you know the one. "Large Cargo Ship" features a nice pile of samples and synthesizer splats and filters. "Search For Life Forms" is a a sparse take on robotic vocoder sounds. If this is a concept album, then we take this track as literally being a search for lifeforms. "Feeling Isolated On The Ship" is very similar, albeit with more bass in the vocoder.
Ian C Stewart

INTERVIEW: Dino DiMuro interviewed by Russ Stedman

Dino DiMuro

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
DINO DiMURO INTERVIEW
Questions by Russ Stedman

Do you remember the first record you bought?
Very hard to say.  For singles, it could have been PINBALL WIZARD by the Who, or CRIMSON AND CLOVER by Tommy James and the Shondells.  Albums, it was probably GOD BLESS TINY TIM or the soundtrack to BONNIE AND CLYDE.  And I'd still buy those records.  Maybe not HAIR, though.

What bands from childhood have you NOT outgrown?
Probably the Beatles, Beach Boys, Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa. Jimi Hendrix, the Who, and Black Sabbath are still great but I played them way too much.  Jethro Tull and Deep Purple, I feel kind of silly now that I was SO into them.

INTERVIEW with Mike Textbeak

Textbeak

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
TEXTBEAK
interview by
Ian C Stewart

Is there anything you're feeling particularly mouthy about at the moment?
there is a music in the roosts, from deadly war teams of the wildlife colony tubes. Shy is the Wildlife of conflicting del fuegos and the orthodox Soul Nets of recent mystery. in a worship, Nations existed in dinosaur cries of hades.

NEWS: Russ Stedman goes to Bandcamp with "Rat​-​House & Homie​-​Cone"

Rat​-​House & Homie​-​Cone, 2011

Join Russ Stedman at bandcamp for the rest of the summer.
Admission is only five dollars, and it includes this hot new compilation of Stedmusik.
http://russstedman.bandcamp.com/

REVIEW: Distant Trains - Congratulations On Your Suicide CD, 2010

Distant Trains - Congratulations On Your Suicide CD, 2010

DISTANT TRAINS
Congratulations On Your Suicide
CD, 2010http://www.sleeponthefloor.com/releases/016/016.htm
Distorted bass guitar with clean drum programming and wandering keys on top. Plus vocal. "Take Care" is like a doom metal version of Soul Whirling Somewhere. And the bursts of bluesy guitar, I should not be enjoying this. The production can be summed up in two words: clean scuzz. Just like the early work of one of my favorite bands, Idaho. "Desert" is probably more like Queens Of The Stone Age, maybe? I enjoy the distorto-bass guitar-forward songwriting, vocals waaaaay off over there in the semi-background. The elements are familiar, but the picture is still pretty.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEWS: Bat Lenny - "Shadowland" and "The Atomic Toybox" CDs

Bat Lenny - Shadowland CD, 2008

BAT LENNY
Shadowland EP
CD, 2008
http://batlenny.com
Progressive pop that is equal parts Yes and XTC, and no, I don't just mean ELO. In days of old, the "Shadowland" suite would merely have been known as side four of the new LP, a 17-minute theme in 5 parts. Bat Lenny is the King Crimson of the underground.
Ian C Stewart

Bat Lenny - The Atomic Toybox CD, 2009

BAT LENNY
The Atomic Toybox
CD, 2009
Massive prog-pop a la Mike Kenneally. I really enjoyed this one. "Gravity" opens with a single synthesizer note being filtered, kind of like any old song by the Human League. The song starts with a minimial drum beat, which is vamped on and reacted to by the other instruments, gradually building up into a groove like the Police. Primus meets E.L.O. This album is Marillionesque (I guess, Genesisesque would make more sense) in its scope. Repeated listenings required and rewarded.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEW: Vocabularinist – Monkey Brains Controlling Robot Arms CD, 2006

Vocabularinist – Monkey Brains Controlling Robot Arms CD, 2006

VOCABULARINIST
Monkey Brains Controlling Robot Arms
CD, 2006
Funky, mechanized grooves with miles of vocal loops. And funk. It's not Meat Beat Manifesto, but it's also not Perry Como, it's not a lot of things. Rhythm and melody. "All Refelctions End Here" is kind of like the bastard offspring of Gary Numan and early Nine Inch Nails, but better. Dark electronica. Have I said Skinny Puppy enough yet in this issue? In the early 1990s, we called this stuff 'industrial,' just meaning that it's dark and girls could dance to it. "Getting To Thou" gives those headphones a workout, all the elements jumping across the stereo spectrum. "It's A Dull Ride" is like drum & bass Pop Will Eat Itself. Monkey Brains Controlling Robot Arms is fun, funky and futile to ignore.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEW: Mekigah - The Serpent's Kiss CD, 2011

MEKIGAH The Serpent's Kiss CD, 2011

MEKIGAH
The Serpent's Kiss
CD, 2011
This CD is many types of metal, all at the same time. It's like a cross between My Dying Bride and Dead Can Dance. It's heavy and epic as a motherfucker. The production lends itself to headbanging and air-piano playing, or so I've been told. They have the male/female vocal thing down. The music of "In The Garden" sounds like Mercyful Fate crossed with Enya. It's the kind of unique plot twist that heavy metal needs to keep my attention. This album requires repeated listenings. Dream Theater meets Yanni? Wait, there is some saxophone, so maybe King Diamond plus Kenny G? Gothic jazz metal. Absolutely unique.
Ian C Stewart

INTERVIEW: Paul Caporino of M.O.T.O (Masters Of The Obvious)

M.O.T.O.

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
PAUL CAPORINO
M.O.T.O.
(Masters Of The Obvious)
interviewed by
Ian C Stewart

Let's talk about your musical influences. Who are your biggest influences and why? Who were your early musical influences?
PC: Mostly recordings of popular music of all genres dating back to.......

Where do you see your music heading?
Not sure, but it's getting there.

REVIEW: Squeegeed Clean - Synchronised Fucking Up And Pre-Emptive Flashbacks CD, 2011

Squeegeed Clean - Synchronised Fucking Up And Pre-Emptive Flashbacks CD, 2011

SQUEEGEED CLEAN
Synchronised Fucking Up And Pre-Emptive Flashbacks CD, 2011
http://squeegeedclean.bandcamp.com
This CD compiles two previous releases of this Aussie posse, which includes Skot, Graz, amd Funkmeister G, I think. This is the cleanest and most polished avant garde noise free jam love I've heard in a while. Guitars, synths, drum machines and percussion, often with tons of echo and delay. The first nine tracks date from 2005, the last four were made in 2009, but the sound is coherent, cohesive, tight and professional as far as this type of thing usually goes. Meaning no huge volume spikes or anything else that will blow out your eardrums and/or speakers.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEWS: C. Reider - "Formerly Sine Drones" and "Owning Extinctions" 2011

C. Reider -  Formerly Sine Drones, 2011

C. REIDER
Formerly Sine Drones download, 2011
http://www.vuzhmusic.com
Oh, they're still drones, don't you worry. The first piece, "59 Hz," is 3:22 of what sounds like a ground hum. If you're expecting the guitar to plug in and this humming sound to go away, well, that doesn't happen. The noise is the star. And so on across the album. It's minimalistic and easy to talk over. Sounding alternately mechanical and organic, somehow.
Ian C Stewart

C. Reider - Owning Extinctions, 2011

C. REIDER
Owning Extinctions download, 2011
http://www.vuzhmusic.com
The other one is more like smooth peanut butter. This one is crunchy. Now I'm hungry for Jif. Track one, "Clathrate Gun Hypothesis," sounds like an echoey underwater chamber, an alien life form beside some stalactites. Beside the white chickens. Oh wait, that's "Underwater Plume," I'm thinking of, which certainly does have a dewy vibe about it. "Apologies And Capitulations," sounds like a spaced-out Skinny Puppy breakdown. Several rhythmic elements operating independently, with that tension in the middle. This one is prettified chaos.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEW: Mass Debate - "Shun" CD, 2011

mass debate - shun

MASS DEBATE
Shun CD, 2011
Funky hiphop with large beats, fat basslines and an Aussie female MC/singer. The production is clear and thumpin'. The lyrics are all questioning governmental politics, racism and sexual politics. The more overtly sexual lyrics remind me of Lady Sovereign and Princess Superstar. The songs are sharp, snappy, quick in and out. I haven't heard a combination of political energy and pop music this smooth since Chumbawamba. Catchy pop rap that probably sounds great on the radio. Beats and production by Skot, Ernie and Meagan D, who also did the rhymes. Consolidated, remember them? "if you fuck up, just sit on your hands," nice hook.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEW: 'kirchenkampf' + Pixyblink "Nevermore and Nevertheless" CD, 2011

kirchenkampf' + Pixyblink - Nevermore and Nevertheless CD, 2011

KIRCHENKAMPF + PIXYBLINK
Nevermore And Nevertheless CD, 2011
Cohort Records
John Gore and ambient cohort (get it?) Pixyblink bring the massive, exhaling whoosh on this one. Drones, arranged to decay, and not. There's a looping, high whooshy thing on opening piece "Affair De Coeur" that is quite something else. "Enfant Terrible" vacillates between quiet beauty and obnoxious aggression. Hellish soundtrack music. Or, soundtrackish hell music, take your pick. "Profanum Vulgus" is a cool title for one of the more understated pieces on this album. The quiet moments in general are terrifying and beautiful. "Mal De Mer," I like the way the synths are being tweaked and freaked in both speakers. "Laborare Est Orare" ends the album on quite a majestic note, literally. Awesome.
Ian C Stewart

INTERVIEW: Charles Hoffman

Charles Hoffman

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
CHARLES HOFFMAN
interviewed
by Ian C Stewart

Is there anything you're feeling particularly mouthy about at the moment?
Lately I'm really obsessed with self-importance. I work in web development, and I seem to run into a lot of it in those circles, but it's kind of everywhere in society these days. So many people try so hard to look like something that not only they're not, but also that doesn't even make sense to be. The "creative class" is this myth that messes with your head. People spend money they don't have to try to look like a big wheel, when you're really just like, making silly fun websites that only make money by selling advertising under the false pretense that anybody pays any fucking attention to it. There's so much in our society and economy that's just absurd right now but that people take totally seriously.

INTERVIEW: Greg Mathieson of Bat Lenny, Limpid (the) Green, Stegor, etc.

Stegor

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
Greg Mathieson
of Bat Lenny, Limpid (the) Green, Stegor, etc.
interview by Ian C Stewart

Right up front, let's talk about your musical influences. Who are your biggest influences and why?
Classic Prog Rock, like Genesis, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Jethro Tull… I just keep going back to that stuff. As much as I love the multitude of musical styles and directions that have developed since then I’ll never forget the mysterious feelings I got when I was a kid listening to that stuff. And then there’s Bowie, XTC, Talking Heads, Kraftwerk…

INTERVIEW: Evan Peta of Evan Peta

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
EVAN PETA
interview by
Ian C Stewart

So, Evan. Is there anything you're feeling particularly mouthy about at the moment?
Peanut Butter Oreos are pure evil, seriously.

REVIEW: Moljebka Pvlse &; Cría Cuervos "Vid vägs ände" (Road's End) - CD

MOLJEBKA PVLSE and CRIA CUERVOS
Vid vägs ände (Road's End) CD, 2011
Cohort Records, 128 Condo Street, Monticello, IN 47960 USA
http://cohortrecords.0catch.com
Two long pieces, assembled by Sweden's Moljebka Pvlse and Italy's Cría Cuervos. Epic drone-ambients. "pa vndrande fot (Traveling By Foot)" fills the air nicely, with several twists and turns. It's cinematic in spots. "det ar aldrig for sent att vanda om (It's Never Too Late To Turn Back)" is a cleaner drone, reminding me of the music for the film 'Baraka', it feels profound, especially around the 20-minute mark, it sounds like a didjeridoo or its eastern equivalent, and a bit of feedback behind it. The last few minutes, with the reversed vocal sample loop is astounding. Gorgeous.
Ian C Stewart

PODCASTS: AUTOreverse PODCAST 7

autoDIVERSE quagazine

AUTOreverse PODCAST 7
20110730

1. FZZY PMPR "Not Fun" from the next EP, which we'll call 'hijacked beats'
2. JOHN NEIL - "Snowman" (XTC) from 'beasts i've seen, the xtc fans' tribute cassette'
3. AUZEL - "I Remember It More Now" from 'old'
4. LOVE CALVIN - "Burn Victims Suck (Acoustic Version)" from 'what's left, volume three'
5. SQUEEGEED CLEAN - "Fake Burzum Ritual" from '2010 - Synchronised Fucking Up And Pre-Emptive Flashbacks'
6. DON CAMPAU - "Trial By Fire" from 'best of don campau, volume two'
7. AMPTEXT + BASS - "Bodyment 2" from 'nine strings' split cd
8. IRRELIGION - "Forever Tonight" from 'cadaver holiday'
7. BRYCE EIMAN - "SK-5 01" from 'tone whore'
8. MINOR 2049er - "Do The Slam" from 'unliberated'
9. C. REIDER - "Clathrate Gun Hypothesis" from 'owning extinctions'
10. KNITTING BY TWILIGHT - "A Thousand Islands" from 'weathering'
11. SCOTT BROOKMAN - "Everything You Write Sounds To Me Like Death" from 'the busy world of scott brookman'
12. DAMNED HEAD (PBK) - "Epidural Threat" from 'into my head'
13. DANIEL PRENDIVILLE "Amnesie...er" from 'mutant ogre'
14. EVAN PETA - "Spark Generator" from 'spark generator'
15. TODD SKAGGS "Alimentary Canal" from 'rodomontodd'
16. BENTWITHLIGHT - "Monster" from 'burnt offerings'
17. XOLOSTAR WARRIOR - "Control The Mind Circle"
18. DARRIN AILES - "If You Would Leave" from 'ruthless angelic cherubs, volume two'
19. EVIL BREAD - "Purple Pie Pizza", from 'Live At Apollo's!'

go!
http://iancstewart.podomatic.com/entry/2011-07-30T09_15_20-07_00

INTERVIEW: Jim Shelley of Book Of Kills

Jim Shelley on Earth Day

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
JIM SHELLEY
BOOK OF KILLS
interview by Ian C Stewart

SO......DID YOU MISS AUTOreverse?
I surely did. Did you miss me? Wait!  Don't answer that!

REVIEW: Xolostar Warrior - Gorkun Crystal Audio Stream, 2011

Xolostar Warrior  - Gorkun Crystal Audio Stream - 2011

XOLOSTAR WARRIOR
Gorkun Crystal Audio Stream
Soundclick download, 2011
This is a brief introduction to the XoloStar Warrior, whose songs are in the Indietronic category on Soundclick. "Humantron" sounds like one a Buckethead instrumental. Which means it's funky, heavy and groovy and there's cool sound effects. And fun. "Zenorama" breaks out the vocal harmonizer and effects, along with the finger-jab drum machine sounds. Nice. Absurd, really. But great! "Para Talk" jumps in with a funky beat and more spaced-out spoken bits which go through every effect known to man. It's kind of hilarious and great at the same time. Finally, "Go Luup" continues with fragmented beats and rather deranged synth-stabs. Did he just say "shadow of the octopus"? Fun and awesome.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEW: amptext + bass / Blk w bear - split CD, 2011

amptext + bass / Blk w bear split CD 2011

AMPTEXT + BASS / BLK W BEAR
"Nine Strings" / "Ten Outtakes & Demos"
Split CD, 2011Cohort Records
The first track by amptext + bass, "The Ghosts Of Silent Radios," sounds like about four different scores by John Cage played at the same time, which, for all I know, it might be. It sounds like a person playing a cello. There's a bit of messing-around with a handheld tape recorder (I assume), the air in the room. An old telephone in a box, or something. Hard core avant garde. "Bodyment 1" and "Bodyment 2"  continue with the same template, while the final two pieces are less tape-menacing and more live performances, if that description makes any sense. The cello playing is deft and scrapey, and the pieces include lots of silence.  Nice. The tracks by Blk w bear that follow are of the ambient noise ilk, or dark ambience. "Valve Languere [Vasoline Mix]" includes some interesting samples and loops which gradually fade across the inner ear thing. "Reade Lactid" sounds like some sampler abuse, of which I approve. "Salt Water Coughing" finishes up sounding like a pipe organ being devoured by a poltergeist. This deeply experimental split CD is available now. Handmade covers, the whole deal. John Gore really does this sh1t up.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEW: The Implicit Order - A Wink And A Nod, 2011

The Implicit Order - A Wink And A Nod

THE IMPLICIT ORDER
A Wink And A Nod  download
Cool mixture of remixes, tributes, anti-mixes, whatever you wanna call it. Homage. Each of the eight pieces are new versions of tracks chosen by The Implicit Order, and gradually redefined with the now-standard Implicit Order engine. Echoey loops, weird spoken passages and ambient room noises populate the frequency spectrum. Some are quite noisy, others more austere.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEW: Dislocated Tones - "Compound Fractures" compilation, 2011

Dislocated Tones - Compound Fractures, 2011

DISLOCATED TONES
Compound Fractures, download 2011
Here's a fun compilation that's all over the place, stylistically speaking. Chuck Hoffman's opening track is called "Feline & Toddler Vomitorium," it's a neat pile of Casio sampler loops. "Twenty Four" by Arcade is noisy and spaced-out dub, can it be? Yes, it can be. Large beats and fractious beats, and squelched synth stuff. I enjoy. Sampleman also takes a funk-friendly approach with "Small Pink & Black Alien". "Carbon" by Yenoc is another toe-tapper, with its upbeat synth burbles and vocoder vocals. The majority of the other tracks are quite noisy and abrasive., in a couple of cases straddling the line between noise and order. "Ophelia As A Cyborg" by Haru Yasumi is a noisy bit of FUNK, so it's what, IDM, is that the category? That is the noisiest funk track this side of my own work as FZZY PMPR. I like it a lot, though all of the pieces were interesting in their own ways.
Ian C Stewart

REVIEW: ANIXAS - ZECTEC EP 2011

Anixas - Zectec

ANIXAS
Zectec EP - Mudball Records
Jamendo download, 2011
It's an EP but it's more of a 3P. Three pieces, three minutes Each. "Zectec115" The first one features a decent drum loop with cool, staccato synth stuff happening, but there's also a couple of notes, like a drone but higher, almost like feedback or ground hum, which turn it from a playful bit of MIDI action to an act of sonic aggression. I'm not sure if it's intended, or not intended. "Zectec116" and "Zectec117" deploy similar drones and MIDI synth rubs, which are not as harsh. Kind of neat.
Ian C Stewart

INTERVIEW: Jamie Hutchings interviewed by Skot

Jamie Hutchings

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
JAMIE HUTCHINGS
interview by Skot Schtikla
"The title comes from the where and how of the recording which had a very strong impact on the end result. It was recorded in a run-down shack out the front of a property in Avalon that was lent to us. Thus the bleeding, spilly, haphazard non-studio quality. Secondly, it was all recorded mostly live to an 8 track cassette recorder by my friend Chris Colquhoun" - comments from Jamie about his latest album 'Avalon Cassettes'

NEWS: Love Calvin - What's Left, Volume Three - now available

Love Calvin - What's Left, Volume Three, 2011

Third volume of miscellaneous Love Calvin songs. Grab for free. These unique and truly visionary home recordings, lovingly preserved and displayed by Russ Stedman.


Stop reading this, go get it NOW or I won't be your friend anymore, if I ever was.


LOVE,CALVIN - "WHAT'S LEFT? - VOLUME THREE"

01 Superman's True Story
02 It's A Big World
03 Blue Egg
04 Leave Me Alone
05 Burn Victims Suck (Acoustic Version)
06 Don't
07 Blue Lights & Jesus
08 He Served Us Some Fires
09 I'm An American
10 Regrets
11 Crawl
12 Cheesemeister (Alternate Version)
13 Feel All The Dirt


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http://www.lovecalvin.com/whats-left.html

REVIEW: leshitter Blut - Kill Everyone And Everything EP, 2011

leshitter Blut - Kill Everyone And Everything

LESHITTER BLUT
Kill Everyone And Everything EP
Cherry Blossom Dog Records, 2011"Welcome to everything you thought you would never see before."
Crazy, keyboard noise... dude with spluttering, tourette's-level swearing and verbal misanthropy. "Intro" is a swearing, deranged rant against humanity with clapping in the background. "Ode To Camping" is the longest nine minutes and nine seconds of my life. That high feedback tone is brutal, and the toy piano-playing adds sinister depth. "A Life Of Nothing" sounds like death metal grumbling over a broken casio. "like dogshit on the grass...." "Liar Throne" features a steady drum beat somewhere back in the haze of its discontent. More black-metal vocals, plus the feedback and keyboards. It's certainly unpleasant, often brutally so. Aggressive, electronic noise comes in many forms.
Ian C Stewart

INTERVIEW: Swerve interviewed by Skot

Swerve

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
SWERVE
interviewed by
Skot Schtickla

Swerve has been a part of the Sydney music scene, in particular the experimental music scene for as long as I've been around of it. I first met him in the mid nineties sometime as his label had organized gigs which they had asked my band at the time to be a part of and also I had witnessed insane shows that contained Swerve and other acts from his label Dual Plover that I'd never seen or heard anything like before! Generally challenging musically in many ways but also also visually spectacular and energetic unlike a lot of 'noise' shows which can be great to listen to but dull to look at. I noticed that never with Swerve or any of the associated acts you would get this, they always went off in some way and had fun.

INTERVIEW: Greg Stomberg of Syberite

Stomberg Susnara

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
GREG STOMBERG
questtons by
Scott Stikla      

When did you first become aware/ interested in sound in general and what do you remember of your earliest 'hearing 'experiences whether musical or not?
When I was in kindergarten we got out of class early because awas shot, one of my earliest memories, then in feb i remember running across the street yelling 'the beatles are on tv, the beatles are on tv', we made guitars out of boards and rubber bands in 1964 when i was 6 or 7, a great year, well, not for jfk i guess.

INTERVIEW: Roman Kovalchuk of HIGH PARK

High Park - All Day, 2011"

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
Roman Kovalchuk of
HIGH PARK
interview by
Ian C Stewart

ROMAN, HELLO. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'RE FEELING MOUTHY ABOUT RIGHT NOW?
I'm on a three hour drive going camping right now, away from my studio, so I'm pretty happy to get a few days away from the city and relax.

INTERVIEW: Russ Stedman epic

RUSS STEDMAN
MONSTER INTERVIEW
ten questions in the middle by Skot
other questions by Ian C Stewart

TRICKY QUESTION FIRST: CAN YOU TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ALBUM THAT NO ONE ELSE KNOWS?
The sound, feel, instrumentation, vocals, and pretty much everything about the song "When Will The Drugs Take Effect?" is a homage to one of my favorite albums of all time; THE FLAMING LIPS' "The Soft Bulletin".

INTERVIEW: Dave Stafford of pureambient

Dave Stafford

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
DAVE STAFFORD
of PUREAMBIENT.com
Intrviewed by
Ian C Stewart

DID YOU MISS AUTOreverse?
Maybe…. but I’ll aim better next time!

NEWS: New Stedmusik Podcast

The Hard Way - The Kinks
I Can't Believe It's Not Satan - Devilcake
She Looks Like Someone Who'd Fuck Somebody You Hate - M.O.T.O.
Back From Somewhere - Husker Du
Stairway To Britney - The Evolution Control Committee
Peace, Love and Nuclear Fusion - Russ Stedman
Peace, Love and Nuclear Fusion - Love,Calvin
Peace, Love and Nuclear Fusion - Evan Peta
The Oath - Kiss
I Don't Wanna Work Anymore - Russ Stedman
The Hard Way - The Knack
Guest -Evan Peta

http://russstedman.podomatic.com/entry/2011-07-17T12_46_57-07_00

INTERVIEW: Don Campau

Don Campau

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
DON CAMPAU
interviewed by
Ian C Stewart

SO......DID YOU MISS AUTOreverse?
In fact I did. I don’t believe you’ve ever received your full due from running autoreverse during those crucial years after Option went south and Sound Choice folded. You and Bryan Baker of Gajoob were essential to keeping the spirit of home taping culture on the map and alive. Plus you are just a damn good writer.

INTERVIEW: Sean Padilla of The Cocker Spaniels

Sean Padilla

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
SEAN PADILLA
aka COCKER SPANIELS
Ian C Stewart

DID YOU MISS AUTOreverse?
Yes, I missed "AUTOreverse" a lot. During the last five or six years of life, I felt very disconnected from the "cassette culture" that served as a musical and psychological lifeline for me when I was a lonely teenager in southeast Texas. "AUTOreverse" was the best of the 'zines I read to keep myself informed about cassette culture, and its support helped give me the strength I needed to keep making music when the people surrounding me weren't exactly supportive.