Saturday, August 20, 2011

PODCAST: AUTOreverse Podcast 8



AUTOreverse Magazine

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

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

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

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

Sunday, August 14, 2011

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

The Mighty Accelerator - Soccer Mom EP
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, 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

Friday, August 12, 2011

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

The Unseelie Court - Fall
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

Thursday, August 11, 2011

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
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.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

INTERVIEW with Mike Textbeak

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"

Russ Stedman - Rat​-​House & Homie​-​Cone, 2011
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/

Sunday, August 7, 2011

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

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 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
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
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
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.
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.

Friday, August 5, 2011

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

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, 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, 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
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
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