Musica Elettronica

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OK lo ordino subito se mi dici così

[Decades]

Mi è piaciuto il commento dell'utente machima su rym

Autechre kick off the 20s with a gorgeous and stunning revisit of the hour-long, melody-centric format they had set aside over the past decade. Sign is a 65-minute distillation of the NTS sound palette -- fluid, metallic, hyper-polished, and about as high-definition as electronic music can be. Many of the songs on here still embody that feeling of constantly shifting, mechanical, organized noise, endlessly iterating and changing in a charmingly organic fashion.

AE have never really abandoned melody outright, even with their experimental longforms that are the elseq and NTS series, but not since perhaps their Oversteps era has the melodic element been so upfront in their compositions like it is on Sign. The chords in M4 Lema that emerge from the beginning shrapnel of sound almost feel like a homecoming -- I got goosebumps the first time I heard it. Tracks like si00 and au14, among others, still bring the clinical, rhythmic pounding they've always been known for, although here it feels more... innocent, so to speak? Oftentimes, Autechre's post-2000 output has almost a threatening, commanding feel to it, but the overall vibe here is considerably more relaxed and meditative, even when it goes for that heavy-handed abstract approach. Sign is AE taking cues from many different compositional areas they've previously explored, and refining them into a unified, cohesive body of work that stands as some of the greatest-sounding music they've put out thus far.

For how much of a "cold" and "robotic" knack the band gets, I'll say that each album they put out makes me feel more human and emotionally in tune than most other music does. Sign is proof that nearly 30 years after their first records, AE still have it in them to continue innovating, inspiring others, and looking forward, leading the way for the countless electronic musicians and fans across generations who have spent years (and decades) looking up to them. As a long-time fan, this record is undoubtedly a Sign that the new era of Autechre is one to be very excited about.
8/10

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Lo metto qui, anche se di certo non è classificabile come musica elettronica, ma visto che si parla di PAN di cui abbiamo sempre scritto in questo topic...
Il nuovo album di Eartheater secondo me è bellissimo! Bei suoni, grandi arrangiamenti orchestrali, una sorta di pop apocalittico da camera: qui dentro penso che dovrebbe piacere a tanti.

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Lo metto qui, anche se di certo non è classificabile come musica elettronica, ma visto che si parla di PAN di cui abbiamo sempre scritto in questo topic...
Il nuovo album di Eartheater secondo me è bellissimo! Bei suoni, grandi arrangiamenti orchestrali, una sorta di pop apocalittico: qui dentro penso che dovrebbe piacere a tanti.

L'ho messo in lista, nei prossimi giorni ci provo
Ne approfitto per segnalare il nuovo di Sophia Loizou:

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Segnalo questo:



Maarja Nuut and Hendrik Kaljujärv (AKA Ruum) - World Inverted

Maarja Nuut and Hendrik Kaljujärv (AKA Ruum) have always defied convention. Defied categorization too. Born out of a series of phone conversations in 2016, their musical collaboration has floated between genres and styles like an ever-shifting shadow. Their full length debut, 2018’s "Muunduja", encapsulated this evasiveness perfectly – the title means ‘shifter’ in Estonian – but new record "World Inverted" takes this idea even further; it makes a virtue of their music’s contradictory nature.

“The world is like this,” says the duo by way of explanation. “Every power has its opposite, and each world has its own world inverted. Our aim is to place these two opposites in one body.” Dealing with the heart and mind, World Inverted is born of their cumulative experiences of art, of each other, of life. It is a singular statement from them as creators, and represents some form of ideal as to how things are.

Tonally rich, "World Inverted" is a visceral record, full of interesting textures and moods. The duo’s abstract electronic soundscapes are softer here, and more delicate. Gone are the abrasive slabs of noise and abrupt shifts in pace; in their place is a quiet, insistent techno, a low level thrum that flows through all seven tracks. Yet the duo conjure a range differing emotions within this framework, creating a sense of mystery and depth: at times, the music is ghostly, blessed with a childlike innocence; at others it’s darkly foreboding and ominous.

Rhythm is central here, both to their ideas and the record as a whole. Opener ‘We Get Older’ sets the scene perfectly, a studio jam that locks into a hypnotic, hazy groove and sounds like a cross between Mo Wax and Boards Of Canada. ‘Circles’ reimagines the chug of a locomotive, the glitchy beat spiralling in on itself as a distorted violin wails in the distance, while the ethereal opening of ‘Underneath There Is’ gives way to the rumble of an underground march complete with trumpet blares and rallying cry vocals.

It’s one of the few times Nuut’s voice really comes to the fore. Throughout World Inverted, her vocals are a more subdued, spectral presence, like a mist gently drifting through the electronica. Only three tracks here have lyrics, and two of those borrow from poets; the title track takes a verse from Elizabeth Bishop’s ‘Insomnia’, while ‘Cloths of Heaven’ lays the text of one of W.B. Yeats’ most lovelorn poems over a pastoral, ambient wash. Such sentiments add to the emotional heft of their work, and when Nuut takes centre stage the effect is joyously uplifting, like sunlight breaking through a cloud.

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Intervista su SIGN https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts ... rview.html

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SIGN ha dei suoni fenomenali ma necessita di più ascolti, ci sono momenti memorabili che voglio scoprire e riscoprire per bene.

Machinedrum ha fatto un album tutto sommato onesto. Va avanti per la sua direzione più sempliciotta che continua a non scuotermi, però non è merda, ecco.

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Sono ritornati sulla terra gli Autechre. Qualche episodio che spicca lo si nota da subito. Sicuramente un ascolto più semplice rispetto agli ultimi lavori.

[Decades]

I pezzi più "ambient" (sempre tra virgolette) che inizialmente mi convincevano meno, stamattina mi sono sembrati bellissimi. In particolare Metaz form8 e r cazt sono fantastici. Avevo il dubbio che fosse un territorio troppo abusato da altri, invece loro sanno metterci mano benissimo. Poi i pezzi con ritmiche percussive fanno capire meglio quanto tutto ciò è farina del loro sacco.

In giro qualcuno lo ha definito un upgrade migliorativo di Oversteps (come dicevo anch'io, e sono parzialmente d'accordo, nel senso che il territorio è simile ma quello andava a parare su ritmiche così incasinate che facevano solo confusione), qualcuno dice che è un ritorno ad Amber (meh), altri un condensato delle NTS Sessions, che ci sta pure per certi versi. Nel senso, è chiaro che è un disco più terreno ma si sente che è passato da lì dentro.

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Autechre sul NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts ... rview.html