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Professor Kazkaz - Algorhythms (2007), WavPack - CUE, LOG, Covers |
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Отправлено: 25-03-2009, 17:55
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Отправлено: 25-03-2009, 17:56
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Don't panic - this is not the release of a confused professor who has just discovered electronic music. The CD also has nothing to do with the "Kazkaz the unholy" level of the online fantasy concept "Temple of Atal´Hakkar". Professor Kazkaz rather is the working title of the co-operation of two well-known members of the Elektrolux label family: Marcus Schmahl aka Guardner and part of the Rauschfaktor project and Gregor Tresher alias Sniper Mode, who, not least due to his releases on Datapunk and Great Stuff Recordings, has been elected "Producer of the year 2006" by the readers of the Raveline magazine. "Algorhythms" is a paradigm of the collabration of two autarkic artists bringing about something to be logically derived from the respective musical pool and, at the same time, going much further beyond. "Marcus and me have known and appreciated each others work for a long time. As Marcus´ projects are infuenced by his lounge and HipHop background while I am much closer to Elektro, we were convinced that a collaboration would bring about some interestesting music." (Gregor Tresher) "Finally, we both love electronic music, are genuine hard- and software junkies and get along very well with each other. Hence, it is not too absurd to get together and try out some new sounds. Last but not least, Professor Kazkaz has been a welcome variation in sound compared with our very own productions." (Marcus Schmahl) This way, tracks like "Serapatrix", "Europium", "Vacuum Science" or "Ellipsometry" live on a wishful, fragile and highly melodic form of romanticism entering into an alliance never heard before with smooth Elektro HipHop beats. If you want to look at electronic listening from an entirely new perspective: Here´s your chance! Sometimes it seems like Germany has a corner on the ambient electronica market, and Algorhythms by Professor Kazkaz offers even more support for that theory. "Cellular Automata" seems a bit cold and dated, offering up the kind of synth-laden grooves that typified early-'80s European electronica. But elsewhere, Kazkaz whips up some impressive soundscapes that have interestingly dramatic builds, such as on "Particles" and the dragging "Plasma Propulsion." (There's a subtext here: Professor Kazkaz should really have someone else title the songs.) In truth, it's easy to get down on ambient electronica when looking at it through traditional melodic conventions (i.e., sometimes it's supposed to be cold and blippy and unmelodic). Nevertheless, Kazkaz throws enough interesting sound shapes into the mix to keep one attuned, absorbed, and guessing. But that is not to say that the beautiful melody line that wells up out of the undercurrent of "Neodym" after it's well under way isn't sweet relief. This is a solid and interesting effort with some absorbing passages and moments. ~ by Erik Hage, AMG |
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