Description:	CD edn of 200 on Tartaruga in hand stitched lovelyness
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Experimental / Abstract
	Label:	Tartaruga
	Price:	£10.29
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...according to our Brian on 23 July 2009.

Max Bondi sounds like a cool jet-set actor from the 70s. Imagine my disappointment on finding he's merely another drone/experimental musician and not some perma-tanned, ice-white toothed Remmington advert guy. I'll let him off though cos not only does he run the amazing Tartaruga records of Bleeding Heart Narrative & Quinta fame but he's the fourth artist to unleash a lovingly packaged assault on the senses through the imprint. The green screen printed sleeve is well Sci-Fi and incredibly detailed, the music veers from tender drone to minimal dark ambient, through to some eerie tribal down tempo magic on 'Volante!'. This track reminds me a bit of some of the old Boom Bip stuff from years ago, also on a bit of a David Byrne/Brian Eno tip. His drone pieces err nicely on the neo classical side, very satisfying. Then 'Alina' arrives, a piece of haunting spectral chamber music that sounds quite beautiful whilst the remainder of the album resides back in atmospheric drone, field recording & sound design territory which I believe may be adequately enhanced by usage of headphones of a premium brandage & sturdy build. No'd of 200, worth it for the packaging alone, it's brilliant, but the tunes on here constitute a real grower of an album we reckon!

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Sound clips for M by Max Bondi: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Tartaruga, TTRCD004, £10.29.

What their label says...

'M' is the debut album from London-based musician Max Bondi,
released by Tartaruga Records as both a limited CD and digital
download.
Incorporating a wide array of instruments, the album unfolds from
the opening organ-drone of Aleph, Bet and the bristling tension and
slowly building percussion of Morendo, featuring guest vocals and
double bass from New York's 'Ala Muerte'. The rhythmic layers of
Volante! then make way for the slow-shifting density of the album's
centre, In Such Seeming All Things Are. After the interwoven cello of
Alina (featuring playing by Bleeding Heart Narrative) the album
reaches the longest piece, the woozy-drone of A Desperate Threnody
that builds in intensity before breaking to a repeating piano motif.
The record then closes out with the static wash and buried strings of
Elenco.
The album comes in full Tartaruga packaging, silkscreen printed thick
cardboard gatefold sleeves, with illustration from Bruno Jones.
Available in a strictly limited run of 200 hand-numbered copies, the
CD will be available first at www.tartarugarecords.com and the
download will be available to buy from all major onlines stores,
including iTunes, Amazon, 7digital, and many others.
Tartaruga Records is a small independent record label, based in
London, focused on releasing high-quality music from original and
forward-thinking artists. A huge level of attention is paid to the
presentation and packaging of each release. This is the fourth full
album CD release on Tartaruga, and the fourth debut album,
following on from releases by Bleeding Heart Narrative, Brassica, and
Quinta.


Tracklisting
01 Aleph, Bet
02 Morendo
03 Volante!
04 In Such Seeming All Things Are
05 Alina
06 A Desperate Threnody
07 Elenco