Description:	CD on Korm Plastics - now cheaper!
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Experimental / Abstract
	Label:	Korm Plastics
	Price:	£8.09
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...according to our Brian on 17 March 2010.

This CD I've set to LOUD through the headphones so I can hear what's occurring. Opening with a hollow sounding snare tattoo & some drifty guitar textures 'n' glitch, this is set to be a rather cerebral improvised performance. An exercise in electro-acoustics & scintillating atmospherics, the four tracks here employ the tremulous vibration of strings, the tentative pulse of various percussive implements (track two has me thinking of Tortoise's more breezy tribal minimalist pieces at times) and discreet bursts of laptop scrunch flitting amongst high end frequency modulation and spots of organ. The zen-like mood created at times is pretty phenomenal, all the individual "movements" are executed in an incredibly thoughtful manner. There's some ominous bass frequencies to contend with on track three. Almost like the doom equivalent of organic sound art! I am seriously looking forward to seeing Machinefabriek in May, shame he's not got this talented percussive manipulator from Italy in tow!

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Sound clips for Pulses & Places by Machinefabriek & Andrea Belfi: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Korm Plastics, KP 3034, £8.09.

What their label says...

Korm Plastics is proud to present the ninth release in the Brombron series. Originally a co-production between Staalplaat and Extrapool, it is now hosted by co-curator Frans de Waard. In the year 2000 Frans de Waard and Extrapool started the Brombron project. Two or more musicians become artists in residence in Extrapool, an arts initiative in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, with a fully equipped sound recording studio. These artists can work in a certain amount of time on a collaborative project; a project they always wished to do, but didn't have the time or the equipment to realize.

Andrea Belfi (born 1979) is an Italian electro-acoustic musician and composer. He began playing drums at the age of 14, and studied art in Milan, before becoming involved in experimental music in 2000. Belfi is also a member of electronic outfit Medves. In 2002 Belfi began a project titled Between Neck & Stomach, in which he attempted to turn a whole house into a musical instrument, by using sound vibrations to shake various items, such as pots, plates, and cupboards. This project resulted in a CD of the same name, released on the Häpna label in 2006.

Rutger Zuydervelt, better known as Machinefabriek, lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Started as Machinefabriek in 2004, he released 40+ small run home-made cdr's as well as work for Type Records, Lampse, Digitalis, Staalplaat (Mort Aux Vaches) and now 12K. A double remix cd was released in 2007, with interpetations by Alva Noto, Pita, Mitchell Akiyama, Xela, Gert-Jan Prins and many more. Collaborations (live or recording) include Steinbrüchel, Jasper TX, Wouter van Veldhoven, Simon Nabatov, Frans de Waard, Aaron Martin and Peter Broderick.

A striking collaboration took place between Belfi on drums and assorted small percussion and Zuydervelt on guitar and organ. Together they produce the 'pulses' and 'places' mentioned in the title. Organic yet partially improvised, it resembles a kind of sonic geography. The listener is taken away for a journey of mild drones, soft yet outspoken percussion. A strong release.

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