Judging by the front of this A5 sized fun sized package it seems local Leeds lads The Ithaca Trio (previous release on Under The Spire) approached Machinefabriek to see if ole Rutger was interested in doing some sort of collaboration. I reckon he was as it's here and he's made the artwork. Funtimes! You get 4 tracks by The Ithaca Trio who seem to make soundscapes created from weird double bass sounds, field recordings and weird noises. It's all very laid back though and chilled out. Kinda nice in fact as it's lodging itself comfortably into my brain. There's some exceptionally strange noises on track 3 which sound like some sort of compressed saxophone but it's more like Sweep (Sooty and Sweep....) being strangled. Machinefabriek has 2 tracks on here. The Desolate Delay is sparse and as vacant sounding as you can get with some weird delayed piano popping up dead centre amidst a load of 'hum' for a quick visit before it fades out to more of a derelict soundscape. As ever best enjoyed with headphones!
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Sound clips for Par Avion by Ithaca Trio & Machinefabriek: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Coma Architects, £6.69.
Machinefabriek & Ithaca Trio split CD. Released in oversized, A5 packaging. Art and Design by Rutger Zuydervelt. Limited to 100 copies.
Tracklisting:
Ithaca Trio: 1. Orca Towards Ground (1:46) 2. Archaeologists and Double Bass (7:06) 3. For Ailing Health (5:04) 4. Architecture and Quantum Physics (2:32)
Machinefabriek: 5. The Desolate Delay (7:16) 6. The Harmed Harp (7:48)