Blindhaed - Whether that will make people want to become archaeologists, we'll have to see

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4...according to our Phil on Wed 31 Dec, 2008.

Onto the catchy Blindhaed with their 'Whether That will Make People Want To Become Archaeologists, We'll Have To See'. It's actually by Blindhæð but as most of you won't have keyboards that can deal with that we've called 'em Blindhaed just to prove were always thinking of you, the nimble fingered searcher. It's only 3 tracks (and 1 sided!) and like I say it's quite pricey but you can blame the euro for that as it's completely decimated the pound (as has pretty much every other currency ....we'll be a third world country soon at this rate...). This is limited to 200 copies and it's yr avant garde deconstructed sounded field records/ general fuzzy wierdness which I kind of like in small doses. At times it sounds like some disembodied techno and you can imagine it on the Raster Noton label.... other times there's the electronic insect thing going on.... now I can hear glass being tinkled while it's blowing in the wind. It's a veritable feast of sounds which will either excite you to the point of mass public spuffing or you'll want to stove someone's face in for making you listen to it. It's a real marmite of a record. All hand numbered in silver pen and this is deffo for those with experimental leanings like.

Our first release for ini.itu is a long piece realised by Blindhæð in the first six months of 2008, leaning towards a “cinema for the ear” experience, using processed natural sounds that might evoke a not so minimal Steve Roden, a less obsessive Asmus Tietchens, or an extended Iannis Xenakis’ Concret pH. The piece is based on an accumulation of layers of sounds which were reworked during quite long periods of time ( hence the reference to archaeology ), submitted to variations analog and digital distortions and erosions, so that the whole results in a very organic sound. Listening along the record might be compared to a cross-cut through the ground unfolding the successive layers of sound, with blurry transitions of sounds, moments and densities. The emphasis of this track is of course not on the recognition of the source material, but on the natural associations at work in an alinear way.
Blindhæð are taking their name from the Icelandic language ( o.a. as an overt reference to some Icelandic electronic troubadours ). The word itself comprises 2 letters unique to Icelandic ( æ , ð ) and is designing a place on the road with a limited view around, that could be roughly translated as a “blind spot”. Exotism, tribute or significant ? Make up your own mind, but anyway, if your keyboard is limited, just write it down “Blindhaed” and they’re not gonna bitch about it.

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