Ascoltare - Beam

Ascoltare presents B E A M, a two part project inspired my minimal body jack music, Ufology and  Exo Politics. The first part (captured on 250 black 12-inch disks) features 5 tracks of sub techno/house/dub/some other type related music, as does the second part, which comes  available as a free download from a purpose built Myspace page (www.myspace.com/ascoltarebeam). BEAM's opener 'Exo On Ferric' references minimal sounds (as purveyed by the likes of R&S, Basic Channel and Richie Hawtin), and administers varying touches of the sorta beats Ilpo Vaisanen (Raster Noton/Sahko) rocks on his hoppingly good Kangaroo output. Further jacking is appropriated throughout, but none quite so minimal or club orientated as this. ‘Semjase in Excelsis’ ventures into more uptempo swing, combining anthemic dubstep style skank with stretched out house grooves. On the B-Side, ‘Asket’s Ship’ earmarks Cosmic Italo Disco sounds and paints pictures of Beam-Ship interiors, whilst 'Flatwoods' uses experimental dub textures to highlight the Flatwoods Monster case (as introduced by Stanton Friedman). 'Sky Fishing'  ends the LP in phuture Afro Beat style; cyclic thumbed melodies spin continuously and point towards Ascoltare’s love of afrobeat type fronting.  Mastered at the infamous D&M studios / Berlin, this record is beautifuly strange, you need this! B E A M continues on from Ascoltare’s previous catalogue of conceptually themed records; previous releases include the plunder-phonic cooking LP Fatty Parts For A Good Match (Tripel) and the gambling inspired Giving Set (Strange Lights/Tripel). 

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