Soloman Tump Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 So... Pretty much every new release from this label is billed as "essential" by Boomkat / Bleep / etc... And they do have a pretty prolific release schedule (seems to be 2-3 albums a month). The only albums I have are Kangding Ray's "OR" and Mark Fell's "Multistability", both of which I enjoy. A lot of the labels output seems to be the glitchy/minimal/experimental stuff which I want to know more about - any thoughts? The Kangding Ray album was advertised as their most accessible release, and to be fair it is very much a straight up club minimal tech release (but it is very good). Have they released anything else similar to this vein? I trust you WATMM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futureimage Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Try the latest by Alva Noto, "univrs". It's fucking brilliant. Same applies to "id" by Cyclo which is a collab between Noto and Ryoji Ikeda :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 If you like Kangding Ray then you should also like Senking - Pong, it's like its minimal downbeat cousin and is bloody brills - http://boomkat.com/c...84-senking-pong Also see/hear Byetone - Death of a Typographer which again is similar - http://boomkat.com/c...f-a-typographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greg Reason Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 CoH is very fucking good. He tends to be really quite abstract, and it's music you need to listen to with a large degree of concentration but I find it quite enjoyable. Even a little silly at times. Mika Vainio is excellent as well, and Mark Fell of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khov Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 If you like less clubby/minimal/glitch, i'd suggest Alva Noto collabs (5 records) with Ryuchi Sakamoto (mix of romantic/minimal piano with ambients drones or beats), aslo the drone records by Alva Noto (Xerrox 2). Regarding glitchy/minimal i'd say Datamaplex by Ryoji Ikeda, a really strong album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greg Reason Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 oh yes and they put out that 20 minute Coil / ELpH thing too, that was nice, I always forget about that one.. So many releases! I do really appreciate that Raster Norton are issuing stuff in higher fidelity. It was lovely of them to issue SND's Atavism in 24/96 I really wish more labels would get into this, and I'm sure it will happen increasingly often as labels realize that a decent percentage of the people who actually buy music will be happy to pay a bit extra for higher quality. And Atavism proved, the physical carrier need not be large at all (if a physical item is even involved; people like Paul McCartney have started issuing high fidelity versions of their releases as downloads with no packaging whatsoever) so storage is not an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 try Frank Bretschniders Rhythm and Pixel's album if you like it more upbeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MortstoX Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Pretty much every new release is billed as "essential" by Boomkat fixd! As mentioned: The other Kangding Ray releases. Alva Noto (Xerrox 1&2 and Noto+Sakamoto is his best AND most accessible releases methink), Byetone and Frank Bretschneider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Pretty much every new release is billed as "essential" by Boomkat fixd! The thing is that Boomkat is a shop first and foremost and not a place for reviews. They're gonna want to sell stuff so big up almost everything (you know that there's a big big problem when there's an average write-up or even the slightest hint of criticism) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Atavism is absolutely essential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I've never been able to get into any Mark Fell / SND stuff - it's a bit too clonky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I've never been able to get into any Mark Fell / SND stuff - it's a bit too clonky. It took me a minute myself. Ryoji Ikeda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richy Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 check these Pixel - The Drive Alva Noto – Xerrox Vol.1 & 2, For, For 2, Transform (and his collaborations with Sakamoto) Byetone - Death Of A Typographer Atom™ – Liedgut Aleph-1 – Aleph-1 Signal – Robotron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 is it weird that i find atavism to be a pretty emotional album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 they always seem to have absolutely gorgeous covers for their releases, just look at this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Thanks for the recommendations so far, will be sure to check them out. Ive never really got into Alva Noto so I think i need to revisit his works by all accounts. I was hoping to wait for the DVD release of "Cyclo" but I dont think its surfaced yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MortstoX Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I had some problems with Alva Noto to begin with. I didn't (and still don't) like his trans-series, and it wasn't until I heard the collab with Sakamoto (Vrioon and Insen) I realised his qualities. The Xerrox-albums are his best releases, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Yeah definitely, try Xerrox first - absolutely lovely couple of albums .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Pixel - The Drive Fucking love this album. Seconding Byetone, anything by him (incidentally Olaf Bender does almost all of the design work for the albums. amazing stuff.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Well now, time to say what I've been saying for the last couple years: Ryoji Ikeda - Dataplex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Atom TM is incredible so is the rest of their catalogue sadly the poor youtube quality does not do the track justice in any way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Vladislav Delay - Vantaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Komet - Gold. Fantastic release, really lovely and hypnotic. Another vote for Xerrox vol 1 and 2. My favourite ambient albums ever. Also check out Alva Noto - univrs, unitxt and Prototypes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Komet - Gold. Fantastic release, really lovely and hypnotic. Another vote for Xerrox vol 1 and 2. My favourite ambient albums ever. Also check out Alva Noto - univrs, unitxt and Prototypes. did you check Byetone - SyMeta? this stuff is intense. I missed most of this - the stuff you mention too so I feel like finding a second WARP Records currently. This is incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 oh yes Xerrox is so good no wonder you where bored by recent Clark lol Vladislav Delay - Vantaa oh yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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