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Zbeen ~ Tonal Whiplash
Zbeen ~ Tonal Whiplash
Tonal whiplash is a dissonance between tones, a lack of narrative coherence or the evil headache caused by a nonsensical explanation. One might argue that this is the defining characteristic of modern political discourse. Zbeen (Gianluca Favaron and Ennio Mazzon) translates this jarring disconnection into music, daring the listener to locate patterns and linear equations. But the mind is more…
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Ennio Mazzon ~ Xuan
Ennio Mazzon‘s magnificent Xuan requires multiple spins in order to reveal its secrets. Even then,…
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ZBEEN – K-Frame
Zbeen is the project of Ennio Mazzon and Gianluca Favaron and K-frame their first work together. Described as vectors to define space, K-Frame is a densely populated record that lives on the experimental side of electronic music.
K-frame is like sitting in at the middle of an electro magnetic field. Electrically buzzing signals move from left to right, intertwine with needle sharp high frequency tones and narrow field recordings. As much as it is not possible to focus on one element directly, the tension grows and the impression of swarms of electricity set into acoustic motion grows. This sounds like a messy version of Raster Noton or Ritornell releases. Messy not in a bad sense, but because Zbeen does not have the clinical strictness of the former mentioned. What they share is the way how they amplify structure.T he individual pieces have a nearly microscopic focus on detail, which show the fuzziness, the unschärfe of the elements. While Alva Noto and the likes rely on a very structured grid, with Zbeen sound seems to move rather by association; Permuting permanently, expanding at the seam and contracting more fluidly. At some points this reminds of early electronic forays of the Forbidden Planet variety, but with a strong computer based leaning. I'd love to hear this in 5.1 with all those rapidly moving sounds transmutating in the room around me. Just as with all Ripples Recordings releases, this is really good stuff and shouldn't be missed out.
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