MACHINEFABRIEK - 'Veldwerk' 

CSR156CD (November 2011)
CD in digipak
Barcode: 823566506423



Sublime drone music and field recordings by Rutger Zuydervelt.

'Slovensko I & II' are best seen as a travel diary, recorded in Slovakia. RZ made 'sound snapshots' with a small digital recorder. A major influence both while recording and assembling the tracks was Chinese sound artist Yan Jun. 'Rusland' is a sound collage comprising field recordings and sections of live performances made in Russia. An incredible adventure and culture shock with long train journeys, bizarre venues and amazing people. 'The Breaking Water' can be heard as a sonic portrait of Rotterdam's famous Erasmus bridge. It includes recordings taken from both on and beneath the bridge, along with further sounds from the river that it crosses, the Nieuwe Maas. 'Floor & Radio' is a contrast to the outdoor pieces recorded for the the installation 'Licthung' in Radolfzell, Germany. Contrasted against the outdoor silence was the squeaking floor in the guest house and the distorted signal and static from the radio. Sometimes there's music in everything. Makino Takashi asked RZ to perform a score for his film 'In Your Star'. After a screening in Tokyo, a studio version was recorded. The result is 'Apollo', a sonic journey to space and beyond.

Track Listing:

1. Slovensko I (7:04)
2. Rusland (17:01)
3. The Breaking Water (9:57)
4. Floor & Radio (5:12)
5. Apollo” (21:17)
6. Slovensko II (7:00)

Reviews:

"“…guitar drones still coated in blur and antiquated grit as radiant coronas of sound that echo through the decontextualized field recordings of various locations… a beautiful organic soundscape with lots of space, distant shimmer, simple reverbed guitars, deep Jeck-like swells of soft focus fuzz, and dark low end rumbles that slip into smoothed out record cackle and deep drones… We should have never doubted Zuydervelt, as he’s once again presented us with an incredible album.”" (Aquarius)

"“Similmente a quanto fatto da Cold Spring con “Daas” (BU#149), anche “Veldwerk” riunisce, quasi come periodica necessità dettata dalla prolificità di Machinefabriek, materiale disperso in diversi formati, con il filo conduttore dell’origine del materiale originale, raccolto durante l’incessante peregrinare in Europa di Rutger Zuydervelt. Le due parti di Slovensko, costruite esclusivamente su field recordings tagliati con straordinaria destrezza, in particolare in II, avevano trovato posto in un 7”, mentre solo su CDR erano state riversateRusland, soundscape di diciassette minuti dalle screziature oscure in cui è invece la chitarra in ostinato delay ad assumere ruolo principale, The Breaking Water, dalle torve inflessioni dark ambient, Floor & Radio, frutto di una collaborazione con Steve Roden, di acuta, rarefatta, fusione elettroacustica, per un’installazione video, ‘Lichting’, di Sabine Burger, Apollo, una versione alternativa di oltre venti primi del soundtrack composto per il film ‘In Your Star’ di Makino Takashi, con un titolo che inevitabilmente fa sovvenire Eno e alla prova dei fatti non gli è certo distante, nonostante le tese microfrequenze della parte introduttiva e seppure il tragitto tenda ad inasprirsi nel declivio.”" (Blow-Up)

http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=3776 (5/5)
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