Friday 18 September 2015

Birds Build Nests Underground & Aranos - the mumps reflection (CD)



I recently got a parcel from Petr Ferenc (Czech Republic) with a mini CD (Phaerentz – Phaerentz) and a regular sized CD (this one). Birds Build Nests Underground are a Prague-based trio working in the field of found sound and vision. Aranos is a Bohemian singer and multi-instrumentalist (now residing in the west of Ireland). The lineup on this album consists of Petr Ferenc & Michal Brunclik (turntables and loops) and Aranos (culco, shakuhachi, daxophone, santoor, straw, cimbalom and flugelhorn). `The mumps refelections` (33.59 minutes) is the sole track on this album. This track is not an easy / peaceful listening experience. It is a mixture of musique concrete / electroacoustics / ambient noise i.e. highly experimental sounds are at work here. The whole thing starts with some turntable fuckeries / experimentations. It doesn`t sound like scratch / rap / hip hop at all (now we`re getting somewhere). It sounds like an organized chaotic stew with lo-fi noise loops, interesting. The loops / found sounds are slowly moving, slowly evolving, shifting constantly. Unless you like repetition, you won`t have time to actually get bored here. You`re getting sick of top twenty crap? The solution is right here: http://www.bbnu.eu/

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