Recorded in the summer of 2024 at “La Chunky Studio” in Glasgow. This minimalist body music is crafted through a repetitive process that endlessly unearths minute details from short improvisational drum machine loops. Each sound fragment is repeatedly zoomed in on and stretched out, generating abstract beats that feel almost alive. The parts that c ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie)ouldn’t be fully expressed through editing or improvisation are left to the “space” to convey—even the silence is absorbed into the groove. (Original Japanese text by Akie)

これまでにもMAX GRAEFやAM KINEMといった”TAX FREE”クルーの変名作品をリリースしている〈BEATBUDE〉のお馴染み超個性派リリース。ANDI HASLACHERとLUTGER LONINなるアーティストによるコラボレーション。レーベルアプローチから考察すると自作弦楽器の可能性もありますがバンジョーのようなストリングスとフルートのフォーキーな演奏がリワインドする「Pasto Plastico」など。トイポップ〜フォークかと思いきやリワインド遊び、またユニークなサウンドを届けてくれています。推薦！ (Akie)

A large-scale project featuring heavyweights of the US experimental music and sound art scene—ROSE ACTOR-ENGEL, TWIG HARPER, C. LAVENDER, QUINTRON, ROBERT TURMAN, JOHN WIESE and more—finally committed to record! Living US noise legend AARON DILLOWAY reconstructs "Rozart Mix," a performance score built on tape loops. After much research, he shifted ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie)to an approach of installing 12 reel-to-reel machines across multiple floors of a building and playing back 88 tape loops spliced together at anywhere from 5 to 175 splice points. Never overlooking the slim margin for experimentation left open by the original, this is a supreme piece of frenzied musique concrète made with both originality and deep reverence. Already sold out at the distributor—don't miss it if you've been looking. (Original Japanese text by Akie)

A compilation from DELAY TACTICS, formed in 1981 as a tape-loop guitar duo by CARL WEINGARTEN and REED NESBIT — both figures who have played important roles in progressive underground music for nearly 30 years — and who released two albums through various lineup changes! It covers everything from their early synth-pop-leaning material, which meshed ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie) rhythmic looping techniques with comical melodies, to their later period when they added vocals and reached out toward post-punk. On "Journey To Omdurman" (sample2) distortion and delay are used for reverberation, while "Under The Ice" (sample3) evokes Balearic vibes with brisk single-note playing — the wide-ranging use of guitar really hits the spot. (Original Japanese text by Akie)