this is the voice of re:mote induction.Monday, January 26, 2004
Other Voices - Orphx - Other Voices is the second 12" to come from the Living Tissue material. Surface was a preview of the material, while Other Voices follows the CD with more interpretations and tracks. The first piece is Noontide, a pulsing sequence somehow wet and tunnel like. Laid back rhythms tapping their way through the cycle, periodic sweeps providing sound washes, that suggest the road sounds and passing vehicles. This is followed by the cardiac pulse of Biorhythm II, a more upbeat version of the track from Living tissue. Bass pulses passing through as the beats start to layer in a pattering manner. Blips come up in a form that compliments the beats, so that the whole has a pulsing impression.
The second side starts with the throbbing rhythms of Accelerator Rmx, the metronome stroke of turn signals is rapid, as are the accelerated passage of other cars on a wet road. Bass line and wavering strokes filter up from below, adding to the atmosphere. City Limits sounds like it's name. The sound of city traffic, echo through buildings, distant sirens. Through the field recorded elements a low drone starts up. Filtered chatter reverbing, and on the whole more subdued than the tracks to this point. Germinal continues with the low drones, but is joined by more organic sounds in the form of rustling strokes. Glistening sounds reflect amongst the insectile motion and hum, buzzing motions flitting around the extended, repeating strokes. Strangely through all this we get a processed vocal, a low growl of French, which allows for a more stripped section. Other Voices starts at a diffused level, working more on the suggestion of presence. Low drones rising, with the allowance for the initial pattering of beats, which are joined by more regular strokes. Other Voices builds up an atmospheric and rhythmic structure, with cut up words filtered in the mix.
As a 12" this is another of Hands 33/45 mixed speed releases, one of those things they tend to do with these kind of editions. Like Surface before it Other Voices is probably more accessible than the album Living Tissue. Living Tissue had a few tracks on it which were pretty straight forward, tying them back to their earlier material, but as the album developed it was more about the concepts of the field recordings coming alive. Which isn't to everyone's taste, as much as I did enjoy it, so I can see that a release like this could hold more general appeal, and there are certainly some nice pieces here.
The second side starts with the throbbing rhythms of Accelerator Rmx, the metronome stroke of turn signals is rapid, as are the accelerated passage of other cars on a wet road. Bass line and wavering strokes filter up from below, adding to the atmosphere. City Limits sounds like it's name. The sound of city traffic, echo through buildings, distant sirens. Through the field recorded elements a low drone starts up. Filtered chatter reverbing, and on the whole more subdued than the tracks to this point. Germinal continues with the low drones, but is joined by more organic sounds in the form of rustling strokes. Glistening sounds reflect amongst the insectile motion and hum, buzzing motions flitting around the extended, repeating strokes. Strangely through all this we get a processed vocal, a low growl of French, which allows for a more stripped section. Other Voices starts at a diffused level, working more on the suggestion of presence. Low drones rising, with the allowance for the initial pattering of beats, which are joined by more regular strokes. Other Voices builds up an atmospheric and rhythmic structure, with cut up words filtered in the mix.
As a 12" this is another of Hands 33/45 mixed speed releases, one of those things they tend to do with these kind of editions. Like Surface before it Other Voices is probably more accessible than the album Living Tissue. Living Tissue had a few tracks on it which were pretty straight forward, tying them back to their earlier material, but as the album developed it was more about the concepts of the field recordings coming alive. Which isn't to everyone's taste, as much as I did enjoy it, so I can see that a release like this could hold more general appeal, and there are certainly some nice pieces here.
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