Articles
2008 Ten Favourite Labels
Ten Questions Celer
Ten Questions Deadbeat

Albums
Anzio Green
Ariel Abshire
Osman Arabi
Arastoo & AEMAE
Asymmetrical Head
Benoît Pioulard
Bohren & der Club of Gore
Matt Borghi
Celer
Cubenx
Anders Dahl
Davis & Roux
Deadbeat
Feu Follet
Formication
Generic
Stefan Goldmann
Gultskra Artikler / Lanterns
Hauschka
Hexes & Ohs
Koen Holtkamp
I Am Robot And Proud
Illusion of Safety
Integral
Koen Park
Akira Kosemura
Koushik
Library Tapes
Lineland
Mamiffer
Melodium
Moon
Oppressed By The Line
Pillars and Tongues
Rumpistol
Kamran Sadeghi
Sans Serif
Signal Deluxe
Skogen
Saul Stokes
Matthew Sweet
Tapage
Thursday / Envy
Windy & Carl

Compilations / Mixes
An Taobh Tuathail II
Chaos Restored 2
DFPRMX
Kuniyuki
Message Subatomic World
Pero es olor en el cuarto...

EPs
Canyons!
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
Cubenx
Dokuro
Fraction
Lee Holman
Ikonika
King Midas Sound
Michael Lambright
Library Tapes
Lilienweiss
MRK1
:papercutz
Spencer Parker
Poratz
Spartak + John Chantler
Andy Vaz

Anzio Green: Autumn Honey
Symbolic Interaction

One could be forgiven for expecting that Mark Streatfield (aka Zainetica) and Wil Bolton (aka Cheju) would have served up a heavily beat-based set of electronica in their debut outing under the Anzio Green name in light of the recordings they've issued on their respective Rednetic and Boltfish imprints (as well as on other labels such as static caravan, u-cover, etc.). Autumn Honey is a different animal altogether, however. While the album—more a mini-album at thirty-seven minutes—doesn't wholly eschew beats, it's largely focused on sculpting meditative atmospheres and tranquil landscapes, something immediately evident in song titles that reference never-ending skies and wide-open spaces (e.g., “Marlborough Skies”). The instrumentation Streatfield and Bolton use isn't necessarily unusual—electronics, keyboards, and guitars dominate—but the five multi-tiered masses that result offer their fair share of subtle pleasures. Not surprisingly, the recording's richly-detailed panoramas originated out of travel experiences, specifically time Streatfield spent in New Zealand locales Nelson and Christchurch and the Mediterranean wine-growing region of Marlborough. Where there are rhythms, they're of the downtempo and lulling kind (e.g., “Distant Mountains,” “ Sun Dried River ”) and more centered on anchoring the gentle cross-currents of guitar and electric piano melodies that flow over top. Such becalmed ambiance makes Autumn Honey a recording ideally suited for the early morning or late evening.

November 2008