textura

ALBUMS
Automotive
Benevento/Russo Duo
Benni Hemm Hemm
Caribou
[The] Caseworker
Eric Chenaux
Cineplexx
Claudia
Daedelus
J Dilla
Envy
Fond of Tigers
Formication
Grizzly Bear
Guther
Ike Yard
Kilo Watts
The Knife
Minimum Chips
Miss Violetta Beauregarde
North Valley Sub. Orch.
Quench
Sandoz
Dani Siciliano
Liam Singer
Stop Disco Mafia
Susanna/Magical Orch.
Vorpal
Wisp
Working Nuclear Free City
Peter Wright
Susumu Yokota
Zeebee

COMPILATIONS/MIXES
Belladonna Summer
Cut Copy FabricLive
Mark Farina
Magda
Tandem 4
Tiefschwarz Fabric
Total 7
Until Human Voices...

3"/7"/10"/12"/EPs
Allie
Barem
Deathprod
Ensemble
Extrawelt
Marc Houle
Loco Dice
Lost Trax
David Newlyn
Sandro Perri
Porter & Blain
Relay
Sirka Ragnar
SLG
Swat-Squad

Cineplexx: Restar
Testing Ground

Though Barcelona-based Argentinean Sebastián Litmanovich (aka Cineplexx) is joined by guitarists Sebastián Kramer and Martin Litmanovich on a few cuts, Restar is a largely solo production of emotive electronic-pop atmospheres. There's enough pristine whirr and click in Restar's nine tracks to keep the minimal enthusiast happy though folk and ambient moments surface too. In addition to crisp beats and melancholy shimmer, Litmanovich appears to have a soft spot for the Theremin, judging by its repeated warble: its quiver emerges amidst a textured mass of tinkles, throbs, and clicks on “Cucharita” and oscillates alongside harpsichord melodies in the ambient setting “Escape.” He maintains interest by incorporating contrasts of mood, from the relaxed gallop of “Buenas Noches” to the haunting moodscape “Edredón” and ponderous drone “Sleep.” In a welcome change from the norm, arguably the strongest piece appears last: “Bosque” a robust parade of Chain Reaction rattle, tinkling piano chords, and textured noises.

September 2006