ARTICLES
Ten Questions: Fat Jon
MUTEK 2006

ALBUMS
65daysofstatic
A Cloud Mireya
Ambarchi and Ng
Another Elec. Musician
Derek Bailey
Band Ane
Barzin
Black Gold 360
The Blow
Boduf Songs
Childs
Darc Mind
Dosh
Duopandamix
Fat Jon & Styrofoam
Liam Gillick
Shuta Hasunuma
Tim Hecker
Ilkae
Jack's Son
Richard Jäverling
Jazzkammer
Junior Boys
Last Days
Hanno Leichtmann
Luomo
Mandelbrot Set
Mountaineer
N.Phect & Dizplay
Part Timer
Karsten Pflum
Benoît Pioulard
Plus Device
+/- {Plus/Minus}
Relay
Saroos
Seht
Shedding
So Percussion
Sybarite
Trio Vopá
Marshall Watson
Weather Report
Donato Wharton
Christopher Willits
Xela

COMPILATIONS/MIXES
ESL Remixed
Four Tet
Garnier & Craig
Ginglik Saturdays
Michael Mayer
Henrik Schwarz

3"/7"/10"/12"/EPs
Colleen
Delano and Xpansul
Detritus
Ed Devane
Eskimo
Feathers
Goldmund
Ezekiel Honig/Graphic
Ezekiel Honig
Eliot Lipp
Robert Lippok
Alejandro Lopez
Evan Marc
Porter & Carr
Sebastian Russell
Somone Else
Spaceships & Pings
SplitEP3
Simon Whetham

Eskimo: Benzoyl Peroxide EP
Lost and Found

Eskimo's third release, Benzoyl Peroxide, is an unusual creature to say the least. The textured ripple sleeve immediately suggests it will be a different 12-inch from most, and the presumption is borne out by its four gloomy soundscapes. In place of beats the disc presents four throat-slashers heavily indebted to the music of old ‘60s and ‘70s thriller film soundtracks. Anything but aggressive, Eskimo's approach is diametrically opposed to Devane's. In “The Rub,” woozy tones drift through a congealing mass of dense noise, while occasional snippets of melodramatic piano and wavering strings hint at the music's roots before a shattering noise abruptly ends the piece. “Exhibit” resembles Ekkehard Ehlers in a particularly sour mood, as horror-film organ filigrees and a devouring bass cloud lurch across through an incinerated landscape. Drenched in encrusted static, the nightmarish EP plays like the perfect soundtrack to a suicide session.

November 2006

This review also appears in Grooves.