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

Ilkae: Bring Extra Dragons
Merck

Bring Extra Dragons is not only the last Ilkae album scheduled to be issued by Merck but, with Aaron Munson and Krystian Lubiszewski having parted company, the last Ilkae release period. To which we can only say: too bad, given how smoothly this final collection goes down. The material often sounds like the duo spent a day at the local arcade recording their favourite machines and then converted the collected noise into musical form. The results: jubilant electro-pop tunes overflowing with gleefully chattering Gameboy melodies and skittering beats. Occasionally a head-nod vibe underscores the material; at other times, a Plone-like stateliness reigns (“Promenade,” “Canneberge”) and sometimes quietude sets in (“You're A Slow One, Llittle Bear”), though never so much that Ilkae's glittering, keyboard-heavy sound is ever too far away. The duo squeezes so many layers of synth melodies into tracks like “Equate With Oxen” and “Exit Theme & Victory March” one is almost dizzied by the sheer density. The album's all of a piece but “Cinnamon Dragon Blues,” a sweet concoction of gentle melodies and propulsive breaks, stands out as particularly satisfying. In an electronic field that daily grows ever more crowded, it's significant that Ilkae's gleaming sound remains so instantly identifiable. A shame, then, that Bring Extra Dragons is the duo's last hurrah.

November 2006