Albums
Atmogat
Autechre
Autistici
Bitcrush
Black Gold 360
Sylvain Chauveau
Cut Iowa Network
Delicate Noise
Dof
The Element Choir
FNS
Four Tet
Gutta Percha
Greg Haines
Chihei Hatakeyama
Ian Hawgood
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Kahn and Mueller
Konntinent
L/M/R/W
Francisco López
Aaron Martin
Musette
Near The Parenthesis
Offthesky
Dustin O'Halloran
Redhooker
Relmic Statute
Ruxpin
Sintetic-Collage
Sister Overdrive
Starkey
Tokyo Mask
Youth Pictures of F. Hend.
Compilations / Mixes
Agoria
Advent
My Private Space
Peeling
Untitled 10
EPs
Amman.Josh
A Wake A Week
Tolga Baklacioglu
Boxharp
Cursor Miner
Abe Duque
EPROM / Eskmo
Funckarma
Florent Ghys
LJ Kruzer
Lobisomem
Maps and Diagrams
Moving Dawn Orchestra
Marcello Napoletano
Alexandre Navarro
Obsidian
Glen Porter
Nigel Samways
The Soul's Release
Sparkhouse / Jacksonville
Subeena
Talvihorros
Maps and Diagrams:
Tööpudus
I, Absentee
This three-inch release (100 copies produced) presents a radically different Maps And Diagrams sound than the IDM-styled one documented on earlier recordings for Cactus Island, Static Caravan, and others. Based on the EP's three settings, Tim Martin has re-conceived the Maps And Diagrams to be an ambient soundscaping project, and not a bad move it is either. Each setting offers an immersive experience whose meditative drift is unconstrained by considerations of rhythm or beat structures. A production approach not unlike that used by Stephen Hitchell (in his Echospace [Detroit] productions and Intrusion releases) and Brock Van Wey (in White Clouds Drift On And On and in his Bvdub productions) characterizes Tööpuudus, as each track adopts an oceanic expansiveness in its blend of vaporous textures, electronic static, and keyboard meander. Representative of the release is “KÑsiraamat,” which finds piano, field recordings, and waves of granular static melding into an immense cloud. I, Absentee describes them as ‘ambient/minimal' pieces but make no mistake: ambient they may be, but there's nothing minimal about the rich sound design Martin brings to the material.
April 2010