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

Part Timer: Part Timer
Moteer

Clickits member John McCaffrey perpetuates Moteer's crystalline calm on the dozen vignettes comprising his Part Timer excursion. The album sounds simultaneously modern in its electronic dimension and as ancient in its decayed sound design as the rusty clock device shown on the album's cover. McCaffrey drenches the songs' folk elements with electronic treatments, imbuing his placid lullabies with psychedelic flavour and delicately shaping the material so that seemingly slight pieces like “Rain On My Window (Part Two)” end up captivating. Attention to instrumental detail distinguishes many songs: in “Daytona,” ripples of vinyl static resemble a lulling ocean, while the guitar and mandolin plucks in the waltz closer “End of the Line” almost drown, the crackle is so dense. McCaffrey wisely enhances the album's sonic character with well-timed vocal touches. In “We Made a Big Mistake,” the fragile singing of Nicola Hodgkinson (Empress) floats ever so gently over a crinkly bed of piano tinkles and acoustic guitars while Danielle McCaffrey's multi-layered whispers boost “Thinking, Unthinking” and add angelic sweetener to the dreamy “It Only Means.” Part Timer's endearing bucolia makes for a natural complement to other Moteer releases by Clickits and The Remote Viewer.

November 2006