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

Simon Whetham: Ascension_Suspension
Entr'acte

During a trip to the Portes du Soleil region of France, Bristol-based field composer Simon Whetham recorded the sounds emitted by cable cars, lulling sounds and rhythms that go largely unnoticed by passengers making the slow ascent to the alpine mountains' upper reaches. To his credit, Whetham lets the 28-minute recording unfold slowly and consequently the listener, aided by an evocative stream of tiny rumbles and chain-like rattles produced by the conveyor and cogs, is easily able to visualize the car's ascent. A vaguely unsettling ambiance creeps in as one imagines the passengers isolated within the tiny enclosure and suspended precariously high over the chasm while freezing winds swirl outside and cowbells clank far below. Though minimal processing was applied to this headphones-styled release, Whetham unobtrusively layers sounds in order to maximize tension and release.

November 2006