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Limited
edition of 16 copies in white card cover.
This combines two works by maru based on the same material,
one (track 1 - 5) originally released by NEUS-318 (http://www.neus318.com/ )
and the other (track 6) by Circular System (http://www.circularsystem.com/).
Tracklist:
fragile
widerstand gegen die staatsgewalt(taten)
silence
a group is less than the sum of its parts
caged hopes
maru's 3"
Widerstand gegen die Staatsgewalt(taten) (excerpt)
Silence (excerpt)
This unusual CD starts off with the track fragile, a warm overtone
sound later accompanied by a heavy but pure drone that throbs as little
drips of digital noise splatter the soundscape. This later turns from a
calm warm feeling into a raw quiet crackle and is then developed into a
rougher, darker soundworld dominated by what sounds like a reverberant
muted trombone burst. It gives the impression of moving from a warm
sunny day into a dark rain soaked one. The rain delicately eases off
leaving a glimpse of other sounds blotting in and out.
Other tracks on the CD tend to evoke an overall otherworldly feeling of
eerie electronic soundscapes such as in track two, widerstand gegen die
staatsgewalt (taten), where a constantly moving sound which almost
sounds like a windstorm from a distance with added electronic high
frequencies for good measure. Unusual deep noises appear in and out of
the background and as the piece develops it becomes more and more alien
and distorted. Maybe this guy really is from Venus.
Track 04, a group is less than the sum of its parts, is beautifully
simple and consists of occasional blurts of delicate digital sounds
surrounded by a shroud of silence. This idea is continued in the last
track, caged hopes, although there is a repetitive sound in the
background and an incredibly subtle beat blip running through giving it
some sense of structure. It almost sounds like some lost signalling on
a radio.
A very quiet and beautifully subtle form of communication. (JR)
Review (on the NEUS-318 edition of Fragile) by Phosphor
