Sascha Neudeck (Vienna, Austria) works in biological science.
Making music since childhood, his job made him aware of the microscopic
side of sound. This interest led him to work intensively with granular synthesis,
alienating samples and sound particles in general.
"On "Schattenwind" I mangled my samples several times. For me one of the
most precarious decisions is whether I should process a sample further or not.
When is it time to stop the treatment? The other important thing is to develop some kind
of absorbing structure in my tracks." (Sascha Neudeck)
Austrian sound artist Sascha Neudeck has been dabbling in sound works for a
number of years. All of his releases have found their home on the Austrian
Chmafu Nocords, a highly left-wing independent, mostly CD-R organization
that battles for rights of "outside" music to be heard. His latest
"Schattenwind" finds Sascha in fine style as he mutters his way through
fifteen tracks of various noise, sound and electronic bits. Working in
biological science means he has somehow found love for nature or perhaps
lack of artificiality in music. Title track is made up of densely populated
high-pitched glitches, while "Zafron" sounds like a source recording of a
running tap of water. Moving on, the brief "Jope" is an exercise in
controlled, drone-noise. The longest track, "Wachst" shows off Sascha at
his finest. Moving between bits and pieces of hollowed-out sounds,
intermittent glitches and pops of surprisingly controlled outbursts from
various sources, the pieces show this audio artist's true image. He is
definitely someone who can't be pinned down to any particular genre or a
niche, which is why no moniker you throw at him will ever rightly fit. Review by Tom Sekowski of Gaz-Eta
Der biologe Sascha Neudeck lässt mit "Schattenwind" ein weiteres
juwel an irren sounds auf die zuhörer los. Da wird gemangelt,
granuliert und dekonstruiert, was das zeug hält. Ein wahrer
leckerbissen für alle soundfreaks.
Review by Hans Kulisch of skug
