Fuzzy trails of abstract digitalia (Dorodine manager fabriquedecouleurs, hacktivist duo Discom, Lucky Kitchen operatives Alejandra&Aeron, and odot & miss quentin, a mysterious laptop duo from Jackson, Mississippi) intertwine with blurry knots of (thanks god) non-autechrian-style beats (UK’s most idiosyncratic IDM duo Team Doyobi (Skam) and half of the late Blectum from Blechdom Blevin Blectum) ; appeased assaults of next-to-silence from American sound and visual artist Steve Roden (Trente Oiseaux) echo the granular ambient soundscapes of Japanese film composer and laptop producer Yoshihiro Hanno (Cirque, Progressive Form) and Belgium’s most talented experimentator Ovil Bianca (Kraaak 3); Break’n’roll outfit dDamage (Planet Mu) are challenged to a duel by post-hardcore outfit Gordz (Ruminance) ; Evènement operatives and o.lamm’s long-time partners My Jazzy Child, Erich Zahn and Noak Katoi operate incredible exercises of sonic reconstruction, evoking in turn a parade of bouncing children, the encounter of Mantronix and Iannis Xenakis in an elevator (ah ah) and a symphony of broken glass ; eventually, Active Suspension label mates Shinsei&Regressive Audio (feat. Japanese angel Kumi Okamoto on the sweet mic), Hypo and Domotic all do what they do best - the most exciting pop music around (say, Joe Hisaishi meets Oval for Shinsei, Siouxsie vs. V/VM and Sack und Blumm for Hypo, and, well, Isan vs. Sparklehorse for Domotic). They all display their own art at their best, and revive the originals’ atmospheres and venturesome sonorities. Or, as even a six year old could comprehend, 1+1 = more. I.E., a disparate yet highly cohesive set of tender, aggressive, melodic, noisy, cool, restless pieces of music, standing on a thin line between sonic art, pop and electronic music.
Take it or leave it (well, we hope you'll take it), but listen to it closely. This is not a remix album, this is a helluvarecord and a fine piece of modern (electronic) music.