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My new Phon°Noir Remix Track - Free Download
Friday, Oct 31, 2008 5:18PM / Standard Entry / Members only
a new phon°noir release is coming up: from Monday morning, 27 october 2008, COUNTING RAINDROPS: THE REMIXES will be available for free download from the link displayed above. this first phon°noir download-only release features 7 remixes of tracks from the last album THE OBJECTS DON'T NEED US.TRACKLISTING:
01. Gullhomen (calika bass mix)
02. You are the eskimo (tg mauss mix)
03. We still miss the future (mikhail mix)
04. My paperhouse on fire (uzi & ari mix)
05. A different kind of january (karl stirner mix)
06. We still miss the future (eraze the borders mix)
07. We still miss the future (alok mix)
the download comes as 7 mp3s at a bitrate of 192 kbps, in a zipped folder, containing also a bigger version of the cover art. the beautiful photography was provided by päivi kaikkonen.
if you like get youself your virtual copy of this release. it's free. unzip, play and share it with your friends. it's a gift. and hopefully a nice way to discover not only a new dimension to these tunes, but also a few more artists truly worth listening to!Download link: www.phononoir.de/html/countingraindrops.htm
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SIngle Review in Grooves Mag (US)
Friday, Oct 31, 2008 5:08PM / Standard Entry / Members only
C sounds at first as though nothing’s happening. But when this Chinese sound artist’s 3-inch CD is paused, then un-paused, a distinct difference in sonic air pressure is definitely discernable. Brown, unbroken heft displaces utter silence, rising oh-so-slowly in volume until you’d swear it was always lurking there in your field of hearing. Then a dermal layer of prickled static asserts itself, fading to a fizz before you’ve become accustomed to it.
The 21-minute, 30-second sole, track—“C for Schubert” —becomes much more interesting from that point forward, emerging from a barely-there micro-tonal stasis into something intense and composed, incorporating mournful string-section sawing and startling hints of ivory that are content to be passengers, not pilots. If Alok evokes anything here, it’s deepest winter: frozen countrysides blanketed with freshly fallen snow, so still that they seem lifeless, until one notices the icicles dripping, stray dogs foraging, and lonely, unshed leaves twitching.
Review by Raymond Cummings
http://www.groovesmag.com/reviews/00000552/Alok-C.html
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NEW CD Review on Blog.libero.it (Italy)
Friday, Oct 31, 2008 5:07PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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CD Shops and On-Line Stores
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2008 6:41PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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Another album review on MCB.com.hk
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2008 6:27PM / Standard Entry / Members only
ALOK
PLACID PLACES
(Lona Records)
Text : 袁智聰
Post Date : 2008-06-05當獨立音樂人Alok從電音組合Slow Tech Riddim走出來之後，我們可以看到他經歷過幾過不同的音樂階段。
先是其首張個人專輯《Wahoo》充滿趣味性的折衷電子音樂路線，延續著Slow Tech Riddim的Electronica製作方針；然後到《夜寂31往還》和《29。跋》重投結他主導的音樂姿態以拓展Shoegazer、Post-Rock以至Indie-Dance之領域，那不但履行到他的音樂野心，同時亦熱衷作現場演出；而他的下一個階段，便是全程投入Laptop電音創作與表演的里程。
三年前Alok曾在訪問中向我說過：「我依然好熱愛Electronica，現在比較喜歡聽一些較為靜態和空間再大一點而沒有旋律那類電音。」事實上在過去兩年多來，除了為別人伴奏(如The Yours)之外，Alok便再沒有作過任何Full Band演出。反之這些日子以來，他都積極參與過大大小小形式的Laptop電音演出，實行全然要重新樹立起他朝著Avant-Garde與Sound Arts大方向的電音製作人身分。
以CD-R形式限量印製一百五十張的《Placid Places》，是Alok的第四張個人專輯，也是他首張Full-Length的電聲唱片。
《Placid Places》內含五首樂章，最長的達二十分鐘，短的也有五分多鐘；當中的長篇兩首作品，是分別來自香港天后Kapok和深圳Mooka Space的現場演出錄音，以記錄近年他的Live軌跡。
正如其黑黑唱片封套般，《Placid Places》是Alok勾勒出闇黑幽閉的電音Soundscape著作，一段靜謐幽暗音景之旅程——然而那不獨只有Ambient氛圍的徘徊流連，同時也滿載匪夷所思的Mircosound與Click ‘n’ Glitch聲響層次。
兩首現場演出作品〈Pool．Weakness〉和〈Purlieu．Dawn〉，可聽得到現場氣氛推波助瀾下的即興Free-Form狀態，前者尾段蟄伏著的Free-Jazz小號，為樂章增添了荒誕不經的意味；後者走過簡約碎拍與訊號聲後滲出的破曉氛圍營造，乃意境甚濃。
〈Pocket．Temptation〉紊亂CD跳線效果聽得你輾轉反側。但我最愛卻是一曲〈Plain．Night〉，由Joey Chu演奏出的Avant-Garde / John Cage式鋼琴，宛如夜之寂寥心精。
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- Alok, a self-taught guitarist and bassist, formed a band in 1998. They had published 2 albums and contributed in numerous compilation releases. Since 2001, Alok appeared as a solo artist. He published...
- Occupation: Musician , Music Producer
- Gender: Male
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