Between Two Points represents the talents of this subgenre’s finest sound-sculptors
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Back to ReleaseYou find here the general staff of microwave nomenclature in its full glory.
You start to focus on hearing – something? Nothing? It’s not clear. But no, the sound is there; it’s just so faint it magnifies the silence itself, forcing you to hear that silence differently (in the very best John Cage tradition).
It successfully pushes the boundaries of silence and sound within the digital context.
Between Two Points is, to me, what electronic music should be all about
Between Two Points sets itself exactly the target to define the different grounds of influence and sound aesthetics of the two associates, a catalogue of stylized microrhythmic textures for the releases of the former, digital reductionism in its terminal state for those of the latter.
Their subtlety raises the question of whether they’re “pieces” at all, or simply the unheard hum of the inner ear, magnified and laid bare.
This compilation is much more varied then the Clicks & Cuts one, and opens not just new ways to dance music, but also to the “serious” side of things.
Between Two Points highlights abraded ambience and sandpapery sustain.
Representing forthcoming works in the minimal microsound genre, this compilation assembles current and future label artists on Taylor Deupree’s 12k label on a release that brings to the forefront an aesthetic of miniature blips and beeps, scratches and other background noise