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New Machinist album on Betontoon: Viens avec Moi dans le Vide

The latest Machinist record was released last month as the second release on the Betontoon roster. Entitled Viens avec Moi dans le Vide ['come with me into the void'], it is built around a reading of the poem by the same name written by Yves Klein [wiki].

'Viens avec Moi dans le Vide' [...]

In Memoriam: Arjen Grolleman (August 22nd 1972- January 20th 2010)

Only recently, after reading his necrology for a local bookstore, we complimented him on the way he was able to fill such memorial texts with true poetry and touching words. “Yes,” he said, “but why does it always have to be necrologies?” Perhaps because we only realise what we’ve lost until [...]

State-X New Forms presents first 10-inch: Machinist & Mendel Kaelen / Boom Boom du Terre

Machinist & Mendel Kaelen side label

The State-X New Forms festival for experimental music, based in The Hague, introduced its very own band and artist contest in 2009: X-Vektor. Two aspiring Dutch artists were the winners of the contest, and the reward was not only a performance on the festival itself, last December, but also [...]

New Tenhi Album ‘Saivo’ Teaser Online

The new album by Finnish progressive folk masters Tenhi is due to appear in summer 2010, according to the label, Prophecy Productions. A teaser for the album has been put online on YouTube recently:

The clip is, of course, not as impressive as the previous complete video for “Kausienranta”, but it’s nice [...]

Dutch Label Betontoon Launched

The new Dutch experimental music label Betontoon was launched recently. It was first used as a label for the Cyclus I EP by Machinist in 2008, but with the release of 8pmcityscapes by Hystersis this fall, the label truly saw the light of day.

Betontoon focuses on experimental music that explores the dynamics between sound and [...]

New Agitated Radio Pilot EP on Rusted Rail

Irish label Rusted Rail have released a new Agitated Radio Pilot EP, entitled A Field Day.

It contains six tracks in a style that reminds me a bit of Dave’s earlier Australia-inspired works, with a bit of Holt thrown in as well. Summery feelings, a bit of the usual melancholia, and a nice [...]

Review: Mathias Delplanque – Ma Chambre Quand Je N’Y Suis Pas [Montréal] (2006)

artist: Mathias Delplanque
release: Ma Chambre Quand Je N’Y Suis Pas [Montréal]
format: CD
year of release: 2006
label: Mondes Elliptiques
duration: 45:14

detailed info: discogs.com

Ma Chambre… is a concept album, based on a sound installation Mathias Delplanque made for an exhibition. The sounds are created in their entirety from recordings made in the exhibition studio when [...]