Jazzkammer - Pancakes

From Allmusic.com : "Jazzkammer has called Pancakes its "punk" record, but anyone expecting something even noisier and more energetic than earlier releases from the Norwegian experimentalists will be seriously disappointed. After 15 seconds of electro-noise-spasm on the first track, "No Place Like Home," the disc settles down for something very quiet and minimal, with the levels so low that at many times you can't hear anything unless the volume is cranked way up. The remainder of "No Place" consists of very low-pitched rumbles and the next track, "Vet Ikke," builds slowly on high-pitched drones, whereas the remaining pieces fall somewhere in between. In places, there are glitchy pops and sputters and clicks, even a "psst" can be heard in the middle of one track, and most of the pieces build and develop slowly rather than remain static."

"Pancakes" was released by Smalltown Supersound in 2002.

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Kim Cascone - Dust Theories

From Allmusic.com "An important item in micro-sound artist Kim Cascone's scattered discography, Dust Theories contains two extended pieces based on his concept of sonic residue ("Dust Theories 1" and "Dust Theories 2"), a shorter piece ("Edgeboundaries 123"), and finally two remixes of the latter track by Ben Nevile and DJ4'33". The two 20-minute selections show Cascone at the peak of his minimal self. His clicks, glitches, and hums become space symphonies for the digital age. His techniques may involve more mathematics than music, but the result is immersive and fascinating -- you truly forget the gear. Unlike other sound artists, Cascone doesn't let the concept overrule the result. "Edgeboundaries 123" is harsher in style, more dense, busy, and clumsy. A departure from earlier efforts, it remains nonetheless rooted in the same kind of "pure" digital sounds. Nevile's remix transforms it into a warped, slightly annoying techno track. The transformations of DJ4'33" are much more interesting. They explore ambient domains in tune with the first two tracks of the CD and use the residue technique (filtering out elements of the original to keep only its trace), therefore re-Cascone-fying a piece some probably consider less typical of the artist in the first place. The CD also contains an enhanced section with a stand-alone application and Max/MSP patches to tinker the remixes; after all, Dust Theories was released on the music software company Cycling '74's label."

"Dust Theories" was released by Cycling 74 in 2001.

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Blue Cubism : Transcoded Audio Structures

"Blue Cubism" is a remix project of Kim Cascone's Blue Cube.

Tracklisting :
01. Terre Thaemlitz - Blue Code
02. Koji Marutani & Toru Yamanaka (Dumb Type) - Rain
03. Pita - Bubwraout
04. *0 / Kim Cascone - territory2layer
05. Robert Henke - Bubblex Simplex
06. Kim Cascone - cubeQuadratische / Herniated Mix #1
07. V/Vm - 3 Studies Into The Relationship Of Air And Dust...
08. Tetsu Inoue - Ultra Brite
09. Taylor Deupree - bubblewarp13.66mB
10. Nobukazu Takemura - Child's View Mix
11. Quest - Blue(s) Cube
12. John Hudak - 4.6
13. Bochum Welt - chromeBlue

"Blue Cubism : Transcoded Audio Structures" was released by Digital Narcis in 1999.

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Minima-List

From Allmusic.com : "The compilation CD Minima-List launched the small French label List, devoted to minimal music (i.e. microsound, lowercase, etc.), both electronic and acoustic. It introduces the work of a few French artists placed among tracks by better-known names like Komet (aka Frank Bretschneider), Otomo Yoshihide, Taylor Deupree, and Richard Chartier. The musical grounds covered are a lot less minimal than one would expect. There are worlds to discover between Chartier's see-through, silence-drenched tones and the textured noise of Fabriquedecouleurs (aka Emmanuel Allard). Each artist has enough time to make a statement (three to eight minutes) and the order of appearance makes sure there is enough contrast between tracks to let particularities shine. Highlights include the distilled beats and melody of Komet's "Zug," Speakerine's harsh feedback guitar-driven "Minim Ammo" (quite an ear cleanser), Matthieu Saladin's multi-tracked sopranino sax drone (or is it a double-reed instrument?), and Alan Licht's concluding "Retrograde," a dreamy guitar loop. What about Yoshihide, you may ask? The 12-minute "2 Guitars" features him playing two guitars at once -- actually he produces out of them single pure tones one just a bit out of tune with the other. Sine waves flap, the sonic landscape shifts as the listener turns his/her head or moves around in the room. Very minimal indeed. Minima-List should satisfy fans of the genre and can work as a good introduction to its major exponents and stylistic directions."

Tracklisting :
01. Sogar - Aiuto Mathausen
02. Charles Curtis - Acoustic Mass Interference Phase
03. Komet - Zug
04. Otomo Yoshihide - 2 Guitars
05. Fabriquedecouleurs - Ninjiski
06. Taylor Deupree - Occur.10
07. *0 - Cytomics
08. Sol - Vers#1
09. Speakerine - Minim Ammo
10. Richard Chartier - Composition 09.01
11. Matthieu Saladin - La Telhaie On Waking
12. 0/r - Untitled..
13. Alan Licht - Retrograde

"Minima-List" was released by List in 2001.

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Ohmix

From Allmusic.com : "By 2001, the Quebec city sound art collective Avatar was undergoing important transformations, with two of their founding members -- Jocelyn Robert and Christof Migone -- turning or already turned toward new cities, new people, and new ventures. The intent of this remix project was to recycle the past in order to point to the future. Eight artists were commissioned remixes using the first CDs released on Ohm Éditions (Avatar's label). The music of Robert, Migone, Pierre-André Arcand, the collective projects Radio Folie Culture and Rappel, and precursors Bruit TTV was treated, sampled, and recreated by Ralf Wehowsky, Martin Tétreault, Christian Calon, Terre Thaemlitz, John Oswald, Diane Labrosse, David Kristian, and Alexandre St-Onge. So there are musicians from the Ambiances Magnétiques and Alien8 Recordings stables; from Montreal, Europe, and Japan; and from electro-acoustic and electronica realms, all on the same CD. They approached the subject from different angles, but came to similar conclusions. All pieces belong to the turn-of-the-century avant-garde stylings of digital lowercase or new electro-acoustics."

Tracklisting :

1. Ralf Wehowsky - Gesichte
2. Martin Tétreault - Bloc De Vitesse Brune Avec 2 Trous
3. Christian Calon - Aiguiser L'Ouïe
4. Terre Thaemlitz - Transit(ional Edit)
5. John Oswald - Ohmigone
6. John Oswald - Ridge
7. Diane Labrosse - Curieux Mélange Pour Amateurs Auditifs De La Jeune Radio
8. David Kristian - Ohmite
9. Alexandre St-Onge - I-I

"Ohmix" was released by Avatar / OHM Editions in 2001.

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Kim Cascone - Parasites

Here we start a short series centered around the first two releases from Anechoic Media, the label headed by American composer Kim Cascone (formerly of PGR and Silent Records).
Anechoic Media issues were distinctive in that they were released in square shaped CD format known as "Card Discs".
The first release entitled "Parasites" is Kim Cascone's personal tribute to Gilles Deleuze.
Most of the 20 numbered parasites are in the 6 seconds to 1 and 1/2 minute range for a total of about 16 and 1/2 minutes.
Each piece is a fragment of heavily processed, digital desktop minimalism.

"Parasites" was released in 2000.

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