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Douwe Eisenga: The Border
by James Fleming
The brass section on The Border's opening track, “At The Coast," tolls like a foghorn through its two-note riff, pauses, then returns, pierced this time by a synthesizer's shimmering. Douwe Eisenga's piano does not make an appearance until the second track, “Encounter." He rolls through an arpeggio, changing just one note every bar to transform the voice of the chord, as the music moves from piano to forte, a bass drum pulses, and the saxophone glides a long, flowing melody ...
Continue ReadingRinocerose: installation sonore
by Rob Evanoff
O.K. so I just discovered Rinocerose this past week and I can’t stop listening to it. On the opening cut “la guitaristic house organization” Rinocerose fuses the power punch ofan INXS guitar riff with silky smooth French housebefore degenerating into an ambient pool of heady gravy. Then, just as quickly as it dissipated, it revs up bold, crisp progressive beats and off you go.
What makes Rinocerose an overly enjoyable experience is the addition of all of the guitar sounds ...
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