Jazz Articles about The User

The User: Symphony No. 2 For Dot Matrix Printers

by Mark Sabbatini
February 20, 2005

Every now and then an album awes me with its artistry, even though I can't bear to listen to it in more than small doses. This might be the pinnacle of that group.

The title says it all. Two Canadians, Emmanuel Madan and Thomas McIntosh, composed Symphony No. 2 For Dot Matrix Printers"? on a dozen machines including two Epson LQ 1050s, a Citizen Swift and a Juki (whatever that is). The 12-part, 41-minute composition ranges from low-pitched ...

The User: Symphony #2 For Dot Matrix Printers

by Glenn Astarita
November 1, 2002

This Canadian aggregation’s previous effort had something to do with converting a Montreal grain silo into “an instrument of sound.” Hence, the band has purportedly qualified itself as a hi-tech entity. With this release, the artists have sampled the sounds of ancient dot-matrix printers via midi technologies, software engineering, sampling, and so forth. In addition, the press has announced that this venture will also be issued on 45 RPM 12” format in Europe only. Perhaps the gist behind this move ...