Keith Fullerton Whitman
Occlusions; Real-Time Music For Hybrid Digital-Analogue Modular Synthesizer
Release Date: Jun 19, 2012
Genre(s): Electronic
Record label: Editions Mego
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Album Review: Occlusions; Real-Time Music For Hybrid Digital-Analogue Modular Synthesizer by Keith Fullerton Whitman
Very Good, Based on 3 Critics
Based on rating 7.5/10
In a statement accompanying the album, Keith Fullerton Whitman says of Occlusions that it is “a companion piece to Generators in that they share the same tool-set ... however, it is the FREE JAZZ yang to Generator's MINIMALIST yin. It is not recommended to those seeking meter, melody, cleanliness, or a clearly outlined organizational sense.” Generators is Whitman's latest album, out on Editions Mego earlier this year and featuring live improvised electronic process-oriented music.
Based on rating 3.5/5
Modular synthesizers are fickle creatures. As they grow, the limit of the number of possible patches on any given synth approaches infinity. Of course, many of those patches sound absolutely bizarre and unmusical. These are instruments for explorers; a vast, daunting potential exists in them to uncover sounds that feel entirely new, along with plenty of noise (in the broadest sense of the word).
Based on rating 6.7/10
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