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01. KOENRAAD ECKER - Oran (Part 1)
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02. KOENRAAD ECKER - Oran (Part 2)
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03. KOENRAAD ECKER - Kurtz
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04. KOENRAAD ECKER - One-Eye
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05. KOENRAAD ECKER - Decline
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06. KOENRAAD ECKER - Stuffed Men
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ARTIST
ECKER, KOENRAAD
TITLE
Ill Fares the Land
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
DIGITALIS
CATALOG #
DIGI 063LP
DIGI 063LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
4/1/2014
Following on from a couple of strong releases as part of his
Lumisokea
duo for Opal Tapes,
Koenraad Ecker
returns with his most intriguing release to date, the first Digitalis release for 2014. Straddling the line between analog electronics, darkened ambience and slow techno, Koenraad Ecker recalls the colossal drone-noise of
Mika Vainio
and the sharpened bass frequencies of
Joachim Nordwall
, albeit shot-from-the-hip in a manner befitting his connection with Opal Tapes. Fourteen-minute opener "Oran" is sprawling and resolute, spread across two parts that display Ecker's compositional chops through an impressive mix of blacked-out electronics and horror-filled cello passages. Inside long, drawn out sequences, Ecker avoids repetition and beats down a tonal path where the structure of each piece is dynamic yet cohesive. Sparse beats end up in a death spiral, competing with Ecker's cello and bleak electronics that fill the empty spaces. Like the slow burn of a lit fuse, "One-Eye" crawls through layers of decay before exploding midway through into incalculable chaos. Square waves blot out difficult melodies only to suddenly disappear like a corroded hallucination while white noise builds from short crackles into cavernous rhythms.
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