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ARTIST
TITLE
Entskidoo
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
EMMLP 005CD EMMLP 005CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/29/2002

"Entskidoo is the fourth solo album of the Cologne-based guitarist, producer and label owner (Gefriem) Joseph Suchy, an album which will no doubt soon be regarded as his 'magnum opus'. Suchys' ability to transcend borders is manifested in his numerous diverse collaborations, be they with Kato Hideki, Kevin Drumm and Jean-Marc Montera or Jan St.Werner, F.X.Randomiz and Ekkehard Ehlers. The fact that Entskidoo evokes at times a putative orchestra from everyone involved, is more to do with Joseph Suchy's use of the whole gamut of his know-how as producer and studio musician, both technically and compositionally, as well as his creation of a brilliantly resonant network of playing styles and overlaps. The result is something resembling a rhizomatous adaptation of an imaginary archive of 'avant garde' music, be it electronic music, musique concrète, improvised music or noise. One is only seemingly enticed down the well-trodden path by the wealth of allusions, before ultimately succumbing in the sound labyrinth of unexpected sequences, tonal palimpsests and non-linear crossovers; and yet one cannot escape the conclusion that there are simply more ideas here per track than on many an 'experimental' album. Entskidoo ought to delight fans of both Kaffee Matthews and Rafel Toral alike. And for those individuals, who are not only at home with Fennesz's guitar sound, but also with Loren Mazzacane-Connors, or those who are fascinated by the analogies between, say, Oval and AMM, well, this album ought to be like a dream come true."