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01. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Realm
02. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Bubble Sort
03. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Now-Memories
04. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Good Friday Experiment
05. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - A Denial
06. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Boring Truth
07. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - From Noun To Verb
08. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Gaslighting
09. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Vying For The Spotlight
10. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - 4-144
11. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Mind Shadows
12. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Creationists
13. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Nothing
14. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Castrop Rauxel
15. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Obscure Feminine Force
16. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - I've Been Having Glitches
17. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Burning Plastic
18. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Yes
19. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Gothpel
20. NSI. (NON STANDARD INSTITUT)  - Et Cetera
ARTIST
TITLE
5863
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
NSP 014CD NSP 014CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/6/2018

"A decade has passed since Tobias Freund and Max Loderbauer, aka Non Standard Institute (NSI.), released their enigmatic collection of 'non-standards' (2007). Playing with mystery is the name of the game here as well. The new CD, entitled with the code 5863, is the result of collecting creative moments over years and stringing together twenty short pieces that jointly amount to almost an hour of playtime. Meditative, reflective, introspective, but also occasionally exhilarated... All these descriptions come to mind. But there's more to the story line which emerges in patient increments as the album unfolds. Music comes mostly in the form of sparse but evocative piano improvisations, layering personal expression and subtle references anchored within the depth of the musicians' experience. As the cryptic title suggests, the scope of examined experience can be symbolized through dates or years. But what counts for much more here is the sonic narrative itself with all its openness to interpretation. Some of these concise tracks can swiftly transport the listener to iconic harmonies of other musical contexts as they seamlessly relink the piano avant-gardism of Erik Satie with echoes of modern psychedelia and futuristic soundtracks. As a whole, however, the minimal instrumentalism of NSI. is as much about the notes and emotions that punctuate the electronic soundscapes generated by Tobias's unerring use of studio as it is about the space created between them. This method brings to mind the Japanese concept of 'Ma' which emphasizes the fundamental meaning of interval or space for any structure. It is the in-between that matters. The non-being. The non-standard." --Dominik Bartmanski, Berlin, February 2018