Blevin Blectum
"Gular Flutter" CD
Aagoo Records
Genre:
experimental electronic
Sep 29 2008 |
Experimental electronic music has always been a mixed bag. One of the
most "insider" genres out there, its star base consists largely of
awkward computer nerds and pretentious pseudo-academics. As her zany
work in Blevin from Blechdom suggests, Blevin Blectum has really
broken the genre's mold with her musical pursuits. Sculpting novel and
whimsical sonic adventures in an often un-fun genre, she has been
involved in a hefty stream of releases, including 2001's Prix ARS
Electronica-honoured The Messy Jesse Fiesta.
Enter Gular Flutter, a cohesive and remarkably melodic glitch album
that is surprisingly mature. Each of these ten tracks is more soundscape than song, yet they boast an undeniable accessibility. Case
in point: "Mine," which sounds like 94 Diskont era Oval remade for
some sort of futuristic club. Beautiful "Cygnet," meanwhile, is a
haunting trip best absorbed in the dark, and "Tightly" is a
disorienting glitch exploration of dancefloor anthems. However, it is
the mesmerizing "Foyer Fire," which calls to mind an over-the-top
labyrinth of mechanical parts combining to form a giant Rube Goldberg
device, that ranks as Gular Flutter's most vivid and colossal
composition. Formed on bleeps and beats, it is less glitch than some
of the record's other tracks, but it is a powerful example of
electronic music's capacities.
You will want good headphones and atmospheric silence to take Gular
Flutter in, but this is a record worthy of preserving for the
right context. An often fun but always exhilarating experience, this is the
most mature and polished work I've heard from Blectum so far.
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[Vitals: 10 tracks, distributed by
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