Voafose - Voafose

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=24543

Sounds interesting. All ambient I guess, kind of in the same vein as SAW II.

ay!

its not really very saw2:ish

Well, it was the closest comparison I could think of. Either way, the samples sound good.

don't compare then..

..anywaaay,.. it's good.

  ieafs said:

don't hurt me tidbit, but when i heard that first sample i immediately thought of the first track on SAWII...

high five!

there there childrens

..hydroponic is the right word

it is possible that something of 30cm and another of 32cm can be considered the same size.

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yes he is

Voafose! Well this really is a blast from the past. That Vibert/Simmonds record is a fuckin classic!

  ieafs said:

a little bit like 'weirs' too... which is understandable

yeah definitely the 1st clip uses that old "director of government " sample. this sounds pretty cool.

Looks like this isn't coming out on Vinyl. I just can't bring myself to buy something on CD.

well there will be KITs

why cant you bring yourself to buy something on cd? im doubting your sanity after today promo.

I used to be the same way... I just got sick of feeding all my vinyl into my computer so I could make cd's for the car.

great clips !

Tracklisting

1. Hocus Focus

2. Quord

3. Weather Soc.

4. Splintech

5. Welcomist

6. Threpton

7. Mysteryonics

8. Maybe a Garden

9. Cassette

10. 4 Voice Three

11. Taptics

12. Whistle for Us

13. Woolard

14. Big Ben

15. Wooden League

16. Ism-Ist

17. Requesticles

18. Glarrod's End

19. Watson

20. Bogus Pocus

Sounds good. o does the hecker/voafose one.

hmm...cant wait for that cd!!! ; those ambient/abstract (or whatever you call it) clips are really nice, the rephlex 2006 releases seems pretty strong, now i understand why they do not accept demos anymore.

i thought about getting that split ep but as i like hecker a lot, i'll get both cds soon ( that said, analogue music sounds better on vinyl...)

first track sounds a bit saw 2-ish yes, and that's a compliment... actually all the samples sound quite marvellous, very atmospheric and rich ambient...

yeah & that's why this releases seems lovely, making "simple" music (minimal or ambient) must be pretty "hard" as you cant hide behind hundred of layers of sounds...

Sounds lush, looking forward to it.

Ships tomorrow according to Boomkat

"Voafose, despite the usual rumours is actually a real person - Jeremy Simmonds, who is better known as one half of Boymerang (with Graham Sutton) and for collaborating with Luke Vibert on the Vibert Simmonds album 'Weirs'.

Now that's out of the way we can get on to the record itself which shows itself up to be something of a real oddity for Rephlex. Not that any Rephlex record ever plays it safe, but Voafose's self-titled debut is something truly strange and beautiful. Culled from recordings made over the last 20 years, these 20 tracks explore the outer reaches of experimental electronic music; drone-based ambient, synthesized experimentations, musique concrete and tape manipulation. It's not as hard to listen to as you'd think either, the tracks are sequenced in such a way that it rarely jars too much or lulls you too far into a state of blissful security.

Opening with a piece of tape manipulated synth/sampler work we are very quickly thrown into 'Quard' which shows off Simmonds's clear skills with the humble synthesizer. Closest possibly to Delia Derbyshire's work with the BBC Radiophonic workshop, Simmonds builds up a haunting science-fiction atmosphere using a detuned drone and light, chattering voices. Interspersed throughout the disc are the spliced and edited voices of television and radio - whether it is a weather broadcast or a feature about hairdresser Charles Worthington nothing is safe from the reel-to-reel tape machine of Voafose. These excerpts of modern life add an abstract quality to the record, intentionally setting it alongside the work of Luc Ferrari for instance, whereas other more experimental pieces might be comparable to the work of Bernard Parmigianni.

Clearly having an understanding of the history of electronic music and musique concrete Simmonds makes the album into much more than a mere re-treading of experimental music's past, instead it works as some kind of tribute or reverential look at a time when the sounds themselves were just as important as the compositions - something which today's younger musicians could do with thinking about. Recommended."

the only previous track i have was something robotic off that compilation but this does sound plez ant.

No vinyl? What the f...