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Ricardo Villalobos / Max Loderbauer: Re: ECM

Read "Re: ECM" reviewed by David McLean


Over the past decade or so, the ECM label has been flirting with elements of electronic music in varying degrees. Evan Parker's Towards The Margins (1997) introduced electronic manipulation in the live processing of sound as a new improvisational tool, embellishing the saxophonist's already avant-garde collection of instrumentation. Since then, subtle machinations have crept into other releases from the label, But with Re:ECM, label head/producer Manfred Eicher has made a clear and bold statement--a full embracement of electronic music-making.

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Ricardo Villalobos / Max Loderbauer: Re: ECM

Read "Ricardo Villalobos / Max Loderbauer: Re: ECM" reviewed by John Kelman


The concept of remix-- using studio technology to deconstruct, reshape and reconstruct extant recordings--is far from new, but the past decade has seen a considerable expansion of purview. Once more closely aligned with the club scene, remixes are no longer solely about relentless beats for dancing; instead, as Norway's Punkt Festival has been demonstrating for seven years, they can be about expanding sonic landscapes, sometimes taking but a single motif from a source performance--or even ideas from multiple performances--to create ...

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