Isolated Agent / Stranding Behavior
Label: Elevator Bath
Catalog#: eeaoa031
Format: LP Picture Disc
Country: USA
Released: July, 2010
Limited Edition of 233 Copies
Tracklisting:
Side A: Isolated Agent
Side B: Stranding Behavior
The other
record is by Matt Shoemaker, who seems to be always present, with his
regular releases on labels as Ferns and The Helen Scarsdale Agency. His
work recently shifted a bit more towards that of working with field
recordings, but on this LP it all seems to be electronic again. I have
no idea wether these are the result computers working overtime or
meters and meters of cable connecting one synthesizer to another, and
once connected start playing themselves, almost, as it were. Shoemaker
layers the results of whatever process he applies on a multitude of
tracks and does some highly creative mixing with those sounds. Highy
atmospheric (obviously! I'd say) of course, but Shoemaker's work is
also a bit more experimental than the usual drone minds (UK, USA,
otherwise). Shoemaker knows how to put in a strange angle in his work,
that makes it just a bit different than the ordinary drone record.
Partly based in the seventies cosmic tradition, partly drone and partly
serious avant-garde, but with a long, stretched time signature. Great
record.