B°TONG (B*TONG / B-TONG/ BTONG) — Hysteria
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Geräuschmusik mit weitem Spektrum, zwischen Drone, Musique Concrete und Noise, immer wieder überraschende Wendungen, Bearbeitungen von found sounds, field recordings, Atmosphärisches und Aufregendes ausbalanciert verknüpft. Wie HAFLER TRIO on speed? LOPEZ im Delirium? Super Veröffentlichung vom Schweizer NID-Mitglied!!
"Hinter "Hysteria" stand die Idee, Geräusche und Klänge von Erdbeben und Wasser zu nehmen und daraus unheimliche Sounds zu kreieren. Mission erfüllt, würde ich sagen. Dunkelste Ambient Klangcollagen mischen sich mit völlig zerstörenden Noise- Erruptionen mit Sprachsamples im letzten Track. Man hat das Gefühl, durch eine tiefe, dunkle Höhle zu klettern und schreckhaft vernimmt man immer wieder neue Geräusche: Mal plätschert Wasser direkt neben einem, dann vernimmt man wieder weit entfernt fast maschinelle, kalte Klänge. Der manchmal fast beatartige Charakter, der einzelnen Passagen unterliegt, stammt von direkten seismographischen Aufnahmen von Erdbeben. Sie klingen auch wie Granateneinschläge in weiter Ferne, deren Hall unterirdisch völlig gepresst und dumpf übertragen wird. Dunkel bis zum Anschlag, kalt und gespenstisch, das sind die Kurzformeln von "Hysteria". Wie immer bei Verato Project Veröffentlichungen: Limitiert auf nur 60 Exemplare." [Creative-Eclipse]
"Hysteria was conceived with the idea of using sounds of water and earthquakes and creating an eerie atmosphere. The rhythmic quality of some of the soundscapes was made by use of beat-like structures taken from recordings of earthquakes as registered through seismographic institutes. As for the rest – a cave-like atmosphere was intended and in difference to the dark ambient pieces some are experiments in sheer noise and deconstruction. The whole of the mini-album is to be seen as one and was done in a relatively short time in the summer of 2007." [label info]
"Slowly B*tong builds an interesting body of work that moves in various directions, at the same time. From dealings with ambient and isolationism on one hand and experimental music, ranging from the soft microsound end to the more engaging noise end, in a clever combination of ideas. Its a bit hard to say wether this is a concept album of sorts, but it could just be as well. B*tong works here with a variety of sounds and ideas, using electronic processing of (his?) voice, adding to the notion of hysteria. As said various interests are combined here and make solid impression on the listener. 'Damage Receive' and 'Fragile Package' are soft and meditative pieces, where 'Diaspora' has multiple layered voice treatments, embedded in a bit of computerized noise. These are the extreme boundaries of this work, but throughout they make a very coherent work which works very well. Well-made album, thought out, carefully constructed, rich in ideas and detail. That's the way to do these things. Bravo for B*tong." [FdW, Vital Weekly]
www.verato-project.de
"Hinter "Hysteria" stand die Idee, Geräusche und Klänge von Erdbeben und Wasser zu nehmen und daraus unheimliche Sounds zu kreieren. Mission erfüllt, würde ich sagen. Dunkelste Ambient Klangcollagen mischen sich mit völlig zerstörenden Noise- Erruptionen mit Sprachsamples im letzten Track. Man hat das Gefühl, durch eine tiefe, dunkle Höhle zu klettern und schreckhaft vernimmt man immer wieder neue Geräusche: Mal plätschert Wasser direkt neben einem, dann vernimmt man wieder weit entfernt fast maschinelle, kalte Klänge. Der manchmal fast beatartige Charakter, der einzelnen Passagen unterliegt, stammt von direkten seismographischen Aufnahmen von Erdbeben. Sie klingen auch wie Granateneinschläge in weiter Ferne, deren Hall unterirdisch völlig gepresst und dumpf übertragen wird. Dunkel bis zum Anschlag, kalt und gespenstisch, das sind die Kurzformeln von "Hysteria". Wie immer bei Verato Project Veröffentlichungen: Limitiert auf nur 60 Exemplare." [Creative-Eclipse]
"Hysteria was conceived with the idea of using sounds of water and earthquakes and creating an eerie atmosphere. The rhythmic quality of some of the soundscapes was made by use of beat-like structures taken from recordings of earthquakes as registered through seismographic institutes. As for the rest – a cave-like atmosphere was intended and in difference to the dark ambient pieces some are experiments in sheer noise and deconstruction. The whole of the mini-album is to be seen as one and was done in a relatively short time in the summer of 2007." [label info]
"Slowly B*tong builds an interesting body of work that moves in various directions, at the same time. From dealings with ambient and isolationism on one hand and experimental music, ranging from the soft microsound end to the more engaging noise end, in a clever combination of ideas. Its a bit hard to say wether this is a concept album of sorts, but it could just be as well. B*tong works here with a variety of sounds and ideas, using electronic processing of (his?) voice, adding to the notion of hysteria. As said various interests are combined here and make solid impression on the listener. 'Damage Receive' and 'Fragile Package' are soft and meditative pieces, where 'Diaspora' has multiple layered voice treatments, embedded in a bit of computerized noise. These are the extreme boundaries of this work, but throughout they make a very coherent work which works very well. Well-made album, thought out, carefully constructed, rich in ideas and detail. That's the way to do these things. Bravo for B*tong." [FdW, Vital Weekly]
www.verato-project.de