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VIRILIO - Signature

Format: Record Label Record Label RL000
Label & Cat.Number: 12inch
Release Year: 2014
Note: this new male-female duo from Greece with a two track long play 12" impresses with multi-layered dronescapes, emerging from soft washes into monuments of noise, filled with pulsations and swirling effects... they use tympani, tamtam, synths, drum machine, voice, guitar, turntables, but it all dissolves into a complex drone wall.. an excellent "raw drone" record, highly recommended! white vinyl, 45 rpm , edition of 230 copies
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" ’Signature’’ is Virilio’s first official release under their own label ‘’Record Label’’ and includes two tracks , pressed on a double-sided white matte high quality 12’’ vinyl that spins on 45 rpm.

‘’Signature’’ has been recorded live in their home studio on the spring of 2013 and it was mastered by Martijn Comes.

Corinna Triantafyllidis plays tympani, tamtam, synthesizer, drum machine & voice.
Dimitris Papadatos plays electronics, guitar, turntables, synthesizer & voice.

‘’Signature’’ has been previously released digitally through No Type’s digital sublabel Panospria with catalogue number PAN079.
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released 01 January 2014 " [label info]


virilio.bandcamp.com



"Last week I wondered about the 12", and here another one that has that format spins at 45 rpm, but it's not really a dance record. Virilio (named after Paul, I wondered) is a duo of Corinna Triangafyllidis (tympani, tamtam, synthesizer, drum machine & voice) and Dimitris Papadatos (electronics, guitar, turntables, synthesizer, voice), who have been working together since 2008, 'recording their Skype improv sessions under the moniker Cassettine and KU'. Since 2010 they call themselves Virilio, and this record was recorded in the Acacia (hey) Studios in Athens, in 2013. It proofs that, despite the entire economic crisis, Greece remains an active place for new music. This is the kind of music that easily defies any description, as it doesn't seem to fit in any specific category. You can hear a bit of old school industrial music in here, partly improvised on the spot, using a bank of electronics, especially on the more more monolithic 'Signature 2' this seems to be the case, and on 'Signature 1' it seems to be more the case of noise, industrial music meeting up with a more carefully constructed bits of rhythm, also from the world of industrial music, but coming in from the end of techno - say the Pan Sonic side. Quite enjoyable if not somewhat similar these two pieces. It made me however curious to hear what else they have up their sleeve. Next time a full-length record, perhaps?" [FdW/Vital Weekly]