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BTONG (B*TONG / B-TONG/ BTONG) — Un_btong
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"Btongs second release on Attenuation Circuit is, as the title suggests, quite atypical for the dark ambient soundscapes the Swedish-Swiss artist is best known for. In six rather short tracks, Btong explores the sonic possibilities of digital audio manipulation of several sound sources, mainly recorded voices used as sources of pure sound, not linguistic information. The results feel somewhat like an unlikely combination of lowercase electronica and Mille Plateaux-style cutsnglitches and updated audio poetry in the tradition of William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Henri Chopin.
Un_Btong opens up a new direction in the artists work while remaining true to the spirit of experimentation with non-musical sounds that has been informing cutting edge music for about a century now, including the original practitioners of industrial music that have been inspiring Btongs work. Those with ears tuned to todays rather limited definition of the genre as dark music of some sort or other may find the intellectual playfulness of Btongs approach on this release too lighthearted, even humorous, considering titles like Colourful, Comfortable, Weatherproof or the tongue-in-cheek combination of biblical quotes about the devil with the subliminal message Btong isst heimlich (Btong eats secretly) almost hidden in the cover copy. For those interested in truly contemporary audio experiments, however, this crisp little outing has a lot to offer within the space of its 18 minutes." [label info]
www.wix.com/attenuationcircuit/attenuation-circuit
Un_Btong opens up a new direction in the artists work while remaining true to the spirit of experimentation with non-musical sounds that has been informing cutting edge music for about a century now, including the original practitioners of industrial music that have been inspiring Btongs work. Those with ears tuned to todays rather limited definition of the genre as dark music of some sort or other may find the intellectual playfulness of Btongs approach on this release too lighthearted, even humorous, considering titles like Colourful, Comfortable, Weatherproof or the tongue-in-cheek combination of biblical quotes about the devil with the subliminal message Btong isst heimlich (Btong eats secretly) almost hidden in the cover copy. For those interested in truly contemporary audio experiments, however, this crisp little outing has a lot to offer within the space of its 18 minutes." [label info]
www.wix.com/attenuationcircuit/attenuation-circuit