Aosuke : Monotone Spirits

Ulf Schütte is responsible for half the good
music that comes out of Hamburg Germany, along
side his friend and Datashock collaborator
Pascal Hector who runs Meudiademorte records,
releasing delicious sound explorations
on his tape label Tape Tektoniks,
putting out stuff ranging from Datashock, James Fella
Pulse Emitter and even Hamilton Ontario's Fossils,
he and pascal have been supporting
each other sense Ulf contacted Meudiademorte to put out
a project that would soon turn into Aosuke, leading to
the birth of Tape Tektoniks for more Aosuke and friends
releases,


while Ulf is not busy with his solo effort
Shivers, he and Tobert Knopp produce beautiful
guitar oriented ambient sound scapes,
the progression of sound is not unlike a gentle
Animal collective or Panda Bear release
but with out any mania or drums, in fact there are
no beats on this album at all, but with a rang of ticks
chirps and clacks covering the tracks,
you don't miss any kind of drum section,
on the contrary it would take the sound in a more
electronica direction, which i think would spoil
the kind of ambient folk aspects of the recording,


track one "at the shore" starts with little
electric chirrup's and a cymbal flourish,
a repeating guitar phrase dominates the track,
its clear and comforting like a string of words,
an agitated vocal of "oh oh ho ah ah ah" takes
attention away from the chirps and guitar
at the half point, its this kind of blending
and overlapping that makes the album stand out,
its is perfectly mixed with out any part or section
in particular getting the snub,

song three the title track "monotone spirits"
is a beautiful mix of bug songs and guitar tone,
plus a debilitated and haunting vocal,
coming off as almost a sample or guest spot,


the last song on the four track LP
"ant architecture" is more angled
toward noise like the quiet perspectives of
glitchy grindcore stuff, the lenient sounds right
before it gets chaotic,


this is the same fundamental ambient bliss
made popular by Black dice, heavy tapes,
animal collective projects and the like....

i highly recommend this release to anyone who
likes music basically, it was released on vinyl
on Meudiademorte and sub released on audiolith
on CD,



http://www.myspace.com/aosuke
http://www.myspace.com/meudiademorte
http://www.myspace.com/tapetektoniks


related projects to check out

http://www.myspace.com/urshivering
http://www.myspace.com/tobertknopp
http://www.myspace.com/conescones
http://www.myspace.com/datashock
http://www.myspace.com/turbostaat