New Rumpistol EP in April
reports that they'll be putting out the new Rumpistol release "Talk to you EP" on April 18, available either as a 12" or digital download. Details/sample: http://www.rump-recordings.dk/releases/18
Label: Rump Recordings
Viewing posts 1-4 out of 4System - Drk (video)
is posting a series of videos (and remixes) to promote the release of the upcoming album "B" from Danish electronic duo System, the first of which you see above. More here: http://www.rump-recordings.dk/
Badun
s/t
Rump Recordings
The self-titled debut by this Danish trio is situated squarely in the fertile soundscape where electronica, jazz and post-rock meet. Like Norway's Alog, Badun's tracks tend to be short and evocative, but they rely more heavily on their rhythm section to guide the way. Fretless bass and Fender Rhodes sonics abound, and the percussive brush strokes are infinitely subtle. This isn't difficult music, but neither does it play safe by being merely ambient-pretty or groove-anchored. Instead, this music glides aloft on its own glitch-driven air currents, remarkably sure of itself even if the listener is sometimes left guessing. It's all a bit on the chilly side aesthetically, but if you just stick it on without analyzing too much, this is intriguing stuff.
- Kevin Renick
Karsten Pflum
Idhax
Rump Recordings
Karsten Pflum, or Dane Jacob Helverskov Madsen's latest release is thoroughly quirky, but only for those of you who enjoy forays into the frontiers of musical weirdness. To really get into this album, appreciation of minimalist techno is a must as Madsen's arrangements can get particularly tedious (as is the case with the majority of experimental stuff). There are moments on "Idhax" where the music begins to make sense, such as an unusually fully constructed beat towards the end of "Impulse 11", reminiscent of the animated psy-trance of Shpongle or Infected Mushroom. This is, however, a rare moment on the album, which is less a gem of talented composition and more a rambling, haphazard journey from one electronic beep to another. Madsen himself summed it up nicely by naming one of the tracks "No target".
- Jude Ainsworth