Audio Combine

Bischoff, John/Audio Combine
Label: New World Records

Reviewed by Giancarlo M
2/16/13

Minimalist electronic art music (with some acoustic sounds), has some musique concrete influences. Very sparse, relatively meandering, somewhat ominous at points.

Favorites – Audio Combine, Local Color

1. *(12:58) Audio Combine – Many background ambient sounds (metal ringing), sparse bell sounds throughout. Same general level throughout.
2. (12:36) Sidewalk Chatter – High pitched noises in the background, with sounds of acoustic bells. Playing with a lot of types of electronic noise throughout this.
3. *(11:48) Local Color – Many different types of bells, and the sounds of the resonance of bells. Playing with the beat frequencies of each bell, very interesting.
4. (11:53) Decay Trace – Sounds of bells at lower frequencies, with interspersed small percussive clicks.
5. (11:01) Surface Effect – “Synth” sounds, at very low frequencies with some distortion, become relatively chaotic with bell sounds, clicks and low frequency distorted tones.