Free Form Freakout: Fffour Kmsu
Various Artists
Reviews
awyeh
Reviewed 2013-10-24
Reviewed 2013-10-24
Really cool diverse collection of X tracks assembled as a fundraiser for KMSU in Mankato, Minnesota. Some familiar artists to KZSU scattered throughout (but sample the track first- a couple seem to have offered something totally different from their standard output). Levels vary from super loud to barely audible, you might want to watch them on this one. Anyone willing to play something X should be able to find something they like here, and the shorter, musical pieces (ex. 2, 17) could/should encourage play on indie shows etc.
*1 (5:00) Angelic vocalizations, thin high glitchy static, icicle tones; grows lush and rich second half
*2 (4:09) Beachy ripples of guitar, sparse low drums; warm, enveloping, beautiful
3 (6:04) Weird deconstructed lo-bit synth beat, bee-esque vocalizations that occasionally approach words, some static late in track
4 (5:34) Static ambience gives way to oscillating synth, digital bells. Nighttime
*5 (7:44) Whimsical keys, light percussion, RIYL Henry Plotnick but want more beats
6 (3:53) Noisy warbles float between stereo channels; a woman creepily narrates the story of you entering a fantastic palace
7 (3:11) Quiet, minimalistic; a faint, noisy rhythm repeats all track
8 (5:55) Ominous ambient synths + high-pitched but not abrasive knob fiddling
9 (3:50) Synth washes and effects over a fast, tinny beat
10 (3:23) Fucked up noisy techno instrumentation over an actual beat
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*11 (7:17) Low drums and mechanical jittering, moves towards weird space ambience
12 (2:52) Urgent staticky thudding beat over vacuum cleaner white noise
13 (5:40) A minute of scraping dining utensils that seem to come from anywhere but your speakers bookended by quiet noisy ambience
14 (3:02) Wandering woodwind sounds, slow and somewhat suspenseful
*15 (10:23) Western-tinged acoustic-electric guitar experimentation accompanied by heavy, almost mechanical feedback
16 (6:20) Ruminations on strings, banjo, and light static
*17 (6:56) Pretty, shuffling, upbeat electric guitar + xylophone
18 (4:43) Quiet; one, occasionally two layers of electronic clipping, scattering
19 (6:27) Droning ambient soundscape for 4:40, then transitions into a slow, longing piece on keys
20 (8:50) Tape loop ambience over an unintelligible vocal sample that slowly fades into static at the end
*1 (5:00) Angelic vocalizations, thin high glitchy static, icicle tones; grows lush and rich second half
*2 (4:09) Beachy ripples of guitar, sparse low drums; warm, enveloping, beautiful
3 (6:04) Weird deconstructed lo-bit synth beat, bee-esque vocalizations that occasionally approach words, some static late in track
4 (5:34) Static ambience gives way to oscillating synth, digital bells. Nighttime
*5 (7:44) Whimsical keys, light percussion, RIYL Henry Plotnick but want more beats
6 (3:53) Noisy warbles float between stereo channels; a woman creepily narrates the story of you entering a fantastic palace
7 (3:11) Quiet, minimalistic; a faint, noisy rhythm repeats all track
8 (5:55) Ominous ambient synths + high-pitched but not abrasive knob fiddling
9 (3:50) Synth washes and effects over a fast, tinny beat
10 (3:23) Fucked up noisy techno instrumentation over an actual beat
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*11 (7:17) Low drums and mechanical jittering, moves towards weird space ambience
12 (2:52) Urgent staticky thudding beat over vacuum cleaner white noise
13 (5:40) A minute of scraping dining utensils that seem to come from anywhere but your speakers bookended by quiet noisy ambience
14 (3:02) Wandering woodwind sounds, slow and somewhat suspenseful
*15 (10:23) Western-tinged acoustic-electric guitar experimentation accompanied by heavy, almost mechanical feedback
16 (6:20) Ruminations on strings, banjo, and light static
*17 (6:56) Pretty, shuffling, upbeat electric guitar + xylophone
18 (4:43) Quiet; one, occasionally two layers of electronic clipping, scattering
19 (6:27) Droning ambient soundscape for 4:40, then transitions into a slow, longing piece on keys
20 (8:50) Tape loop ambience over an unintelligible vocal sample that slowly fades into static at the end
Recent airplay
The Telephone Chose Watson, Treachery, A Foul Thing, Utilization Of A Quartz Crystal (For Dramatic Effect)
stringless balloon — Dec 26, 2013
Fall Back In A Sea Of Love
Stringless Balloon — Dec 12, 2013
Slowly Drinking Shade
early evening dryer — Dec 08, 2013
Bicycle, Slowly Drinking Shade
Music Casserole — Dec 07, 2013
Towhota
min entropy part 2 by awyeh — Nov 14, 2013
Utilization Of A Quartz Crystal (For Dramatic Effect)
Aporaw-yeh — Nov 08, 2013
Charting
2013-10-24 — 2013-12-26
Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Dec 29 | 1 |
| Dec 15 | 2 |
| Dec 8 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | 1 |
| Nov 10 | 4 |
| Nov 3 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Slowly Drinking Shade | ||
| 2. | Fall Back In A Sea Of Love | ||
| 3. | Towhota | ||
| 4. | Manute Music | ||
| 5. | Vox Continuum | ||
| 6. | Utilization Of A Quartz Crystal (For Dramatic Effect) | ||
| 7. | Snake Chase 2 | ||
| 8. | Aftermath | ||
| 9. | Red Portage | ||
| 10. | Bounce With Me Ohio | ||
| 11. | Treachery, A Foul Thing | ||
| 12. | Spectral Eyes | ||
| 13. | Another Myself | ||
| 14. | Mutability | ||
| 15. | The Telephone Chose Watson | ||
| 16. | Apertura | ||
| 17. | Bicycle | ||
| 18. | Secular Music Of South Minneapolis | ||
| 19. | A Physical Ascension | ||
| 20. | Rate Of Strain |