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Leikam, David
David Leikam Music
General | Aug 2007

Reviews

David McWade
Reviewed 2007-10-11
Improv, experimental jams of various styles. The artist is KZSU dj David Bug. Most tracks are very long and they all sound different (often with changes within songs), the improv theme is what holds them together (and it appears to have been recorded live in-studio). The artist clearly has a great deal of range and skill.

Start with 2, 5

1 Lo-fi, fuzzy noisy indie rock jam

2 Excellent, celestial and twisted classical sounds like Legendary Pink Dots circa 'Asylum' (or earlier) meets Robert Rich circa 'Calling Down The Sky'. Worth the length. My only complaint is that the astrologers consider Saturn to be a 'bad planet'

3 Long, jammy, drums and electronic noises, evolving, good

4 A lot of changes: starts echoic celestial, compendium of different types of synths and instruments (strings and horns, etc.) Then with about 10 minutes left gets darker, pensive, and more industrial-ish, later gets sparse. The last 5 minutes are very nice, makes me think of MIMIR.

5 Starts minimal, gets kind of intense, chaotic modern, dissonant classical with piano mixed with electronic sounds with about 6:30 left, brilliant and pretty. Haunting voices, minimalism, more dissonant chaos.

Recent airplay

Making Contact With Saturn (For Sextet)
Late Night Journeys Into Despair (Duet Featuring Thomas Merácz), Santa Cruz (For Trio)
In Your Ear RadioDec 10, 2015
Making Contact With Saturn (For Sextet)
In Your Ear RadioOct 29, 2015
Making Contact With Saturn (For Sextet)
In Your Ear RadioJul 14, 2015
Making Contact With Saturn (For Sextet)
MeowSep 11, 2012
Santa Cruz (For Trio), Late Night Journeys Into Despair (Duet Featuring Thomas Merácz)

Charting

2007-10-28 — 2007-12-30 Classical/Experimental
Week EndingAirplays
Dec 9 1
Nov 11 2

Track listing

1. Santa Cruz (For Trio)
2. Making Contact With Saturn (For Sextet)
3. "We Are Not Installing A Toilet Here?" (For Octet)
4. Late Night Journeys Into Despair (Duet Featuring Thomas Merácz)
5. Fremd Soundings (Duet Featuring Areni Agbabian)