released January 25, 2017
VITAL WEEKLY
The name variation indicates that we are dealing here with Eigenidyll, the duo of Tobias Schmitt (guitar, processing) and Sascha Stadlmeier (guitar, bass, sampler-processing) but with the addition of Go Tsushima (guitar, drum machine), captured in concert on September 23, 2016 in Augsburg. Like with their previous release (see Vital Weekly 1023), Eigenidyll's guitar music is not that easily traced back to a six-string instrument, let alone two of them. The previous release seemed quite ambient, and this one is, to a certain extent also quite ambient, but not entirely and throughout. As a trio they explore the outer limits of ambient music meeting noise meeting quiet approaches and a dash of rhythm, all while the guitar as such is not easily heard, not even three of them, but upon closer inspection they are indeed there. Guitars are used to generate sounds, mostly drone based, and in three sections they work from quiet to loud (though not really noise based); in the second section the guitar is actually picked up and played, along with Pan Sonic drive on the rhythm. The third section is all quieter and subdued. This is all quite good; a fine mixture of piercing electronics, ambient drones and some tormented as a rock trio, all of which sounded great to these ears.
(FdW)
www.vitalweekly.net/1071.html
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BAD ALCHEMY
Tobias Schmitt (Suspicion Breeds Confidence, Acrylwaffen) und Sascha Stadlmeier (Emerge, NYM) lassen sich ihr Eigenidyll von Go Tsushimas Gitarre aufmöbeln zu EigenGOdyll (ACK 1039). Der JIKU55-Partner von Maria Jikuuu zog, live im k15 in Augsburg, in einem Gitarrendreier mit zusätzlich Drum Machine, Bass und Processing die Schrauben des Loopwerks stramm. Er ist wirklich das Go, das das ambiente Kreisen, Wummern und Kaskadieren aufmischt mit vehement schrappelnder Marmorschafschur. In zentralperspektifischer Raffung gibt er dem Augsburger Allerlei als geschraubtem Raum ein 'Break on through' vor, erhält aber zuletzt nur alteuropäischen Großvateruhrenschlag als vielsagende Antwort.
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