anders ilar - ludwijka - extended visit
(shitkatapult, 2007)
Originally
released on 12" on the now defunct Merck label, 'Ludwijka' has now been
extended into a full album for the German-based Shitkatapult imprint.
This is Swedish bloke Ilar's foray into the murky (or should I say
Mercky?) world of IDM, and here he throws away his 4/4 tendencies in
favour of the glitchy beatplay of Proem or Mr. Projectile. You know
what the score is here, the year is 2000 and there are melodies
crawling slowly over MAX/MSP fried digital beats, you hear an
occasional fragment of piano, a submerged pad or a booming bass only
for it to be snatched away by a stray glitch. What sets this apart from
the IDM of yesteryear I suppose though is Ilar's extraordinary
attention to detail, a skill he has clearly refined while making tunes
to caress the mind while tear up the dancefloor. It might be nothing
new, but it's done very well indeed, and the final track 'Ludwijka IX'
is fifteen minute chunk of noisy ambience Tim Hecker fans would do well
to look closer at. Check it.
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