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〈MUSIC FROM MEMORY〉やそのサブレーベル〈SECOND CIRCLE〉でもリリースを重ね、ダブとエレクトロニカを融合したスタイルが代表的なスイス・ジュネーブ出身のAndrooがミニアルバムをリリース! サルデーニャ島の教会で新鮮な空気を見つけ、オルガンを弾き始めた瞬間や、ナポリを訪れた時に触れた小さな楽器を演奏した際のフィールドレコーディングが街のざわめき、日常から切り離された情景も含めて記録。アメリカのミニマリズム、毎朝聴いているというサルデーニャの伝統音楽、そして独特のゴスペル・モーダル・ジャズからインスピレーションを得て、不確定な要素が奇妙でロマンチックな、異質なミュージックコンクレートを形成している。

〈MUSIC FROM MEMORY〉やそのサブレーベル〈SECOND CIRCLE〉でもリリースを重ね、ダブとエレクトロニカを融合したスタイルが代表的な、スイス・ジュネーブ出身のAndrooと、Xavier RobelによるスプリットシングルがリリースA面はXavier Robelによる、実験的なMIDIピアノのためのコンポジション。アメリカの現代音楽家ラ・モンテ・ヤングのThe Well-Tuned Pianoの調律を参考にしつつ、より挑発的でいたずらっぽい躍動感が感じられる一曲。B面はXavier Robelの楽曲に応えて、Androoが再びダブトロニカのスタイルへと回帰した楽曲を収録。

即重版となった話題のDUBディスクガイド「DUB入門」にもピックアップされたスイス・ジュネーヴを拠点に活動するANDROOのニューアルバムは、なんとジャッキー・ミットゥへ捧げる一枚!!!!現代音楽やフリージャズをDUBとブレンドした作品を残してきた孤高のアーティストによる本作。ダブのエッセンスを用いながらジャズやミュージック・コンクレートを本作でも展開。即興、エフェクトを駆使しスマートなトリビュート盤とは一線を画す、実にANDROOらしいアヴァンギャルドなストーリーが刻まれたオブスキュア爆発なダブ・アルバム!!!Hybrid is a word used indiscriminately in our daily lives. This record isn't a hybrid; it's beyond hybrid, post-hybrid, so to speak. Does this phrase sound complicated to you, and are you never overly convinced by music theory and its caricatural aspect? Then forget what you’ve just read and listen to both sides of this record. You'll soon realise that these tracks are deliciously deft, drawing their essence from dub while leaving room for some skillful jazz writing. For those of you intrigued by melodies, the art of musique concrète or the exploration of dub music’s deviant angles, this record will easily find its place on your turntable.The two sides of the record are cut with play, improvisation and effects, while leaving room for themes and ideas. If this record’s first chapter was born from a request to remix and pay homage to Jackie Mittoo, its themes tell another story. They have been declined and even reduced to an explosion point. The tracks are also driven by subtle details of musique concrète, giving the record the effect of an intimate musical production – but, above all, one of uncategorisable beauty.In Androo’s case, this is hardly surprising. He is a craftsman who is unassailable in every respect, a poetic dynamiter and, for this reason, one of the most unpredictable musicians in Geneva (and beyond). His appetite for dynamite is perhaps an indication of his conception of music as, first and foremost, an experience. His highly personal and inventive tribute to figures from free jazz and contemporary music proves the point. But perhaps it is also an indication of his attachment to Jean-Luc Godard. You'd have to imagine Androo at his mixing desk without a pre-written script. The idea of editing infuses the record. The two sides are very much in this style and spirit: (un-)shot, meticulous, (ir-)reverent. In this respect, this record is a formidable proposition, and perhaps difficult to understand, but not striving to be understood.Its combination of improvisation and composition is underpinned by a razor-sharp precision and dexterity that's hard to ignore, especially if you're curious about the art of sound mixing and the romantic accidents. It has a dexterity that transforms musical grids into romantic essays and sketches. A romanticism in which Androo takes us on a liberating musical experience that makes us forget the inertia of the ramping formatting of the record industry. In any case, this record is an invitation to (un-)think the category, and will delight any ear curious to wander into territories of intuition where the word hybrid no longer makes sense.Text by Carl Åhnebrink

POLY DANCE THEATRE speeds up the tempo (perhaps in search of lost time) and so here already the first announcement for the next release: POL008, called "Le Commerce" (The Business).It's a very special record. Beyond the deep bass line, the efficient ryhtmics and the ghostly apparitions of dubbed-out commercial romantic melodies, this 10" is above all an object-question, a small political gesture of sabotage. Be careful. Be careful. Rare! Very very very rare! even unique! (…300 copies)Prepare yourself "mentally", as the EP contains 4x the same track (and that's all). A track that spins. A track that does the trick. An eternal return. Difference and repetition? All this is a opportunity to question consumption, especially in the "world of music", the "world of records", the "world of DJs", the "world of nightlife"... and so on. Production, distribution, consumption. Objects. Things. A history from the 60s to today. Where are we now? Still here: Organizing lack in the abundance of production. Lack. Abundance. A history of desires. And music? What's its role? What do we want? What do you want?On the cover, there are poems/collages about commerce, scarcity, abundance, commodity fetishism, an insulting letter and other little things.The album is due for release at the end of June.

MUSIC FROM MEMORYからのアルバムで注目の気鋭が手掛けるジェネーブ・ダブ・サウンドシステム発DUB PLATE !!! 地元ジェネーブのダブ・サウンドシステム・シーンから登場しMUSIC FROM MEMORYのサブレーベル〈SECOND CIRCLE〉からデビュー。以降バレアリックやレフトフィールドを巻き込み独自のコズミック・ダブの地平を開拓し昨年は遂に本家MFMからもアルバムをリリースしたスイスのプロデューサー・ANDROOが自身のレーベルPOLY DANCE THEATREからNS KROOサウンドシステム(ANDROO & BABA)のエクスクルーシブDUBPLATEをリリース!!スモーキーなダブ・サウンドにベース・ミュージック~シンセ・ウェーブ等クラブ・ミュージック派生のテイストが融合する5つのトラック。AサイドはUK DUB重鎮IRATION STEPPASの別名義KITACHIのトリュビート作3バージョンを、Bサイドは2014年頃制作されたという作品のANDROOによる2023年リマスタリング。

Hanko / Sync Dancehall by androo