Kotra and Zavoloka
"Wag the Swing" CD
Kvitnu Records
Genre: experimental electronic,
electronic, blips + bleeps
May 2007 |
I've reviewed Ukrainian experimental electronic acts
Kotra and Zavoloka separately in the past, but Wag
The Swing sees them together at last in the form of a 24-track
collaboration album put out by Kvitnu, the label run by Kotra's
Dmytro Fedorenko. This is quite a varied and eclectic affair as
far as experimental glitch and electronic music goes, with just the
right amount of tunefulness maintained to keep things from falling
into noise territory. The album's combination of organic sounds (bass,
voice, etc) combined with mechanical electronic manipulation makes for
an interesting juxtaposition between the computer and the human. A
track like opener "Out Of Nowhere" produces a warm, melodic
sensitivity amidst the cutting edge of rhythmic static. Meanwhile,
"Analogue Tender" is warped and jazzy, with a laminator-gone-wrong
beat and musical noodlings hidden within. The whole thing is a little
more lively and animated than many experimental offerings, which
results in an energetic release that isn't overly abrasive. Only true
enthusiasts of abstract and experimental electronic music need apply
here, as twenty four tracks worth of this stuff might scare off less
adventurous listeners. But if you know what you're getting into,
Wag the Swing will prove to be yet another fine offering from the
burgeoning Ukrainian electronic music scene. mp3s (from
zavoloka.com):
out of nowhere,
spacy drift
85%
youuuuuuuutube!:
zavoloka live at dnipropetrovsk,
kotra live at dnipropetrovsk
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 24 tracks,
63:33,
distributed by
the label,
released 2007] |
