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Nikolaienko
RINGS
Faitiche
- Cat No: FAITLP 23
- updated:2021-11-02
JAN JELINEK主宰の〈FAITICHE〉からウクライナ出身、エストニアを拠点に活動する電子音楽家NIKOLAIENKO。アナログなテープマシーンを使い磁気テープによる音楽の可能性を模索した素晴らしい数珠の音源。じっくり素晴らしいので是非意識を傾けてみてください。
Track List
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A1. Ambianta IV
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A2. Ambianta V
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A3. Uomo Di Mondo
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A4. Mirrorage
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A5. Waves Build Beach
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A6. Untitled
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B1. Ambianta I
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B2. Two Rings
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B3. Ambianta II
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B4. Well-Degraded
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B5. Ambianta III
Fortunately for us, Dmytro Nikolaienko agreed to open up the jewellery boxes of his tape-loop archive for his debut album on Faitiche. What came to light was a collection of dreamy glittering gems, masterfully presented using the compositional possibilities of analogue tape machines. Some may consider a tape machine to be limited as a musical instrument, but Rings makes a convincing case with its sure-handed use of the available parameters – moving tape over the tape head mechanically and manually, cutting loops, manipulating timbre and creating noise by means of saturation. The results are eleven blurred, repetitive, rhythmic patterns that can be understood as an intervention against digital precision, as mechanical irregularities and background noise become musical events.
For those familiar with Nikolaienko’s work, his nostalgic approach here will come as no surprise: born in Ukraine and now based in Estonia, he has chosen a historical medium (that has been enjoying a renaissance for some years now) to record historical-sounding sequences. The way he manages his own back catalogue is similarly archival, documenting the chronology of his tape loops in such a way as to leave no doubt as to their advanced age. And then there are his two wonderful labels Muscut and Shukai, the latter being an archival project releasing electroacoustic obscurities from the Soviet past.
For those familiar with Nikolaienko’s work, his nostalgic approach here will come as no surprise: born in Ukraine and now based in Estonia, he has chosen a historical medium (that has been enjoying a renaissance for some years now) to record historical-sounding sequences. The way he manages his own back catalogue is similarly archival, documenting the chronology of his tape loops in such a way as to leave no doubt as to their advanced age. And then there are his two wonderful labels Muscut and Shukai, the latter being an archival project releasing electroacoustic obscurities from the Soviet past.
自身の音源、ButtechnoことPavel MilyakovやAndrew Peklerの「Cue」のアナログもしているレーベル〈MUSCUT〉と、60年代から80年代の旧ソヴィエト時代のフィルムやTVのために製作されたライブラリー音源の発掘にスポットした〈SHUKAI〉を運営しながらリリースを続けるDmytro Nikolaienkoが、〈FAITICHE〉のオファーでアルバム・リリース。自身の音源、ButtechnoことPavel MilyakovやAndrew Peklerの「Cue」のアナログもしているレーベル〈MUSCUT〉と、60年代から80年代の旧ソヴィエト時代のフィルムやTVのために製作されたライブラリー音源の発掘にスポットした〈SHUKAI〉を運営しながらリリースを続けるDmytro Nikolaienkoが、〈FAITICHE〉のオファーでアルバム・リリース。JAN JELENEKと共振する、アーリー電子音楽の手法を更新しながらノスタルジック、エキゾチックなイマジナリーな心地よさとリズム電子サウンドスケープのマジカルさ。素晴らしいです。 (サイトウ)