Shuffle
Machinefabriek
| Available Formats | No. of Tracks | Price | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Download Album (mp3) | 9 tracks | £5.99 | ||
| Download Album (flac) | 9 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download Album (wav) | 9 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download individual tracks | N/A | from £0.75 |
Machinefabriek - Shuffle
Nine tracks, all based on a specific combination of instruments, which were sampled and played through a software program, layering sounds randomly. Contributions come from Espen Reinertsen (saxophone) and Mariska Baars (voice).
Reviews
Things just don't seem to slow down for Rutger Zuydervelt, also known as Machinefabriek, but then a fabriek (which means factory in dutch, in case you wondered) should always work, right? Zuydervelt writes that we shouldn't regard this as the follow up to his main works "Marijn", "Ranonkel" or "Dauw". The title doesn't deal with the tracks on the release which should be played in shuffle mode, but rather with some random shuffle thing that you can find on his website (and installed there by his long term friend and former Dagpauwoog member Gerco Hiddink), in which he loads on or two sounds and then it plays by itself. Or some such, if I understand well. The nine pieces here are named after the instruments used, such 'Acoustic Guitar, E-bow', 'Autoharp, Vinyl' or 'Piano, Voice'. This might seem a hit and miss approach, and obviously we are unaware of the various stages of editing Zuydervelt may have applied to it, but rest assured, this is still top Zuydervelt music, of the kind that he started with... exactly "Marijn" and has expanded later on, on his real CDs but also on his various collaborations and 3"CDR releases. Nice, sparsely orchestrated music. Take 'Piano, voice': a few notes played on the keyboard, some sustained female vocals (courtesy of Mariska Baars of Soccer Comittee) humming nicely. I am not blown away by some of the use of reverb on this release but such is life. Otherwise I think this is a pretty strong release.
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Tracklisting
Download Album (MFDIOG03DD)
- Machinefabriek - Acoustic guitar, ebow
- Machinefabriek - Music box, tuning fork
- Machinefabriek - Piano, voice
- Machinefabriek - Vinyl
- Machinefabriek - Autoharp, vinyl
- Machinefabriek - Melodica, reverb box
- Machinefabriek - Saxophone, radio, tape
- Machinefabriek - Reel-to-reel
- Machinefabriek - Electric guitar
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