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Clicks & Cuts [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Disc: 1
1. Kern - Frank Bretschneider
2. Circa 1509 - SND
3. Raute - Farben
4. Synkopoint - Vladislav Delay
5. Spass - Pole
6. Koilinen - Pansonic
7. Prototype N - Alva Noto
8. Shift - Skist
9. Confused Bear Thrown Into The Sea - Stilluppsteypa
10. Clairvoyance - Neina
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Disc: 2
1. Maschine - Ester Brinkmann
2. Uberall - All
3. Strange Fruit - Dettinger
4. These Few Minutes - Auotpoieses
5. I Won't Lie - Jake Mandell
6. Loads Early Like Normal - Kit Clayton
7. [Esta Gran Humanidad Ha Dicho] Ya Basta! - Ultra-Red
8. Matrix - Reinhard Voigt
9. Rechannelled From Stereo - Thomas Meineckes' Framus Waikik
10. Sinecore - Panacea
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Starting with Warp's Artificial Intelligence releases, the compilation CD has become to electronic music what the 7-inch single was for indie rock, and Mille Plateaux's compilations have been of consistently high quality. As the liner notes for this one succinctly put it, "You have come here, you must think about minimalism." There's quite a variety of minimalism on display: the highly melodic but still mind-bendingly strange work of Wolfgang Voigt (calling himself All here, better known as Gas); an austerely beautiful Ester Brinkmann track; the subtly propulsive rhythms of Frank Bretschneider and Farben; and edgy, bordering on grating pieces from Kid 606 and Kit Clayton (two of a handful of Americans in an otherwise heavily Northern European crowd). The sonic density and style varies from one track to another, but they are all minimal to the extent that each attains cruising altitude within the first minute or so, letting the listener choose whether the resulting state of mind is one he or she would like to be in for the next four to five minutes. Although the aesthetic unity of the collection is its intent, the CDs do serve as a useful consumer guide, giving a good introduction to many names that may be familiar but are often attached to pricey imports. --Bob Bannister

Album Details

Electronic. Pan Sonic, Mike Ink, Pole, Kit Clayton, Thomas, Brinkmann, Snd, Vladislav Delay, Farben, Panacea.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Glitchy Click/Cut Culcha on parade, Feb 9 2004
This review is from: Clicks & Cuts (Audio CD)
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Gosh, you can either do not very much, or a heck of a lot, with very little (all power to minimalism!). The best of the best here - Pole, Vladislav Delay, Neina, Dettinger and Goem at my first hearing - make a lot of little. The worst of the worst - Reinhard Voight's "Matrix" - is 3 mins 18 secs of wasted space to this punter. Nothing's happening, so why bother! Minimalist doesn't have to be boring.

I would have liked to hear more than one and a bit minutes of Curd Duca. Ester Brinkmann's 'Maschine', while more interesting than the Reinhard Voight offering, leaves me pretty cold. For weird, Ihan's "Sans Titre No 2" is a great little glitch journey.

Overall, a great buy, just to get an overview of this genre. Also makes me realise how Markus Popp (Oval) and Stefan Betke (Pole) have got this genre pegged. The '94 Diskont' and 'CD1' albums respectively from these two glitch-gurus beat most of these offerings hands down! I think the difference is the warm musicality of both, even taking into account the starkness of some of their work.

For those willing to go outside the popular music genre, try any of these 'classical' minimalist composers for a good listen of somewhat more 'analogue' minimal sound:

- Arvo Part (try "Fratres", "Tabula Rasa" etc on EMI Classics for a taste of warm, 'spiritual' minimalism)
- Henryk Gorecki (Symphony No3 is one of the most stunning pieces of minimalist music ever made - try the el-cheapo Naxos recording, which is also by far the best)
- Anton Webern (Orchestral Music conducted by Pierre Boulez on Deutsche Gramaphon is great starting point) - this composer makes everything out of not much at all
- John Cage ("Sonatas & Interludes for Prepared Piano" on Naxos is a cheap and rivetting version of this fabulous music, some driven, some reflective, but always engaging)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Little clicks and cuts can make all the difference, Sep 20 2000
This review is from: Clicks & Cuts (Audio CD)
I would say this is a good place for someone not familiar with this kind of stuff to start, though prolly any place is as good as another when it comes to minimalist electronics. Prolly better than just picking up a Pole or Oval cd. Good stuff if you leave it on all day.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Minimal, July 7 2000
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Michael Heumann (El Centro, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clicks & Cuts (Audio CD)
Minimalist music is music that is barely there--music that usually repeats simple, bare-bones rhythms and melodies until they have exhausted both the listener and the artist. This type of music is certainly popular among some, but I'm usually bored after the first few songs. However, Mille Plateaux's Clicks_+_Cuts offers a different, more interesting roadmap for this genre. Following the lead of Pole (aka Stefan Betke), the diverse artists that contribute to this 2 CD collection have managed to make minimal music that both retains the trademarks of the minimal school and offers new avenues for experimentation. In other words, this album retains the repetition of minimalism, but incorporates into this repetition new and unusual sounds, odd time signatures, and even some interesting song structures. If you have heard Pole's first album, then you'll have a sense of what to expect here--a plethora of (as the title suggests) clicks and cuts, static, looped samples, dub effects, a variety of programmed drum and synth patterns, and a whole host of other, interesting sounds. Dettinger's "Strange Fruit," for example, starts with clicks and flanged bubble synth sounds, which meld into a backwards rhythm (clicks now in the background) that slowly builds into a larger, forward-moving 303 rhythm. That rhythm expands and does weird things with rhythm manipulation and time signatures, then abruptly stops. This music is challenging, unusual, and original. It's great fun, too, which is something I usually don't say about minimalism.
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