A split 12-inch from the latest addition(?) to record labels in Sweden: White Noise. One side features 5 tracks by Chambre Noire or rather 4 tracks and 1 vocal sound experiment. First up is “Uitno Yard” a soothing atmospheric electro track with excellent sounds, undiluted drum patterns and beautiful strings. It’s reminiscent of the early Artificial Intelligence days. “Hidslkj” a slightly firmer electro track that also has great atmosphere, bass and strong melody follows it. “Ranunkula” is a short track with not as strong electro influences, but nice sound selection and apt programming nevertheless. “Perobscurus (Edit)” utilises femal vocals alongside minimal beats and strings, very soundtrack-like composition. Number five is based entirely on vocal processing and experimentation. In all honesty it’s not exactly my cup of tea and given that the four first tracks are a bit short it would have been a better idea to make them longer and leave “9082896701423” on the hard drive. “Tekk” a decidedly ambient beatless track built around a vocoderised voice ends Chambre Noire’s side and it is quite hypnotic at that. Chambre Noire is one of the White Noise label’s founders and managers and I assume that this is also his debut. It’ll be interesting to see what emerges from the black room and onto the white noise in the future, the first release promises more to come and that’s right, Chambre Noire is such a cool name isn’t it? The other side starts off with Schräge Musik’s take on electro and the synthesised handclap is included. The first track “Sector-z” works has an intro and has a subtly pounding bass. “Vorwärts” starts and more electro is to follow, straightforward bassline alongside quirky melody and processed menacing vocals. An electro cut, relaing heavily on influences by great masters such as Cybotron, the drum machines reign supreme in “Weary”. “What is love” switches the sound setting and leans towards EBM and has cords filled to the brim with the sound of the eighties. “See my car”, “Here she comes” continue the look back to the future(?) tracks floating in the midst of the fabric of those days long gone. And the Schräge Musik’s side is ended in a different way alltogether with a mellow sounding warm but short or 63 seconds long electronic outro “en minut”. Exploring the possibilities of the split format to the fullest, you get a lot of different and electronic music for your money and surely this is just the beginning of the White Noise?
electronic desert ≡ revisited + extended