Lights Out Asia and Near the Parenthesis
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
From: John Diliberto
Length: 00:03:27
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Related Pieces
Piece Description
The post-rock ambience of Lights Out Asia ignites Milwaukee, while glitch artist Near the Parenthesis finds melancholy in the scratches.
Broadcast History
WXPN 8/10/2008
Transcript
:20
The n5MD record label began with a suspect business plan. They were going to release their music only on mini-disc. Although that format went the way of the Apple Newton and Pets.com sock puppet, n5MD hung on, switching to CDs and building a roster of moody, electronic shrouded rock acts.
Musik
:22
Among the latest releases from n5MD are new CDs from Near the Parenthesis and Lights Out Asia. Near the parenthesis is just one guy, Tim Arndt. He lives in San Francisco where he plugs in his laptop and keyboard to create, glitch strewn landscapes that frequently start out as noise and slowly converge into something quite melodic and beautiful.
Music
:17
Although Near the Parenthesis is an awkward name, the music has a post-modern elegance as Tim, fine tunes a filter on digital detritus, [de-tray-tus] honing in on haunted melodies buried in the noise. His latest album...
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Timing and Cues
Incue: [sonar sound] + This is an Echo Location: Soundings for New Music.
Outcue: I?m John Diliberto and this has been an Echo Location, Soundings for New Music
