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M2 (Squaremeter) - The Bitter End review

klaxer
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Posted : Aug 10, 2004 19:59
27-years German genius Mathis Mootz started make electronic music in 1996 and by present time has deservedly turned to a cult figure on European underground drum-n-bass/post-techno scene, issuing numerous albums and vinyls under names PANACEA, SQUAREMETER, KATE MOSH on labels Mille Plateaux, Ant-Zen/Hymen, Hands, Position Chrom. Today I present your attention the review of the fourth album of project M2 " The Bitter End " which continues and wonderfully develops atmospheric cyber-futuristic experimental ambient - a sound previous "Parsec" LP. I shall remind, that on the two first albums the musician searched for the sounding and their contents were crude experiments, casual rhythmic progressions, sketchy samples and magnifiers which hardly could apply for success at ordinary students - electronic-freaks. For example, I am more likely declined to consider of the first albums "Sinecore" and "14id1610s" as interesting soundlibraries for professional musicians, as collections important "bricks" from which in the future will be collected impressing gloomy sci-fi soundtracks "Parsec" and " The Bitter End ". But, running forward, I at once shall inform, that I think last album SQUAREMETER the best creation in a rich discography of the German electronician and the third release in the current year which automatically gets in my list of the best electro-noise-industrial records of 2002. It is necessary to continue further? On an album contains six long compositions which softly hypnotize and immerse the student in deep surrealistic sound design. Warm waves of constantly changing idm-sounds, sporadic low-frequency pulsings, uniquitous fat basses, fragile microscopic noise-effects and the glitches which are coming up from darkness trip-hopish and technoid rhythmic progressions, methodical emissions of the most beautiful sinti-melodies, dense clots of an atmospheric gloom and a stereoecho with sampled a man's voice with a timbre Fault of the Vin Diesel engine give rise to one of the smoothest, irresistable, fantastic, intelligent and complex sound pictures which to me ever could be heard. All compositions of an album are constructed under the identical circuit and on the same sound samples, but thus the musician wonderfully avoids recurrences, suggesting in each composition new updatings unique, penetrating under a skin and in a brain of electronic style.
"The bitter end" includes samples taken from the BBC version of "The lord of the rings", echoed and reverbed. The sound is also slightly less spacial, but more basses and little details are thrown into the mix, producing something that is at times a bit more rhythmic and dark.
From the very first sounds of "An eye rimmed with fire", the listener finds pulsating low frequencies and short synthetic melodies are supported by the constantly building arpeggiated basses. The music is still written around several layers of flowing sounds, with very little repetition. Therefore, here is a CD that constaly drag the listener attention to the music. Enriched with a lot of these little noises produced with computer's errors.
" The Bitter End " it is the best way to listen in very good headphones, thus providing full contact, merge to music. In comparison with a material "Parsec" on a new album in a sound mix gloomy melodies, and also mechanical bats, basses and pulsations that gives " The Bitter End " additional dynamism (certainly are injected even more, about any dances here and speeches cannot be). Before us extremely effective, long-playing masterpiece electronic idm/ambient/post-techno in which are inherent epic scope, futuristic manga-mysticism and surrealistic beauty. Very hi-fi and complex, but not broken, here is something that integrate emotion into glitchy click'n'cut, and which breaks down soft IDM into something more straightforward but as well produced and as thoughfull. "The bitter end" is a mechanical and distant, but stays rather soundtrack-ish. I strongly recommend to all true admirers of modern progressive electronics immediately to get " The Bitter End " in the record libraries. Such ingenious music meets today extremely seldom.
Comes packaged in a luxurious, matt black handspak with gold print and a small square sticker on top. Released 1st July 2002. Hands.

The tracklist program:

1. An Eye Rimmed With Fire - 9:21'
2. A Dark Shadow - 8:37'
3. Beyond the Ancient Stronghold - 9:45'
4. In the Far Distance - 8:44'
5. The Hammer of the Underworld - 11:10'
6. The Weakest Point - 9:20'

Total running time: - 56:57'

[c] & [p] 2002 HANDS PROD.

Mr.Kazuki


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Posted : Sep 3, 2004 11:21
Nice review Klaxer!
Big respect!
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