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Stilluppsteypa
Interferences are Often Requested: Reverse Tendency As Parts Become
Nearly Nothing
1999 Ritornell CD Track Listing:
1. Part Nearly Nothing
2. Mostly Midrange Vocals
3. Plenty Loud, Thank You
4. Is This (Better Than) What I'm Used To
5. Wheel Who Doesn't Do Anything
6. From A To Z Without Too Much Fuss
7. Some People Just Want To Take Out Their Old Guitar
Press Release:
Stilluppsteypa was formed in the beginning of '92 to do more experiments
with music than experimental music.In the first 5 years the band released
3 CDs and several LPs, including split releases with The Hafler Trio
Stock Hausen & Walkman and more. In '97 the band to leave their
home, Iceland, and bring their activities to the Netherlands. Since
that time the band has worked constantly in the studio and performed
all over the world, opening up for Sonic Youth at Tempodrom Berlin,
playing at the Cooler NYC, etc. In '98, Stilluppsteypa released a
new album and gave their work a more minimal electronic approach,
e.g. having Japanese minimal composer Ryoji Ikeda remix a track. Collaborations
have been done with Japanese female singer Hanayo and Andy Diagram
of the Spaceheads. This first album for Ritornell was recorded at
Steim Studios in Amsterdam and in Iceland. The music floats somewhere
between Noto, Pansonic and Ikeda. Stilluppsteypa are generating electrified
sound surfaces, modulating sinus sounds, and working with minimal
beats. The project develops into a soft vision of minimal electronic
music, a highly transparent sound design. |
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