TM404
Acidub
As part of Kontra-Musik Records 20 years celebration, a repress of the
second TM404 album will be out mid October. Info from the original
press release: Andreas Tilliander returns to Kontra-Musik in a grand style
with his second TM404 album. Titled 'Acidub', this highly anticipated
release is much more of an evolution than a repetition of the first superbly
self-restricted album, where Tilliander even decided to use only one of the
two Roland TB-303 waveforms. Acidub is a more playful and open listening
experience, no doubt inspired by his extensive live touring with the TM404
concept. In fact, you can almost hear Tilliander's flock of acid machines
breaking free from the restrained modus operandi. Every sound is like a
migratory bird with a heart yearning for high altitude and favourable winds.
The opening track Alinge paints a lucid picture of these acid birds leaving
a cold industrial landscape behind; the flickering black shadows from their
wings against the white smoke rising from a forest of chimneys below. The
very last seconds of Alinge even echo of the place the silver birds are
longing for, but that will remain a secret between Kontra-Musik and the avid
listener. Sufficient to say, we can follow these birds of passage as they're
heading south towards a warmer climate, fleeing the cold discipline of the
North. Mutron Mantra, for instance, brings us to a rainforest full of
serpentine lianas, giant leaves dripping with moist and green pools of water
bubbling with organic life. Don't Defend Mascot guides us through a steaming
savannah at dusk with hundreds of yellow eyes following our every step while
Pade vividly describes the perils of the flight and the pace and courage
needed to press on. In all, Acidub is a surprisingly exuberant follow-up to
the more introspective TM404 album. But while the musical journey of this
second album is quite different, the experience of sheer aural eminence
remains the same. Andreas Tilliander has done it again, and Kontra-Musik
couldn't be prouder.
| 2x12inch | Kontra Musik: KM044 | out of stock |
