other releases... [mn001] va - first [mn002] andrey kiritchenko - scatter stars [mn003] lod - taskenti ep [mn004] g_n44f - 120_1 ep [mn005] coeval - distante [mn006] dataman - the most famous heroes ep [mn007] shalma- - second blur ep [mn008] masaya sasaki - picnic plan ep [mn009] titan and yez - cancel, don't save, save [mn010] irish - manufactures [mn011] .at/on - prostir [mn012] va - movin on

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a while back i reviewed a mp3 release by andrey kiritchencko for the -n netlabel, who now present their first release to me, a compilation, of ten acts and of which i only recognized kiritchencko's name. his track and the closing piece by one masaya sasaki are the most experimental tracks on this album. sasaki plays a fucked up glitch piece that is quite chaotic and kiritchcenko plays his usual blend of rhythms and ambiences. the eight tracks sandwiched between these two are all best described as minimal techno. some more straightforward, as is c6 or lod, or a little bit less dance floor related, such as shalma. nice pieces, even when none of the pieces were really breaking the rules set out by cologne sound of kompakt. download and dance, i'd say.

by frans de waard @ vital weekly

op de een of andere manier blijf ik denken dat minus n - of -n zoals het label officieel heet - een japans label is. meer bewijs dan dat de eigenaar een japanse naam heeft heb ik er niet voor, op de website van het -n is namelijk niets over de herkomst te vinden. die heeft het label in principe ook niet, -n is namelijk een netlabel dat haar muziek onder een creative commons licentie aanbiedt via internet.

de eerste labelcompilatie - toepasselijk first gedoopd - maakt ook niet veel wijzer. de tien bijdragen komen uit spanje, oekraïne, ierland en japan. al is bij een aantal welke geografische relatie dan ook afwezig. international product dus deze eerste van minus n én zeer divers. shalma-, muffrane, irish, fractured noise en c6 zoeken het in de clicks'n'cuts, masaya sasaki en coeval in de indietronics en g_n44f (labelbaas kengo miyazaki) en andrey kiritchenko gaan voor het experiment.

verrassend genoeg staat er niet één mindere bijdrage op first. met name de aan fennesz verwante warme glitch van masaya sasaki en de futuristische clicks'n'techno van fractured noise zijn mooi. de bijdrage van g_n44f doet daar zeker niet voor onder. zijn knisperende techno ontspoort langzaam maar zeker in donkere minimal techno.

by theo ploeg @ cut-up.media.magazine

-n's first compilation is a celebration of the glitch atmosphere. the contributors disappear into the detritus of their digital signals and coax out tiny techno anthems and swirling atmospheric ambience. andrey kiritchenko's "speading comets" [sic] is a bout of celestial wonderment filled with the gas glitch of distant stars and pitched cascade of falling comets. both c6 and lod opts for the glitch-heavy techno route, and lod's "esponja 5" squirts and darts with electricity over a dance-floor friendly beat while c6's "dusty link" shivers with its glitch as it gets into your pants and sets your ass thumping. muffrare's "itt" grabs onto a singular bass beat as its anchor and scatters complex drumming about this point in the sand.

like kiritchenko's track, coeval's "fluido y neutro" is filled with atmosphere, soaked so heavily with noise and driving rain that listening for the drifting melody is a bit like trying to pick out a specific bat in a flood of nightflyers cutting across a dark sky. first is nicely arranged, back and forth from the beats to the atmospheres before ending up at the scissor-glitch of masaya sasaki's "major7" which slices long drones with sharp bursts of aluminum noise. i've certainly got favorites on this one, but the whole thing is worth letting fly in your mp3 player.

by mark teppo @ igloo magazine

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[mn001] va - first
2005 qwartz awards nominated release
01. andrey kiritchenko - speading comets (04:33)
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02. c6 - dusty link (06:44)
- download this mp3 (192k, 9.27mb)

03. lod - esponja 5 (05:25)
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04. coeval - fluido y neutro (04:22)
- download this mp3 (192k, 6.02mb)

05. muffrare - itt (05:57)
- download this mp3 (192k, 8.20mb)

06. fracture noise - esc (05:06)
- download this mp3 (192k, 7.05mb)

07. g_n44f - conjunction (05:00)
- download this mp3 (192k, 6.90mb)

08. irish - mic check (04:43)
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09. shalma- - foppish-foppish (05:37)
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10. masaya sasaki - major7 (06:09)
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liner notes by arp laszlo

the first release by -n has a sense of cohesiveness and maturity that many long-running labels never attain. the cohesiveness is provided by the constant of noise; the music is more brightly colored than the typical browns, blacks and greys than the notion of noise typically suggests. the use of noise as music is about breaking conceptions. a ghost of an echo can become musical and arrest us in a way a note from a guitar cannot. we cannot listen expecting the sounds we have grown used to - we listen as if hearing music for the first time. we listen to the sounds we have been taught to ignore all our lives. we become aware of these sounds, these aural shapes, timbres and shadows. may we never walk through an empty hall, a quiet garden or a busy street the same way again.

andrey kiritchenko kicks it off with some itchy goodness in the form of 'spreading comets.' brooding melodic suggestions create a mood, a sense of space that begins the journey. c6 starts your head nodding with 'dusty link,' proving along the way that noise and melody are not mutually exclusive. following is a fine minimal dance choon by klitekture records' lod. 'esponja 5' is minimal at its glitchy best, a track perfectly at home on the dancefloor and on headphones.

the dictionary describes coeval as 'contemporary,' but we think their music is the sound of tomorrow. think of the movie bladerunner sounding as gritty as it looked and you have coeval's 'fluido y neutro,' a track that is as much a vision as it is a song. muffrare continues that vibe with strong percussive workout in 'itt.' fracture noise pulls us firmly back onto the dancefloor with 'esc,' a track that is pure evocation. it is rife with suggestions of memories, spectres of feelings.

by the time g_n44f's 'conjunction' is playing, you are firmly within the realm of noise, listening not only to a vision, but listening to something near you that you can't quite define. irish pulls the tempo back down with 'mic check,' a steady and relaxing track that lulls you while the voice keeps your ears perked. shalma- edges into deep house territory with 'foppish-foppish'. don't get too comfortable, tho - shalma- throws a curve before the end. the release closes with masaya sasaki's 'major7,' a meditation on music and noise that provides closure to this journey while leaving the door ajar for what may lie ahead.