From daniel Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 21:22
Here is a review I wrote for a now defunct local paper: Microstoria Reprovisors Thrill Jockey >From the onset you know this album is not about structured music. The overall feeling of the disc is of an unsettling quietness combined with a need to explore. The premise is simple. Microstoria (Markus Popp and Jan St. Werner) creates the premise of a song and then passes it off to their favorite improvisers. Sort of a remix of ideas. This is a CD about the investigation of sound and how those sounds interact with each other. With contributors like UI, Jim O Rourke, FX Randomiz, and Nicholas Collins the end results can only be an onslaught of sonic experimentation. This is the music of sound. Four reprovisors stand out on this release. That of UI with their dark acoustic interpetations, FX Randomiz with his sinister take on pop music, Stereolab with their foray into downtempo beats and that of Nicolas Collins assisted by a modified compact disc player. This is a CD meant to be listened to and discerned. It is not for everyone but if you have any interest in the innovative side of the electronic arts seek out this disc. After all, these techniques in a more subdued form will eventually show themselves in mainstream music. -daniel