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Showing posts with label solipsism. Show all posts
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
New Track - Junk Run
Saturday, 5 September 2009
Mk-Ultra Review at Losing Today
Solipsism ‘MK Ultra’ (promo). Been a fair old while since Mr Murphy featured in these pages, the workaholic visual / sound artist seems unable to stray past a home recording studio without being possessed of the need to nail a track or three in either of his Shoosh, ch.pm and Solipsism guises - while finding his remaining time taken in heading up Herb recordings imprint. Anyway an email received in our inbox invited us to tune into a taster cut from his currently worked techno based set soon put paid to our embarrassed silence in reporting his ever evolving and cross weaving genre bending cache of aural adventures. ‘MK Ultra’ is a fat n’ spongy slab of hyper driven mind weaving oblivion, the regimental like pulsing and precision honed pushing and shunting trip hop / technoid beats underpin a quietly hypnotic widescreen sounds cape of whirring drone swathes, cosmic swirls and an all round sense of spectral wooziness. Embraced of elements of a classic era Detroit techno scene albeit as though relocated to some distant space hub opining ominous SOS transmissions into the far reaches of the cosmic wilderness - this cerebral cutie mushrooms with a stealth like grandeur to literally bathe your listening space in something that you’d be forgiven for assuming was crafted by the collaborative hand of a secret rendezvous between 808 State and Apollo 440. That said what truly puts the icing on the cake is its busy employment of sonic sub texts running barely out of earshot in the background - like for instance the brief and subtle tropicalia flurries at approx. 4.34 in.
Losing Today
Solipsism
Losing Today
Solipsism
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
By Shoosh & Solipsism stuff
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You can buy Solipsism releases from the following outlets, please click the logo to go directly to the page.
Solipsism
You can buy Solipsism releases from the following outlets, please click the logo to go directly to the page.
Solipsism
Saturday, 7 February 2009
Beneath The Waves EP - Free Download
Hi,
We've made our new soundtrack EP available for free download from Last FM and archive.org
01 Winter Sun
02 Beneath The Waves
03 September Silhouette
04 87
05 Memories Of Times To Come
Solipsism
We've made our new soundtrack EP available for free download from Last FM and archive.org
01 Winter Sun
02 Beneath The Waves
03 September Silhouette
04 87
05 Memories Of Times To Come
Solipsism
Sunday, 4 January 2009
Friday, 19 December 2008
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Free Downloads At Archive.Org
http://www.archive.org/details/Ch.pm-AlienGenomeProject
ch.pm - Alien Genome Project
The material's galaxial feel and trippy ambiance intensify when distorted voices echo across the limitless expanses of deep space, and nowhere is that epic pitch achieved more intensively than during the title piece which unspools over ten trance-inducing minutes (the sound is so huge, it reduces the voices that occasionally surface to indecipherable mumbles—but the work can be experienced just as easily on purely musical terms as an engrossing exercise in synthetic dronescaping. If anything, its unapologetically pure synth-based sound has more in common with '70s-styled ambient recordings (early Tangerine Dream, say) than a more current release where granular static and other noise might accompany the drones. That Alien Genome Project leaves such a strong impression is due in part to the forceful intensity of its presentation. Textura
The album consists of drones, cosmic synth chords, and disembodied, distorted vocal samples. It has echoes of Kosmische Musik acts like (early) Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze as well as their spiritual descendants such as Pete Namlook. But there are equally nods to Stars of the Lid, Brian Eno's Apollo and Murcof's Cosmos projects. The eight tracks unfold slowly. Some are short and fragile; others, like the title track, have a suitably cosmic grandeur. "Hybrid", the closing section, has a slowed down echoing voice that has the rhythm of whale song, and sounds like the last, fading sounds of a dying civilization. It's quite a spooky end to a seriously trippy suite of music. Music, Musings & Miscellany
ch.pm is the solo project of Craig Murphy, perhaps better known as one half of electro-psychedelic outfit Shoosh. 'Alien Genome Project', however, is like listening to an old-school ambient record, where melodies shift extremely slowly. Indeed, Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno would certainly approve of Murphy's work. Leonard's Lair
http://www.archive.org/details/WeirdFields-DestructScience
Weird Fields - Destruct Science
http://www.archive.org/details/Solipsism-Solarism
Solipsism - Solarism EP
"Crystalism" is the most direct track, coming across like an aggressive, no nonsense Boards of Canada. Those distant synths that hallmark previous releases are intact here, layering themselves almost out of sync with the programmed beats, yet remaining cohesive. "Exit Strategy" is different again, employing thick mid-90's beats over dripping melodies that slightly recall Wendy Carlos' "Clockwork Orange" phase. Angry Ape
this five track EP is Solipsism's most unified effort thus far. The album pivots with the beautifully arranged epilogue "Sun Up", an ambient and emotional sprawl that leaves you with a warm sense of tranquility and profound motivation to hit the Solarism replay button. Sonic Frontiers
http://www.archive.org/details/EdDruryCraigMurphy
Ed Drury & Craig Murphy - A Tree On The Tundra
The adjectives sweeping, cinematic and symphonic come to the fore. This is music suited to the closing credits of a cathartic, two and a half hour movie epic. Doleful piano lines, dramatic synth washes and grandiose crescendos are the order of the day: like Eno's Music For Films given the Cecil B DeMille treatment. The tracks have their individual flavours – the synthetic birds, church bells and crickets of "Dark Sun Rising", for example – but the album works best as a kind of symphony in five movements. It's music designed for looking from a hilltop and watching the shadows of clouds dancing across lush, rolling fields. Stirring and somehow reassuring at the same time. Music, Musings & Miscellany
http://www.archive.org/details/WeirdFields-APlaceToCallHome
Weird Fields - A Place To Call Home
Delicate, lonesome and hitherto monolithic these somnambulant drone-scapes swirl in frosted pirouette formations applying a stately courtship (none more so than 'distant star').....Amid the showcase of glacial tides and sparsely drawn and effecting minimalist washes of lilting electronic symphonies we suggest you stop by at your first opportunity to sample the warming radiance of the playfully orbiting oscillations of the melting 'so long good friend' - bit of a peach by our reckoning appealing to 'magnetic fields' era Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis fans alike. Losing Today
http://www.archive.org/details/Solipsism-Crystalism
Solipsism - Crystalism EP
http://www.archive.org/details/Solipsism-Huxley
Solipsism - Huxley Video
http://www.archive.org/details/Kingbastard-Exit
Kingbastard - Exit Video
http://www.archive.org/details/Kingbastard-DownUp
Kingbastard - Down Up Video
I remember the good old minimalist days of electronic music videos where all you'd see was an amorphous digital blob spinning across a swiftly tilting background. Kingbastard's latest video seems to recall those abstract times, even though there's something much more complex with what Chris Weeks and Weird Fields are doing with [ downup ]. The flashing, subtle cues have a message tied somehow to the words explore, exploit, explode, before somewhere along the way you find yourself saying, "I love Big Brother." Ogbetty
http://www.archive.org/details/Solipsism-ExitStrategy
Solipsism - Exit Strategy
http://www.archive.org/details/Solipsism-FreeEp_707
Free EP
Solipsism
ch.pm - Alien Genome Project
The material's galaxial feel and trippy ambiance intensify when distorted voices echo across the limitless expanses of deep space, and nowhere is that epic pitch achieved more intensively than during the title piece which unspools over ten trance-inducing minutes (the sound is so huge, it reduces the voices that occasionally surface to indecipherable mumbles—but the work can be experienced just as easily on purely musical terms as an engrossing exercise in synthetic dronescaping. If anything, its unapologetically pure synth-based sound has more in common with '70s-styled ambient recordings (early Tangerine Dream, say) than a more current release where granular static and other noise might accompany the drones. That Alien Genome Project leaves such a strong impression is due in part to the forceful intensity of its presentation. Textura
The album consists of drones, cosmic synth chords, and disembodied, distorted vocal samples. It has echoes of Kosmische Musik acts like (early) Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze as well as their spiritual descendants such as Pete Namlook. But there are equally nods to Stars of the Lid, Brian Eno's Apollo and Murcof's Cosmos projects. The eight tracks unfold slowly. Some are short and fragile; others, like the title track, have a suitably cosmic grandeur. "Hybrid", the closing section, has a slowed down echoing voice that has the rhythm of whale song, and sounds like the last, fading sounds of a dying civilization. It's quite a spooky end to a seriously trippy suite of music. Music, Musings & Miscellany
ch.pm is the solo project of Craig Murphy, perhaps better known as one half of electro-psychedelic outfit Shoosh. 'Alien Genome Project', however, is like listening to an old-school ambient record, where melodies shift extremely slowly. Indeed, Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno would certainly approve of Murphy's work. Leonard's Lair
http://www.archive.org/details/WeirdFields-DestructScience
Weird Fields - Destruct Science
http://www.archive.org/details/Solipsism-Solarism
Solipsism - Solarism EP
"Crystalism" is the most direct track, coming across like an aggressive, no nonsense Boards of Canada. Those distant synths that hallmark previous releases are intact here, layering themselves almost out of sync with the programmed beats, yet remaining cohesive. "Exit Strategy" is different again, employing thick mid-90's beats over dripping melodies that slightly recall Wendy Carlos' "Clockwork Orange" phase. Angry Ape
this five track EP is Solipsism's most unified effort thus far. The album pivots with the beautifully arranged epilogue "Sun Up", an ambient and emotional sprawl that leaves you with a warm sense of tranquility and profound motivation to hit the Solarism replay button. Sonic Frontiers
http://www.archive.org/details/EdDruryCraigMurphy
Ed Drury & Craig Murphy - A Tree On The Tundra
The adjectives sweeping, cinematic and symphonic come to the fore. This is music suited to the closing credits of a cathartic, two and a half hour movie epic. Doleful piano lines, dramatic synth washes and grandiose crescendos are the order of the day: like Eno's Music For Films given the Cecil B DeMille treatment. The tracks have their individual flavours – the synthetic birds, church bells and crickets of "Dark Sun Rising", for example – but the album works best as a kind of symphony in five movements. It's music designed for looking from a hilltop and watching the shadows of clouds dancing across lush, rolling fields. Stirring and somehow reassuring at the same time. Music, Musings & Miscellany
http://www.archive.org/details/WeirdFields-APlaceToCallHome
Weird Fields - A Place To Call Home
Delicate, lonesome and hitherto monolithic these somnambulant drone-scapes swirl in frosted pirouette formations applying a stately courtship (none more so than 'distant star').....Amid the showcase of glacial tides and sparsely drawn and effecting minimalist washes of lilting electronic symphonies we suggest you stop by at your first opportunity to sample the warming radiance of the playfully orbiting oscillations of the melting 'so long good friend' - bit of a peach by our reckoning appealing to 'magnetic fields' era Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis fans alike. Losing Today
http://www.archive.org/details/Solipsism-Crystalism
Solipsism - Crystalism EP
http://www.archive.org/details/Solipsism-Huxley
Solipsism - Huxley Video
http://www.archive.org/details/Kingbastard-Exit
Kingbastard - Exit Video
http://www.archive.org/details/Kingbastard-DownUp
Kingbastard - Down Up Video
I remember the good old minimalist days of electronic music videos where all you'd see was an amorphous digital blob spinning across a swiftly tilting background. Kingbastard's latest video seems to recall those abstract times, even though there's something much more complex with what Chris Weeks and Weird Fields are doing with [ downup ]. The flashing, subtle cues have a message tied somehow to the words explore, exploit, explode, before somewhere along the way you find yourself saying, "I love Big Brother." Ogbetty
http://www.archive.org/details/Solipsism-ExitStrategy
Solipsism - Exit Strategy
http://www.archive.org/details/Solipsism-FreeEp_707
Free EP
Solipsism
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Huxley Video - High Quality Playback
hi everyone,
the good folks at www.dailymotion.com have put my new video in their "creative content" category, which means it can be viewed at a much higher quality.
Solipsism
the good folks at www.dailymotion.com have put my new video in their "creative content" category, which means it can be viewed at a much higher quality.
Solipsism
Friday, 28 November 2008
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Reinteprism Review
Music, Musings & Miscellany
Here’s another excellent freebie. Solipsism is an alter-ego of Scot Craig Murphy whose Alien Genome Project I reviewed back in July. Billed as an EP, the four originals and five remixes that make up Reinteprism actually run to over 50 minutes making it an album in my book.
This is downtempo, home-listening electronica, but with an edge. Lead track “Bastardism”, a collaboration with Kingbastard, is all steam-punk beats and abstract, cosmic synths. The ENV(itre) and Victer Manderline remixes are cooler, mellower affairs, whereas the charmingly named “Raped by a Woman” remix by Psychotronic is an uncomfortable, glitchy treatment.
“Organicism” comes in two versions. The Pleq remix is the stronger, chugging and spluttering along like an eccentric piece of machinery. The naive Casiotone melody of the original is absent, giving a darker, more solemn piece. “Crabs” harks back to peak period Future Sound of London with abstract washes of spacey sound overlaying a complex rhythm. The Salz remix doesn’t really change that much, merely adding a few tweaks and glitches here and there. The final track, “At The Beach”, is a fittingly summery, optimistic piece to finish with. Its deep beats and engaging melody a dreamily lethargic reminder of lazy days of sunshine (if you have a long enough memory to remember those).
This excellent release is available as a free download from the German electronica label Envizagae Records.
Tracks
1. Bastardism feat. Kingbastard 5:32
2. Bastardism (ENV(itre) remix) 4:09
3. Bastardism (Victer Manderline remix) 6:06
4. Organicism 5:58
5. Organicism (Pleq remix) 4:35
6. Bastardism (raped by a woman mix by Psychotronic) 8:18
7. Crabs 5:06
8. Crabs (remix by Salz) 6:37
9. At the Beach (2007 Remaster) 5:19
Website
http://www.envizagae.de/
Solipsism
Here’s another excellent freebie. Solipsism is an alter-ego of Scot Craig Murphy whose Alien Genome Project I reviewed back in July. Billed as an EP, the four originals and five remixes that make up Reinteprism actually run to over 50 minutes making it an album in my book.
This is downtempo, home-listening electronica, but with an edge. Lead track “Bastardism”, a collaboration with Kingbastard, is all steam-punk beats and abstract, cosmic synths. The ENV(itre) and Victer Manderline remixes are cooler, mellower affairs, whereas the charmingly named “Raped by a Woman” remix by Psychotronic is an uncomfortable, glitchy treatment.
“Organicism” comes in two versions. The Pleq remix is the stronger, chugging and spluttering along like an eccentric piece of machinery. The naive Casiotone melody of the original is absent, giving a darker, more solemn piece. “Crabs” harks back to peak period Future Sound of London with abstract washes of spacey sound overlaying a complex rhythm. The Salz remix doesn’t really change that much, merely adding a few tweaks and glitches here and there. The final track, “At The Beach”, is a fittingly summery, optimistic piece to finish with. Its deep beats and engaging melody a dreamily lethargic reminder of lazy days of sunshine (if you have a long enough memory to remember those).
This excellent release is available as a free download from the German electronica label Envizagae Records.
Tracks
1. Bastardism feat. Kingbastard 5:32
2. Bastardism (ENV(itre) remix) 4:09
3. Bastardism (Victer Manderline remix) 6:06
4. Organicism 5:58
5. Organicism (Pleq remix) 4:35
6. Bastardism (raped by a woman mix by Psychotronic) 8:18
7. Crabs 5:06
8. Crabs (remix by Salz) 6:37
9. At the Beach (2007 Remaster) 5:19
Website
http://www.envizagae.de/
Solipsism
Monday, 29 September 2008
Solipsism - Reinteprism Remix EP On Envizagae
ENVNET003 Solipsism - Reinteprism
Remixes by Pleq, (ENV(itre), Victer Manderline, Psychotronic & Salz
Download
1.Bastardism feat. kingbastard
2.Bastardism (ENV(itre) remix)
3.Bastardism (victer manderline rmx)
4.Organicism
5.Organicism (Pleq remix)
6.Bastardism (raped by a women mix by Psychotronic)
7.Crabs
8.crabs (remix by Salz)
9.At the beach (2007 Re-master)
Envizagae
Saturday, 6 September 2008
Saturday, 30 August 2008
Alien Genome Project Review At Textura
Textura
ch.pm: Alien Genome Project
Ambidextrous
Craig Murphy is a man of many projects: the Herb Recordings founder tackles electronica under the Solipsism guise, electro-psychedelia in Shoosh alongside band-mates Neil Carlill and Ed Drury, and deep ambient under the ch.pm name. Alien Genome Project finds Murphy fashioning a three-part opus that's about as immersive as ambient gets with the album's eight sections featuring multi-tiered synth swells and billowing masses so immense you could disappear within them altogether. The material's galaxial feel and trippy ambiance intensify when distorted voices echo across the limitless expanses of deep space, and nowhere is that epic pitch achieved more intensively than during the title piece which unspools over ten trance-inducing minutes (the sound is so huge, it reduces the voices that occasionally surface to indecipherable mumbles). A thirty-six-minute work of varying moods, Alien Genome Project takes its inspiration from the “Panspermia” theory—the idea that “micro-organisms or biochemical compounds from outer space are responsible for originating life on Earth and possibly in other parts of the universe where suitable atmospheric conditions exist”—but the work can be experienced just as easily on purely musical terms as an engrossing exercise in synthetic dronescaping. If anything, its unapologetically pure synth-based sound has more in common with ‘70s-styled ambient recordings (early Tangerine Dream, say) than a more current release where granular static and other noise might accompany the drones. That Alien Genome Project leaves such a strong impression is due in part to the forceful intensity of its presentation.
September 2008
Solipsism
ch.pm: Alien Genome Project
Ambidextrous
Craig Murphy is a man of many projects: the Herb Recordings founder tackles electronica under the Solipsism guise, electro-psychedelia in Shoosh alongside band-mates Neil Carlill and Ed Drury, and deep ambient under the ch.pm name. Alien Genome Project finds Murphy fashioning a three-part opus that's about as immersive as ambient gets with the album's eight sections featuring multi-tiered synth swells and billowing masses so immense you could disappear within them altogether. The material's galaxial feel and trippy ambiance intensify when distorted voices echo across the limitless expanses of deep space, and nowhere is that epic pitch achieved more intensively than during the title piece which unspools over ten trance-inducing minutes (the sound is so huge, it reduces the voices that occasionally surface to indecipherable mumbles). A thirty-six-minute work of varying moods, Alien Genome Project takes its inspiration from the “Panspermia” theory—the idea that “micro-organisms or biochemical compounds from outer space are responsible for originating life on Earth and possibly in other parts of the universe where suitable atmospheric conditions exist”—but the work can be experienced just as easily on purely musical terms as an engrossing exercise in synthetic dronescaping. If anything, its unapologetically pure synth-based sound has more in common with ‘70s-styled ambient recordings (early Tangerine Dream, say) than a more current release where granular static and other noise might accompany the drones. That Alien Genome Project leaves such a strong impression is due in part to the forceful intensity of its presentation.
September 2008
Solipsism
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
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