Phonophani, "Phonophani"

This cd was originally released in 1998 but then rereleased in 2006.

It's hard to describe this kind of electronic music without comparisons. The first reference points that come to mind are the deep space, Kosmische Musik electronic excursions of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schultze and Cluster in the early 70s, especially "Cluster II". But this weird little electronic wurm has a somewhat different texture than his Krautrock cousins in that sometimes in amongst the ominous sweeps and groans of sythesizers, organs, sequencers, etc. are plucks and klinks of acoustic strings and percussions, or the scattershot of the very-modern digital 'glitch'. These sounds bring to my mind Colleen and Oval - modern electronic experimenters with a lighter touch than the post-psychedelic Germans mentioned above. It's a nice mix for those of us who like electronic music that leans towards the avant-armchair stereophonic experience.