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SI-CUT.DB
: From Tears; Beach Archive
(Bleep 28)
A traveller deals with the burden of digitized dreams...
This latest SI-CUT.DB album, the 7th one proper, is a culmination
of 2 years of work in which Douglas Benford sets off on his own
personal exploration and reclamation of electronica, a journey circumnavigating
the 'si-cut.db dub and micro-house music templates' with a nostalgic
but escapist slant, infused with his own original sonic sensibilities
(and grooves).
Aiming to creating a 21st century 'Another Green World' (the benchmark
Eno album from 1975, and an influence on Benford's youth) this new
CD, 'FROM TEARS: Beach Archive' is a collection of work composed
at many coastal locations across the world. With his laptop strapped
to his backpack, Benford spent many weeks exploring waterways and
seafronts - whether in Riga, Vancouver, Athens, Aberdeen or the
coast of Devon in England, and from this a beach theme emerged,
whilst the music is complimented with rich evocative digital waves
and washes, generated using a variety of software combinations.
The album is mastered by click and cuts and software wunderkind
TWERK aka Shawn Hatfield in San Francisco.
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In addition to the 11 tracks audio tracks the album is complimented
by the Quicktime video 'Belonging', a collaborative short film with
Vancouver-based Pixelwrangler (dir. Jon Anastasiades).
This last year Benford, in his SI-CUT.DB guise, spent much of his
time in transit, performing at events such as SYNCH (Greece), CONFLUENCES
(France), NEW FORMS (Canada), NOKIALAB (Russia), and ULTRASOUND
(UK). Also he has been curating the on-going SPRAWL events in London
- now reaching its' 9th year - as well a regular show on Resonance
FM.
Recently involved in the RT-32 radio telescope (creating music from
astronomical recordings) in Latvia, and also reworking excerpts
of JEM FINER's Longplayer, this year Benford has also played alongside
alongside STEPHAN MATHIEU (as well as recording the 'und.and' album
with him), POLE, THOMAS FEHLMANN, LEAFCUTTER JOHN, SND, AGF, IRIS
GARRELFS, FRANCISCO LOPEZ, SCANNER, KIM CASCONE, KAFFE MATTHEWS
, and FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER. Benford's also has on-going work with
collaborator BENGE (Expanding) as TENNIS (also on BiP_HOp). |
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Quotes
"si-cut.db offer(s) futuristic soundscapes that teem with prickly
ambience"
Time Out, NEW YORK
"Amazing" Nick Luscombe, XFM
"Excellent...startling...ambient acupuncture of the highest
order"
"Slithering crackles and fizzes...sweeping the audience along
with it"
THE WIRE magazine
"I call him the Dub Meister"
SCANNER, artist
Selected discography - all CD albums unless stated.si-{cut}.db "Nuisance"
1995 (Suburbs Of Hell)
si-{cut}.db vs. scanner "Bovine Revolver" 12" EP
1999 (Sprawl)
si-cut.db "Enthusiast" 2001 (BiP_HOp)
Tennis "Furlines" 2003 (BiP_HOp)
si-cut.db "Find Some Shade" 2003 (HighpointLowlife)
si-cut.db & stephan mathieu/full swing "Und.and" 2003
(Fallt/BiP_HOp)
si-cut.db "Offices at night" 2004 (Fallt) XMAG
http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/benford
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