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stimulus
'a motion signal' CD/DLP
One of the most
interesting bands to emerge out of the English electronic scene. Hypnotic beats
interwoven between grand piano, drum, bowed cymbal (and many other instruments),
and guitar so loaded with effect pedals they can dim the lights in a city when
they play live.
Alternative Press-
A tight knit hybrid of experimental and progressive music.
Repetitious tonalities (croaking textures, tempered guitars, sparse, resonant
bass) drive Inertia, into a sand blasted piano denouement, introducing one to
the taut, kinesthetic dynamics utilized by Stimulus. Each track is constructed
around repetitious cadences upon which disparate textures twitch and spasm. The
muffled, steel wool scrubbed, looped rhythmic impetus of the hypnotic Concrete
Bridge To Void is shattered as agitated streaks of fluorescent light hover and
screech like flaming electronic pterodactyls. Though they utilize a love of
"Nurse With Wound, '70's Italian Prog, Iron Maiden & field
recordings" as inspiration, Stimulus move well beyond, exploring sonic
territories uniquely their own. -JC Smith- alternative press first 100 come with
a bonus disk and a metal object.
'A Motion Signal' DLP spent 2
weeks at number 3 in Japan for electronica sales, September 1-13, 2001.
This
stimulus
'a programme music' 10" Lactamase06
The third installment in the Lactamase series of 10". This shows two sides of this English project, the first being more rhythmic electronic music, though by no means faceless techno, while the second side features a 12 minute soundtrack type piece. The Wire recently wrote, and vol. 3 showcases the bleak electronica of stimulus's 'programme music' (mt023 10"), which sounds like torococo rot nodding out at the wheel.”
Epiphany strikes in the strangest places. Sometimes it is delivered from on high and sometimes it wells up from the toilets. Like an inexplicable evening out with friends at a vapid local techno/house club, only to end up in the bathroom and find hidden magic (independent of the nefarious reasons for being there in the first place). The enclosed room acts as a filter and soon the hum of the fluorescents and the click of the sink mix with echo and the distant beats, creating unexpected godhead experimental techno soundtrack soliloquy for the substance abused psyche. If only to be able to record such beautiful random moments of brilliance. Well, Stimulus provide such an experience without the use of a bathroom or a vapid techno club. Strange little electro-psychedelic minimalist beatscapes that are guaranteed to en-trance any room in the house or RV . The slow building hum of "Transference" is especially
*Members in the Lactamase
series: TONY CONRAD, EDWARD KA-SPEL, RICK REED, STIMULUS, ARANOS, MIROSLAW
RAJKOWSKI, VAS DEFERENS ORGANIZATION, TROUM, CHARALAMBIDES, VOLCANO THE BEAR,
NOISE-MAKER'S FIFES, RENA, MEDULLA & COIL. The series consist of
12-10" records, one each month (usually), with a final bonus 10"
available.
stimulus
'Forthcoming CD/LP' TBA
stimulus@stimulus.st
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| rhythmic electronic music, though by no means faceless techno |
CD: Programme Music
Label: Beta-lactam Ring Records
Credits: Stimulus |
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CD: Programme Music
Label: Beta-lactam Ring Records
Credits: Stimulus |
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| The slow building hum of "Transference" isespecially recommended while also listening to street traffic pour in through the bathroom window. |
CD: Programme Music
Label: Beta-lactam Ring Records
Credits: Stimulus |
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