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Locd11r - Alok - Stalemate (limited 50 cdr)
 The most experimental work ever of Alok's, Stalemate is his 2nd release in this 3"cdr series.
File Under : Electronic, Clicks n' cuts, Avant Garde
TRACKLISTING :
01. Stalemate re-configured (5:35)
02. Hard reset (6:42)
03. Discarding your White Napkin Records (0:43)
04. Digital dweller (2:02)
05. Now is as good a time as any to listen again
(3:26)
Review:
跳躍，彈性，突如其來的驚喜和活力，宛若在充滿想像力的音樂迷宮中穿行，隨處可遇那些精靈一樣的，奇形怪狀的音符。凹凸的音樂即興裏暗含殺機，突然的躁動之後，片刻的寧靜也是清新悅耳。沉落與上升，寧靜與喧囂；抽象的電子音效與具象的電流質感在無形當中，在聆聽者的耳朵裏取得了微妙的平衡。喜歡這種靈動的音樂感覺，層出不窮的想法在你意想不到的轉折處疊加，鋒芒稍縱即逝，噪音蜻蜓點水，卻不給予人遺憾。
實驗音樂裏少有的快樂之作，融合搖滾，弦樂，遊戲機聲響，氛圍音樂以及難以定位的先驗元素，ALOK對音樂自如的掌控能力在這張只有18分鐘的小專輯裏畢露無遺。 --- 阿白
If you think your player is
broken, don’t worry, it’s just Alok’s second mini-album, "Stalemate." Its
first and most interesting track, "Stalemate Re-configured" pretty much sets
the tone for the rest of the cute, three-inch CD: it’s one sustained
experiment with electronic interference; "click-electronica," – and it sounds
like the random blips of impending doom. And no, Alok, a local boy, is not
Scandinavian. The first track opens with monotone piano pounding interrupted
irregularly by the sounds of a dangerously defunct machine; later it breaks
into a runaway piano sequence while the sounds of electronic death push on.
The track ends with clicking and odd electronic complaints continuing in
isolation. There’s a weird modern piano track, "Digital Dweller," before the
rest of the album continuous on its meandering explorations of noise and more
noise. Obviously, it’s no party album. But listening to the waves of drone,
you can’t help but start focusing your mind in on itself. If that’s not your
thing, that’s OK: You’re probably in Joe Bananas anyway. --- By Estella
Hung (HK Magazine)
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