Low Impedance Recordings
The second CD of the threesome The Missing Ensemble is playing now and they completely amaze (again). 'Zeropolis' is already the 8th release on Low Impedance Records and - shame on me - I had never heard of them. To put it stronger, the only names from their releases I actually know are Scott Arford and Francisco Lopez, who did a collaboration for the label back in 2005.
But let's focus on The Missing Ensemble, the collaboration between Daniel De Los Santos (known from Tamarin and Mad Monkey Records), John Sellekaers and Mathias Delplanque. Their first release on Mondes Elliptiques received a 9.3 out of 10 on Gothtronic, which some would consider still on the low side.
In comparison with the first CD 'Zeropolis' is much more droney and "stretched" ... Hmmm ... Okay, let's say this properly, it's less musique concrete and much more atmospheric ambient drones with thin layers of subtle noise. It's hard to compare it with something, but in case you really want, think of a symbiosys between Daniel Menche, Yen Pox and Thomas Koner.
The only track a little out of the musical context might be 'Attaining Pt. 1' and even if I can't exactly pinpoint the "why" it still is a track that very well fits the release.
You've taken a guided tour through a city where the architecture amazes you and where the people are different from everyone you've ever met in the past.
In the end you are left with a feeling of confusion, and you want to re-enter the city to see if what you felt at first was indeed as unsettling to the mind as you think you thought it was.
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