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VITAL WEEKLY
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number 455
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week 53
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T.A.C. - SPLINTERED (CD by Small Voices)
Just like last week's Klimperei, TAC is a band that has been around for ages, with their first release from 1982, but whose work I never really encountered, maybe except for some compilation appearance here and there. Somewhere in the back of my head it said that TAC was a bit more experimental than something such as Ain Soph or Sigillum S, but I am not right. The band consists of Monica Serra (vocals, treatments), Simon Balestrazzi (electronics, guitar, psaltery) and Corrado Loi (bass, guitar, electronics). I would have to do a bit of guessing, but at least half the tracks on their new CD, the fourteen release since 1982, are made by improvising in the studio and making a mix out of that. These pieces are a bit of mishmash, spielerei and unfortunally not very interesting. The other tracks are more worked out, showing influences of techno on one hand and more psychedelic music on the other. 'Blue Mutation' could have been easily a Legendary Pink Dots on a less creative day. The use of violin on this piece was quite nice though. For someone like me who doesn't know their backcatalogue very well it is hard to say wether this is a stunning new direction or more of the same. The tracks that sound like they have been worked on sound pretty much ok, but some of the others could have been left out. It would have made a stronger album for sure. (Frans de Waard)
Address: http://www.smallvoices.it
VITAL WEEKLY
============
number 455
------------
week 53
------------
T.A.C. - SPLINTERED (CD by Small Voices)
Just like last week's Klimperei, TAC is a band that has been around for ages, with their first release from 1982, but whose work I never really encountered, maybe except for some compilation appearance here and there. Somewhere in the back of my head it said that TAC was a bit more experimental than something such as Ain Soph or Sigillum S, but I am not right. The band consists of Monica Serra (vocals, treatments), Simon Balestrazzi (electronics, guitar, psaltery) and Corrado Loi (bass, guitar, electronics). I would have to do a bit of guessing, but at least half the tracks on their new CD, the fourteen release since 1982, are made by improvising in the studio and making a mix out of that. These pieces are a bit of mishmash, spielerei and unfortunally not very interesting. The other tracks are more worked out, showing influences of techno on one hand and more psychedelic music on the other. 'Blue Mutation' could have been easily a Legendary Pink Dots on a less creative day. The use of violin on this piece was quite nice though. For someone like me who doesn't know their backcatalogue very well it is hard to say wether this is a stunning new direction or more of the same. The tracks that sound like they have been worked on sound pretty much ok, but some of the others could have been left out. It would have made a stronger album for sure. (Frans de Waard)
Address: http://www.smallvoices.it
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