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| | poire_z + Phil Minton | q (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | “w oder q” is a forty-minute exploration of juxtaposed silence and simmering, restrained glitch textures, while “q oder z” clocks in at a mere five minutes, exploring the same concept, but with less success. |
 | | Poire_z is for4ears Records founder Günter Müller on ipod, percussion and electronics, ErikM on 3k_pad fsystem, and Norbert Möslang and Andy Guhl, of the former duo Voice Crack, playing what they call “cracked everyday-electronics.” What sound comes from which device is anyone’s guess, but part of electronica’s strength is ambiguity. |
 | | But when strong the quintet generates sounds with a presence so real you can touch them, feel their glistening smoothness, grating roughness, glowing warmth or slick wetness. |
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