Mesmerizing and original, this is a wonderful study in environments and textures-- featuring emotive tonalities and a great sense of space-- another great job by Krebs. Great 5 mystified 2006-01-29 12:59:49 2006-01-29 12:59:49 K.M. Krebs - Rien a Voir 15 EP As I wrote in another review of one K. M. Krebs’ releases, his various CDR albums and on-line mp3 albums are the main reason that I became interested in electronic/experimental music and have had the most influence on my listening preferences. “Rien a Voir 15 EP” only serves to reinforce these feelings. Krebs shows his expertise in what he does in several ways: First of all, one thing that becomes quickly clear when listening to the two compositions that comprise this EP is that Krebs is a master of selecting and blending various source materials into a unified whole: organic sounds with the non-organic, pristine field recordings with those that are processed, and acoustic samples with electronic textures. Secondly, Krebs knows how to keep the listener’s interest through the use of dissimilarities of sounds, so there‘s no chance of becoming bored: a sudden whoosh of noise followed by the gentle interplay of field recordings of night sounds and changing electronic tones; the reassuring natural sounds of bird songs and rolling waves pursued by unnatural, processed electronic; the warm, relaxing sounds of chimes followed a cold rush of chaotic noise; humming drones followed by piercing electronic noises; unspoiled recordings of gentle rain amongst a shower of tumultuous electronic sounds; samples of incorporeal human voices versus the natural sounds of honking of geese flying overhead; sparse piano notes with a light layer of static and bleeps. For more information and insight into K. M. Krebs, there’s an excellent (but older) interview available here: http://indie.kiev.ua/krebs_en.html "Nothing to See" - Rien à Voir 5 LAJ 2006-04-01 06:24:12 2006-04-01 06:24:12 2 5.00