Artists: Sawi Lieu and I\D
Title: Split CDR
Label: Self-released
Format: CDR
Duration: 51 min
Released: Mar 2011
Price: SGD8.00
Inventory Status: Available
Tracklisting:
Sawi Lieu
1. Untitled (24:34)
I\D
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
2. Part One (11:51)
3. Part Two (14:52)
Notes:
Artwork by Sawi Lieu
Media Release:
Sawi Lieu (Jakarta, Indonesia) takes a (head)trip on the Trans-Java Express, in a train cabin filled with the sounds of kosmische musik, gamelan and dangdut all mixed n’ mashed into a mega technicolour brew. Back on the little red dot called Singapore, the boys from I\D celebrate the coming of 2012 with more noise-psych-improv aktion, while not being very careful about what they’re wishing for.
Review:
“Sawi Lieu lives in Jakarta, Indonesia and describes his 24 piece of music as created a trip on the Trans-Java Express, in a train cabin filled with sounds of cosmic music, gamelan and dangdut, all mixed and smashed into a mega Technicolor brew. And really this description fits really well by this collage of sounds and styles. Unfortunately the quality of the sound-recording is not really good, but the this low-fi sounds makes it more surrounded by a hidden layer. What I really adore is that Sawi Lieu takes time to explore soundlayers, melodies and rhythms and how to combine them. A nice piece of electronic music with different moods which flows into each other. But he deserves a better sound quality! The other part of the split is created by Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from Singapore. They celebrated the coming of 2012 with a noise-psych improvisation action. And indeed these recordings are a real party for the ears. The recordings are really good and fresh. The guitarist plays in a nice manner guitar with greats licks and riffs. The band plays in post-rock style and they do it in a nice manner. Sometimes it takes too long these improvisations, but the moments of weird psychedelic walls of sounds save the day. Anyhow… I do not understand this combination of this split CDR, cause the styles and far away from each other and the infosheet cannot help me to give an answer to this question.” – JKH, Vital Weekly 775
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