Vital Weekly
More from Andrew Liles, whose
'An Un World' was reviewed a
couple of weeks back. His self-released,
double CDR is a historical document
and deals with the development
of Liles since 1984 up to this
year. It has many pieces that
were on his previous CDR only
releases (which he started to
do in 1997, before that date
there are no releases, no vinyl
or cassettes, so it seems that
he shelved his pieces. The majority
of the pieces are however from
the recent 3 years. There is
a track from 1984, one from
1989, one from 1990, two from
1994 but eight from 2000 for
instance. Unlike 'An Un World',
Liles works less with musique
concrete like elements, and
also less with environmental
recordings and deals more ambient
synth patterns (the old pieces)
and computer processings (the
newer pieces). On the second
CD he seems to be going more
into excursions with rhythm,
not really techno but more a
driving, almost krautrocky NEU!
rhythm (for instance in 'The
Width/The Girth'). Nice stuff,
but it works less then his other
music. But altogether it offers
a nice overview of the man's
career, and together with 'An
Un World' it's something to
keep an eye open for future
works (to be released by Infraction
and Macrophonies).
