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Satoshi Kanda/Nick Hoffman - split  c47

A.  Satoshi Kanda - Two Tracks Recorded Simultaneously
B.  Nick Hoffman - Your Love Will Guide Me                                          mp3

Released May 2010

OUT OF PRINT




REVIEWS:

Holidays
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June 11, 2010
Satoshi Kanda/Nick Hoffman – Split
This C47 begins with Satoshi Kanda’s “Two Tracks Recorded Simultaneously”, which begins interestingly enough with each stereo channel playing two completely different styles of noise- one rather soft and subtle ambiance, and the other more abrasive and  sporadic. This goes on for a little while until a very mysterious silence takes over- for better or worse- for quite sometime. I don’t mind it, but it certainly had me troubleshooting the tape and my player for a little while before coming to grips with the fact that the tape sure enough wasn’t over, as the audio comes back in and concludes the side with a long drone. All of which- according to the label page- is done with milk bottles, which actually took me by surprise having heard the tape, then later read the description.

Hoffman’s track is overall much more abrasive, starting with a back and forth between abrasive assaults of distortion and busting low end, to eerie bursts of sound and crackling- a lot of which seems to abruptly stop in a wide range of volumes. Half way through, the quieter moments begin to very work well as they arise anticipation- reminiscent of seeing lightning and awaiting the thunder- unlike the predecessor which just struck me as confusing. The rest of the track is more minimal and less energetic and distorted (aside from a few moments).

Definitely worth a listen. I probably could have appreciated Kanda’s side a bit more had I known what I was getting into- or simply relaxing and letting the tape play out- instead of dicking around with my player like a chicken without a head. But it certainly doesn’t take away from Hoffman’s track, which makes this a great tape. Maybe both sides should be played simultaneously? Support the label- buy two of them and try it out. The release is a C47 with great artwork on orange paper. Very simple, but very enjoyable.

Vital Weekly (Frans de Waard)

SATOSHI KANDA/NICK HOFFMAN (cassette by Pilgrim Talk)
The second cassette is a split release with one Satoshi Kanda who plays milk bottles on this recording. His piece is called ‘Two Tracks Recorded Simultaneously’ and is a split stereo affair. The left channel is very noisy whereas the more interesting things seem to be happening on the right channel. It eludes me why this is all so short, to be followed by a long silence, following which the music continues in a different mood. Very soft end drone/sine wave like sounds, which actually sounds quite good. Hoffman on the other side ‘plays computer programming’, whatever that may mean and works entirely inside the realm of noise. Highly distorted computer noise, which just isn’t my cup of tea. I heard him to better than this. (FdW)

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