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TUNDRA
Ultimate Transmissions UTCD 009/10 151'35"
2xCD £13.00 + p&p
disc
1...
1. The Big Freeze
28'00"
2. Tread Carefully!
Just Looking
6'54"
A Little
Pussyfooting 11'27"
Standing At The Precipice
7'33"
More Pussyfooting
5'55"
Stepping Into The
Abyss 15'12"
disc
2...
1. An Intermittent Shudder
22'15"
2. An Unexpected Attack Of Ferocious Nanites
47'07"
3. Atomsmasher/Cyclotron
7'10"
Recorded at Tachyon
Studio (1-3/2000) & mixed (28/10/2001) by Jim Tetlow.
Steve Freeman: analogue synths, samples, guitar, turntable,
voice.
Alan Freeman: synths, guitar, loops, turntable, voice, gadgets.
Jim Tetlow: Sound Canvas, guitar, radiator, loops, voice, tapes.
notes...
"Tundra" reveals itself as strangely icy, vast
and panoramic, notably the cracking ice of "The Big Freeze" and the
otherworldly barren "Tread Carefully" with its ghostly reimaginings
of Fripp & Eno. After the intense cold of "An Intermittent
Shudder" we find ourselves on an inhospitable alien planet, confronted
by its insatiably hungry inhabitants. And that's not all...
reviews...
Einmal mehr im kosmischen Kurierdienst sind die
Freeman-Bros. Alan & Steve unterwegs zusammen mit Jim Tetlow und wie
immer mit Synthesizern und Gitarren, Tapes, Loops und Samplern bestens
ausgerüstet fur bis zu 47-minütige Weltraumspaziergänge und für die
frostigsten ('The big Freeze') und glühendsten Environments ('Atomsmasher /
Cyclotron') bei ihren 'Forbidden planet'-Erkundungen. Immer ihrem Neugier-
und Sehnsuchtshorizonlt folgend, immer auf der Suche - nach Terra Incognita,
der verlorenen Zeit, dem ultimativen Kick, dem kosmischen Phönixei und ich
bin mir sicher (sonst wären sie keine Engländer), sie wissen ziemlich gut,
dass 'kosmisch' von 'komisch' nur em kleines s unterscheidet - die kleine
Schlange', mit der aller Space und Spaß beginnt.
Once again in the cosmic courier service are the Freeman Bros. Alan
& Steve along with Jim Tetlow and as always with synthesizers and
guitars, tapes, loops and samplers best equipped for up to 47-minute
spacewalks and for the frostiest ('The big freeze') and most glowing
environments ('Atomsmasher / Cyclotron' ) on their 'Forbidden planet'
explorations. Always following their curiosity and longing for desires,
always on the lookout for Terra Incognita, lost time, the ultimate kick, the
cosmic Phoenix egg and I'm sure (otherwise they would not be English), they
know pretty well that 'cosmic' distinguished from 'weird' only a little s -
the little snake ', with which all space and fun begins.
[Google translated from Bad Alchemy]
Out of all the myriad musical outfits operated by British brothers Alan
Freeman and Steve Freeman–authors of The Crack in the Cosmic Egg krautrock
book and Audion experimental music mag–Endgame is by far my favorite. For
nearly two-and-a-half hours, the appropriately titled Tundra floats a
seemingly endless barren soundscape across the listener’s frontal lobe. It’s
a very cinematic affair, offering the mind’s eye a heady stew of distant
ambience and heavily reverberated atmosphere. Droning synths, fuzz guitar,
barking dogs, disembodied voices, orchestral smears and plenty of other
highly processed, layered and looped sound effects ebb and flow and
occasionally coalesce into a swelling mass of extremely pleasant dream state
electricity.
Compared to Alan and Steve’s irreverent and dada-inspired band, The Newt
Hounds, Endgame is much more, dare I say it, “mature.” But that doesn’t mean
you have to be a washed-up elderly porn star confined to a wheelchair to
appreciate it. In fact, you can be young and fully clothed–or proceeding
along quite nicely at any stage of life–and still enjoy Tundra’s
many-splendored elegance. The front cover artwork and design are equally
pleasing, as well. Highly recommended.
from the webzine Arcane
Candy
First edition of 500 copies - released 22/2/2002.
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