Sitting at the repair shop, anxious about how to pay for needed repairs with the little money I have. Trying to concentrate on reading something, anything; with Judge Judy and five conversations in the background to fight through to get to the text. So grateful in this moment to this album for existing and shielding me from the noise of the world and allowing me a moment of peace. Seldom Played
Post-punk, avant-garde and free jazz samples form the basis of this instrumental hip-hop gem from Edinburgh's Edward Scissorhand. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 9, 2022
Available commercially for the first time since its initial 1991 release, Spiegel’s fantastic “intelligent instrument” album testifies to the power of an artist who pushed the boundaries of electronic music to unexplored territory. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jan 11, 2019
The music of the spheres...I want quarks and pulsars to sound like this...has Jim O'Rourke tapped into the cosmos? Are these drones and pulses and overtones that steadily accumulate and multiply how the universe sounds if we could remove the vacuum? Perhaps these pieces connect the inner and outer spaces of our existence and the ineffable gulf between them...
John Cratchley