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ARCHIVES ASSISTANT: Television road CD (HYSTER38, 2024)
Experimental / ambient / dub / hiss / space / fieldrecs / etc
https://jordanty1.bandcamp.com/album/television-road
https://www.discogs.com/release/2937752 … ision-Road
10e (+ 4,60e postit)
hystertapes(a)gmail.com
pcuf.fi/~plaa/hyster.html
Saatavilla myös: Goosebumbs Records (HKI), Digelius (HKI), Keltainen jäänsärkijä (HKI), AKTI Records (Pori) sekä ÄX
Arvioita:
.. Jordan Cook, the person behind The Archive Assistant, creates some excellent collages using found sound, adding a
wonderful blend of electronic music, which brings out the best of ambient house, but not that much of house, and yet
more than your usual ambience. His opening song, at almost eighteen minutes, also the longest, is a bass-heavy
collage of various percussive samples, loosely arranged electronics, multiple stages of delay, as the dub element
is never far in his music, and various segments of drum machines, with the end a more stomping 4/4 beat. This sets
the tone for the other pieces, spanning sixty-three minutes of music. I wrote before that the music sounds like The KLF
meeting Zoviet*France on more than one occasion, and this is still very much the case on this CD, and on the understanding
that with The KLF I mean ‘Chill Out’ rather than ‘The White Room’. Strangely off-beat at times, aiming at the chill-out room
perhaps, moving back and forth with segments of pleasant rhythmic material, samples of a more orchestral nature and portions
of field recordings from lakes in Ontario. Once more, it is lovely stuff and something that should reach a large audience! It’s on
CD, and it’s readily available in recognition of this great musician.
- VITAL WEEKLY 1423 (FdW)
The Archives Assistant is Jordan Cook from Peterborough, Ontario and his album Television Road is the first release issued on compact disc by Finnish label Hyster Tapes. He comes by his professional title honestly, having helped a local radio station cull its library of vinyl and in the process, discovering rare and unheard sounds from the past. “Every record gave me an idea,” he writes, and some of those ideas are pleasingly realized on Television Road.
Though he doesn’t mention the word, Cook might be considered a Canadian avatar of hauntology – think Moon Wiring Club or Belbury Poly, The Focus Group and a host of British artists on the Ghost Box label. He crafts his unique bricolage with admirable patience, letting the work evolve smoothly, without jagged edges or smash cuts. “Libra,” the opening track, is eighteen minutes of undulating electronica with such a mesmerizing effect that only judiciously appliquéd found sound and rhythms cause the listener to stir from his reverie. The hypnotic effect continues into “All-Terra,” a spectral take on house music that, like most of the pieces on Television Road, morphs into something else altogether. “Peach” has an infectious African vibe that turns itself inside-out and then scurries off. The final piece is twelve minutes of resplendently manipulated piano and wordless female vocalizations wallowing in thick, gooey dub, which are unfortunately assailed by sporadic beat attacks midway through. Perhaps that’s why it’s called “Bad News.” A minor niggle based on personal preference. As a whole, Television Road is an album whose distinct vision and steady handiwork offer a generous hour of invention.
- AVANT MUSIC NEWS (Stephen Fruitman)
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