THING
by Problem Anderer Leute I RDKPL I Manufacturer I Fallen Sun
With this tenth edition, attenuation circuit continues its series of four-way split albums called THING. The aim is to provide a medium for exchange and presentation of a great variety of artists. As each artist spreads the copies to their network, listeners also get to know the other artists featured on the same disc. The title references the fact that the CDs are physical objects – things! – but also refers to the 'thing' or 'ding' in old Norse and other Germanic languages, which designates the place of a popular assembly or the assembly itself and thus alludes to the 'meeting-place' character of the albums on (or around) which the four artists and their audiences meet, if only virtually.
This THING brings together noise artists from Germany (Problem Anderer Leute), Czechia (RDKPL and Manufacturer), and Malaysia (Fallen Sun). Play at high volume, because all four contributions operate in a field where noise is not just a compositional concept, but an integral part of the listening experience, and, as such, should be as physical a thing as possible. Grinding loops, stuttering distortion, spanners thrown into the works of a whole factory’s worth of machinery only to listen, gleefully, to the collapse of one system after another – all four walls of this noisy space pay tribute to some of the most important axioms of noise art: „Out of order comes forth chaos“ (Charles Heyward), and entropy is bliss.
File under: noise
ACUF 1010
factory-produced CDr in cardboard sleeve
Released in 2025
limited to 100 copies
price: 7.00 EUR (excl. postage)
** PLAY AT HIGH VOLUME ! **
photos by Dan Penschuck (feindesign.de)
design by EMERGE
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marvinsaudioprodukte.bandcamp.com
rdkpl.bandcamp.com
noisemargin.bandcamp.com
fallensun.bandcamp.com
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ISIDOR
Die Compilation Reihe Thing feiert Jubiläum und ihre akustischen Gastgeber sind diesmal PROBLEM ANDERER LEUTE (abgekürzt: PAL, was manchmal auch für PERFECT ATTRACTIVE LOVER steht) aus Deutschland mit elektronischem Noise, RDKPL (Abkürzung seines bürgerlichen Namens Radek Kopel) aus Tschechien mit ebenfalls Noise (er hat es in nur vier Jahren zu 400 Veröffentlichungen gebracht – nimm das, GUIDED BY VOICES!), MANUFACTURER aus ebenfalls Tschechien mit … ebenfalls Noise (aber etwas differenzierter als sein Landsmann) und FALLEN SUN aus Malaysia mit – trara! – ebenfalls Noise. Wer gerne Maschinen beim kollabieren zuhört: Das hier ist was für dich.
https://isidor-fanzine.de/
VITAL WEEKLY
What? Another Thing? Yes, another one! This ongoing series, also titled ‘This Ongoing Series,’ with different artists featured each time, has been reviewed multiple times before in VW, and here we have yet another instalment. A brief recap of what this series is about: The Attenuation Circuit has an open window for a sampler series entitled “Thing”. Artists can apply for the series with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, and the man behind Attenuation Circuit, Sascha Stadlmeier, will attempt to combine submissions until a new product is created where the tracks fit together. After a set fee, the 100 copies are distributed equally between the artists and the label (so, 20 each) and this way, you get a) a nice release and b) the possibility to get distributed amongst an audience of each of the three other projects.
This Thing opens with the German project Problem Anderer Leute. The original PAL was already taken, but like SPK, the abbreviation has also been used for releases under Perfect Attractive Lover and Police And Lust. In this piece titled “Stück” (German for ‘Piece’), there is a lot of chaos. Freehand improv on what sounds like an organ on a feedback / no input mixer with layers of noise. Have I mentioned it is chaotic already? The peace after playing is worth every penny.
Tracks two and three are reserved for two artists from Czechia. RDKPL excels in his “240310_05”. He released quite a bit on Inner Demons, and because of that, I’ve heard a lot of him. This one is a bit more distorted, but his chaotic cut-up noise is a bit more layered this time. It could have used a bit more dynamics, but … Nice track. The manufacturer provides the shortest track on this sampler, and yet it plays for 12 minutes and 12 seconds. Michael Bor?vka is the man behind the project, and “A Nothing Is Near” is a throbbing experiment in how some sounds can hurt while others, more aggressive, can be soothing.
The fourth and final act is Fallen Sun from Malaysia. Behind this project is Y’ng-Yin Siew, who is also active under the names Hexagon Forest and Reverse Image. According to Discogs, she has been musically active for only a few years, but she has been interested in noise music and labels for a long time. Her track “GEOGLYPH 1” is my favorite of this release. Massive noise constructions with a contemplating end. Will have to look into her work a bit more. And as that is the goal of this series, win!
https://www.vitalweekly.net/number-1496/
BAD ALCHEMY
Das 10. „THING“ (ACUF 1010) bringt als 'Stück' von Problem Anderer Leute – ja was? Einen zischenden, trillernden Sandstrahl als Synapsenraspler? Eine putzteuflische Radikalspülung, von der Eustachischen Röhre bis zum Dickdarm? Radek Kopel, kurz RDKPL, ist Tscheche, war mit „industryk“ auf Jo Bleds Label Flux ov Time und bringt es bei Dicogs auf 1426 (!) Credits, mit mehr Kampfnamen und Projekten als ein Hund Flöhe: inDUSTrY Springfield, 666tet, Abvsvs Mvsicvm, Alles Gute Madhausen, Eine Stunde Merzbauten..., um nur die schönsten zu nennen. '240310_05' zeigt ihn geistesverwandt mit der gerade gehörten Problemlösung, in verschwommenem Lo-Fi von dumpf grummelnd und brodelnd bis spitz zwitschernd. Und vielleicht hat er da ja vor Ort in Most die Pestsäule vor dem Theater im Hinterkopf oder die 'Vier Elemente' vor dem Magistratsgebäude? Kopels Landsmann Michael Bor?vka alias Manufacturer ist beständig auf Noise Margin in Trutnov zu hören, zuletzt mit „...and the worms will crawl out“. Mit 'A Nothing Is Near' lässt er eine rau bebende Spur von der Leine und durchschießt sie mit scharfen Spitzen. Als Nontologe und Vorbote des Nichts? Y'ng-Yin Siew aus Kuala Lumpur unterstreicht als Fallen Sun und die Dritte im Bunde bei „Acousmatomisation“ die von Attenuation Circuit geförderten Korrespondenzen. Ihr 'Geoglyph1' fügt sich in seinem chaotischen Brausen und Toben nahtlos an. Ich lege diesem entropischen „Thing“ „La pensée du rien: Petit traité de nontologie, nihilisme et sagesse“ auf die Schwelle, Christian Miguels nontologischen Diskurs über das Nichtsein aller Dinge, der – laut Klappentext - darauf abzielt, die Seinsansprüche, die Leben und Denken überbestimmen, zu dekonstruieren und eine sich ständig verändernde Zukunft aufzuzeigen. Als nomadisches und freudvolles Denken, offen für das unendliche Schimmern der Welt ebenso wie für die Tragik der Existenz. Hmmm.
www.badalchemy.de
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