Keith Fullerton Whitman
Multiples
(Kranky, 2005)
Sometimes nothing makes one feel more absolutely modern than a nod to an obscure antiquity. Best known for the post-drum&bass digital cut-ups of his Hrvatski moniker, KFW has saved much of his more challenging work for his namesake releases. Multiples follows some of the drone-based themes of 2002's Playthroughs, and accordingly requires a bit of patience to be properly digested. Track titles such as ‘Stereo Music for Serge Modular Prototype’ belie Whitman’s dogmatically intellectual approach that appeals to the history of electronic music as a thoroughly academic enterprise. By focussing on the compositional particularities of each instrument afforded by digital editing and processing, Whitman brings the textural beauty of his sounds to the fore. Hypnotic and highly evocative.
MP3: Keith Fullerton Whitman - Stereo Music for Yamaha Disklavier Prototype, Electric Guitar and Computer
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