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“No End of Vinyl” reviewed by De:Bug

“Des Ende des Vinyls” winkte 1999 am Horizont, als Pure seinen Kommentar dazu in der Form zweier intensiver Drones aud fer Grundlage von Auslaufrillen aud Mego herausbrachte, als 3”-CD. Nun, es kam anders. Das schmucke Format des Originals ist mausetot (begleitender Reissue: als Free Download bei Crónica); dessen großem Bruder, in del jetzt die Fortsetzung …

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“No End of Vinyl” reviewed by Monsieur Délire

This fresh-out record features ten reinterpretations of Pure’s the.end.of.vinyl EP, one of the first records to establish the glitch sound of the label Mego. “Remixers” include Mego cofounder Pita, and also a@, Cindytalk, and Arturas Bumsteinas, among others. Of course, Pure was wrong back then, hence the revised title and these reinterpretations that provide wide-ranging …

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“No End of Vinyl” reviewed by Black Audio

Strangely ironic that this latest album by Pure is titled ‘No End of Vinyl’, yet is released on Compact Disc; however, I do love the embossed triple-folded slipcase that feels like the well-loved grooves of an actual record, which is a nice touch. As the album states, this is a collection of collaborative works, where …

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“No End of Vinyl” reviewed by African Paper

Als Peter “Pure” Votava Ende des letzten Jahrhunderts mit dem Gebot brach “Du sollst dir kein Bild machen”, dass wahrscheinlich ebenso die Abwehr der zu billigen, der falschen Utopie ist, lieferte er dennoch mit “The End of Vinyl” ein gutes Drone-Album ab. Das Ende von Vinyl – das schien Ende der 1990er als eine Art …

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“No End of Vinyl” reviewed by Boomkat

Restless techno visionary Pure, and Portugal’s Cronica label present dissections of his 1999 release constructed from run-out groove crackles, ‘The End Of Vinyl’, from Rashad Becker, PITA, Cindytalk, Christoph De Babalon, and more. The original release was a reflection on what was then thought to be the imminent demise of vinyl. 14 years later it’s …

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New release: “No End of Vinyl” by Pure and various artists

Fourteen years after the original release of “the.end.of.vinyl”, Pure’s first digital-only release, ten artists gather in its evocation, reinterpreting Pure’s compositions and infusing them with their own reflections on digital musics and the future of its media. “the.end.of.vinyl” was one of the early releases on Mego, the Vienna-based label that in the end of the …

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