{"id":7847,"date":"2015-10-07T10:14:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T09:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=7847"},"modified":"2017-01-02T11:27:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T10:27:43","slug":"modular-works-2015q1-reviewed-by-whisperinandhollerin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=7847","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Modular Works 2015Q1\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Whisperinandhollerin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=098\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cronica098-2015_520.jpg\" alt=\"cronica098-2015_520\" width=\"520\" height=\"508\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7765\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cronica098-2015_520.jpg 520w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cronica098-2015_520-260x254.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAs the title suggests, the four compositions featured on this album came into being in the first three months of the year, and is a counterpart to last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s series of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcModular Works 2014\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (Q1-4) releases. While the pieces may on the surface appear to be sparse, darkly atmospheric ambient works, there was a definite methodology behind their construction, designed to bring a sense of linearity.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, there are distinct, if subtle, structures to the tracks, the first, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFor RH (dark)\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 building from misty rumblings to an ominous and altogether denser, louder conclusion. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFor RH (light)\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is a more overtly electronic piece, and although the bleeping notes float in the air at some distance from one another, the introduction of percussion lends it a greater sense of cohesive form. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFor RH (debris)\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is different again, a low, slow, barely there undulating tone slowly dissolves.<\/p>\n<p>Smolders explains that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Three of the works are dedicated to Robert Hampson, because I admire his electro acoustic works very much and because he can be such an inspiring conversationalist on the subject of Musique Concrete.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The final track, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTom Tom Tom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 marks something of a departure, as near-silence interrupted by deliberate electronic scrapes.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a worthy addition to Smolders\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 already extensive catalogue, and shows his well of inspiration if running far from dry. <em>Christopher Nosnibor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whisperinandhollerin.com\/reviews\/review.asp?id=12492\">Whisperinandhollerin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=990149230\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=e99708\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/cronica.bandcamp.com\/album\/modular-works-2015q1\">Modular Works 2015Q1 by Jos Smolders<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the title suggests, the four compositions featured on this album came into being in the first three months of the year, and is a counterpart to last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s series of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcModular Works 2014\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (Q1-4) releases. While the pieces may on the surface appear to be sparse, darkly atmospheric ambient works, there was a definite &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=7847\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Modular Works 2015Q1\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Whisperinandhollerin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[356,314],"class_list":["post-7847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-356","tag-jos-smolders","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7848,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7847\/revisions\/7848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}