PERLONEX/JULIJUNI - REVIEWS
Happy Zloty is a small German label who have released a whole bunch
of loveable and collectable 7" with improvised music in nice
silkscreened covers. Now they move away from the handwork of glueing
7" covers with the release of their first split LP. Of course in a
silkscreened cover... On this LP we find two improvising bands from
Germany. The a-side has Perlonex, a trio with Ignaz Schick on
electronics, devices and turntables, Joerg Maria Zeger on guitars and
Burkhard Beins on drums and percussion. They have two CDs on Zarek
(see Vital Weekly 235 and 286) and a 7" on Bad Alchemy. Like I wrote
before, it's hard to tell wether the music of Perlonex is entirely
improvised. I once saw them play live and noted the tight playing,
which seemed kinda planned out. Not that it mattered that much to me,
because it was a great thing to hear. Perlonex combine various styles
of music in their own music: it's a bit of noise, electro-acoustic,
ambient, composition and improvisation, that is brought together in
very intense and powerful pieces of music.
On the other side we find Julijuni, a Berlin/Hamburg trio of Tim
Tetzner on feedback, Micheal Rieken on powerbook and Ansgar Wilken
(boss of Happy Zloty) on guitar and electronics. They exist since
2001 and their first rehearsal was also their first gig. Since then
they have played all over Germany and The Netherlands (they say: I
didn't see them). Julijuni operate indeed in a much more improvised
music style and they opt for the more noisy side of improvisation.
Their piece (although divided in three parts, it sounds very much
like an ongoing thing) starts out nicely in a moody way, but
gradually builts up to a wall of noise, feedback and extensive
scraping of contact microphones. Building up fiercly, this is less
delicate than the Perlonex side, but will certainly appeal to those
who like noise and improvisation going hand in hand.
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