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[012] TU M' "JUST ONE NIGHT" CD
TU M’ IS A DUO FROM CITTÀ SANT' ANGELO, A SMALL VILLAGE IN CENTRAL ITALY. EMILIANO ROMANELLI AND ROSSANO POLIDORO HAVE STARTED TU M’ IN 1998 (NAMED AFTER MARCEL DUCHAMP’S LAST PAINTING) AND SINCE THEN RELEASED SEVERAL CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED RECORDS ON LABELS SUCH AS PHTALO, ERS/STAALPLAAT, FÄLLT, AESOVA AND BOXMEDIA. THEY HAVE RECENTLY STARTED STENO WITH FRANK METZGER OF OVAL (DEBUT LP COMING SOON ON THE EN/OF LABEL). THEY HAVE COLLABORATED WITH STEVE RODEN FOR AN ALBUM RELEASE ON ROSSBIN AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH SIMON FISHER TURNER ON SOME NEW TRACKS TO BE INCLUDED ON HIS FORTHCOMING ALBUM ON MUTE RECORDS.
ADDITIONALLY THEY RUN THE CD-LABEL MR. MUTT (ANOTHER DUCHAMP REFERENCE) AND CURATE THE MP3-LABEL TU M’P3 RELEASING SOUNDTRACKS TO WEBCAM PICTURES BY A DIVERSE RANGE OF ARTISTS SUCH AS DONNA SUMMER, DÄLEK, CHRIS CUTLER, NOEL AKCHOTE, FARMERS MANUAL, VOICE CRACK, ALAN LICHT, DAVID GRUBBS AND DEKORDER ARTISTS SUCH AS VOKS, UN CADDIE RENVERSÉ DANS L’HERBE AND BLACK TO COMM.
THEIR NEW ALBUM TITLED "JUST ONE NIGHT" STILL CONTAINS THEIR TRADEMARK IMPROVISATIONS ON GUITARS, ALTO SAX, FLUTES, TOY KEYBOARDS, ALTO FLUGELHORN, PERCUSSION, HARMONICA, ETC. LOOPED, PROCESSED AND EDITED INTO COMPOSITIONS, COMBINED WITH FIELD RECORDINGS AND THE ODD VINYL SAMPLE USED OCCASSIONALLY. THESE RAW MATERIALS ARE SCULPTED INTO BEAUTIFULLY MELANCHOLIC SONGS ALL DEALING WITH THE "NIGHT" THEME, MAKING THIS THEIR MOST COHERENT ALBUM YET.
THE ALBUM HAS BEEN MASTERED BY MARCUS SCHMICKLER (PLURAMON, MIMEO, ETC.). A NEW TRACK BY TU M’ HAS APPEARED ON THE LATEST WIRE TAPPER COMPILATION.
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OPERATING FROM A TINY VILLAGE IN ITALY, EMILIANO ROMANELLI AND ROSSANO POLIDORO HAVE, OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL RELEASES, DEVELOPED A TRULY DISTINCTIVE SOUND, AND "JUST ONE NIGHT" IS POSSIBLY THEIR MOST COHERENT RELEASE SO FAR. IT'S NOT JUST THAT TU M' (NAMED AFTER A PAINTING BY MARCEL DUCHAMP) USE SOUND SOURCES OUT OF THE ORDINARY - PLENTY OF OTHERS INCORPORATE ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SAXOPHONE, TOY KEYBOARDS AND FLUTE INTO THEIR MUSIC - IT'S THE WAY THAT THEY EDIT THESE SOURCES TOGETHER IN A FASHION WHICH COMBINES THE PRECISELY SURGICAL AND THE WINNINGLY QUIXOTIC. IT'S ALL ABOUT CUNNINGLY PRESENTED DETAIL: THE EVANESCENT MELODICA FLITTING FROM CHANNEL TO CHANNEL IN "STRANGE SLEEP"; THE RATTLING RIMSHOTS LURKING IN THE DEPTHS AS "BLUE BLUR" SWAYS THROUGH CUBIST JAZZ BAR SCAPES; THE TINY, THROATY FEMALE GASP THAT PUNCTUATES THE OFF-KILTER WHIRL OF "AN AFTERNOON IN THE COUNTRY". "THE FIRST RAYS OF THE SUN" IS A PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF THE PAINTERLY MASTERY OF TU M' - AN ELLIPTICAL, WISTFUL, IMMMACULATE COLLECTION OF SONIC FRAGMENTS HELD IN BEAUTIFUL, UNRESOLVED SUSPENSION. |
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ACH, WAS FÜR EINE BEZAUBERNDE PLATTE. DIE BEIDEN ITALIENER, DIE AUCH DIESE SEHR FEINE WEBSEITE MIT MP3S MACHEN, HABEN IHRE ELEGANTESTEN STIMMUNGSVOLLSTEN TRACKS HIER FÜR EIN ALBUM VERSAMMELT, DAS IHRE IMPROVISATIONEN KLINGEN LÄSST WIE ELEGIEN UND SELBST BEI DEN KLEINSTEN DIGITALEN SOUNDS NOCH EINE HARMONIESUCHT AN DEN TAG LEGEN, DIE EINFACH UNSCHLAGBAR IST. MAGISCHE CD MIT DEN SCHÖNSTEN UND ZUGÄNGLICHSTEN STÜCKEN VON TU M' DIE ICH KENNE. |