Kawamoto, Gerwin, Halac, Verandi et al Sonic Circuits 7 Electronic, Experimental   Innova 116    CD   15
	This, the third of the SC series, continues the historic annual mapping of the best in all kinds of electronica. See One Sheet
	Composers Performers Related Links Christina Agamanolis Christina Agamanolis Sonic Circuits Hideko Kawamoto Hideko Kawamoto Liner Notes Jose Halac Jose Halac Sample and Download Mario Verandi Mario Verandi Buy from iTunes Mark Applebaum Mark Applebaum   Mike Frengel Mike Frengel   Thomas Gerwin Thomas Gerwin   Timothy Oesau Timothy Oesau

Title	Composer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
The Breaking of the Scream	Jose Halac	Jose Halac	10:52
Dead White Males Remix	Mark Applebaum	Mark Applebaum	6:03
Long Slender Heels	Mike Frengel	Mike Frengel	3:15
Figuras Flamencas	Mario Verandi	Mario Verandi	12:30
Angola du Sons	Timothy Oesau	Timothy Oesau	6:20
Rollenspiel	Thomas Gerwin	Thomas Gerwin	17:02
Night Ascends from the Ear like a Butterfly	Hideko Kawamoto	Hideko Kawamoto	8:10
Aftermath	Christina Agamanolis	Christina Agamanolis	5:27
Jose Halac: The Breaking of the Scream 10:52. An Argentinean American composer using indigenous folk song as the basis for the ultimate homage to divorce Mark Applebaum: Dead White Males Remix 6:03. A kick-butt exercise in auto-plundering, Mississippi composer Applebaum first wrote an orchestral piece, had it performed, then shredded it in the studio. Truly labor intensive Mike Frengel: Long Slender Heels 3:15. A delight for creepy fetishists everywhere. Mario Verandi: Figuras Flamencas 12:30 A surreal journey across a flamenco dreamland by an Argentinean composer based in Birmingham Timothy Oesau: Angola du Sons 6:20. Minneapolis noise-and-anagram artist Thomas Gerwin: Rollenspiel 17:02. A German binaural epic that will turn your head into a roulette game Hideko Kawamoto: Night Ascends from the Ear like a Butterfly 8:10. A delicate Japanese Texan nocturne Christina Agamanolis: Aftermath 5:27. A CalArts student's post-apocalyptic vision.
Paris Transatlantic.com "Philip Blackburn's Innova label and its series of Sonic Circuits CDs documenting the International Festival of Electroacoustic Music always provide a fresh and varied selection of today's electronic music. This fine disc brings together works as diverse as Jos? Halac's "The Breaking of the Scream" (emotional exorcism through Argentinean folk song), Mario Verandi's "Figuras Flamencas" (title self-explanatory), Thomas Gerwin's "Rollenspiel" (which, as the Press Release says, "turns your head into a roulette game") and the cavernous ambient of Christina Agamanolis' "Aftermath". The shorter pieces are, as is often the case, more effective. Mark Applebaum's "Dead White Males Remix" (nice title, but I still prefer David Lang's long-lost "Eating Living Monkeys") is a ProTools hatchet job on Applebaum's existing orchestral work, while Mike Frengel's "Long Slender Heels" is a slab of post-rock foot-fetishism worthy of Zorn, and Timothy Oesau's "Angola du Sons" (to be played "at a volume slightly below permanent damage") should slightly realign the configuration of your internal organs. A nice variation on the inevitable end-of-the-year compilation albums, this is an ideal Christmas gift for impressionable youngsters. " by Dan Warburton