cone - massimo
[fm.m10] orange like the sunset of sicily
Massimo is the second offering from Dutch surrealistic experimentalist CONE after his first self titled debut. The field recordings for the EP were done on Sicily and the guitar mantra’s and noises were recorded at Casa Cassette in The Netherlands using cassette tape only.
tracklisting
- Bus Stop Wake Up, (field)recorded in Catania, Sicily and completed and mixed at Casa Cassette, Eindhoven (NL)
- Fire On The Mountain, (field)recorded in a train driving past the Etna, Stazione Catania (Sicily) and Casa Cassette. Maarten on small drums.
- Massimo’s Secret Room, (field)recorded inside Teatro Massimo (Palermo) and Casa Cassette.
- On The Beach?, also field recorded on Sicily and completed at the Casa.
- Summer Storm – Bonus, field recording done in Eindhoven as is the rest.
You can download the bonustrack „Summer Storm“ for free in high quality mp3 and you can stream the whole album.
(Field)recorded, mixed and produced by Hermann Blaupunkt on various occasions in 2006. Mastered by Chris Turner.
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about
Massimo is the second offering from Dutch surrealistic experimentalist CONE after his first self titled debut. The field recordings for the EP were done on Sicily and the guitar mantra’s and noises were recorded at Casa Cassette in The Netherlands using cassette tape only. Just like the ancient island itself, Massimo is a mix of a lot of things coming together. Sometimes those things fit and sometimes they don’t. I tried to capture the heat and laziness of a Sicilian summer and the trippy environment of the island when travelling around. Often, the field recordings are used very lightly or almost unnoticeable, but they’re always the starting point for the musical outcome.
Hope you enjoy the trip.
(And many thanks to Marcus from Fieldmuzick for giving me a chance to release Massimo on his beautiful label)
Hermann Blaupunkt, July 2008
Etna 1
Etna 2
Palermo
Palermo
about cone
CONE was founded by Hermann Blaupunkt, former guitar player for stoner rock outfit Lupu Negru and owner of Studio Casa Cassette. The guitar and other string instruments will always be important in CONE output. Freaky folk parts blend with field recordings suddenly ripped apart by a fuzzy guitarsolo or a subtle noise passage. Apart from the guitars, there’s toy instruments, voices, effect boxes, organs, field recordings from all over the globe and other stuff….
Kindamuzik.nl about first album:
“Thoughtful soundscapes where guitars, field recordings, subtle noise and lo-fi vocals go hand in hand with the analog warmth from a cassette tape.”
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reviews
Vital Weekly 648
In the ongoing series of 3”CDRs on Field Muzick two new releases. The first is by Cone, one Hermann Blaupunkt, a guitarist from Lupu Negru and owner of the Studio Casa Cassette. Despite his German sounding name he is from The Netherlands. He recorded a bunch of sounds in Sicily (also the home of Massimo, the erstwhile noise glitch artist – where ever he is now?), which he combined with his guitar playing back in his studio in Eindhoven. Repetitive sounds played on the six strings, while adding nice field recordings from a theatre, a train and the beach. The field recordings play a small role here, but they certainly add a nice element to the bittersweet guitar melodies. A whole album would perhaps be too much, but this is a sweet appetizer.
FdW
Elektrische Zone Ox#81
Wer mal etwas über das Thema “Kreativer Umgang mit Field-Recordings” hören möchte, der sollte sich diese wunderbare 3”-CD des Niederländers Hermann Blaupunkt (Der Mensch heißt wirklich so!) mal ganz genau anhören! Anstatt einfach nur einwenig im Studio an den Aufnahmen herumzuschrauben und sie zu modifizieren, nimmt er seine Aufnahmen eher als eine Grundstimmung auf der dann mit Orgeln, Gitarren und anderen konventionellen Instrumenten ein sehr ruhiger, folkiger und meditativer Klangteppich ausgebreitet wird. Zwar wirkt die Musik insgesammt sehr hippieresk und taucht stellenweise doch sehr in Matrakitsch und -klischees ab, aber wenn man wie ich manchmal dafür anfällig ist, weil man eben eine solche musikalische Sozialisation durchlaufen hat, kann man sich dafür auch noch nach mehrmaligem Durchlauf begeistern. Alle Anderen werden sich wundern welchen Klangkosmos CONE innerhalb von nur zwanzig Minuten vor ihnen ausbreiten kann und wer entsprechenden Drogen nicht abgeneigt ist findet hier einen hochwertigen, aktuellen Soundtrack für einen entspannten Feierabend! Zusätzliche Tracks können überigends von der Fieldmuziek-Seite kostenlos heruntergeladen werden! (8)
CV
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