v.a.Motobase (kolka/stirna001 2002)

01 cafe2 -  airbus(ikarus)
02 deep-z – returning (dedicated to  fula)
03 echochorus - alley
04 teknisk - magtetics
05 ngc5128  –xenoidbase(tec3)
06 stellulo - foogoof
07 fixit - adpcm
08 mr.pkalk ‘n’ tribob - fapestal
09 monocle – on da stairs

Compiled, produced and artwork by Kirils Lomunovs and Rodions Zolotarjovs
Published June,1  2002 by KOLKA and its sublabel STIRNA.
Stirna001 CD-R limited edition.

Teknisk = Kirils Lomunovs aka Echochorus, KriipisTulo, Astrowind, Oloolo
Stellulo and Fixit = Rodions Zolotarjovs aka dj Contour, dj Space Contour,  Radiol

KOLKA and its sublabel STIRNA proudly present:

== MOTOBASE ==
a compilation of experimental techno tracks by Latvian artists:
CAFE2 :: DEEP-Z :: NGC5128 :: TEKNISK :: MR.PKALK ‘N TRIBIB:: MONOCLE a.o.
Perhaps it would take long time yet for music collectors and djs, when their reaction upon hearing about new release of local [electronic] music will NOT be the kind of "polite smile, a question who's on, ooh, something starts moving on that scene finally, that's appreciable... now let's move to the shelf with new techno releases from the world". Because - take it or leave it - there are still so little music released in Latvia, and for the most part - let's admit - it still recembles first steps in the wake of music which was and is created by various recognized masters worldwide. So, every release which not only doesn't sound like a collection of well-known cliches, but quite opposite - pretty much can stand on its own as a trend-setter, absolutely worth to be proudly distributed worldwide, should be celebrated with a national hymn. Such is MOTOBASE - a collection of works by Latvian artists, who work on the intersection between  dancefloor techno and experimental sound-design. While these works do not create another microrevolution by inventing a completely new style, and while some references can be dropped (in the end of the day, they can always be) - Force Inc, Chain Reaction, Cologne sound, some mutated  rendition of Axis Records, - still, the most exciting point of this compilation that the artists really don't follow the existing standards, and successfully create works that hardly can be categorized. And the other aspect is highly successful result of amalgamation of 4/4 motorics and research in the field of crafting new sounds. The balance between these two approaches are just right, though the shift towards experimentation is obvious - it rather resembles a golden section than 50/50 ratio, which is only another proof that the harmony is  reached... In other words, MOTOBASE can be safely recommended to both techno and experimental  lovers worldwide as a satisfying and intriguing listening. And if you're a patriot - you just have to buy this album! 

Kolka/Stirna, June, 1 , 2002.

Monocle - On Da Stairs

Mr Pkalk N Tribob - Fapestal

Fixit - Adpcm

Stellulo - Foogoof

NGC5128 - Xenoid Base(tec3)

Teknisk - Magnetics

Echochorus - Alley

Deep - Z - Returning(dedicated To Fula)

Cafe2 - Airbus(ikarus)

Kolka music – post-audio_environment from Baltics  

Kolka music discography:

v.a. Kratzputz Konzentrat (LP, CD 2005 Second Edition)

Mr Pkalk N Tribob - Istip (LP, CD 2003)

Kriipis Tulo – Ujuja (EP, CD-R 2002)

v.a. Motobase  (LP, CD-R 2002)

Turbulence (EP, CD-R 2002)

Oloolo - Norma (LP, CD-R 2002)

Limiteur Compost  - Insect Compo (EP, CD-R 2002) 

v.a. Sea... Sun... Send...  Kolka! (Promo CD-R 2001)

v.a. Kratzputz Konzentrat (LP, CD-R 2001)

Have you ever tried to depict the sounding of an electric socket at home ? Or how the electrical current is flowing through a wire? No, not to explain it in words, but to depict? First I was given a CD to learn how it sounds, later I was given this site address: http://www.kolka.org Then it appeared to me - it's possible to depict the switching of oscillators. The guys from Kolka Music are investigating the open space of sound experiments with phonic and symbolic shapes developing traditions of futurists and neo-linguists of the last century. Geographically they are situated in Latvia. But they also unite Russian projects Membranoids from Kaliningrad, Cancel Cancer from Moscow and latvian Kriipis Tulo, Oloolo, Sever, InGarin's etc.

The audio designers work on forms, risk experimenting, provoke the listener or an occasional visitor of the site. Sometimes it's impossible to listen to. But pleasant at the same time. Sometimes - it's both pleasant and possible, but somehow peculiar. Every connoisseur will  confirm that to think using symbols and to try to express reality with their help is equivalent to insanity. But the experiment with symbol and form is closer to the truth than standard and norm. The musicians of Kolka Music lack the norm. It's named after the most western point of Latvia that borders polluted, idle water of Riga's gulf and boundless marine space. Kolka…colic…kohl… Not norm. The style of their music is called click & chano. Many people know what clicks & cuts means, there's even such a term, but they've created their own. "Click" is a short circuit in wires of lo-fi sound equipment often used by artists of Kolka Music, while "Chano" is a place. Not norm again. But who cares what gear they've got?

And the project is functioning: they have already released a compilation. Kratzputz Konzentrat - a buzzy experimental music form. I found really exciting. Amid peeks, crackles and snaps typical for sonic experiments, amid sounds of short circuits there appears the voice of a magical beauty. It belongs to Kristi, the singer from Kriipis Tulo. She sings in English and Estonian, carries out experiments in word-formation, improvising sounds of an unknown (non-existing) language. You can observe both: searching for the form and the result of it. In the songs you cannot understand a word, cannot  distinguish the tongue, but you understand the meaning. No matter in what way they try to depict the truth, they are striving for it. Only the movement, only the process has the strength, while depicting the truth and its sounds is impossible. Music and overall creative work of Kolka Music present a new formation, which is interesting for being flexible, dynamic, searching. Kolka Music is a new literature, a new music, a new slang that creates a new tongue within its basic language. Kolka Music is an overall striving for the new, the unknown. Its creations are moving towards the end of music and language, which must cause their revival in absolute new shapes. And they are doing it unpleasantly but interestingly, wholly but with risk. In short, contrasts incompatible in any other field present harmonious union in this project. Let's see and hear what happens next.


© 2001 by Antishanti



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