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Building really good and sexy fuzz boxes is an art. It´s hard to find multiple good ones in one store for testing and most of the online videos are with guitars. But I want beats! So I took my laptop and used the same beat with a couple of fuzz boxes so you can clearly compare them. 

If  you would like to add your fuzz to the collection, download the "Dry Beat" file, run it through your box, send me a 16bit Wav plus some info and I´ll upload it! 

Contact me via www.leaf-audio.com

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from 'Foray' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den244
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/subheim]

Berlin-based musician Subheim composes deep electronic music with acoustic elements. His work is a collage of field recordings, slow evolving drum beats, hypnotic melodies and echoing voices. Drawing from a wide spectrum of genres and influences, from ambient, drone and post-rock to downtempo, lofi, trip hop and even techno, his sonic journeys are there for cold nights, for long train rides, for one to sink into during or after the storm, for the sleepless and the loners.

Subheim's third album, Foray, is not for the faint-hearted.  An attentively crafted LP with emphasis upon clarity and enveloping warmth, Foray is driven by a progressive subtlety, yet supported by an underbelly of sometimes forlorn, and at other times, disturbing emotion. Moving away from the orchestral ensembles and soundtrack explorations of his second album, Subheim pursues a more minimal approach, taking a much darker turn to deep ambient textures blended with the added realism of field recordings.

Foray opens with Bitter, a concoction of wounded cello and illusory vocal recordings: and here we begin an introspective journey. From the sparse beauty of Alone's isolated piano to the aggressive ambience of techno-driven Arktos, we witness Subheim exploring new and diverse musical territories. Red Ridge, with its trip-hop feel, steers the listener through unsuspecting harmonic twists and saturated synth pads reminiscent of twentieth century dystopian film. Much of the material, sourced from heavy experimentation with instrumental, percussive and vocal sampling, remains recognisably Subheim in its core elements including his signature sustains, Middle-Eastern sounds and heavy reverberation. 

Foray is an urban album for winter listening, for loners and for night walks; for immersing oneself in melancholic thought and travelling through uninhabited barren landscapes. There is an underlying and disconcertingly familiar warmth crawling beneath its skin, pulling you forward into its musical arms, yet taking you to a place you'd rather not be.

Subheim has created an emotionally charged selection of works: driven, distant and constantly thought-provoking.

Foray

Subheim - Red Ridge

Born in Sheffield UK, Stephen Mallinder is a founder-member of pioneering electronic act Cabaret Voltaire; regarded as one of the key influences on contemporary electronic and popular music culture.

▲ Stephen Mallinder

LeafAudio - Audio production and workshops. In the studio we are specialised on audio mastering. 

In our diy-workshops people can build own synthesizers and effect boxes. 

In our sound design workshops we show how sound synthesis works and how to build own professional sounds and libraries.

06 Kennys Death

LeafAudio

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