Articles by I. Khider

San Serac

On Hashish

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

There are three tracks on this mind-altering CD, comprised of a variety of instruments, which were independently recorded and spliced toget...

Chalk

Black Box Broken

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

Chalk delivers hard rock and punk with catchy melodies tempered with an abstract electronic edge. Some tunes are electronic distortion nood...

Various

Peeler

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

An incredibly charming sounding compilation of lo-fi pop, folk and rock tunes put out by this Toronto-based micro-label, which may lack in...

Ming Star

King of Woolworths

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

An album that might not remain in the listener's long-term memory, since the music and sound is not groundbreaking, but it is definitely fu...

Ghislain Poirier

Il N'Y A Pas De Sud..

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

Listening to this CD leaves a strong film noir impression, if that is at all possible for an electronic music release; every track instils...

Polmo Polpo

"Riva/Rottura"

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

The much-anticipated latest release on Audi Sensa precedes a full-length on Substractif, which is due later this year. "Riva" is an exempla...

Nobukazu Takemura

Sign

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

Four tracks contains 60 minutes of music, plus a java script-oriented CD-Rom that features an animated piece by Katsura Moshino. The title...

Minimalism

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2002

Minimalism is one of the more challenging directions to go in music because there is no room to colour or cloud ineptness — a composer's sk...