Dion Workman & Mattin ~ S3 ~ 2005
Formed Records #101.
 
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Made with free software in May 2005 at S3 st. NYC.

Completely conceived on Workman and Mattin’s laptops, “S3″ is one of those albums where you have to think twice before using the term “music”, as this stuff sounds more like the silent core of a nuclear reaction, sound particles and hissing noises remaining at the basis of the piece throughout its duration, together with deep silence. The evolution of the single movement on which the record is based is designed with remarkable restraint; many of its mechanisms are barely audible, even when listening by headphones. The abused definition of “human element” is rendered completely useless, since the dynamics of the duo allow no room to interpretation of gestures or translation of codes. It’s all there: the faint light of an unidentified object in a dark room, glowing but not enough to help finding the out door; the impressive subdural vibration that ends the album, leaving us in the freezing wind of our ignorance of many acoustic phenomena. Merry melodies have no future. - Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes