CAA-8 PETE UM(UK)
The use of amateurism
and error as a means
of composition characterize
the art of Pete Um.
It is important to understand
that to be able to appreciate
Pete's work for CAA.
His off-kilter methodology
and stumbling attitude is still
present, but it's drenched
in an abrasive and tape-hissy
miasma.
Worth it alone
for transmutation.
Here are the most intricate
drones one has ever heard,
analog meditations on life,
anxiety, and death, bringing
an incredible depth
to what could have been
a very flat sound, tape hiss
clear as day with the distant
warbles and close ripples
sounding as if they’re inside
your head, immaculate dreams
filled with soft synths,
galvanic and calming
on so many levels, the silence
is anything but, embedding
the slightest shred
of suddenness into every
next moment, and going full
on lumpy euphoria
in the most restrained way,
a heaven we never knew existed
and never want to leave, this
is masterful in its
strange beauty, a perfect
goddamn record.
Curated by S.Komarov & V.Dobrovolski
Lathe cut by S.Komarov
Text by V.Dobrovolski
Cyland Media Lab 2013
cyland.ru